Maker’s Mark seeks bartenders’ treasured barware
The team at Maker’s Mark bourbon are searching for vintage barware for an exhibition as part of a bartender competition with the prize of a trip to Kentucky. Maxxium UK has issued an appeal to the UK’s bartending community to submit pictures of their most prized treasures for The Maker’s Mark Bartender Trove. The best …
Gareth Evans proves he does Noe His Bourbon
Gareth Evans (pictured), group bar manager for chef Jason Atherton’s restaurants in London, is off to Kentucky after winning a competition for Jim Beam bourbon. He impressed judges with his creativity and knowledge of the whiskey at the Noe Your Bourbon final which featured bartenders from across the UK. He invented a cocktail called White …
VIDEO: The Crystal Head Cocktail Challenge 2013
Jesse Estes (pictured) of The Luggage Room at the London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square won the Crystal Head Cocktail Challenge 2013 with his cocktail, Mother’s Little Helper (aka the “Danhattan”). At the competition held in London in May, Jesse impressed a panel of judges including Hollywood star Dan Aykroyd, the co-creator of Crystal Head vodka. …
UK winner named in Coco Re’al cocktail competition
Maxime Creusot (pictured) of 64th & Social in Clapham, south London, has been declared the winner of the Coco Re’al cocktail competition run with the UK Bartenders Guild. He beat 13 other contestants at the final to win the £500 top prize after blending salted caramel vodka with Coco Re’al coconut cream, limoncello and lemon …
Winning Kraken cocktails served on sea fort pop-up
Two bartenders won places to serve cocktails in one of the most unusual pop-up bars ever – on an historic sea fort nine miles off the coast of Kent. Manuel Correa (pictured above) from Old Mary’s Bar in Lancaster Gate, London and Sarah Harker (pictured below) of Cairn Hotel in Newcastle upon Tyne triumphed in …
UK sommeliers reach global sake contest semi-final
Three UK-based sommeliers have made it through to the global semi-final of the first Sake Sommelier of the Year competition. They are Barry McCaughley of Chotto Matte in Soho, London, Jean-Louis Naveilhan of Sumosan in Mayfair, London, and Jonathan Beagle of Yashin Sushi and Bar in Kensington, west London. The other semi-finalists are Rajan Rengasamy …
Edinburgh bartender wins Glenfiddich Malt Mastermind
Till Britze (pictured) of The Last Word in Edinburgh has been announced as winner of this year’s Glenfiddich Malt Mastermind competition. He faced six other bartenders at the final at the Glenfiddich distillery in Dufftown in Scotland, where they were challenged on their knowledge of whisky as well as their creativity in making cocktails. Till …
Bartenders compete to ‘pink’ drinks with Rhuby liqueur
An all-female competition for Rhuby rhubarb liqueur, judged by a panel featuring British bartenders, was won with a cocktail mixing rhubarb with blackcurrant vodka and a citrussy and floral tonic water. The Pink Your Drink competition, which attracted bartenders from across Sweden, was organised to explore and promote the mixability of the Swedish rhubarb liqueur …
Glenfiddich announces finalists for Malt Mastermind
The finalists in the annual competition to find the Glenfiddich Malt Mastermind have been announced – with more than planned because of the high standard of entries. After an intense selection process, William Grant & Sons has selected seven bartenders – instead of the usual six – from across the UK to attend the competition …
Angostura announces winner of UK cocktail challenge
Máté Csatlós from The Edgbaston, a new hotel near Birmingham, will be heading off to Trinidad after winning the UK final of the Angostura Global Cocktail Challenge. He overcame competition from five other finalists at the event held inside a pod on the London Eye, impressing the judges with his two cocktails, Il Conte and …
