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Top 50
bartenders through to the Diageo Reserve
World Class GB 2017 semi-final: Future
Trends announced.
Diageo has revealed
the names of the 50 people through to
the semi-final of the Diageo Reserve
World Class 2017 bartender competition.
Since its launch in 2009, Diageo Reserve
World Class
has been instrumental in transforming
fine drinking and cocktail culture
around the world. Now in over 60
countries, it has supported, educated
and inspired over 250,000 bartenders
through its training and advocacy
programme. World
Class Bartender of the Year
competition brings together the best
bartending talent from around to globe
to decide who will be crowned the
world’s best bartender.
The semi-final: Future Trends event will
take place at Diageo’s Customer
Collaboration Centre on Wednesday 19th
April 2017 and will see 50 become 10 at
the after-party, which will be held at
London’s Quaglino’s. The final 10 will
then battle it out in June to become the
World Class GB Bartender of the Year,
and will be invited to compete at the
global final in Mexico.
The Diageo
Reserve World Class GB Top 50 Bartenders
2017 are:
1. Aiden Page | The Bar With No
Name | London
2. Alastair Fraser | Opium | London
3. Alessandro Rabolini | Sexy Fish |
London
4. Alex Walker | Beaufort Bar |
London
5. Alf Del Portillo | The Natural
Philosopher | London
6. Bartosz Miedeksza | High Water |
London
7. Benjamin Smith | Dr Inks
Curiosities | Exeter
8. Benji Ryde | Coconut Bar &
Kitchen | Reading
9. Calum Robb | The Botanist |
Marlow
10. Cameron Moncaster | The Larder
House | Bournemouth
11. Ciaran Russell | The Tippling
House | Aberdeen
12. Clem Eastal | The Dark Horse |
Bath
13. Constanca Cordeiro | Peg and
Patriot | London
14. Danny Wilson | Tabouche |
Cambridge
15. Dario Guaglione | Whistling Shop
| London
16. Enrico Gonzato | Dandelyan |
London
17. Gábor Molnár | Boisdale of
Canary Wharf | London
18. Georgia Billing | Halliard House
| London
19. Giancarlo Cordua | Roka
Charlotte Street | London
20. Giuseppe Panetta | Quaglino’s |
London
21. Jack Wakelin | Picture House
Social | Sheffield
22. James Bowker | The Edgbaston
Boutique Hotel & Cocktail Lounge |
Birmingham
23. James McGovern | Hyde & Co |
Bristol
24. Jamie Jones | The Social Company
| London
25. Jamie Moran | The Finnieston |
Glasgow
26. Jenna Ba | Chiltern Fire House /
Laddershed Bar | London
27. Jerome Allaguillemette | Sexy
Fish | London
28. Johnny Muñoz Iniesta | Hawksmoor
Spitalfields | London
29. Jon Hughes | Bramble | Edinburgh
30. Liam Broom | Callooh Callay |
London
31. Manuel Alonso Caballo | American
Bar at The Savoy Hotel | London
32. Martin Hudak | American Bar at
The Savoy Hotel | London
33. Massimo Zitti | Science &
Industry | Manchester
34. Matthew Wakeford | Epicurean |
Edinburgh
35. Matthew Galloway | Tigerlily |
Edinburgh
36. Maxime Creusot | Mash Steakhouse
| London
37. Michele Reina | Halliard House |
London
38. Mihai Cosmin Ababei | Berners
Tavern at the London Edition Hotel |
London
39. Mike Pendergast | East London
Liquor Company | London
40. Ramsay Morris | Saint Judes |
Glasgow
41. Raphael Hategan | Hakkasan
Mayfair | London
42. Sean Fennelly | Hawksmoor
Spitalfields | London
43. Sean Baylis | La Raza |
Cambridge
44. Thomas Solberg | Black Rock |
London
45. Thomas Matthews | The Edgbaston
Boutique Hotel & Cocktail Lounge |
Birmingham
46. Thomas Ryan | Dr Inks
Curiosities | Exeter
47. Tim Laferla | City Social |
London
48. Tim Batchelor | The Pig Hotel |
Brockenhurst
49. Tommy Cole | Dirty Martini |
London
50. Witek Wojaczek | Beaufort Bar at
the Savoy | London
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