Tales of the Cocktail Basis (TOTCF) is honored to announce the High 10 Nominees for the sixteenth annual Spirited Awards®, as the muse continues to acknowledge the depth of expertise throughout our world spirits neighborhood. Since its founding in 2007, the Spirited Awards® have grow to be one of many business’s most sought-after awards, recognizing beverage professionals, merchandise, and institutions throughout each aspect of the spirits and cocktail neighborhood on a world scale. In partnership with Forbes, the Spirited Awards® official media associate, TOTCF will honor recipients through the Tales of the Cocktail® (TOTC) convention, which is returning for an in-person celebration in New Orleans from July 25-29, 2022.
The award classes highlight a variety of expertise from bartenders, journalists, and model ambassadors, to manufacturers and media, to make sure every side of the business is properly represented and acknowledged for its contributions.
“It’s been a difficult couple of years for bars and eating places, however these nominees are a mirrored image of the robust spirit of our business despite challenges – daring new openings, bars and bartenders who proceed to try for excellence, and a complete lot of hard-working employees who deserve superb recognition and our help,” stated Jacob Briars, Spirited Awards Worldwide Chair. “As our world opens up once more, these nominees needs to be on the prime of your listing when deciding the place to go subsequent and what to drink there.”
In that spirit, the Basis is proud to announce the High 10 Nominees, damaged into U.S., Worldwide, Media & Writing, and World classes.
2022 Spirited Awards® High 10 Nominees (in alphabetical order):
INTERNATIONAL CATEGORIES
Worldwide Bartender of the 12 months offered by Patrón
- Moe Aljaff — Two Schmucks, Barcelona, Spain
- Lorenzo Antinori — ARGO / 4 Seasons Resort & Resorts, Hong Kong, China
- Giorgio Bargiani — The Connaught Bar, London, UK
- Kate Boushel — Atwater Cocktail Membership / Milky Approach Cocktail Bar, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- James Grant — Little HK, Edmonton, Canada
- Keith Motsi — Charles H. Seoul on the 4 Seasons Resort, Seoul, South Korea
- Rémy Savage — 🔶🟥🔵 A Bar with Shapes for a Title, London, UK
- Daniel Schofield — SCHOFIELD’S BAR, Manchester, UK
- Ezra Star — Principally Innocent, Hong Kong, China
- Luke Whearty — BYRDI, Melbourne, Australia
- Matt Whiley — RE, Sydney, Australia
Greatest Worldwide Bar Mentor offered by Lyre’s Non-Alcoholic
- Monica Berg
- Arijit Bose
- Simone Caporale
- Renato “Tato” Giovannoni
- Tim Etherington Decide
- Trevor Kallies
- Dre Masso
- Lauren Mote
- Danil Nevsky
- Agostino Perrone
- Christina Veira
- Camille Vidal
*Contains 12 nominees on account of a tie
Greatest Worldwide Model Ambassador offered by Lyre’s Non-Alcoholic
- Jenna Ba — Diageo
- Claudia Cabrera — Fratelli Branca
- Irene Díaz — Ron Diplomático
- Martin Hudák — Mr Black Spirits
- Daniyel Jones — Home of Angostura
- Ally Martin — Hendrick’s Gin
- Dave Mitton — Lot No. 40 / J.P. Wiser’s
- Ricardo Nava — Bacardí Latin America
- Tim Phillips-Johansson — Johnnie Walker
- Nicola Riske — The Macallan
Greatest Worldwide Bar Staff offered by Home of Angostura
- ALQUÍMICO — Cartagena, Colombia
- Atwater Cocktail Membership — Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Jigger & Pony on the Amara Resort — Singapore
- La Factoría — San Juan, Puerto Rico
- MAYBE SAMMY — Sydney, Australia
- Salmon Guru — Madrid, Spain
- Tayēr + Elementary — London, UK
- The Clumsies — Athens, Greece
- Tres Monos — Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Two Schmucks — Barcelona, Spain
Greatest Worldwide Cocktail Bar offered by Tequila Fortaleza
- ALQUIMICO — Cartagena, Colombia
- Atwater Cocktail Membership — Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Trigger Impact Cocktail Kitchen & Cape Brandy Bar — Cape City, South Africa
- COA — Hong Kong, China
- Florería Atlántico — Buenos Aires, Argentina
- MAYBE SAMMY — Sydney, Australia
- Paradiso — Barcelona, Spain
- Salmon Guru — Madrid, Spain
- Devil’s Whiskers — London, UK
- Tayēr + Elementary — London, UK
- Three Sheets — London, UK
- Two Schmucks — Barcelona, Spain
*Contains 12 nominees on account of a tie
Greatest Worldwide Resort Bar offered by Perrier
- Bar Trigona on the 4 Seasons Resort — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Botanist on the Fairmont Pacific Rim Resort — Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Bulgari Bar at The Bvlgari Resort — Dubai, UAE
- Charles H. Seoul on the 4 Seasons Resort — Seoul, South Korea
- Fifty Mils on the 4 Seasons Resort — Mexico Metropolis, Mexico
- Jigger & Pony on the Amara Resort — Singapore
- Lyaness at Sea Containers London — London, UK
- MO BAR on the Mandarin Oriental — Singapore
- Origin Bar at The Shangri-La Resort — Singapore
- The American Bar at The Stafford London — London, UK
- The Donovan Bar on the Brown’s Resort — London, UK
*Contains 11 nominees on account of a tie
Greatest Worldwide Restaurant Bar offered by Tales of the Cocktail Basis
- Bar Kismet — Halifax, NS, Canada
- Caffe Fernet — Singapore
- Danico — Paris, France
- Le Mary Celeste — Paris, France
- Locale Firenze — Florence, Italy
- LPM Restaurant & Bar — Dubai, UAE
- Pujol — Mexico Metropolis, Mexico
- Horny Fish — London, UK
- The Continental Deli — Newtown, Australia
- Tjoget — Stockholm, Sweden
- Zuma Dubai — Dubai, UAE
*Contains 11 nominees on account of a tie
Greatest New Worldwide Cocktail Bar offered by Stranger & Sons
- 🔶🟥🔵 A Bar with Shapes for a Title — London, UK
- Amaro Bar — London, UK
- ARGO — Hong Kong, China
- Lifeless Finish Paradise — Beirut, Lebanon
- DEAN & NANCY — Sydney, Australia
- RE — Sydney, Australia
- Schofield’s Bar — Manchester, UK
- Aspect Hustle on the NoMad — London, UK
- SIPS — Barcelona, Spain
- Wax On — Berlin, Germany
U.S. CATEGORIES
U.S. Bartender of the 12 months offered by Del Maguey
- Josh Davis — sixteenth Road Bar, Chicago, IL
- Chris Elford — Commerce Winds Tavern, Navy Power, Rob Roy, Right here Right now Brewing, Seattle, WA
- Chris Hannah — Jewel of the South, New Orleans, LA
- Caer Maiko Ferguson — DrinkWell, Austin, TX
- Chris McMillian — Revel Bar & Cafe, New Orleans, LA
- Shauna O’Neil — Candy Liberty, Miami, FL
- Kapri Robinson — Allegory, Washington, DC
- Christian Suzuki-Orellana — Wildhawk, San Francisco, CA
- Masahiro “Masa” Urushido — Katana Kitten, New York, NY
- Christine Wiseman — BarLab Hospitality Group, Miami, FL
Greatest U.S. Bar Mentor offered by BarSmarts
- Colin Asare-Appiah
- Julio Cabrera
- Kevin Diedrich
- Meaghan Dorman
- Alba Huerta
- Alex Bounce
- Sean Kenyon
- ms franky marshall
- Nectaly Mendoza
- Jeffrey Morgenthaler
Greatest U.S. Model Ambassador offered by Libbey Glass
- Kiowa Bryan — Spiribam
- Chris Cabrera — Bacardí USA
- Tad Carducci — Gruppo Montenegro
- Cameron George — Ardbeg
- Vance Henderson — Hendrick’s Gin
- Lynn Home — Heaven Hill
- Jenna Murray — The Glenlivet
- Natasha Sofia Velez — Davos Manufacturers
- Ryan Wainwright — Bombay Sapphire
- Daniel Warrilow — Campari America
Greatest U.S. Bar Staff offered by William Grant & Sons
- Attaboy — New York, NY
- Cleaver – Butchered Meats, Seafood & Basic Cocktails — Las Vegas, NV
- Half Step — Austin, TX
- Jaguar Solar — Miami, FL
- Jewel of the South — New Orleans, LA
- Katana Kitten — New York, NY
- The Lengthy Island Bar — Brooklyn, NY
- The Roosevelt Room — Austin, TX
- The Cosy — Sacramento, CA
- Thunderbolt — Los Angeles, CA
Greatest U.S. Cocktail Bar offered by Absolut Vodka
- Bar Goto — New York, NY
- Beachbum Berry’s Latitude 29 — New Orleans, LA
- Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour — Phoenix, AZ
- DrinkWell — Austin, TX
- Julep — Houston, TX
- Katana Kitten — New York, NY
- Occidental — Denver, CO
- Pearl Diver — Nashville, TN
- The Roosevelt Room — Austin, TX
- Thunderbolt — Los Angeles, CA
Greatest U.S. Resort Bar offered by Gray Goose
- Bar Marilou at Maison de la Luz — New Orleans, LA
- Champagne Bar at The Surf Membership Miami — Miami, FL
- Expensive Irving on Hudson on the Aliz Resort — New York, NY
- Hey Love at The Jupiter — Portland, OR
- King Cole Bar at The St. Regis New York — New York, NY
- Libertine Social on the Mandalay Bay — Las Vegas, NV
- Little Rituals on the Residence Inn/Courtyard by Marriott — Phoenix, AZ
- Midnight Rambler on the Joule — Dallas, TX
- Mountaineering Membership on the Graduate Seattle Resort — Seattle, WA
- Silver Lyan on the Riggs Washington DC — Washington, DC
Greatest U.S. Restaurant Bar offered by Maison Ferrand
- Café La Trova — Miami, FL
- Cleaver – Butchered Meats, Seafood & Basic Cocktails — Las Vegas, NV
- Crown Shy — New York, NY
- Gramercy Tavern — New York, NY
- Jewel of the South — New Orleans, LA
- Kimball Home — Decatur, GA
- Kumiko — Chicago, IL
- L’Oursin — Seattle, WA
- Republique — Los Angeles, CA
- Spoon and Secure — Minneapolis, MN
Greatest New U.S. Cocktail Bar offered by Aviation Gin
- Double Hen Please — New York, NY
- Glad Accidents — Albuquerque, NM
- Kona’s Road Market — San Francisco, CA
- Regulation Chook — Columbus, OH
- Overstory — New York, NY
- Palmetto — Oakland, CA
- Temple Bar — New York, NY
- Tiki Tatsu-Ya — Austin, TX
- Commerce Winds Tavern — Seattle, WA
- Yacht Membership — Denver, CO
WRITING & MEDIA CATEGORIES
Greatest Cocktail & Spirits Publication offered by Diageo Bar Academy
- CLASS journal
- Difford’s Information
- Discard the Zine
- DRiNK Journal Asia
- Drinks Worldwide
- Liquor.com
- The Cocktail Lovers journal
- The Spirits Enterprise
- VinePair
- Whisky Journal
Greatest Broadcast, Podcast, or On-line Video Sequence offered by Diageo Bar Academy
- A Life In Whisky: The Dennis Malcolm Story (A documentary by Whisky Journal)
- Behind the Bar with Cara Devine
- El Membership de los Cantineros (Documentary)
- Freepour™
- Glad Hour Historical past
- “Hospitality Ahead” Podcast by Hanna Lee Communications
- Radio Imbibe
- Shōshin Artwork Membership
- The Cocktail Lovers Podcast
- The Speakeasy Podcast
Greatest Cocktail & Spirits Writing offered by Diageo Bar Academy
- “Get Actual: The bar world appears past feel-good measures on sustainability and local weather change” by Max Falkowitz, for Imbibe Journal
- “Getting excessive from a brand new provide: a revolutionary flavour extraction technique for cocktails is being pioneered in South Africa” by Leah van Deventer, for TheWorlds50Best.com
- “Has the Coronavirus Pandemic Destroyed American Bar Tradition?” by Jeffrey Morgenthaler, for Every day Beast
- “Making it By means of: How a Bar’s Regulars Helped Throughout a Pandemic,” by Rebecca Cate as instructed to Paul Clarke, Imbibe
- “Marc Farrell Needs to Change the Approach You Suppose About Rum” by Yolanda Evans, for Meals & Wine
- “Meet the Eco-Packaging Improvements Reworking the Drinks Business” by Betsy Andrews, for SevenFifty Every day
- “Mexican Terroir” by Liza Weisstuch, for Whisky Journal
- “The Best Consuming Contest in Historical past” by David Wondrich, for Every day Beast
- “The Onerous Reset – Making a New Hospitality Tradition” by Anna Sebastian, for CLASS
- “Turns Out Rye Whiskey Isn’t an American Creation After All” by Lew Bryson, for Every day Beast
Greatest New Cocktail or Bartending E book offered by Lyre’s Non-Alcoholic
- Claridge’s The Cocktail E book by Denis Broci and Nathan McCarley-O’Neill
- COCKTAIL DIVE BAR: Actual Drinks, Faux Historical past, and Questionable Recommendation from New Orleans’s Twelve Mile Restrict by T. Cole Newton
- Dying & Co: Welcome House by Alex Day, Nick Fauchald, and David Kaplan
- Difford’s Information to Cocktails Sixteenth Version by Simon Difford
- Mezcal and Tequila Cocktails by Robert Simonson
- The Cocktail Seminars by Brian D. Hoefling
- The Japanese Artwork of the Cocktail by Masahiro Urushido and Michael Anstendig
- The Approach of the Cocktail: Japanese Traditions, Methods, and Recipes by Julia Momosé with Emma Janzen
- Tokyo Cocktails by Nicholas Coldicott
- Zero Proof: 90 Non-Alcoholic Recipes for Aware Consuming by Elva Ramirez
Greatest New E book on Drinks Tradition, Historical past, or Spirits offered by Diageo Bar Academy
- A Good Drink: In Pursuit of Sustainable Spirits by Shanna Farrell
- Bourbon: The Story of Kentucky Whiskey by Clay Risen
- Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Solution to Civilization by Edward Slingerland
- Girly Drinks: A World Historical past of Ladies and Alcohol by Mallory O’Meara
- L’Ora dell’Americano by Mauro Mahjoub & Lucio Tucci
- One thing & Tonic by Nick Kokonas
- The Huge E book of Amaro by Matteo Zed
- The New Kindred Spirits by F. Paul Pacult
- The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails edited by David Wondrich with Noah Rothbaum
- The Spirit of Rye by Carlo DeVito
GLOBAL CATEGORIES
Greatest New Spirit or Cocktail Ingredient offered by Tales of the Cocktail Basis
- Abasolo Ancestral Corn Whisky
- ANGOSTURA® cocoa bitters
- Citadelle Gin Jardin d’été
- Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal Vida de Muertos
- Equiano Mild Rum
- Fever-Tree Glowing Lime & Yuzu
- Fever-Tree Glowing Pink Grapefruit
- Hendrick’s Lunar Gin
- Lyre’s Non-Alcoholic – Italian Orange
- Nixta Licor de Elote
- Misplaced Irish
- Ojo de Tigre Mezcal Artesanal
- SAVOIA Americano
*Contains 13 nominees on account of a tie
World’s Greatest Cocktail Menu offered by Diageo Bar Academy
- ALQUÍMICO — Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
- Dante NYC — New York, NY
- Himkok — Oslo, Norway
- Little Pink Door — Paris, France
- Lyaness at Sea Containers London — London, UK
- Mace Bar — New York, NY
- Paradiso — Barcelona, Spain
- Scarfes Bar on the Rosewood London — London, UK
- Swift Soho — London, UK
- Tayēr + Elementary — London, UK
World’s Greatest Spirits Choice offered by Beam Suntory
- ATLA — New York, NY
- Brandy Library — New York, NY
- In-Situ Mezcaleria — Oaxaca Metropolis, Mexico
- Jack Rose Eating Saloon — Washington, DC
- Origin Bar at The Shangri-La Resort — Singapore
- Rumba — Seattle, WA
- Horny Fish — London, UK
- Swift Soho — London, UK
- The Bamboo Room at Three Dots and a Sprint — Chicago, IL
- The Physician’s Workplace — Seattle, WA
