Over spring 2023, The Mix invited these throughout the hospitality business far and extensive throughout Australia and New Zealand, to enter The Good Mix Cocktail Competitors by creating a brand new, imaginative, and nice tasting cocktail utilizing a minimal 45mls from the varied Beam Suntory portfolio. Getting into was easy, by placing in your inventive genius playlist, stepping into the ‘innovation’ zone, working your particular person magic, and submitting a cocktail in response to the transient TRADITION, or PERSONALITY.
Over the previous few weeks, the panel of judges have been working extra time to slender down the 300 entries obtained from bartenders from all corners of Australia & New Zealand. After a grueling blind judging course of, the next distinctive finalists have been chosen from every state.
Drum roll please…
NSW & ACT
APPRENTICES
- Anzhe Huang
- Daniel Dai
- Dion Elfes
- Flynn Gilmore
- James Cooke
- Jarsh Liu
- Jonathon Nati
- Kishen Saai Rao
- Mickey Morgan
- Nat Younger
- Ngametua Fatongiatau
- Saxon Harrison
- Thomas Nix
- Tony Nguyen
- Zachary Scoble
PROFESSIONALS
- Angus Energy
- Charlie Coates
- Daniel Hilton
- Giacomo Franceschi
- Jackson Alan
- Jae Yeol Choi
- Joe Worthington
- June Avery
- Mahbub Hasan
- Orion Leppan Taylor
- Peter Golding
- Quinn Zuo
- Roean Patawaran
- Ryan Betts
- Storm Evans
- Wintour Phelps
QLD
APPRENTICES
- Alessandro Pawelzik
- Georgia Gresham
- Harry Ling
- Isaac Singh
- Jesse Kynaston
- Kielan Davidson
- Kieran Fleming
- Rebecca Lynne
- Tamim Siddique
- Thomas Svensson
PROFESSIONALS
- Aidan Perkins
- Blade Hauser
- Cameron Grey-smith
- Charlie Hunter
- Claudio Furio
- Lachlan Mangelsdorf
- Liam Shephard
- Loic Mouchelin
- Martin McConnell
- Mycol Cavalieri
- Samuel Russ
- She-arna Booker
- Tuncer Tokmak
SA & NT
APPRENTICES
- Annie Thao Nguyen
- Josh Lever
- Koby Gelven
- Matilda McCarthy
- Oliver Fulcher
PROFESSIONALS
- Alex Bubba Johnston
- Alfie Simmons
- Alfonso Lizana
- Beau Chirgwin-Schmidt
- Jay Playford
- Pouya Khoshtarash
- Riley Landini
- Tahgan-jiian Howlett
- Thomas Egan
- Wil Bickley
- Wunna Coleman-Goddard
VIC & TAS
APPRENTICES
- Ana Mitchell
- Emma Fayle
- Eric O’Malley
- Frank Jiang
- Jessica Gregory
- Jordan Mcdonald
- Joseph Maait
- Nick Weir
- Ruth Chapman
PROFESSIONALS
- Caroline Svarc
- Dominique Cacioli
- Edwin Ditchfield
- Eileen Zhang
- Ewen Davies
- Joseph Howlett
- Lachlan Watt
- RIchard Liu
- Tanguy Charbonnet
- Thomas McArthur
- Tony Huang
- Yuichi Hirayama
WA
APPRENTICES
- Claudia Terblanche
- Daniel Feyzollahi
- Jac Landmark
- Mark Liao
- Richard Thomas
PROFESSIONALS
- Benjamin Fincham-de Groot
- Charles Arias
- Dyllan Balm
- Francis Martin
- Kenny Lim
- Max Giudice
- Murray Walsh
- Nicholas Francis
- Pippa Canavan
- Sean Walker
NEW ZEALAND
APPRENTICES
- Connor Bowes
- Kelle Roberts
- Kevin Menezes
- Senuka Sudusinghe
- Swanny Monthuit
PROFESSIONALS
- Akira Ohki
- Charles Gillet
- Corbin parker Parker
- Dan Felsing
- Daniel Preston-Jones
- Dayyana Dimitrova
- Federico Casadei
- Harry Powell
- Jay Corcraighe
- Jonny Park
- Mangesh shah
- Martyn Wooden
- Nick Widley
Kicking off in late February 2023, The Mix might be touring this nice nation of ours, internet hosting 5 state remaining occasions, then New Zealand, to pick a winner from the Apprentice and Skilled classes, all of whom might be vying for his or her likelihood to win a visit to UK, the final word fantasy-turned-reality journey, visiting Beam Suntory distilleries the place they may obtain the respect of working alongside a Grasp Distillers, plus visiting a number of the World’s finest bars, working alongside business mentors, and the house owners of those nice bars, while dropping into a big business occasion, all whereas within the UK, whoa!
Thanks to all those that submitted entries this yr into The Good Mix competitors, the entries had been really thrilling to learn and evaluation, and the tales you shared had been so inspiring and from the center. It was troublesome to slender down the record!
Congratulations to the finalists, we’re excited to have you ever on this journey with us!
Should you’re a finalist that hasn’t been contacted thus far, by your state The Alternate Ambassador, please e mail hayley.morison@beamsuntory.com. A few of you forgot to place your telephone numbers… so we need to share the nice information and subsequent steps…
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