World Class GB reveals its checklist of fifty 2023 competitors semi-finalists
Nice Britain’s 2023 World Class subject has narrowed, with the announcement yesterday of the 50 semi-finalists who undergo to penultimate stage of the competitors.
Following a strategy of in-bar judging by the World Class workforce, the 100 bartenders who had been invited to compete following the entry interval has been halved, with these going via securing a spot within the semi-final, which takes place at Birch, in Cheshunt, on April seventeenth.
On the semi-final, every competitor shall be assigned a problem and spirit – both Don Julio Tequila or Chase GB Gin. The Don Julio Problem, Geophyte Membership, includes a mission to search out or create a cocktail ingredient based mostly on a geophyte and use it in a drink of their creation, that includes Don Julio.
The Chase Problem, Trendy Muse, will see contributors figuring out a Trendy Muse, somebody born after 2008 whose spirit they have to seize in an unique drink which highlights the traits of Chase GB Gin.
In each challenges, bartenders should use a minimal of 30ml of both Don Julio or Chase GB Gin of their cocktail, and a most of 5 further components (excluding garnish). The selection of ice, glassware and garnish is as much as the bartender, however ought to tie into the story of the drink and add to the general aesthetic.
Congratulations to the 50 semi-finalists, as a part of the judging panel, BarLifeUK seems to be ahead to seeing you strut your stuff.
The World Class GB 2023 Semi-Finalists
- Panos Ntalianis – Gong Bar
- Danilo Frigulti – Nomad Resort
- Gregorio Soriente – Zetter Townhouse
- Ryan Manner – Orchid
- Jamie Lock – The Potted Pig
- Alex Taylor – Pennyroyal
- Lewis Parry – Pal Bar and Kitchen
- Michael Dylan Edwards – Hawksmoor Liverpool
- Emanuele Mensah – Lyaness
- Cristian Silenzi – Velvet
- Robin Phileas – Soma
- Krystian Kropaczewski – Artesian Bar
- Liam Scott – The Ubiquitous Chip
- Benedetta Paris – Happiness Forgets
- Thomas Fastiggi – Schofields
- Egidio Bizzotto – Disrepute
- Blaise Bachelier – Fox and Probability
- Kuba Korzynski – Milroy’s of Spitalfields
- Michael Yishak – The Furnace Sheffield
- Oscar Wozniak – Be At One Newcastle
- Katie Rouse – Sofa
- Axel Joyau – 34 Mayfair
- Leon Wilkes Again – Commons Membership
- Steven Liu – Alma by Sucre
- Laurie Howells – Alma
- Daniel Selby – Connaught Bar
- Courtney Francis – Sofa
- Sebastiano Fileccia – The Milk Thistle
- Emmy Pip Knight – American Bar, The Savoy
- Sam Robinson – Public
- Josh Linfitt – Ugly Butterfly by Adam Dealing with
- Joshua Black – Silverleaf
- Aidan Hynes – Passing Fancies
- Ionnis Sourmenidis – Superico
- Liam Jones – Pennyroyal
- Davide Sinibaldi – Mi Bar and Lounge
- Jacob Clarke – Sofa
- James Rawlcliffe – Superico Bar & Lounge
- Matt Sawn – Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh
- Richard Patchouli – Milroy’s of Spitalfields
- Jemima Christie – Filthy XIII
- Mathew (Welly) Jones – Lab 22 Cardiff
- Scott Stevenson – Ga Ga Kitchen & Bar
- Holly Bennets – The Greenbank Resort
- Matt Arnold – Passing Fancies
- Jack Smith – Gleneagles Touwnhouse
- William Campbell-Rowntree – Mama Funki
- Charlie Baxter – Passing Fancies
- Eve Inexperienced – Passing Fancies
- Sean Cavanagh – Pands & Sons
