Judges

Michele Lombardi

Head of Bars at Four Seasons Tower Bridge

Gaetano (GDA) D’Amato

Head of Bars at Mark\'s Club

Claudia Carrozzi

Head of beverage at Cunard and UKBG President

Marcello Cauda

Bars Manager at The Berkeley Hotel, Maybourne Group, London

Enrico Chiappini

Senior Bartender at Dukes Hotel

Phoebe Doran

Head of Bars UK at the Hakkasan Group

Anna Gaglione

Bars Manager, The Ned & Ned's Club

Nick Larsson - Bell

Retail Buyer of the Year 2022 Senior Spirits and Beer Buyer at Harvey Nichols

Salvatore Megna

Bar Manager, Firmdale Hotels, UK

Francesca Parker-Partridge

Spirits Buying Manager , Ocado Retail

Giota Polizoudi

Senior Spirits Buyer at Marks and Spencer

Davide Sinibaldi

Assistant Bar Manager at The Spy Bar at Raffles London

Lorenzo Piscitello

Scarfes Bar Supervisor at Rosewood Hotel Group

Neil Jamieson

Premium Spirits Buyer and Prestige Whisky Specialist for The Whisky Shop

Stephanie Macleod

Master Blender and Director of Blending, Scotch Whisky for Bacardi

Andrew de Lavis-Trafford

Commercial Director at WholeCo

Cristiana Pirinu

Assistant Director of Mixology - The Donovan Bar

Rachelle Carandang

Sr Manager - Product Development and Sourcing, Beverages at Sam's Club

Helena Copeland

Buyer for Low & No and Ready to Drink at Ocado

David Hood

General Manager at Spirit Cartel

Andy Loudon

Director of Bars, Rosewood London, UK

Harp Mann

Mixology Consultant, Cocktail Innovator and Presenter

Nelson Reis

Retail Duty Manager at Speciality Drinks Group

Jason Vaswani

Head Buyer of Old & Rare Spirits at Speciality Drinks Group

Alessandro Vescovi

Bar Supervisor, The Donovan Bar at Brown\'s Hotel, a Rocco Forte Hotel

Emma Walker

Emma Walker, Master Blender at Johnnie Walker

Craig Wallace

Whisky Creation Leader and Master Blender at Diageo

Laura Willoughby MBE

Low and No Alcoholic Drinks Buyer, Founder of Club Soda, The Mindful Drinking Movement

Emilia Wrelton

Bars General Manager at St. Clement Hotel