Early Deadline
30 November 2026
Judging
Date
23 & 24 March 2027
Winners Announced
22 April 2027
Judges
Meet our Judges for 2027
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
Sam Cooklin-Smith
No & Low Alcohol Expert, Co-Founder, Kore Drinks, No & Low Alcohol Distribution Agency
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
