JAMIE KIMBER was named the inaugural CheekyTiki Cocktail Kahuna winner after he triumphed against ten other contestants at the CheekyTiki’s Haole Hut on Sunday.  Kimber came out of a four-year cocktail competition retirement to enter and impressed the judges with a serve that didn’t contain rum. Second place was awarded to Joe Schofield of The Savoy while amateur Liz Stevenson took third place. Six…

Ally Martin, of London’s Peg and Patriot; Benjamin Davies, of The Suburbs, Chester; and London’s City Social Matt Fairhurst were selected as the top three contestants at Syon House, London. Eight bartenders were tasked with creating a Bacardi rum cocktail that could be replicated anywhere in the world demonstrating the brand’s history. Davies’ “Golden Age”, Fairhurst’s “Tempting Fate” and Martin’s “The Young Cuban” impressed the…

MITCHELL, FORMERLY OF CALLOOH CALLAY, impressed judges with her winning serve ‘Jarnac Jedi’. The prize includes a stay in a 5-star hotel with views of the Arc de Triomphe and Eiffel Tower. Mitchell secured victory over Federico Gisbert Johnson of the Hawksmoor Guildhall, London with her Courvoisier Exclusif, lemon juice, gomme syrup, marmalade and apple juice cocktail. The finalists were judged on their responsiveness and intuitive…

From corner cafes to high-end wine bars, Paris has no shortage of great spots to partake in the grape. But for cocktail lovers things have always been a little more challenging.  In recent decades, choices have been scarce and those wanting something a bit stiffer would have had to head to Hemingway bar at the Ritz for a budget-busting drink or…

If you’re looking for a symbol to stand for the Berlin of the moment, it would probably best be a construction crane. Though Berlin has been in a constant transformative process since the German unification in 1990, the number of new construction sites has visibly been shooting up again over the past couple of years. In a recent PWC study, Cities…

The competition is open to ‘time-served bartenders or home bar specialists’ and is not based on speed rounds or stage shows. The contestants will be judged on their ability to create ‘Polynesian inspired cocktails fit for Donn and Vic’s great luau in the sky.’ The event will take place at Haole Hut, CheekyTiki, Hackney Wick on Saturday 27 September. For more information and details on…

Kouziokas, of Groove Cocktail Bar in Greece triumphed against eight international competitors at Gin Mare’s villa in Ibiza, Spain yesterday.   Kouziokas won a prize of €4,500 and will take on an ambassador role for Gin Mare at up to six events in the coming year.   Second place was awarded to Nico Colic, of Hotel Rivington & Sons in Zurich, Switzerland, who won a prize of…