Moët UK Sommelier of the Year semi finalists

09 May, 2014

By Christian Davis

The Academy of Food & Wine Service (AFWS) has announced the names of the sommeliers going through to the semi-finals of the Moët UK Sommelier of the Year 2014 following the regional finals held earlier this week in Bristol, two London venues and Stafford.

The 2014 semi-finalists are:

Loic Avril, The Fat Duck, Bray

Romain Bourger, The Vineyard at Stockcross, Newbury

Lukasz Kolodziejczyk, Pollen Street Social, London W1

Olivier Marie, Coq d’Argent, London EC2

Stefan Neumann, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London SW1

Adam Pawlowski, Northcote, Blackburn

Emanuel Pesqueira, Summer Lodge, Dorchester

Damien Trinquel, Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa, Chippenham

Roberto Zanca, Hotel du Vin, Cheltenham

They will be joined by Tobias Brauweiler, The Ritz, London (2013 runner-up), Kathrine Larsen (2013 Young Sommelier of the Year), and Tanguy Martin, Hotel TerraVina, Southampton (winner of 2014 Chaînes des Rôtisseurs Young Sommelier of the Year).