Vehí triumphed against five other international competitors to win a prize of €4,500, with second place Mirco Turconi of Mag Café in Milan, Italy winning €2,500, and Daniel Oliver Warren of Strait & Narrow, Lincoln, UK, taking third place and a cheque for €1,000.
Vehí’s winning cocktails were: Gin Kontos: Gin Mare, 1724 tonic water with seaweed and fennel and garnished with oyster and lemon zest; Cinque Terre: Gin Mare, carrot juice, coconut milk, lime and Ras el Hanout; and Azahar: Gin Mare infused with Madagascar peppers, rhubarb juice and a combination of teas made with Azahar water.
The judging panel was formed of Jorge Balbontín, brand development manager of Vantguard; Jonathan Armengol, gastronomy critic; Gareth Evans, bar manager of Blind Pig at Social Eating House; Lachlan Deab Miller, winner of the Australian/Asiatic Mediterranean Inspirations; Stuart Bale, mixologist at Strange Hill and chef Ramón Freixa.
Vehí takes Gin Mare crown
14 September, 2015
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Manel Vehí of beach bar Boia Nit in the Girona province of Spain, has won the fifth Gin Mare Mediterranean Inspirations cocktail competition at the Vila Mare in Ibiza, Spain.
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