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Chivas
reveals 21 finalists from around the
world who will compete to be Chivas
Masters Global Champion 2018.
Chivas Regal has revealed the 21
national winners who will be heading to
the United Kingdom to compete to be
crowned Chivas Masters Global Champion
2018.
This years final which takes place from
24th-28th June will see finalists
returning to Chivas’ roots with the
five-day finale starting at the
Strathisla distillery in Speyside, the
home of Chivas, before culminating,
appropriately in London, being one of
the most exciting and diverse cocktail
capitals in the world.
The Chivas Masters Global Champion 2018
finalists are:
- Argentina –Martin Suaya from JW
Bradley
- Australia – Louis Marcpherson
from Baxter Inn
- Brazil – Alex Sepulchro from
Frank Bar
- Bulgaria – German Gochev from
The Martini: Food & Cocktails
- China – Michael Chen from The
Cannery
- Cuba – Fabián Ramos from
Restaurante Divino
- Czech Republic – Filip Jančárek
from the Bankers Bar
- Dominican Republic – Julio Ruiz
from Salitre Restaurante
- France – Louis Lebaillif from
Little Red Door
- Hong Kong – Yuta Inagaki from
Butler
- Japan – Kentaro Wada from The
Ritz-Carlton Tokyo, The Bar
- Mexico – Oscar Jesus Armenta
Garcia from Puebla
- Morocco – Houssam Bennani from
The Hilton
- Peru - Angel Solorzano Chumpitaz
from Felix Brasserie
- Poland – Bartosz Konieczny from
Ceviche Bar
- Switzerland – Chloé Merz from
Angels’ Share
- Thailand – Arron Grendon from
Tropic City
- The Netherlands – Rick Marson
from The Duchess
- The United Arab Emirates –
Stefano Ruocco from Flamingo Room by
Tashas
- United Kingdom – Alex Godfrey
from The Milk Thisle
- USA - Valentino Longo from Le
Sirenuse Four Seasons
The Chivas Masters is a global
competition that champions bartenders
who share Chivas’ core values of
community, collaboration and generosity.
It is built around the belief that
generosity and success go hand in hand –
a belief originally held by founding
brothers John and James Chivas who were
determined to share their success with
the local community. Community is the
theme at the very heart of this year’s
competition, and the 21 finalists have
already excelled in the national heats
by producing some outstanding Chivas
serves inspired by their local
community.
With more bartenders competing in the
global final than ever before, the
contestants are facing the fiercest
challenge yet, and will need to show
both exemplary bartending skills and
team spirit to impress the judges.
Throughout the week, they will take part
in a series of masterclasses and intense
individual and team challenges designed
to test their skills, creativity and
teamwork.
They will then be shortlisted to three
grand finalists who, in an exciting new
twist, must win over the hearts and
minds of consumers as well as the
judges. As part of the final challenge,
the bartenders will be tasked with
establishing their own bespoke pop-up
cocktail bar and menu, where they will
be looking to excite the senses of their
most important judge – the everyday
public - with their local
community-inspired signature cocktail.
The 21 finalists will be mentored over
the course of the week by a
distinguished panel of
internationally-acclaimed judges, who
hope to inspire the contestants with
their own unique skill-set and
experience. The panel comprises:
- Matt
Whiley
Ground-breaking London bartender
behind an impressive list of
award-winning bars, including Purl,
Worship Street Whistling Shop, Dach
& Sons, Talented Mr Fox, Peg +
Patriot, and Scout.
-
Laura-May Coope
Social media superstar and
co-founder of Social Life – the
premium social media agency for
entertainment brands.
- JJ
Goodman
Globally recognised personality and
thought-leader in the world of mixed
drinks. Goodman is also the Founder
of The London Cocktail Club bar
group, Craft Cocktail Co. bottled
cocktails, and Keystones Cocktail
Club.
- Bea
Bradsells
Storyteller and daughter of Dick
Bradsell – the Soho cocktail expert
who created the Espresso Martini and
the Bramble.
Richard Black, Global Marketing
Director at Chivas Regal, comments:
"Our 21 national winners have
already amazed us with their
tenacity and teamwork, but this
year’s competition is fiercer than
ever before. We have 21 of the
world’s best bartenders coming
together and we want them to show us
that success really does taste
better shared - by creating their
own pop-up cocktail bar with their
peers and fellow competitors. The
finalists will not only need to
impress our esteemed judges, they
face the ultimate critic in the form
of our consumers, with their high
expectations, pushing the
competition to a whole new level."
The 2018 Chivas Masters Global
Champion will be decided at the Oval
Space, London, on the evening of
Thursday 28th June, and will win an
all-expenses-paid trip to Tales of
the Cocktail 2018 in New Orleans,
and the chance to travel the world
with Chivas to inspire the
bartenders of the future.
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