
World Class GB – Burst 2: The winning five
Above, the winners (L-R): Benji Purslow, Ben Williams, Ali Reynolds, Michele Mariotti and Lorenzo Antinori “Ecstatic”, “proud”, “richer”, “captivated” and “fantabulous”. This is how the

Above, the winners (L-R): Benji Purslow, Ben Williams, Ali Reynolds, Michele Mariotti and Lorenzo Antinori “Ecstatic”, “proud”, “richer”, “captivated” and “fantabulous”. This is how the

Ta-da! The five going through to World Class GB Finals are: Luca Corradini – The American Bar at The Savoy (London) Tim Laferla – Red

aka The Bulleit Session Our last session for the day and it’s time for Group 4 to get to grips with bourbon. As with all

aka The Zacapa Session How much excitement can you fit into one day? Not enough when you’re dealing with World Class material, obviously… Right now

aka where the heat is really on We’re having palpitations just writing this so God alone knows how the bartenders are coping… We’re with Group 1for

With 50 bartenders competing in this semi-final, there’s a whole lotta prep going on. Plenty has been done in advance obviously but right now there’s an army

11.34am: So here we are are Diageo HQ – us and what seems like a gazillion others – bartenders, PRs, God knows who else but there’s

Above, the winners (L-R): Luca Corradini; Jamie Jones; Kyle Wilkinson. Tim Laferla; Jon Hughes From deepest, darkest NW10 and then on to Cecil’s in SE1 for
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