Finalists and their recipes announced for the annual Northern Restaurant & Bar cocktail competition, sponsored by Whitley Neill Dry Gin, with the chance to win a once in a lifetime VIP trip to South Africa.
The finalists have been chosen for the annual cocktail competition at Northern Restaurant & Bar, this year sponsored by Whitley Neill Dry Gin. Battling it out to win a trip South Africa are:
- Thomas Gedney-Higham, Bibi's Italianissimo, Leeds
o Cocktail: Terra De Fume (Translates as Smoke of the Earth)
- Bettina Kovacs, Dishoom, Edinburgh
o Cocktail: God's Placation
- Jenny Griffiths, Ten Mill Lane, Cardiff
o Cocktail: Shebeen Queen
- Lükas Alberti, Three Six Six (Battersea), London
o Cocktail: Mandela's Negroni
These four finalists were chosen by a blind judging panel of gin experts including founder Johnny Neill after all competitors were asked to submit one unique drink containing a minimum of 35ml of any Whitley Neill Dry Gin expression and adding inspiration of the gin’s South Africa influence.
The finalists will now compete live at Northern Restaurant & Bar, in Manchester, on Wednesday 22 March 2017 at 15.15. The competition is hosted by Dave Marsland aka Drinks Enthusiast and Halewood Wines & Spirits, the distributors for Whitley Neill Dry Gin, and compered by spirit writer Joel Harrison.
The winner will visit South Africa in late 2017 as the guest of Whitley Neill Dry Gin, which has previously beaten off the challenge from the World’s finest gin brands by winning gold at San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2014. The visit will also include a one day safari.
Northern Restaurant & Bar is the biggest hospitality show in the North. The show’s Spirit Room is the largest curated selection of spirit brands on show outside London. As well as the Whitley Neill Dry Gin competition, the Drinks Live theatre features a line-up of tutored tastings and masterclasses from some of the best names in the business. Tickets are free to anyone actively working in the hospitality industry, register now at www.northernrestaurantandbar.co.uk/tickets
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