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Love is all,

Love is you….”

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In This Issue

UKBG National Competi-

tion: The finals!

Check this out for the up

coming competitions!

UKBG Cognac Trip Latest

updates!

Connecting Bartenders;

Where to Catch Up?

Our Contacts

United Kingdom Bartenders Guild , London Area & Southern Area Newsletter July - August– September 2013

What’s up these months????

Showing our proudness of our bartenders…

Planning a lot more of Actiooooooon for you!!!

The Jury had a big

challenge too…!

So Many…

So Great...

So hard to choose!!

Great venue, hot weather and… Just a great success at the UKBG National Competition Finals!!!

After such a long wait, after the heats in the country, a long preparation and with our hearts beating so hard while waiting who was the winner… finally the UKBG National Competition 2013 took place at the stunning Sky Lounge Bar of the Double Tree Hilton Hotel Tower Hill, the sun was shining and the bartenders just in perfect fit in their suite ready for the Final Battle!!!

Great atmosphere, beautiful smiles around and god, what a hard job for our judges!!! We must admit, all the cocktails were a piece of art, with their beautiful presentation and I believe is impossible to describe the joy of the Judge's palates!

A big thank you goes to the sponsor Benedictine were Mr Ludovic (Mr Benedictine) Miazga, Their Global Brand Ambassador, along with Mr Paul Curry Enter-prise Brands Manager, from First Drinks Brands, were some of our Celebrity Judges,

22 competitors from North South East and West Eng-land and from Scotland down to Christchurch, gave very hard judging time to Mr Dick ( the Bramble) Brad-sell who is also the proud creator of the Expresso Mar-tini , and to Mr Gavin McGowan Madoo, who is to be the restaurant Manager for the new Shangri La Hotel @ the Shard along with our President Daniel Crebesse, Luodvic Miazga, Paul Curry and Daisy Jones Associ-ate Publisher of, Spirits Business Magazine,

The competition was set in heats of three sets of judg-

es, first jury judging eight drinks and seven for the

next two juries, the best two from each jury went into

the final shake off.

Our National Champion is Pedro Paulo, with his great score has taken the ownership to represent the UKBG at the IBA World Finals to be held next year in Cape Town South Africa but with all the expenses paid!!!In Second Place was, Mr Massimo Lisi and in Third Place was, Mr Swannand Korgaonkar; the Best Technique was awarded to Fabizio Thiella from the Lanesborough Hotel.

A big thank you to you all the judges and bartenders for making this day so special, we also must do not forget to give a special thank you to Luca Cordiglieri our Vice President for keeping control of proceedings , Michael Sweetman London Area Chairman with his London Committee Team , Fabio Immovilli Vice Chair-man, Claudia Carrozzi Ambassador and Roberto Bon-go, thank you to Salvatore Damiano the Thames Val-ley Vice Chairman for all the paperwork and Tom Elms for the superb Photos.

We cannot wait to see you all at the up coming events, we know we all like to make it happen, we are all dreamers… and we know… DREAMERS ARE ACHIVERS!!!

From left side: Mr Daniel Crebesse, UKBG President, Pedro Paulo UKBG

National Champion, Paul Curry, Enterprise Brand Manager, First

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Picture below: The six Finalist: From the left: Massimo Lisi, Craigneider Hotel

Stranraer; Tiago Mira & Pedro Paulo, One Aldwych; Hideyuki Saito, Electric

House Bar; Sebastien Kasyna, from the Coq D ’Argent Restaurant and

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Yes, we like to look after you and your tools, therefore we want to make

sure that your shakers do not get any dust in the shelf… so… here we

go, we start with our “battles appointments!”

We know, you all out there like to have fun on compering your skills by

competing and winning great prices… In the next pages a lot of great

opportunities are listed and they just wait for your entry!

Auchentoshan Switch Competition!

Another fantastic opportunity is coming up for you, and we hope in between your busy shifts you managed to meet the dead line to send to Michael Sweetman, London Area Chairman and his Vice Chairman Fabio Immovilli your receipt!

We really want you all to have the fantastic chance to escape to New York and have a memorable working week at the Dead Rabbit Bar!!!

Unfortunately due to our commitment to our members the entry for this heat is for members only;

However if you didn’t enjoy the “UKBG family” or you have not being selected by our UKBG Team you still can participate to the other heats organized by the Auchentoshan, for more info, visit their web site: www.auchentoshanswitch.com.

We hope to see you all at the Albannach Bar, the 2nd of September, we start at 10.30 am. Don’t miss it, it’s going to be another great show, we know!

Amaro Averna Competition

And just like we promised here are the further details for the Amaro

Averna Competition!

Just to make sure you are not getting bored, together with the Instil

Drinks Co, We are really looking forward to see you at this

fantastic event the 16th of September at the Dabbous Bar 39,

Whitfield Street,W1T 2SF.

The first kick off will be at 12 pm, so guys as usual come down by

11 am for your registration and if you feel you need more time to

get ready, you are welcome by 10.30 onwards!

The dead line to send your recipe is the 10th of September, but

you must remember, your cocktail can be made with any home

made ingredients as long as they can be available in the market…

Why? Because the winner is the creator of the Averna’s signature

cocktail!!!!! Another great opportunity to be proud of your skills and

to take at home a fantastic price…!!! £400 WOW !! Plus trophy.

Only 18 of you can enter in the competition, and the selection is

very strict as not only, like we mentioned the winner will be the

creator of the Averna’s signature cocktail but also it must recall the

history and the great legend of the long Amaro Averna’s time!!!

So…. Once upon in the time, in the 1868….

Even if we love all the Londoners Bartenders, as usual we like to

give the most from our association to our bartenders, therefore if

you would like more info about this competition or you would like to

enter become a member and take an advantage of the fantastic

opportunity we like to give to our Bartenders!!!! Otherwise… you

are more than welcome to pop in and take a look!!!!

We are waiting for you at…

The Boutique Bar Show,

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Would you like to visit the home of Luxardo - Padua and Torreglia in North East Italy?

Well, this is the first prize for this great competition! Win an authentic vintage bottle of Luxardo Maraschino and a trip for 2 people

2 nights in 2014. Your flights will be from London to Venice. Travel to the UK airport will be covered.

The trip will be hosted by a Matteo Luxardo and the Luxardo family, and £200 for any incidentals not included within the hosted

trip in Italy.

So what you are waiting for??? For more contact Su Lin, Luxardo Masters of Maraschino Competition Manager

T: 020 8747 4843 • M: 07973 519 176 • E: sulinong@slo-london.co.uk

See you all at Boutique Bar Show LONDON on Tuesday 24 September 2013….

And don’t forget… there are only12 finalist places on the day so hurry up and submit your entry by 10 September 2013...

Young bartender of the year it’s

coming up the 7th October !

More info are coming soon, but be ready… Snow Queen will sponsor the event

and Daniel Crebesse our President will select the competitors… It’s gonna be an hard

battle you will need to know your spirits knowledge.

To be held at the Eight Members Club!!!...

Are you 27

years old or

younger???

Wray & Nephew

Master Class & Competition

Salvatore Damiano, Vice Chairman in the Southern Area &

Michael Sweetman Chairman in the London Area have ended

July with another fantastic “must go” event!

After the first introduction from Salvatore and the Brand

Ambassador Nick Bastor from Wray & Nephew who presented

this wonderful Rum.

The day could not finish just with a Master Class, and to follow a

very challenging competition took place and we must admit…

Mr. Sweetman had taken on board some hard time given from

the 14 competitors... as we know judging your drinks guys, is

never easy!

A big thank you for all of you and very well done Franco Burnell

from the Print Rooms in Bournemouth with his drink ‘Castaways

Coconut Punch’

We cannot forget to thank all the people involved in this event for

their hard work especially to Matt Pollard for his beautiful Pic-

tures!

To view all the Pictures for this event visit:

www.pollardphotography.photoshelter.com

FB: Matt Pollard Photography

Silence Please!!! It’s Master Class

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September it’s coming and

Cognac is waiting for us!!!

The time it’s almost up and all ready to go!

Very hard to believe that soon we will be flying to Bordeaux, and after a quick

launch to Jarnac our fantastic adventure in some of the best Châteaux in

Cognac will begin!

Our journey will start with a tour and tasting session with Pier Even Allaire,

Brand Ambassador at the Cognac Hine.

For the rest of the day we will be guest at the house of Jean Martell at the

Cognac Martell Châteaux, we will be visiting their museum, tasting room and

hopefully to see their Paradis!!! ending the day with a formal dinner at the

Martell’s Châteaux Chanteloup.

The second day we will meet Madame Elodie Abecassis, Director of Cognac

ABK6/ Leyrat for a tour with a tasting session and lunch at their Domaine!

We will carry on with another visit and more tasting session at the Cognac

Ferrand Châteaux , where hopefully Alexander will let us visit his Plantation

Rum (finger crossed!!!) and we will be dining at the Châteaux Bonbonnet.

Still a lot to do! Wednesday we will have the great opportunity to visit Cooper-

age and see where the barrels are made, and straight after we will have a

tour, tasting session and lunch at the Cognac Meukow hosted by the Export

Manager Damien Bertrand. The day will finish at the Cognac Otard Châteaux

for one more tour and another great formal dinner!!!

Thursday we must pack our belongings quick as before our departure

Delamain and Remy Martin are waiting for us… just to say bye bye France in

the best way!!!!

UKBG

REQUEST

This constructive trip, is very

formal and educational there-

fore there is a respected dress

and ethic code.

No jeans ,Trainers or tea shirts

in the evening; under no

circumstances will there be

any exceptions perhaps is the

best word… and failing to ad-

here to our dress code will not

excepted .

Remember you are represent-

ing your place of work and the

UKBG

Please think before you act,…

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