Tío Pepe Challenge Finalists 2018

Tio Pepe Challenge is an international cocktail and mixology competition with Sherry wines as the main focus, a worldwide event that attracts over 1000 professional bartenders yearly. This is a unique opportunity for bartenders and mixologists from all over the world to discover and explore, along with leading experts, the endless possibilities of Sherry wines and to express their personal creativity and talent in preparing cocktails using Sherry as the main ingredient. Masterclasses were held in each country to serve as a theoretical foundation and practical inspiration, leading up to national finals in each countries where the invitation and ticket to the international final could be achieved. In this year’s international final, 13 top bartenders from around the world had to show off their creativity, innovation and expertise by coming up with the most impressive Sherry based cocktail. All aspects of the preparation and final cocktails were carefully valued and rated by our jury. Below you will find a presentation of each of the finalists, a recap of the their performance throughout the final as well as the recipe of each of their cocktail proposals. We encourage you to participate next year, when we are back with Tío Pepe Challenge 2019! [av_heading tag='h3' padding='10' heading='The Finalists' color='' style='' custom_font='' size='' subheading_active='' subheading_size='15' custom_class='' admin_preview_bg='' av-desktop-hide='' av-medium-hide='' av-small-hide='' av-mini-hide='' av-medium-font-size-title='' av-small-font-size-title='' av-mini-font-size-title='' av-medium-font-size='' av-small-font-size='' av-mini-font-size='' margin=''][/av_heading]

MEXICO - The Winner

Eduardo Nava - Limantour (CDMX) | Cocktail: “Gurrumino”

COLOMBIA

Janeth Ávila - La Brasserie (Bogotá) | Cocktail: “Pepe Martini”

SPAIN

Eduardo Martínez - Destil-Art (Albacete) | Cocktail: “Triunfo”

BELGIUM

Andres Claeys - TapaBar (Antwerpen) | Cocktail: “Bodas de Sangre”

ITALY

Nicolò Rossi - Barrier (Pergamo) | Cocktail: “Bulerías”

GERMANY

Claus Liebster - Lilies Lokal (Münster) | Cocktail: “Levante”

USA

Valentino Longo - Four Seasons Surfside (Miami) | Cocktail: “Call me Cristoforo”

SWEDEN

Madelaine Akerlund - Familjen (Göteborg) | Cocktail: “Gogreen”

UNITED KINGDOM

Cameron Moncaster - The Mandrake Hotel (London) | Cocktail: “Sea, Spice, Citrus & Soil”

AUSTRALIA

Kristian Leombruni - Go Go Bar (Melbourne) | Cocktail: “The Papparouli”

DENMARK

Roy Atarødi - Strøm bar (Copenhagen) | Cocktail: “Lola Flores”

NORWAY

Max Verrier - ISM (Oslo) | Cocktail: “Ceniza”

CHINA

Duan Jiani - Bar Mall Fun (Shanghai) | Cocktail: “Grandpa’s Tea”