David Spanton from the Australian Bartender magazine recently asked me to join their jury in the quest for the top 20 bars in the world. Now we got the results. The two Milk & Honeys still seem to have the biggest fan club among the bar experts. They took first and second. GSA bars didn’t do bad at all. Widder Bar from Zurich got an honourable mention and Le Lion from Hamburg in its first year already scored fifth. This is the complete list of the results:
The Top 20
1. Milk & Honey, London
2. Milk & Honey, New York
3. PDT (Please Don’t Tell), New York
4. Salvatore at Fifty, London
5. Le Lion de Paris, Hamburg
6. Bayswater Brasserie, Sydney
7. Death & Co., New York
8. Flatiron Lounge, New York
9. Hemingway Bar @ The Ritz, Paris
10. Shochu Lounge, London
11. The Bar @ The Dorchester, London
12. La Capilla, Tequila, Mexico
13. The Experimental Cocktail Club, Paris
14. Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant & World’s Best Tequila Bar, San Francisco
15. Harry’s New York Bar, Paris
16. Star Bar Ginza, Tokyo
17. Montgomery Place, London
18. Trailer Happiness, London
19. Bramble, Edinburgh
20. Melbourne Supper Club, Melbourne
The Judging Panel
Gary Regan – Celebrated
drinks writer and legendary bartender
Angus Winchester -
The ‘walking drinks encyclopaedia’
Naren Young -
Travelling ‘tender and drinks writer
Paul Wootton -
Editor, Restaurant magazine, UK
Ben Davidson -
‘Cocktail Chef’ and Pernod Ricard Spirits Ambassador
Pat Nourse -
Features Editor, Gourmet Traveller, Australia
Tomas Estes -
Tequila Ambassador to the UK
and Europe
Charlie Ainsbury -
Australian Bartender Magazine Bartender of the Year 2007
Nick Ravenhall – New Zealand
Bartender Magazine Bartender of the Year 2007
Grant Collins -
Managing Director of Bar Solutions consultancy
Jacob Briars – 42
Below Vodka Professor and Treasurer of The South Gin Club
Jason Crawley -
Maxxium Australia’s
jetsetting Mixxologist
John Gakuru -
Global Brand Ambassador for Sagatiba Cachaça
Sven Almenning -
Creator of Behind Bars Industry Services
Tom Sandham -
Editor, CLASS magazine, UK
Helmut Adam -
Editor, Mixology magazine, Germany
David Spanton -
Managing Director, Spanton Media Group
Simon Difford -
Creator of Difford’s Guide
Marco Faraone -
Director of Flavour Bar Services
Dre Masso -
Co-founder of Worldwide Cocktail Club
Robbie Bargh -
Founder and Director of Gorgeous Group
Xavier Padovani -
Hendrick’s Gin Global Brand Ambassador
Andy Gaunt -
Diageo’s Reserve Brands Group
Link: www.spanton.com.au
Helmut Adam
Helmut Adam ist Herausgeber von Mixology, Magazin für Barkultur, trinkt gerne Negronis, Tequila und den einen oder anderen Gin & Tonic. Bevor er sich zum Bar Manager an der Mixology Bar aufschwang, arbeitete er als Bartender in Zürich, Wien, Berlin und London.
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