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Patrón Perfectionists 2024

The Patrón Perfectionists global champion 2024 is announced!

Nathan Price of Burnt Milk Hotel, Liverpool, UK, has been crowned global winner of the 2024 Patrón Perfectionists. The culmination of a competition journey which had as its final destination Hacienda Patrón in Jalisco, Mexico from 6th - 11th May 2024.

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The global finalists, from 17 countries around the world, were tasked with two challenges. The Patrón Paloma Show saw the bartenders present their Patrón Paloma cocktail to the judges while delivering a 'Pecha Kucha'-style presentation of 20 slides, 20 seconds each, to tell the story of their Patrón Perfectionists journey through images. The second challenge was the Patrón x Sellers Market Challenge which saw the competitors explore a local market in Guadalajara to choose two ingredients which they included in a Patrón Silver cocktail, inspired by a workshop hosted by Chef Tom Sellers, one of the competition judges. For each challenge, a winner was also crowned, respectively: Billy Ranchez, representing the Philippines, and Maria Fernanda Mendez, representing Mexico.

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Nathan achieved the highest cumulative score across the two challenges and stood out for the judges for his storytelling skills and consistent ability to engage them with his delicious cocktail creations.

The panel of judges and mentors included Gina Barbachano, co-owner and general manager of Hanky Panky, Mexico City; Mor Koral, 2023/2024 Patrón Perfectionists global winner and founder of Salt & Spirit, Tel Aviv; Matt Whiley, founder of RE, Sydney; Julio Cabrera: maestro Cantinero and owner of Café La Trova, Miami; Eileen Wayner, CEO of Tales of the Cocktail Foundation: Danil Nevsky: founder of Indie Bartender and co-founder of Broken Bartender, Barcelona; Deano Moncrieffe: founder of Hacha bar, London; Tom Sellers: chef patron of two-Michelin-starred restaurant Story, Story Cellar and Dovetale, London.

As part of his prize, Nathan will now embark on a year of travel and experiences with the Patrón team, as an Academia Patrón community contributor.

Congratulations Nathan and to all the finalists!

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