2023 Global Final & Winners

The winners are announced!

Having carefully looked through the hundreds of entries I narrowed this down to 75 cocktails which I then made at my bar so I and the Hayman's team could try. From these 75 we selected ten recipes to present to the global final judging team at Hayman's Distillery in London on Monday 26 June.

After an intense day of judging and discussion, with the cocktails carefully prepared by Alexa Farrow, Hayman's Brand Advocacy Manager, the winner and runners-up have been decided.

On behalf of the judges, the Hayman family and Hayman's team I'd like to offer congratulations to...

Chloe Harrison-Ach, who wins the title of Hayman's Old Tom New Cocktail champion 2023, £1,000 and a three night stay in London including a visit to the Hayman's Distillery

Runners-up, with prizes of £500 each:
Theodore Tjandra
Tima "Tymofii' Semeniuk
William Qiu

...and huge thanks to all the finalists and hundreds of bartenders from around the world who entered the competition with their Hayman's Old Tom cocktail. We really appreciate the time and effort put into every one. All 449 recipes entered are available to view and enjoy here.

The winner!

Lush and Loopy

Created by Chloe Harrison-Ach at Paladar 511 restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Runners-up

Panacea Supernova

Created by Theodore Tjandra at Panacea Cocktail Kitchen in Auckland, New Zealand

Looks Like Martini

Created by Tima "Tymofii" Semeniuk at Parovoz Speak Easy bar in Kyiv, Ukraine

Neverland

Created by William Qiu of Black Box Companyin Shaoguan, China

Finalists

Cat Eyes

Created by Rhea Buck of Supperland Steakhouse in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Tom Cat

Created by Mia Kumari at Satan's Whiskers bar in London, UK

Dance Fever

Created by Lucas Thacker at Death & Co in Denver, USA

Hazelnut Rush

Created by Vanessa Liang at Chatpoint Life in Guangzhou, China

Mago

Created by Ting-Yu Lan at Yes or No Bar in Tainan, Taiwan

The Founders Repository

Created by Paweł Michalik at The Trust bar in Kraków, Poland

Judges

The judging panel for the global final on 26 June were:
Giulia Cuccurullo - Head Bartender of London's Artesian Bar.
Gary Sharpen - one half of the couple who are jointly The Cocktail Lovers.
Eric Seed - Founder and Principal of Haus Alpenz, he is known as "the 'Indiana Jones' of lost spirits.'
Simon Difford - yours truly

Photos below are of the judges, Alexa Farrow, Hayman's Brand Advocacy Manager making the cocktails, and Christopher Hayman, Miranda Hayman and James Hayman who kindly hosted the final in their distillery.