Mandarine Napoléon Cocktail Challenge
Words by Simon Difford
The Winning recipes!
In conjunction with Mandarine Napoléon, once again, for a second year, we invited professional bartenders and home cocktail makers alike to enter cocktail recipes into our competition. Many thanks to the over 150 bartenders and cocktail enthusiasts who entered cocktails.
The team behind Mandarine Napoléon: Max de Smit (Global Brand Ambassador), Arno van Eijmeren (founder of Barrelproof Company) and Leontien Oonk (Global Brand Manager) made and judged the recipes at their test bar. I've also made the winning recipes and think they chose well. Congratulations to the winners who have each won €1,000.
Winners
Winning professional bartender:
Kowan Lau, Nightjar Shoreditch, London.
with Ashes & Gold
Winning cocktail enthusiast:
Leroy Lim
with Mandarine Sip by Sipset
See all entries the 2025 Mandarine Napoléon Cocktail Competition
