No. 3 Gin's Unrivalled Classics Competition

Unrivalled Classics is open to professional bartenders working in Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, and, for the first time, bartenders in the USA were invited to enter. Entries closed on Tuesday 12th March 2024.

Regional finalists

USA

MIAMI

• Aldo Diaz - Queen Restaurant & Lounge
• Bryan Velez - The Miami Beach Edition
• David Lozano - The Collab
• Federico Nicolai - LPM Restaurant & Bar
• Jimmy, Nodal - La Cumbancha
• Julieth Ospina - Jolene Miami
• Loiver Hernandez - Cafe La Trova
• Mihai, Ostafi - La Canita
• Marco Balza - Ossobuco Wynwood
• Jason Gonsalves - Marion
• Greg Ritchie - Soco Thornton Park
• Nishan Nepulangoda - Sophia
• Andy Cabrera - Cafe La Trova

NEW YORK

• Deepak, Mahar - Junoon Restaurant
• Marco, Montaguano - Coa Restaurant
• Mario G. Delgado - Bar Consultant
• Michael Corey Aredes - Superbueno
• Peter Kishler - The Hole in the Wall
• Ximena Hoyos - Gin and Tonic Queen
• Natasha Van Duser - Kind Regards
• Samuel Fuller - Manhatta

LOS ANGELES

• Michael Nathan - Aphotic
• Jordan Fattal - Chameleon Hospitality
• Nate Amato - Night + Market WeHo/Widere
• Jennyfer Yim - The Chandelier Bar
• Caleb Schreurs - Rand Tower Hotel
• Armando Garza - The Roosevelt Room
• Jonathan D Stanyard - The Bitter Gringo Co.
• Una Green - Gwen
• Chris Ward - The Plumed Horse
• Joseph Arakawa - Anima by EDO
• Nikolai Kochukov - 55 South
• Marie, Yoshimizu - CE LA VI

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON

• Emmy Pip Knight - American Bar at The Savoy
• Oscar Perry - Murder Inc.
• Kane O Brien - The Light Bar
• Chauvin Louis - The Clove Club
• Davide Sinibaldi - The Spy Bar, Raffles London
• Harvey-Hugo Austin-Francis - City of London Distillery and Bar
• Martha May Markham - Swift (Soho)
• Mandana Tabatabai - The Cocktail Trading Co.
• Sara Cassano - Artesian
• Carlos Garcia Picon - Milestone Hotel
• Ryan Vyse - Murder Inc.
• Benedetta Paris - Happiness Forgets
• Samuel Page - Sexy Fish (London)
• Gabriel Tucker - Amaro Bar
• Niall Mullins - NoMad
• Storm Anh Thu Le - Bacchanalia
• Kristiana Marndreja - Nipperkin
• Josh Black - DRAM

SOUTH WEST

• Denis Ghio - Raoul's
• George Reed - The Hideout
• Kim Barritt - Pennyroyal
• Sam Lloyd - Lab 22
• Nathaniel Bannister - The Dark Horse
• Maddison Blackwell - The Libertine
• Faustas Stanelis - The Wellhead
• Ivan Wilson Delgado Gomes - The Raven
• Louie Pollard - The Ivy (Cardiff)
• Harrison Withers - Soho Babington House
• Aaron Lewis-Grey - Dirty Martini
• Adam Polec - The Library

NORTH

• Rory Carrodus - Blinker
• Adam Micheal Benjamin Oldham - Fenix
• Steven Vaughan - Ivy Asia (Leeds)
• Niamh Preedy - Northcote Hotel
• Matthew Wells - McGuffie & Co.
• Joe Clapham - Speak in Code
• Callum William Jack Rowe - Dakota Hotel (Manchester)
• Jack Ryan Nazir - Kuckoo
• Louis Cooper - Tabula Rasa
• Sophie Robinson - Sexy Fish (Manchester)
• Melissa Wyper - Farrands Bar
• Jazz Yorke - The Domino Club

SCOTLAND

• Emilio Giovanazzi - The American Bar Gleneagles
• Glenn Murray - The Cocktail Geeks
• Jake Harris - Hawksmoor (Edinburgh)
• Charlie Cuthbert - Gleneagles Townhouse
• McGuigan - Westside Tavern
• Scott Stevenson - Ga Ga Kitchen & Bar
• Marek Brzozowski - The Old Workshop
• Mateusz Urbanski - Tigerlily
• Caolan Maxwell - Nightcap
• Andy Stewart - The Albyn
• Ross Dalton - Draffens
• Ross Lawrie - The Devil's Advocate

SPAIN

MADRID

• Ignacio Jiménez Sánchez - Naked and Famous
• Jonathan Fernandez Da Silva - Casanis Bistrot
• Junior Lopez Flores - Entre Santos
• Lucas Nahuel Vacsman - Cocteleria San Telmo Gijon
• Manuel Orozco Flores - Inclán Brutal Bar
• Oleksandr Danilov - Residence
• Pedro Silva - Santa Maria
• Salva Sánchez - Renard Cocktail Club
• Aleix Chillida - Bad company 1920
• Alexis Andres Garcia Gonzalez - Quinto Elemento
• Carlos Alfredo Liévano - Masaru
• Daniel Alvarez - Maldita Gioconda

BARCELONA

• Cristian del Valle Crespo - El Patio de Butacas
• Andrea Scacco - The Original Old Fashioned
• Germán Álvarez - Especiarium Bar
• Javi Pont Diaz - Arlequín
• David Gallardo Baquero - Hygge Cocktail Club
• Terry Terrazas - 14 de la Rosa
• Valentina Vandici - Royal Hideaway Canfranc
• Valerio Mestrangelo - Somnia FX
• Luciano Rolando Moyano - 26 Cocktail Room
• Raimon Domenech - Coctelería Dr. Lagarto
• Salva Bastida Bononad - Braass Club
• José Luis Alfaro Torres - Atelier Vandal

ITALY

CENTRAL ITALY

• Alice Michela Musso - Drink Kong / Nite Kong
• Biagio Coppola - W Rome hotel
• Bruno Rocco - Banana Republic
• Damiano Cappellini - Caffè Concerto Paszkowski
• Eleonora Balzano - Villa Zaccardi
• Gianluca Mazzocchi - La Zanzara Roma
• Ismaele Verrengia - Four Seasons (Florence)
• Luca Fiorillo - Dirty
• Marco Colasanti - Depero club Rieti
• Matilde Martelli - Serre Torrigiani
• Mauro Fogante - Argot Prati
• Mirko Maurello - Giacosa
• Nico Sacco - Piazza
• Simon Marcante - Alchimia Molecular Cocktail Bar
• Yuri di Pietro - Boka san Benedettodel Tronto

NORTH

• Alessandro Pellegrini - St Regis (Venice)
• Alex Gardellini - Bamboo
• Andrea Colle - Molo Pub Cortina D'Ampezzo
• Andrea Natalino - Sentaku Concept Izakaya
• Davide Tecchiato - Tumbler Speakeasy
• Davide Wang - Moebius Milano
• Federica Di Lella - Puntosette
• Gianmaria Bozzato - Hanky Panky
• Marco Favretto - Il Mercante Venezia
• Marco Giovani - Eclettica Cocktail Lab
• Nicolas Tini - Casa Camperio
• Paola Terranova - La Drogheria
• Cristiani - Puntosette
• Riccardo Riva - Caffè Centrale - Viadana (Mantova)
• Valentina Mircea - Skyline Rooftop Bar

SOUTH & ISLANDS

• Anna Ferrentino - The Black Monday Speakeasy
• Chiara Randazzo - B.O.AT.S.
• Christian Costantino - Marina Del Nettuno
• Christian Marrazza - Sottospirito Mesagne
• Francesco Niccolò - Laboratorio Folkloristico
• Giovanni Di Pasquale - Drunk Bros
• Giuseppe Assenza - Officina 31 Spirits and Food
• Giusy Martinez - Misture Cocktail Bar
• Lorenzo Baselice - Underpop Cocktail House
• Manuel Quintiero - Negrito Cocktail Bar
• Mauro Lannunziata - B.O.A T.S.
• Montasar Mhalla - I Corrieri
• Natale Fabio Messina - Sartoria Miscelazione Democratica
• Nunzio Prestana - Il Vespa
• Patrick Ricciuti - Lux Bar e Bites

Key dates

The competition opened for entries on 22nd January 2014, and builds to the global final at the No. 3 Gin distillery in Schiedam, Netherlands, on 11th September 2024.

• Entries closed Tuesday 12th March
• Judging 12th–18th March
• Finalists Announced Tuesday 19th March
• Regional heats Monday 8th April to Thursday 16th May
• National finals Monday 27th May to Thursday 6th June
• Global Semi-final Tuesday 10th September
• Global Final Wednesday 11th September

The Prize

Each national finalist will be invited on an all-expenses paid trip to the No.3 Gin distillery in Schiedam, the Netherlands, to compete in the global final.

The bartender who emerges as the Global competition winner will win an all-expenses paid trip to Singapore, during Bar Convent Singapore, for a takeover at the World famous ATLAS bar.