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Global Winners Bartenders & Baristas Challenge 2024
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Finalists
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The Prize
Claim your spot as one of the world’s best bartenders or baristas. You’ll win a flight, tickets and hotel accommodation for two BCB fairs, worth up to €5,000 International media coverage worth €1,000. You’ll also share your expertise as part of the global jury for the 2025 competition, and be invited to international events throughout 2024 as a Licor 43 guest bartender.
*The prize must be spent on professional courses or equipment.
Terms & conditions
The Jury
You will have to prepare your cocktail in front of 4 internationally renowned jury members who will evaluate your creation on taste, presentation and creativity.
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MERIJN GIJSBERS
International Barista champion, trainer and consultant for his company Het Koffiegenootschap and in addition as Alpro’s in-house barista. Merijn has been working with coffee for over 10 years, meeting new and inspirational people along the way.
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IAIN MCPHERSON
Innovator of the Year at the 2024 Class Bar Awards and No. 3 on the “Bar World 100” list. Owner of Panda & Sons – winner of Best Cocktail Menu of the Year and No. 39 on The World’s 50 Best Bars list. In 2018, he introduced the “Switching” technique.
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CHRIS LEAVITT
Known as @notjustabartender on Social Media (almost 400k followers on Instagram), Chris is a well-known content creator & bartender based in the US who has worked in the hospitality sector almost half his life.
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GABRIELA WONG
Gabriela won Licor 43’s Bartender & Barista Challenge 2023, representing Costa Rica in last year’s edition with her cocktail ‘Capital Vice’, inspired by the seven sins. Gabriela is also the owner of Liquid Spirits CR.
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GAVIN WRIGLEY
GLOBAL HOST
Head of Education of the European Bartender School, consultant and owner of Speak in code #8 Top 50 Cocktail Bars 2023 in the UK and Double Down Bar.