UK Sommelier of the Year 2009UK SOMMELIER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION 2009
The Academy of Food & Wine has been organising this competition since 1980. It has gained an impressive stature and reputation in that time and it is an excellent platform on which to display your own or your staff's talents.
Sponsored by Champagnes Piper and Charles Heidsieck, a truly unique entity in Champagne, this year's competition has now been launched. Please click on the link below for full details and to download the 2009 entry form.UK SOMMELIER OF THE YEAR 2009
Sponsored by Champagnes Piper and Charles Heidsieck, a truly unique entity in Champagne, this year's competition has now been launched. Please click on the link below for full details and to download the 2009 entry form.UK SOMMELIER OF THE YEAR 2009
.Academy of Food & Wine announces the semi-finalists of the
UK Sommelier of the Year 2009.
Five of the country’s top sommeliers have triumphed in the regional finals of the prestigious UK Sommelier of the Year competition, run by the Academy of Food & Wine and sponsored by Champagnes Piper-Heidsieck & Charles Heidsieck.
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These sommeliers will now compete in the semi-finals being held at London’s Tate Modern on April 29, and will be joined by the 9 highest placed runners-up from the regional finals and the Chaine des Rotisseurs Young Sommelier Competition winner.
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The five regional winners for 2009 are:
UK Sommelier of the Year 2009.
Five of the country’s top sommeliers have triumphed in the regional finals of the prestigious UK Sommelier of the Year competition, run by the Academy of Food & Wine and sponsored by Champagnes Piper-Heidsieck & Charles Heidsieck.
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These sommeliers will now compete in the semi-finals being held at London’s Tate Modern on April 29, and will be joined by the 9 highest placed runners-up from the regional finals and the Chaine des Rotisseurs Young Sommelier Competition winner.
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The five regional winners for 2009 are:
Clement Robert, Head Sommelier, Hotel du Vin, Cambridge
Yohann Jousselin, Head Sommelier, Hotel du Vin, Winchester
Remi Cousin, Assistant Sommelier, The Fat Duck, Bray
Franck Gérôme, Head Sommelier,
Sharrow Bay Country House Hotel, Cumbria
Bavand Foroughi, Sommelier, Lowry Hotel, Manchester
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The other semi-finalists are:
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The other semi-finalists are:
Joris Beijn, ANdAZ Hotel, London
Ross Buchanan, Malmaison, Glasgow
Alexandre Ceret, Greenhouse Restaurant, London
Garry Clark, Chester Grosvenor Hotel, Chester
Christopher Delalonde, Square Restaurant, London
Alvaro Marcos Garcia, Intercontinental Hotel Park Lane, London
Jan Konetzki, Gordon Ramsay Restaurant, London
Thomas Lamude, Milestone Hotel, London
Laura Rhys, Hotel TerraVina, Hampshire
Gerhard Steyn , Hotel du Vin, Cheltenham
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At the semi-finals in April the sommeliers will complete a written questionnaire and wine tasting as well as answer a marketing-based question in front of a panel of judges to demonstrate their business acumen and ability to work and think as part of a team. From this, three sommeliers will win a place in the tense and demanding final the same day, held on a stage in front of an invited audience of 150 people.
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The stage for the final will be set-up like a restaurant, complete with difficult customers and challenging staff. Each of the sommeliers will demonstrate their ability to deal with customers, their knowledge of the wine and drinks business and their management skills. They will then complete a quick-fire blind tasting and the infamous Champagne pour, where a magnum of Champagne has to be completely poured into 16 flutes without returning to any of the glasses.
The name of the 2009 Sommelier of the Year will be announced at a dinner that evening.
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The prestigious panel of judges is headed by the Academy’s Technical Director Gerard Basset MW, MS, owner of Hotel TerraVina in Hampshire and includes Master Sommelier, Matt Wilkin and Tom Parker-Bowles. Last year’s UK Sommelier of the Year was Gearoid Devaney, head sommelier at Tom Aikens in London.
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At the semi-finals in April the sommeliers will complete a written questionnaire and wine tasting as well as answer a marketing-based question in front of a panel of judges to demonstrate their business acumen and ability to work and think as part of a team. From this, three sommeliers will win a place in the tense and demanding final the same day, held on a stage in front of an invited audience of 150 people.
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The stage for the final will be set-up like a restaurant, complete with difficult customers and challenging staff. Each of the sommeliers will demonstrate their ability to deal with customers, their knowledge of the wine and drinks business and their management skills. They will then complete a quick-fire blind tasting and the infamous Champagne pour, where a magnum of Champagne has to be completely poured into 16 flutes without returning to any of the glasses.
The name of the 2009 Sommelier of the Year will be announced at a dinner that evening.
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The prestigious panel of judges is headed by the Academy’s Technical Director Gerard Basset MW, MS, owner of Hotel TerraVina in Hampshire and includes Master Sommelier, Matt Wilkin and Tom Parker-Bowles. Last year’s UK Sommelier of the Year was Gearoid Devaney, head sommelier at Tom Aikens in London.
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