Southern Champion
Harry Cosmo Boardman
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Q and A with the winner
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Current bar:
Her Majesty's Secret Service, Bristol
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Favourite industry book:
Batched & Bottled by Max & Noel Venning
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Personal industry icon:
Tom Sutton
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Where would you guest shift?
Any tin-only bar, somewhere tropical!
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Where do you find inspiration?
At home, baking. Outside, nature.
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Life goal?
To have a full head of hair at 65.
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Single or double strain?
Single, because texture is important
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Alternate career if not a bartender?
Barback.
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Favourite non-industry icon?
Louis Theroux
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Favourite non-Industry Book?
Roald Dahl’s Revolting Recipes.
The winning serve
The 1698 Martini
- 50 ml No.3 London Dry Gin
- 20 ml Blend of 1698 (1 part lemon orange cordial with cardamom angelica root and juniper with 4 parts coffee flower tea.
Glass: Nick & Nora with gold ribbon around stem; Garnish: Orange zest; Method: Stirred down.
Similar serve
Martini

- 60ml No.3 London Dry Gin
- 10ml Dry Vermouth / Dolin dry vermouth
- 1 lemon
Stir over ice in a mixing glass and strain into chilled martini glass.
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