Northern Champion

Competition winner portrait

Q and A with the winner

• Current bar:

  Below Stairs (Leeds)

• Previous bars:

  Bibis Italianissimo, & Epernay (Leeds)

• Personal industry icon:

  Sasha Petraske

• Favourite industry book:

  Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails

• Where would you guest shift?

  The Aviary or Smuggler's Cove

• Where do you find inspiration?

  Food and culinary techniques

• Single or Double Strain?

  Double.

• Life goal?

  To open my own bar

• Alternative career if not a bartender?

  Filmmaker

• Favourite Non- industry icon?

  Hunter S Thompson

The winning serve

Bovill

• 35 ml No.3 London Dry Gin
• 20 ml Chablis aperitif (200ml Petit Chablis, 40ml Cloveroot syrup, 20ml Lim tincture, 10ml Damiana tincture. Mix together until fully integrated and refrigerate.)
• 40 ml Water

Glass: Wine Glass; Garnish: Lime zest (discarded); Method: Pre-batch ingredients, bottle and refrigerate.

Similar serve

Turf Club

• 45ml/1.5oz No.3 London Dry Gin
• 30ml/1oz Dry Vermouth
• 7.5ml/0.3oz Maraschino liqueur
• 1 dash Absinthe
• 1 dash Angostura bitters
• 1 Lemon/cherry

Stir over ice and strain into a chilled coupette glass. Garnish with lemon twist or cherry.