Spirited Awards Top 10 Nominees 2022

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Tales of the Cocktail Foundation has released the Spirited Awards Top 10 Nominees 2022. Here’s the full list.

Here is the full list of the Spirited Awards Top 10 Nominees 2022 presented in alphabetical order.

Spirited Awards Top 10 Nominees 2022 – INTERNATIONAL CATEGORIES

International Bartender of the Year

• Moe Aljaff — Two Schmucks, Barcelona, Spain
• Lorenzo Antinori — ARGO / Four Seasons Hotel & Resorts, Hong Kong, China
• Giorgio Bargiani — The Connaught Bar, London, UK
• Kate Boushel — Atwater Cocktail Club / Milky Way Cocktail Bar, Montréal, Québec, Canada
• James Grant — Little HK, Edmonton, Canada
• Keith Motsi — Charles H. Seoul at the Four Seasons Hotel, Seoul, South Korea
• Rémy Savage — A Bar with Shapes for a Name, London, UK
• Daniel Schofield — SCHOFIELD’S BAR, Manchester, UK
• Ezra Star — Mostly Harmless, Hong Kong, China
• Luke Whearty — BYRDI, Melbourne, Australia
• Matt Whiley — RE, Sydney, Australia

Best International Bar Mentor

• Monica Berg
• Arijit Bose
• Simone Caporale
• Renato “Tato” Giovannoni
• Tim Etherington Judge
• Trevor Kallies
• Dre Masso
• Lauren Mote
• Danil Nevsky
• Agostino Perrone
• Christina Veira
• Camille Vidal

*Includes 12 nominees due to a tie

Best International Brand Ambassador

• Jenna Ba — Diageo
• Claudia Cabrera — Fratelli Branca
• Irene Díaz — Ron Diplomático
• Martin Hudák — Mr Black Spirits
• Daniyel Jones — House of Angostura
• Ally Martin — Hendrick’s Gin
• Dave Mitton — Lot No. 40 / J.P. Wiser’s
• Ricardo Nava — Bacardí Latin America
• Tim Phillips-Johansson — Johnnie Walker
• Nicola Riske — The Macallan

Best International Bar Team

• ALQUÍMICO — Cartagena, Colombia
• Atwater Cocktail Club — Montréal, Québec, Canada
• Jigger & Pony at the Amara Hotel — Singapore
• La Factoría — San Juan, Puerto Rico
• MAYBE SAMMY — Sydney, Australia
• Salmon Guru — Madrid, Spain
• Tayēr + Elementary — London, UK
• The Clumsies — Athens, Greece
• Tres Monos — Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Two Schmucks — Barcelona, Spain

Best International Cocktail Bar

• ALQUIMICO — Cartagena, Colombia
• Atwater Cocktail Club — Montréal, Québec, Canada
• Cause Effect Cocktail Kitchen & Cape Brandy Bar — Cape Town, South Africa
• COA — Hong Kong, China
• Florería Atlántico — Buenos Aires, Argentina
• MAYBE SAMMY — Sydney, Australia
• Paradiso — Barcelona, Spain
• Salmon Guru — Madrid, Spain
• Satan’s Whiskers — London, UK
• Tayēr + Elementary — London, UK
• Three Sheets — London, UK
• Two Schmucks — Barcelona, Spain

*Includes 12 nominees due to a tie

Best International Hotel Bar

• Bar Trigona at the Four Seasons Hotel — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Botanist at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel — Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Bulgari Bar at The Bvlgari Resort — Dubai, UAE
• Charles H. Seoul at the Four Seasons Hotel — Seoul, South Korea
• Fifty Mils at the Four Seasons Hotel — Mexico City, Mexico
• Jigger & Pony at the Amara Hotel — Singapore
• Lyaness at Sea Containers London — London, UK
• MO BAR at the Mandarin Oriental — Singapore
• Origin Bar at The Shangri-La Hotel — Singapore
• The American Bar at The Stafford London — London, UK
• The Donovan Bar at the Brown’s Hotel — London, UK

*Includes 11 nominees due to a tie

Best International Restaurant Bar presented by Tales of the Cocktail Foundation

• Bar Kismet — Halifax, NS, Canada
• Caffe Fernet — Singapore
• Danico — Paris, France
• Le Mary Celeste — Paris, France
• Locale Firenze — Florence, Italy
• LPM Restaurant & Bar — Dubai, UAE
• Pujol — Mexico City, Mexico
• Sexy Fish — London, UK
• The Continental Deli — Newtown, Australia
• Tjoget — Stockholm, Sweden
• Zuma Dubai — Dubai, UAE

*Includes 11 nominees due to a tie

Best New International Cocktail Bar

•  A Bar with Shapes for a Name — London, UK
• Amaro Bar — London, UK
• ARGO — Hong Kong, China
• Dead End Paradise — Beirut, Lebanon
• Dean and Nancy on 22 — Sydney, Australia
• RE — Sydney, Australia
• Schofield’s Bar — Manchester, UK
• Side Hustle at the NoMad — London, UK
• SIPS — Barcelona, Spain
• Wax On — Berlin, Germany

Spirited Awards Top 10 Nominees 2022 – U.S. CATEGORIES

U.S. Bartender of the Year

• Josh Davis — 16th Street Bar, Chicago, IL
• Chris Elford — Trade Winds Tavern, Navy Strength, Rob Roy, Here Today Brewing, Seattle, WA
• Chris Hannah — Jewel of the South, New Orleans, LA
• Caer Maiko Ferguson — DrinkWell, Austin, TX
• Chris McMillian — Revel Bar & Cafe, New Orleans, LA
• Shauna O’Neil — Sweet Liberty, Miami, FL
• Kapri Robinson — Allegory, Washington, DC
• Christian Suzuki-Orellana — Wildhawk, San Francisco, CA
• Masahiro “Masa” Urushido — Katana Kitten, New York, NY
• Christine Wiseman — BarLab Hospitality Group, Miami, FL

Best U.S. Bar Mentor

• Colin Asare-Appiah
• Julio Cabrera
• Kevin Diedrich
• Meaghan Dorman
• Alba Huerta
• Alex Jump
• Sean Kenyon
• ms franky marshall
• Nectaly Mendoza
• Jeffrey Morgenthaler

Best U.S. Brand Ambassador

• Kiowa Bryan — Spiribam
• Chris Cabrera — Bacardí USA
• Tad Carducci — Gruppo Montenegro
• Cameron George — Ardbeg
• Vance Henderson — Hendrick’s Gin
• Lynn House — Heaven Hill
• Jenna Murray — The Glenlivet
• Natasha Sofia Velez — Davos Brands
• Ryan Wainwright — Bombay Sapphire
• Daniel Warrilow — Campari America

Best U.S. Bar Team

• Attaboy — New York, NY
• Cleaver – Butchered Meats, Seafood & Classic Cocktails — Las Vegas, NV
• Half Step — Austin, TX
• Jaguar Sun — Miami, FL
• Jewel of the South — New Orleans, LA
• Katana Kitten — New York, NY
• The Long Island Bar — Brooklyn, NY
• The Roosevelt Room — Austin, TX
• The Snug — Sacramento, CA
• Thunderbolt — Los Angeles, CA

Best U.S. Cocktail Bar

• Bar Goto — New York, NY
• Beachbum Berry’s Latitude 29 — New Orleans, LA
• Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour — Phoenix, AZ
• DrinkWell — Austin, TX
• Julep — Houston, TX
• Katana Kitten — New York, NY
• Occidental — Denver, CO
• Pearl Diver — Nashville, TN
• The Roosevelt Room — Austin, TX
• Thunderbolt — Los Angeles, CA

Best U.S. Hotel Bar

• Bar Marilou at Maison de la Luz — New Orleans, LA
• Champagne Bar at The Surf Club Miami — Miami, FL
• Dear Irving on Hudson at the Aliz Hotel — New York, NY
• Hey Love at The Jupiter — Portland, OR
• King Cole Bar at The St. Regis New York — New York, NY
• Libertine Social at the Mandalay Bay — Las Vegas, NV
• Little Rituals at the Residence Inn/Courtyard by Marriott — Phoenix, AZ
• Midnight Rambler at the Joule — Dallas, TX
• Mountaineering Club at the Graduate Seattle Hotel — Seattle, WA
• Silver Lyan at the Riggs Washington DC — Washington, DC

Best U.S. Restaurant Bar

• Café La Trova — Miami, FL
• Cleaver – Butchered Meats, Seafood & Classic Cocktails — Las Vegas, NV
• Crown Shy — New York, NY
• Gramercy Tavern — New York, NY
• Jewel of the South — New Orleans, LA
• Kimball House — Decatur, GA
• Kumiko — Chicago, IL
• L’Oursin — Seattle, WA
• Republique — Los Angeles, CA
• Spoon and Stable — Minneapolis, MN

Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar

• Double Chicken Please — New York, NY
• Happy Accidents — Albuquerque, NM
• Kona’s Street Market — San Francisco, CA
• Law Bird — Columbus, OH
• Overstory — New York, NY
• Palmetto — Oakland, CA
• Temple Bar — New York, NY
• Tiki Tatsu-Ya — Austin, TX
• Trade Winds Tavern — Seattle, WA
• Yacht Club — Denver, CO

WRITING & MEDIA CATEGORIES

Best Cocktail & Spirits Publication

• CLASS magazine
• Difford’s Guide
• Discard the Zine
• DRiNK Magazine Asia
• Drinks International
• Liquor.com
• The Cocktail Lovers magazine
• The Spirits Business
• VinePair
• Whisky Magazine

Best Broadcast, Podcast, or Online Video Series

• A Life In Whisky: The Dennis Malcolm Story (A documentary by Whisky Magazine)
• Behind the Bar with Cara Devine
• El Club de los Cantineros (Documentary)
• Freepour™
• Happy Hour History
• “Hospitality Forward” Podcast by Hanna Lee Communications
• Radio Imbibe
• Shōshin Art Club
• The Cocktail Lovers Podcast
• The Speakeasy Podcast

Best Cocktail & Spirits Writing

• “Get Real: The bar world looks beyond feel-good measures on sustainability and climate change” by Max Falkowitz, for Imbibe Magazine
• “Getting high from a new supply: a revolutionary flavour extraction method for cocktails is being pioneered in South Africa” by Leah van Deventer, for TheWorlds50Best.com
• “Has the Coronavirus Pandemic Destroyed American Bar Culture?” by Jeffrey Morgenthaler, for Daily Beast
• “Making it Through: How a Bar’s Regulars Helped During a Pandemic,” by Rebecca Cate as told to Paul Clarke, Imbibe
• “Marc Farrell Wants to Change the Way You Think About Rum” by Yolanda Evans, for Food & Wine
• “Meet the Eco-Packaging Innovations Transforming the Drinks Industry” by Betsy Andrews, for SevenFifty Daily
• “Mexican Terroir” by Liza Weisstuch, for Whisky Magazine
• “The Greatest Drinking Contest in History” by David Wondrich, for Daily Beast
• “The Hard Reset – Creating a New Hospitality Culture” by Anna Sebastian, for CLASS
• “Turns Out Rye Whiskey Isn’t an American Creation After All” by Lew Bryson, for Daily Beast

Best New Cocktail or Bartending Book

• Claridge’s The Cocktail Book by Denis Broci and Nathan McCarley-O’Neill
• COCKTAIL DIVE BAR: Real Drinks, Fake History, and Questionable Advice from New Orleans’s Twelve Mile Limit by T. Cole Newton
• Death & Co: Welcome Home by Alex Day, Nick Fauchald, and David Kaplan
• Difford’s Guide to Cocktails Sixteenth Edition by Simon Difford
• Mezcal and Tequila Cocktails by Robert Simonson
• The Cocktail Seminars by Brian D. Hoefling
• The Japanese Art of the Cocktail by Masahiro Urushido and Michael Anstendig
• The Way of the Cocktail: Japanese Traditions, Techniques, and Recipes by Julia Momosé with Emma Janzen
• Tokyo Cocktails by Nicholas Coldicott
• Zero Proof: 90 Non-Alcoholic Recipes for Mindful Drinking by Elva Ramirez

Best New Book on Drinks Culture, History, or Spirits

• A Good Drink: In Pursuit of Sustainable Spirits by Shanna Farrell
• Bourbon: The Story of Kentucky Whiskey by Clay Risen
• Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization by Edward Slingerland
• Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O’Meara
• L’Ora dell’Americano by Mauro Mahjoub & Lucio Tucci
• Something & Tonic by Nick Kokonas
• The Big Book of Amaro by Matteo Zed
• The New Kindred Spirits by F. Paul Pacult
• The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails edited by David Wondrich with Noah Rothbaum
• The Spirit of Rye by Carlo DeVito

GLOBAL CATEGORIES

Best New Spirit or Cocktail Ingredient

• Abasolo Ancestral Corn Whisky
• ANGOSTURA® cocoa bitters
• Citadelle Gin Jardin d’été
• Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal Vida de Muertos
• Equiano Light Rum
• Fever-Tree Sparkling Lime & Yuzu
• Fever-Tree Sparkling Pink Grapefruit
• Hendrick’s Lunar Gin
• Lyre’s Non-Alcoholic – Italian Orange
• Nixta Licor de Elote
• Lost Irish
• Ojo de Tigre Mezcal Artesanal
• SAVOIA Americano

*Includes 13 nominees due to a tie

World’s Best Cocktail Menu

• ALQUÍMICO — Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
• Dante NYC — New York, NY
• Himkok — Oslo, Norway
• Little Red Door — Paris, France
• Lyaness at Sea Containers London — London, UK
• Mace Bar — New York, NY
• Paradiso — Barcelona, Spain
• Scarfes Bar at the Rosewood London — London, UK
• Swift Soho — London, UK
• Tayēr + Elementary — London, UK

World’s Best Spirits Selection

• ATLA — New York, NY
• Brandy Library — New York, NY
• In-Situ Mezcaleria — Oaxaca City, Mexico
• Jack Rose Dining Saloon — Washington, DC
• Origin Bar at The Shangri-La Hotel — Singapore
• Rumba — Seattle, WA
• Sexy Fish — London, UK
• Swift Soho — London, UK
• The Bamboo Room at Three Dots and a Dash — Chicago, IL
• The Doctor’s Office — Seattle, WA

The Top 4 Finalists will be named on June 21, 2022, and the winners will be announced on July 28, 2022 at an in-person celebration in New Orleans.