The event will take place at Diageo’s Customer Collaboration Centre on Wednesday April 19. The 50 will become 10 at the after-party, which will be held at London’s Quaglino’s.
The final 10 will then battle it out in June to become the World Class GB Bartender of the Year, and will be invited to compete at the global final in Mexico.
Diageo Reserve World Class GB Top 50 Bartenders 2017:
1. Aiden Page | The Bar With No Name | London
2. Alastair Fraser | Opium | London
3. Alessandro Rabolini | Sexy Fish | London
4. Alex Walker | Beaufort Bar | London
5. Alf Del Portillo | The Natural Philosopher | London
6. Bartosz Miedeksza | High Water | London
7. Benjamin Smith | Dr Inks Curiosities | Exeter
8. Benji Ryde | Coconut Bar & Kitchen | Reading
9. Calum Robb | The Botanist | Marlow
10. Cameron Moncaster | The Larder House | Bournemouth
11. Ciaran Russell | The Tippling House | Aberdeen
12. Clem Eastal | The Dark Horse | Bath
13. Constanca Cordeiro | Peg and Patriot | London
14. Danny Wilson | Tabouche | Cambridge
15. Dario Guaglione | Whistling Shop | London
16. Enrico Gonzato | Dandelyan | London
17. Gábor Molnár | Boisdale of Canary Wharf | London
18. Georgia Billing | Halliard House | London
19. Giancarlo Cordua | Roka Charlotte Street | London
20. Giuseppe Panetta | Quaglino’s | London
21. Jack Wakelin | Picture House Social | Sheffield
22. James Bowker | The Edgbaston Boutique Hotel & Cocktail Lounge | Birmingham
23. James McGovern | Hyde & Co | Bristol
24. Jamie Jones | The Social Company | London
25. Jamie Moran | The Finnieston | Glasgow
26. Jenna Ba | Chiltern Fire House / Laddershed Bar | London
27. Jerome Allaguillemette | Sexy Fish | London
28. Johnny Muñoz Iniesta | Hawksmoor Spitalfields | London
29. Jon Hughes | Bramble | Edinburgh
