Promoting Hospitality as a career of choice, a profession, and a vocation. World Young Mixologist is a global competition open to all young professional mixologists from any background.
World Young Chef Young Waiter launches for the first year, World Young Mixologist elevated by NEFT Vodka. The competition sets out to recognise not only excellence in the kitchen and front of house service, but also the bar.
Mixologists are the new rockstars in restaurants. In any restaurant, creating fabulous cocktails, making exquisite food, and providing excellent service are the keys to success. Aiming to recognise the skills and expertise necessary to create amazing cocktails, Young Mixologist is targeted at individuals 28 years and younger.
Whether you specialise in crafting classics or pushing the boundaries with innovative concoctions, this is the ultimate platform for you to shine. Show us what you’ve got and let your unique style and flavours dazzle the judges.
This is your chance to showcase your skills, creativity, and passion for mixology on a grand stage.
They will participate in a one-day live final which runs alongside the Young Chef Young Waiter Competition. Young Mixologist will be launching in England and USA for 2023.
All 6 Finalists (3 England & 3 USA) will take part in a range of tasks devised by an expert judging panel.
For 2023, the Young Mixologist England competition will be taking place at the University College Birmingham for a one-day final on Tuesday 4th July.
Young Mixologist England has been launched for the first year in 2023 to recognise the skill not only in the kitchen and front of house service but also at the bar. The Mixologist winner from each country will join for a World Final that will take place in Monaco on 28th-29th November and will see the World Mixologist Champion win a cash prize of $5,000.
World Mixologist England Competition:
The World Mixologist Champion will win a cash prize of $5,000 for 2023.
For 2023, the Young Mixologist USA competition will be taking place at the CIA at Copia for a one-day final on Monday 21st August.
Young Mixologist USA has been launched for the first year in 2023 to recognise the skill not only in the kitchen and front of house service but also at the bar. The Mixologist winner from each country will join for a World Final that will take place in Monaco on 28th-29th November and will see the World Mixologist Champion win a cash prize of $5,000.
World Mixologist USA Competition:
The World Mixologist Champion will win a cash prize of $5,000 for 2023.
It all started in 2022 at the World Young Chef Young Waiter Final in Monaco where a realisation for the need of a Young Mixologist category was born.
The competition was won by Elisa Doisneau, who represented Team England alongside chef Miltan Masha at the Monaco final. The Earl’s Garden by Elisa Doisneau is a ‘tribute to British culture, transforming the classic ‘teatime’ into ‘drink time’!’ featuring NEFT Vodka, Earl Grey Tea, St Germain Liqueur, White Verjus, Peychaud’s Bitter, Salt & Bergamot. Also served will be a cocktail from Tilly Morris, the winning World Young Waiter 2022 from Wales, who was awarded the prize for most Creative Cocktail with I See the Sea, a cocktail inspired by Pembrokeshire in Wales and the people Tilly has met. This cocktail ‘brings a little piece of Wales to Monaco’ with Neft Vodka, Samphire, Oyster Leaf, Jalapeno Brine, Still Wild Extra Dry Vermouth, Bottle Green Elderflower Cordial & Lime Zest Bitters.
Now expanding to be bigger, better, and more sustainable than ever, Young Chef Young Waiter proudly celebrates the new launch of Young Mixologist. Celebrating the extraordinary young talent who push the boundaries of mixology and elevate cocktail-making to new heights.
Enter NEFT Vodka. With Its high grade, non-GMO rye and triple copper pot distillation process, this additive free, Austrian vodka provides a rich smooth profile matched by no other. Crafted with only two ingredients, pure Austrian spring water and rye, NEFT can hold its own against any other sipping spirit and is pioneering a growing culture of elite sipping vodkas for trendsetters and spirits connoisseurs alike. NEFT’s versatility makes it exceptional on its own and a unique enhancer to any mixology creation.
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Founder of Celebrates Her
London based Anna Sebastian set up her own consultancy company at the beginning of 2022 and looks after the likes of Raffles Hotel at OWO, The Savoy and Adam Handlings Restaurant group, She also collaborates with multiple brands to promote and engage with them and new audiences.
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With her consultancy company Anna offers a range of services from strategy, venue (re) openings, industry positioning, menu development and design, training, PR and marketing and brand awareness.
Previous to this Anna spent 15 years working at The Savoy and The Langham running the bars and looking after the beverage programmes. During this time Anna won several accolades including several nominations and wins at Tales of the Cocktail including Best international Bar Team at the Beaufort Bar, Imbibe Team of the year, Class Bar Manager of the year, Class menu of the year aswell as leading team in Top 50 Bars List. She also features in CODE most influential women in hospitality and Drinks International Top 100 people in Hospitality.
Drinks Journalist for Punch, Food & Wine and Evening Standard Reveller
Tyler Zielinski is a London-based drinks professional who has spent the last decade working in the bar and beverage industries through a balance of journalism, consulting, content creation and bartending.
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He’s best known for his work in drinks journalism, writing for Punch, Class, Evening Standard, Food & Wine, Condé Nast Traveler about a range of topics from bartending technique and cocktail trends, to drinks history and more. And in 2022, he was shortlisted for the IWSC’s Emerging Talent in Spirits Communication award.
He’s been featured as a drinks expert in Bloomberg, Financial Times, The Guardian, Metro, and Fast Company, and also judges on an array of panels for bar industry awards, and spirits and cocktail competitions alike.
While he’s not actively bartending after switching gears as a result of the pandemic, he was previously a U.S regional finalist at Woodford Reserve’s Manhattan Experience bartending competition in 2019, as well as an East Coast finalist for Nikka Whisky’s Perfect Serve in the same year. Also in 2019, he helped open natural wine and cocktail bar, Lawrence Park, in Hudson, NY where he served as the creative director, overseeing the cocktail program. In 2021, Tyler was also recognized as a top 4 national U.S finalist in Jack Daniel’s “Try Rye” cocktail competition. In a nutshell, Tyler wears many hats in the bar industry, and can be found sharing his ever-evolving work on his Instagram @bon_vivantito.
