Bartender Alexandra Tsatsouli soared to victory towards 13 international finalists to be topped champion of The Bartenders Society 2025 cocktail competitors.
This 12 months marked the tenth 12 months of The Bartenders Society contest, hosted by La Martiniquaise-Bardinet and Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits. As such, the theme for this 12 months was ‘the anniversary, celebrating a particular occasion that marked you for the previous 10 years’.
To mark the milestone event, the problem passed off in Martinique on the Saint James Distillery, owned by La Martiniquaise-Bardinet.
Tsatsouli, who hails from the Bare Athens bar in Greece, impressed the judges along with her two cocktails, one among which needed to be made with out alcohol.
Her alcoholic creation was Banana Breadown, made with 40ml Saint James VSOP, 10ml Marie Brizard peach syrup, 20ml White Cocoa Marie Brizard, and 50ml Ethiopian chilly brew clarified with milk and infused with banana bread.
Tsatsouli’s alcohol-free creation comprised 50ml Caraibos mango juice, home made lemongrass juice, Marie Brizard ardour fruit syrup infused with ginger and basil, and 4 drops of saline answer.
For 2025, Matthias Giroud, co-founder of The Alchimiste Group, chaired the judging panel.
The judges have been: Nathalie Hobe, worldwide model ambassador for Marie Brizard and founding father of Nomad Spirits Company; Ian Burrell, international rum ambassador; Kate Boushel, an award-winning bartender and associate – schooling and strategic partnerships for the Barocco Group; Daniele Dalla Pola, creator of Alamea Liqueurs and the upcoming Voyage model; Javier De Las Muelas, founding father of the Gimlet and Dry Martini Organisation; and Ned Ratcliffe, bartender and winner of The Bartenders Society 2024.
Second place for the 2025 competitors was awarded to Danish finalist Caspar Mönniche from the Hella cocktail bar, and third place was awarded to Spanish finalist Jonathan Shuber Garcia Montesdeoca from Unhealthy Firm 1920 in Spain.
The 11 excellent rivals have been: Dan Lynch from Everlasting Trip within the US, Renan Lopes de Oliveira from Brazil, Gloria Grassi from Rush Bologna in Italy, Maximilien Jean from The Cloakroom Bar in Canada, Augusto Valentino Calandruccio from Die Tagesbar in Germany, Jules Verlinden from Bijou Balls & Booze in Belgium, Joe Clapham from Converse in Code in Manchester, Bartosz Jankuniec from Flisak ‘76 in Poland, Lionel Birota from Ginger Bar in Martinique, Benoît Guerin from Santeuil Café in France, and Nuno Careirra of Quinta da Freira Occasions in Portugal.
This 12 months additionally marks 260 years of Saint James and 270 years of Marie Brizard.
Watch the video under for a take a look at the 2025 international ultimate in Martinique, and keep tuned on The Spirits Enterprise for additional insights from this 12 months’s anniversary ultimate.
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