Category Archives: Competitions

The Academy of Food & Wine Service (AFWS) is delighted to reveal the semi-finalists for its celebrated 2015 UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition. Run in partnership with The Caterer and sponsored by Bunzl Catering Supplies, Bibendum Wine and Read more…

Tanguy Martin of Hotel TerraVina in Hampshire has been named the Moët UK Sommelier of the Year 2015. Martin’s victory came after a tough final at the Savoy hotel in London today, where he competed against Romain Bourger of the Read more…

The Moët UK Sommelier of the Year competition, widely regarded as the premier accolade in UK wine service, is now open for entries. The competition is open to professional sommeliers and waiting staff working in the UK and will award Read more…

Noel Pusch of Zuma Abu Dhabi was last night crowned 2014 Sake Sommelier of the Year at a tense final held at London’s Westbury Hotel Mayfair. Runner-up was Jean-Paul Choi of Origami Restaurant, Luxembourg, with Miguel Hernandez of HKK in Read more…

Alper Zan of Café Rouge, Cheshire Oaks, was last night announced as the Academy of Food & Wine Service’s (AFWS) UK Restaurant Manager of the Year 2014 at a glittering gala dinner held at London’s Roof Gardens. “I feel very Read more…

Following the semi-final held in London, six restaurant managers are through to the final of this year’s UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition, organised by The Academy of Food & Wine Service. The six restaurant managers are: Amie Duncan, Read more…

THE Sake Sommelier Association has today announced the names of the six sake sommeliers who have made it through to the semi-final of this year’s Sake Sommelier of the Year competition based on an initial written questionnaire. The sommeliers are: Read more…

The Academy of Food & Wine Service has announced that nine restaurant managers have made it through to the semi-finals of this year’s UK Restaurant Manager of the Year. Amie Duncan, The Butchershop Bar & Grill, Glasgow Daniel Harrison, De Read more…