Sommelier Laurent Richet and sous chef Neil Cooper from Hotel TerraVina in Hampshire have won the Academy of Food & Wine’s 2010 Gastronomy Team of the Year after an exciting ‘cook & serve’ final at London’s Westminster Kingsway College yesterday. Assistant sommelier Clement Robert and executive chef Steven Titman from Summer Lodge, Dorset, were runners-up […]
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Press release: Hotel Terravina team triumphs
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Press release: Gerard Basset becomes world’s best sommelier
Gerard Basset MW, MS, one of the UK’s best known sommeliers, owner of Hotel TerraVina in Hampshire and technical director of the Academy of Food & Wine, has been crowned the World’s Best Sommelier. Gerard beat 53 sommeliers in the competition, organised by the Association de la Sommellerie Internationale (ASI) and held this week in […]
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Press release: European Sommelier’s competition
LA TROMPETTE’S MATTHIEU LONGUERE TO REPRESENT UK IN PRESTIGOUS EUROPEAN SOMMELIER COMPETITION. Matthieu Longuere, MS, head sommelier at London’s La Trompette, has been chosen to represent the UK in the European Sommelier’s competition, the Concours du Meilleur Sommelier du Europe 2010, in Strasbourg in November. Matthieu, 38, beat James Payne of the Ardeonaig Hotel & […]
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Press release: Awards for Excellence winners announced
25 October 2010; David Galetti, head sommelier at Le Gavroche, London, has been announced as this year’s winner of the Academy of Food & Wine Service (AFWS) Dalmore Award for Excellence. The prestigious award, sponsored by Dalmore brand owner Whyte & Mackay, is given each year to an outstanding personality in the hotel and catering […]
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