Dry Martini at the Majestic Palace (Sorrento – NA) – Hotel Bar of the Year Award
Daniele Gentili (The Organics by Red Bull) – Spirits&co Brand Ambassador of the Year Award
Fifty Italian Spirit (Pagani – SA) – Amaro Montenegro Bar Team of the Year Award
Folklore Laboratory – Green Local of the Year Award
Forno Brisa (Bologna) – Bloom Specialty Coffee Bar Café of the Year Award
Daniele Ricci (Mame Coffee – Zurich) – Barista of the Year Award
Simone Amenini (Artisanal company) – Coffee&more Brand Ambassador of the Year Award
Fabrizio Galla (Pasticceria Fabrizio Galla – Milan) – Pastry Chef/Ice Cream Maker of the Year Award
Martesana (Milan) – Ice Cream Bar Pastry Shop of the Year Award
Aurora Mazzucchelli (Mazzucchelli House – Sasso Marconi) – Chef of the Year Award
Footprint (Rome) – Easycassa Revelation Restaurant of the Year Award
Seafood sandwiches (Vieste – FG) – Agritech by Vandemoortele Sandwich Shop of the Year Award
Pellico 3, Park Hyatt Milan – Zini Hotel Restaurant of the Year Award
Bulgari Hotel Rome – Hotel Revelation of the Year Award
Barawards Innovation of the Year Awards
Vermouth di Torino in the Strucchi style (Makes) – Innovation of the Year Award for Alcohol 0-21% vol.
Alpestre Gin Alpino (OnestiGroup) – Innovation of the Year Award for Spirits – Spirits
Amaro Pratum Organic Distillery Bonaventura Maschio – Innovation of the Year Award for Spirits – Liqueurs
La Reserva de ¡Tierra! Cuba Lavazza – Innovation of the Year Award for Soft Drinks and Hot Drinks
Squeezita Gelatin Fixing Spray (Italian Food Factory) – Food Innovation of the Year Award
Ecospirits (Velier) – Innovation of the Year Award Solutions and Service Tools
Peter (Pietro Grinders) – Equipment and Technology Innovation of the Year Award
Dtr IoT Bar (Dtr Italy) – Special Green Mention
The Cocktail World Awards
Looking at the professionals, in the Olympus of the Barawards 2023 we find more than one woman. Starting with Rum Diplomático Bartender of the Year Awardwon by Martina Bonci, bar manager, as well as the soul of the Giardino 25 project, Gucci’s café and cocktail bar in Florence. A title already held last year by another professional from the Medici city, Edoardo Sandriwho returned to the stage at the Barawards awards ceremony to collect the Sanpellegrino Cocktail Bar of the Year Drinks Award assigned toAtrium Bar of the Four Seasons in Florence, where he is bar manager. Not only awards to the Medici city, but also to the province and in particular to three realities that are rewriting the history of mixing in Campania and beyond: the true temple of hospitality, the Dry Martini at the Majestic Palace in Sorrento wins Hotel Bar of the Year Award. They had already smelled the podium, but 2023 is the year in which the Amaro Montenegro Bar Team of the Year Award goes to Pagani’s Fifty Italian Spirit, in the province of Salerno. And again the Green Local of the Year Award to the Pomigliano d’Arco Folklore Workshop, in the province of Naples, another emerging reality in the Neapolitan hinterland that is gaining recognition. And remaining on the topic of “Neapolitan pride”, how could we not name the winner of the Sgrappa Award Italian Bartender Abroad of the Year, Giulia Cuccurullobar manager ofArtesian Bar in London, where he brought his smile and the perfection of Italian style behind the counter. Milan to drink could not be missing from the list of best of the best of the Barawards 2023. To represent the Milanese mix we find the project that bears the signature of Mario Farullawith his Dirty Milan, Barceló Bar Revelation of the Year Award. As well as another promise for the future, which starts from Puglia but gives its best in Milan, behind the counter of the Rita’s Tiki Room: And Alessandro D’Alessiowinner of Campari Academy Bartender under 30 of the Year Award. And if in Milan we glimpse the future, in Rome we find two solid certainties, with two senators of mixing who climb to the top step of the podium in the categories they represent: on the one hand the bar manager of The Punta Expendio de AgaveRoman by birth, but with his heart in Mexico, Cristian Liar winner of Vermouth Strucchi Bar Manager of the Year Award; on the other Daniele Gentiliface of the line The Organics by Red Bull, Spirits&co Brand Ambassador of the Year Award.