Master Sommelier Diploma Exam, London, August 2017

We are delighted to announce 3 new Master Sommeliers who passed in London. Stefan Neumann – Head Sommelier at ‘Dinner by Heston Blumenthal’ who was born and raised in Austria. Piotr Pietras – Head Sommelier at ‘Launceston Place’ and the 2nd Polish Master Sommelier. Yang Lu – Corporate wine director across the Shangri-La hotel group […]

Introductory and Certified, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 2017

We had 9 out of 13 people who passed the Introductory course, and 1 out of 7 for the Certified. Congratulations to all! See gallery here. Introductory Passes Jeniss Chan Mei Fong Chung Chew Yen Maryellen Nga Yin Ko Brandon Pau Yee Khan Tiu Yee Loong Yee Tze Shiong, Derrick Anthony Michael Latz Makoto Iwabuchi […]

Certified, London, July 2017

We had 11 passes out of 18 for the Certified exam. Congratulations to all! See gallery here. Certified Passes Laurence Jordan Vaclav Tichon Martin Paryzek Rebecca Mitchell William Rizzo Diego Apoloinario Jose Balado Andrea Zarbetto Russell Schaper-Kotter Rasmus Marquart Tamas Mikula

Introductory and Certified, Sydney, Australia, June 2017

We had 41 out of 50 people who passed the Introductory course, and 28 out of 46 for the Certified. Congratulations to all! See gallery here. Introductory Passes Adeline Zimmermann Alexander Rui Yang Wong Andrew Dahms Benjamin Preston Brian McCarthy Bridget Raffal Claudio Spahiu Clemens Oberascher Connor Garland Daniel Gibson Dimas Samuel Mozarella Haryanto Eleanor […]

Advanced, Sydney, Australia, June 2017

We had 17 candidates who attempted the Advanced exam in Sydney, Australia, there were 11 passes. Congratulations to all! See gallery here. Advanced Passes Christian Baeppler Cory Morris Daniella Lauricella Eva Hudson Florian Valieres James Dossan Kara Maisano Paolo Saccone Remi Craquelin Tim Perlstone Toru Takamatsu

Introductory and Certified, Auckland, New Zealand, June 2017

We had 27 out of 29 people who passed the Introductory course, and 5 out of 15 for the Certified. Congratulations to all! See gallery here. Introductory Passes Alexiane Sikoski Allesandro Bricola Angela Allan Bethany Jeffries David Green Frances Blakeley Amelia French Juan Gomez Joshua Black Justin Wee Lei Dong Levi Kenny Levi McDonald Lou […]

Introductory and Certified, Thallern, Austria, June 2017

We had 21 out of 21 people who passed the Introductory course, and 9 out of 18 for the Certified. Congratulations to all! See gallery here. Introductory Passes Eva Raugna Katherina Gnigler Emilien Rébeillau Kyle Hanekom Luri Thauront Fredrick Kristoffer Aga Enrico Robitzki Marco Gulino Alexandru Pastrav Ástbór Sigurvinsson Beatrice Bessi Kristijan Merkas Matteo Furlan […]

UK Ruinart Challenge 2017 – Winner Announced

  UK Ruinart Challenge 2017 – Winner Announced! Julia Sewell, Junior Assistant Head Sommelier at The Fat Duck, has won the UK Ruinart Challenge 2017.   She saw off competition from 19 other finalists to take top place in the blind tasting, which this year featured four rosé wines.  The Art School Restaurant’s Jitka Auermüllerová and […]

Introductory and Certified, Stockholm, May 2017

For our first course in Sweden had 10 people attempt the Introductory exam with 7 passes and 9 people attempt the Certified exam with 5 passes. Congratulations to all! View gallery here. Introductory Passes Maya Samuelsson Patric Andersson Tina Johansson Tony Fredriksson Björnstierne Antonson Daniella Lundh Egenäs Tobias Holm Certified Passes Maya Samuelsson Patric Andersson Tina Johansson Siddhartha Kapoor […]

Introductory and Certified, Hong Kong, April 2017

We had 40 people attempt the Introductory exam with 30 passes and 28 people attempt the Certified exam with 20 passes. Congratulations to all! View gallery here. Introductory Passes Teresa DanDan Shen Haihao Jiang Wu Yaoheng Arnaud Echalier Phil Jan Santos Pena NG Chung Tak Michael Angelo G. Beltran Fabien Mauze Tyler Huang Babrowsky Andrés Torres Lee Wing […]