From left to right: Mirko Falconi (runner up of professionals),
Bruno Do Nascimento (winner of the professionals),
Ms Rocio Torres (winner of the Students) and Daniele Del Giudice
(runner up professionals).

An in depth tour of distillery to include;  sampling the mashing (tasting worts), tasting of fermented wash. Some time in the filling store to work with the casks and select some casks for use in the 'Extra Mature Range'.
A trip to see the Cadboll stone; the old pict stone which forms the emblem of Glenmorangie, and have a tasting of Signet at the stone.
A visit to the maltings at Glen Ord where the barley is malted prior to use at the distillery.

Accomodation would be at the world famous 'Glenmorangie House' - a mecca for whisky fans from around the world, and this would provide a great opportunity to meet and mix with other whisky enthusiasts. 

Daniel I'Anson

Following 3 months of intense organization, the Galvin Cup 2010 is ready to go and this year promises to be even more exciting than the previous three. Westminister and Kingsway College who recently celebrated their Centenary, with HRH The Prince of Wales as guest of honour, will be the host of our competition on Tuesday, 8th June. 

Here at Galvin at Windows we’re all very proud of the event itself but even more so of what the Galvin Cup represents especially in this tough economic climate. By that I mean excellence, drive, ambition and the desire to be at the top level of such an exciting and rewarding industry.

Across the industry a lot has been done and is currently being done to promote and foster talents as well as inspire youngsters, but this is not nearly enough. We hope that you will support us in this initiative and even if you’re not competing, you’ll come to watch the event live on the day.

To keep things exciting, we have a few surprises which you’ll only be able to find out on the day... Hope to see all of you on the 8th!

Good luck to everyone who enters, and may the best win!

Fred.

'Et voila, after exactly one year of intense organisation, meetings, endless phone calls and many many e-mails The Galvin Cup 2009 has been awarded once more to two talented and creative bartenders: Riccardo Semeria-The Connaught andJeoffrey Anthony Warmerdam- student at NHTV. There is no doubt in my mind that this year's Cup was the best so far and will be a tough act to follow for next year. Indeed the competition saw "la creme de la creme" of the bar world mixing and shaking for the 1st prize. Tension and the desire to win was evident on all the bartenders faces especially as they were being watched and judged by such household names as Robbie Bargh, Peter Dorelli, Salvatore Calabrese, Silvano Giraldin, Remy Lyseor Lino Marchese to name but a few. The search has already started for next year's venue to host The Galvin Cup 2010, one thing is for sure the Cup has now taken a life of its own because of your support and for that we are immensely grateful. Thank you and see you next year.'

Fred

Riccardo Semeria of The Connaught wins the 2009 Galvin Cup!

Congratulations to all participants, winners and sponsors on a very successful Galvin Cup! 

Official Results Bartenders:

1st place:  Riccardo Semeria-The Connaught

2nd place:  Carolin Weise-One Aldwych

3rd place:  Gavin McGowan Madoo-St. Albans

4th place:  Mirko Falconi-The Lanesborough

5th place:  Mickael Perron-Sanderson

6th place:  Stefano Cossio-The Dorchester

Official Results Students:

1st place: Jeoffrey Anthony Warmerdam-NHTV

2nd place: James Coston-Leeds Metropolitan University

3rd place: Xiang Xiang Lu-Croydon College

4th place: Victor Ortells-Hospitality Agency

5th place: James O'Keeffe-Westminster College

6th place: Wesley Yeung-Brookes

'The Galvin Cup is just around the corner and I feel extremely honoured to have been asked to help judge it this year. It looks set to be a fun and spectacular event and I’m delighted to be a part of it. 

I’m in complete awe of the art of mixology. As a food writer and recipe creator I know how important it is to find the right balance of flavours and how difficult it can to be to come up with something new and exciting. I’m very much looking forward to seeing the crème de la crème of London’s bartending scene in action and sampling their creations.

 I’ll be using technology to the full at the event to share it with the world, using my BlackBerry to Twitter <http://twitter.com/JuliaCherryPie> the event and blogging <http://asliceofcherrypie.blogspot.com/> about it when I get back home (if I’m sober enough to do so, that is).

 I’d like to thank Galvin at Windows for asking me to take part in the Galvin Cup and wish all of the competitors the very best of luck.'

'Four weeks to go and the competition feels like it already has a life of its own, its has been great to hear from friends both old and new finalising their plans for the big day. I never imagined that the competition would grow into something so special in the bars calender quite so quickly. Ihave so many people to thank for their tireless support and energy (Luca, Dan, Russel & Zoe, Robbie, Nigel to name but a few) Icant tell you how proud I am of the competitors who have put so much thought effort and creativity into their entries, as a keen competitor of many culinary competitions myself I know that it takes a lot of courage and spirit to compete with your peers especially in front of the crowds the Galvin cup is now attracting. I always think that although there has to be overall winners,thereality is that everyone achieves something by being chosen to represent their hotel,bar or college. I alsothink it shows just how proud your employers and lecturers are of you. Finally I would also like to thank the supporters and friends of the competitors, they really add to the day, they play a big part in creating the atmosphere on the day.'

chin chin

Chris

Video filmed and edited by Katherine Alano, community editor of Caterer's new networking site Table Talk. www.caterersearch.com/tabletalk