CLASS is delighted to announce the finalists of the CLASS Bar Awards 2024, ahead of the ceremony at Battersea Arts Centre in London on April 16th.
Awards finalists will be contacted today and will receive CBAs social media assets and invited to the ceremony. General registration for tickets will open on March 4th.
This year the CBAs sees Wales and the West of England separating to receive their own finalists shortlists, in recognition of the widening of bar excellence across the UK.
Submission Awards
These awards are entered by submission and judged by the Class Bar Awards Regional Chairs and hosts. In attendence were: Jenny Griffiths, Chair for Wales; Ellen Manning, Chair for Midlands; Dave Marsland, Chair for North; Blythe Robertson, Chair for Scotland; Hamish Smith, Chair for London; Declan McGurk and Anna Sebastian, both Co-hosts of the CBAs.
Social Media Presence of the Year Sponsored by Disaronno Velvet
Lab 22, Cardiff
Manolo, Liverpool
Sexy Fish, London
Scarfes Bar, London
Front of House Star of the Year
Giacomo Faure, Vesper Bar, London
Lucy Thomas, Lyaness, London
Paola Mariotti, Sterling, Manchester
Rachel Bailey Palumbo, Hey Palu, Edinburgh
Sustainable Practices Award Sponsored by Avallen Calvados
Below Stairs, Leeds
Gungho!, Brighton
Pal Bar + Kitchen, Grimsby
Terroir Tapas, Bournemouth
Emerging Bartender of the Year Sponsored by La Hechicera
Anna King, The Guards Bar & Lounge at Raffles Hotel at The OWO, London
Georgia Balson, Atelier Coupette, London
Reah Owen, Project Halcyon Distillery, Manchester
Yadney Fernandes, Sterling, Manchester
Bar Manager of the Year Sponsored by Italicus
Max Hayward, Lab 22, Cardiff
Michele Mariotti, American Bar at Gleneagles, Auchterarder
Pietro Collina, Viajante87, London
Sophie Bratt, Nobu Bar, Nobu Hotel Portman Square, London
Bar Employer of the Year Sponsored by Cotswold Distillery
American Bar at Gleneagles, Auchterarder
Kiki Lounge, Douglas
Passing Fancies, Birmingham
Soda & Friends, London
Industry Vote Awards
The following awards are decided by an industry vote. The panel – named the CLASS Collective - is a group of 120 bar industry figures drawn from around the UK.
Cocktail of the Year Sponsored by Renais Spirits
Absinthe Frappe, Filthy XIII, Bristol
Adult Ribena, Passing Fancies, Birmingham
East 8 Hold Up, Satan's Whiskers, London
Wilderness, Panda & Sons, Edinburgh
Drinks Menu of the Year Sponsored by Franklin & Sons
Transcend, Panda & Sons, Edinburgh
Passing Fancies, Birmingham
Couch, Birmingham
Kwãnt, London
Bar Food Menu of the Year Sponsored by Altamura Vodka
Kwãnt, London
Passing Fancies, Birmingham
Side Hustle, Nomad, London
Tayēr + Elementary, London
Hotel Bar of the Year Sponsored by Everleaf Drinks
American Bar, Gleneagles, Auchterarder
Connaught Bar, The Connaught, London
Lyaness, Sea Containers, London
Scarfes Bar, Rosewood, London
New Bar of the Year Sponsored by Wild Turkey
Atelier Coupette, London
Equal Parts, London
Dram, London
Kwãnt, London
Best Bar in London & the South East Sponsored by Espolon
Kwãnt, London
Satan's Whiskers, London
Seed Library, London
Tayēr + Elementary, London
Best Bar in the North Sponsored by The Busker
Blinker, Manchester
Project Halcyon Distillery, Manchester
Schofield's, Manchester
Speak in Code, Manchester
Best Bar in the Midlands & East Anglia
11th & Social, Norwich
Couch, Birmingham
Lucky 7, Birmingham
Passing Fancies, Birmingham
Best Bar in Scotland & Northern Ireland
Bramble, Edinburgh
Hey Palu, Edinburgh
Nauticus, Edinburgh
Panda & Sons, Edinburgh
Best Bar in the West Sponsored by Master of Malt Trade
Filthy XIII, Bristol
Hideout, Bath
Milk Thistle, Bristol
Ojo Rojo, Bournemouth
Best Bar in Wales
Lab 22, Cardiff
La Pantera, Cardiff
Nightshade, Cardiff
Pennyroyal, Cardiff
Bar of the Year sponsored by The Lost Explorer
To be announced at the Class Bar Awards 2024. The winner will be the bar from the five regions that achieved most votes.
Bartender of the Year Sponsored by Savoia Americano
Chelsea Bailey, freelance / ex-American Bar at The Savoy
Filippos Filippopoulos, Tabula Rasa, Leeds
Katie Rouse, Couch, Birmingham
Matt Arnold, Passing Fancies, Birmingham
Bar Innovator of the Year Sponsored by Hoxton Spirits
Joe & Dan Schofield, Schofield's, Manchester
Iain McPherson, Panda & Sons, Nauticus, Hoot the Redeemer, Edinburgh
Matt Arnold & Eve Green, Passing Fancies, Birmingham
Monica Berg & Alex Kratena, Tayēr + Elementary, London
Outstanding Contribution award Sponsored by Funkin
To be announced at the Class Bar Awards 2024.