The winner of the Opihr Oriental Spiced Gin Adventure in Marrakech Cocktail Competition was Thomas Theuermeister from the Battersea bar The Lost Angel
www.lostangel.co.uk with two exotic cocktails. All the ingredients were sourced during the two hour dash round the Souk, dodging King Cobra’s and monkeys and haggling over ingredients to keep within their budgets!
Sahara Zahara (Desert Flower) was made by infusing Opihr with cactus pear fruit and shaking it with floral rose yoghurt, adding a squeeze of lime and local honey and serving it in a cup and saucer made by a nomadic tribe who had come to the market to sell their wares, with a prickly pear on the side. His Gaslit Labyrinth was made using a ‘mystery miniature’ spirit, in Tom’s case Kamm & Sons, and combining the ginseng with Opihr, lemon juice and honey and served in a Moroccan tea glass rimmed with crushed sesame encrusted almonds, with cinnamon dusted orange slices on the side.
In second place was Miran Chauhan from Bon Vivant in Edinburgh
www.bonvivantedinburgh.co.uk and third place Filippo Previo from Mr Foggs in Mayfair
www.mr-foggs.com Joe Wild from Jenny’s Liverpool, Kaiko Tulloch from 99 Hanover Street and Will Wilson From Chaophraya, Leeds made it to the final and produced a range of exciting cocktails which made the judges’ decision a hard one.
Congratulations on taking part in the inaugural Opihr Gin Adventure in Marrakech!
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