The Wine Professional Challenge currently in its sixth year gives
sommeliers & wine professionals a chance to compete for the coveted Puddifoot Award.
Entry to the
competition is completely FREE with no one formal education style preferred
over another, thus ensuring a completely level playing field. The Wine Professional Challenge is only open to competitors currently employed in the wine
trade.
The 2011 winner (Jay Whitley of the Hawksworth Restaurant) was presented
with the Puddifoot Award by Mr John Puddifoot at the 8th Annual Awards Lunch on Friday, April 1st. Jay will receive a Trade Super Pass to the 2012 Playhouse International
Wine Festival.
Full details
of the event including competition entry are available on The Art Institute
of Vancouver’s website.
2011 Sommelier Challenge Winner
Jay Whitley - Hawksworth Restaurant
Previous Sommelier
Challenge winners:
2010 Sandy Hamilton (The Cannery)
2009 Keith Nicholson (Le Crocodile)
2008 Chris Giroux (Bacchus at the Wedgewood Hotel)
2007 Kimberley
Hall (Fairmont Waterfront)
2006 Pamela
Cohen (International Sommelier Guild)
