{"id":10720,"date":"2026-01-13T10:23:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sommelieredit.com\/?p=10720"},"modified":"2026-01-13T10:23:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T10:23:48","slug":"finalists-sommeliers-sommelier-uk-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sommelieredit.com\/pl\/finalists-sommeliers-sommelier-uk-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Finalists Sommeliers’ Sommelier UK 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finalists Announced for Inaugural
\nSommelier\u2019s Sommelier Award
\nin Association with Decanter<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

The ten finalists for the inaugural Sommelier\u2019s Sommelier Award,
\ncreated in association with Decanter<\/em> magazine, are announced.<\/h3>\n

\"\"The new award was established following demand from the Top 100 Alumni\u2014comprising all professionals who have appeared on the prestigious Top 100 Sommeliers in the UK list since 2023. The Sommelier\u2019s Sommelier Award will recognise one sommelier who has been listed in the Top 100 between 2023 and 2025, including all special award winners. The recipient will be a professional their peers have voted as outstanding and an ambassador for service within hospitality.<\/p>\n

Voting is conducted exclusively by Top 100 Alumni, with each alumnus permitted to vote once. All votes must be cast for a full-time working sommelier at a restaurant in the UK.<\/p>\n

There will be one winner only, who will be announced at the prestigious 67 Pall Mall club in London on Monday 26 January.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Finalists (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Beatrice Bessi<\/li>\n
  2. Maria Boumpa<\/li>\n
  3. Emma Denney<\/li>\n
  4. Roxane Dupuy<\/li>\n
  5. Matteo Furlan<\/li>\n
  6. Matteo Montone MS<\/li>\n
  7. Antonio Palmarini<\/li>\n
  8. Philipp Reinstaller<\/li>\n
  9. Stuart Skea<\/li>\n
  10. Agnieszka \u015awiecka MS<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Voted for exclusively by their award-winning peers, the Sommelier\u2019s Sommelier Award is open only to those who have been listed in the Top 100 in previous or subsequent years and are still working as a sommelier.<\/p>\n