Bacardi Legacy 2014 in pictures

The Bacardi Legacy Global Cocktail Competition, one of the biggest mixology contests in the world, has crowned a new victor – here’s a look at the final in pictures.

Take a look through the following pages to see the Bacardi Legacy Global Cocktail Competition 2014 in pictures

This year was one of the best Bacardi Legacy competitions yet, attracting outstanding entries from some of the best international bartending brains in the business.

However, beating all other competition at a close final held in Moscow was the UK’s Tom Waker, bartender at The American Bar at The Savoy in London, with his cocktail Maid in Cuba.

During a week-long final, 27 bartenders from across the world took part in educational workshops before presenting their own original interpretation of a modern Bacardi Legacy cocktail in the competition.

Judges selected two runners up in the competition – Australian Fred Siggins’ Empire of Dreams and Carson Xie from China’s Original Connection – yet selected Walker’s Maid in Cuba as the winner due to its “light and refreshing appeal”.

Click through the following pages for a look at the Bacardi Legacy 2014 in pictures.

The finalists travelled to Russia for the last leg of the intense competition, which was held at Moscow’s beautiful Petrovsky Palace.

After an intense round of regional heats, the contestants, guests and members of the Bacardi team head into the final competition venue.

Revered mixologist Salvatore Calabrese (left) and Tiki expert Jeff Berry arrive at the Grand Final.

Australian finalist Fred Siggins makes his drink ‘Empire of Dreams’.

China’s finalist Carson Xie makes his drink ‘Original Connection’.

Representing Cyprus in the final, Dinos Costantinides makes his drink ‘The Noble Daiquiri’.

Angelika Larkina of Estonia makes her cocktail ‘Under the Clouds’.

New Zealand’s Guy Jacobson makes his drink ‘ The Leaf Nose’.

Indian contestant Manmohan Singh with his Legacy cocktail ’19th’. He also won the competition’s Most Popular and Loved Bartender award during the final.

Graziella Nieto, from United Arab Emirates, makes her cocktail ‘Catalizador’.

Finally, the UK’s winning contestant Tom Walker prepares to wow judges with his ‘Maid in Cuba’.

Here’s the moment he found out that his ‘Maid in Cuba’ cocktail was crowned winner of Bacardi Legacy 2014.