Cotswold Life Bloody Mary Competition 2011
By Cotswold Life on December 20th 2011
It was clear, it came in a Martini glass and the dominant taste was cucumber. It was, and I kid you not, a Bloody Mary. It was the most unusual cocktail from the 13 entrants at the third annual Cotswold Life Bloody Mary competition, held at the Wheatsheaf Inn, in Northleach. This year the Hollow Bottom Pub in Guiting Power was the worthy winner but it was the clear drink made from strained tomatoes that put judges gardener Sir Roddy Llewellyn, television star Dom Joly, Daily Telegraph hotel critic Fiona Duncan and Cotswold Life columnist Adam Edwards in a dither. After checking the dictionary – and the Savoy Cocktail Book – it was ruled ineligible although it was given an honorary mention by Cotswold Life editor Mike Lowe, who presented the prestigious trophy.
Photography by Antony Thompson Words BY Adam Edwards
Winners Keith Rayner and Katie Whitnall from the Hollow Bottom with Mike Lowe
Mike Lowe and the judges announce the winner
The Bloody Mary Trophy
Jessy Harrison and Mike Lowe
Bob Parkinson from Made by Bob and Sam Pearman from The Wheatsheaf Inn
Zac Cole and Carl Morgan from The Feathered Nest
Stanley Smith from Hotel du Vin
Ashley Harlow from the Greyhound at Wootton and Ed Nutting from the Rickety Press in Oxford
Darren Bartlett and Paul Martin from the New Inn at Coln
Paul Porter and Joe Aizpuru from The Fox Inn at Barrington
Steve Doolan from The Seven Tuns
Keith Rayner and Katie Whitnall from The Hollow Bottom
Alfie, Emily, Grace and Miles Lampson and Jared Brown from The Kingham Plough
Alex Wager from The Wild Duck
Keira Lander, Matt Wardman and Samantha Jenkins from The Inn at Fossebridge
Bloody Mary entries
Bloody Mary entries
Bloody Mary entries
Bloody Mary entries
The unusual entry made by Stanley Smith from the Hotel Du Vin
Judge Sir Roddy Llewellyn
Judge Fiona Duncan
Judge Dom Joly
Judge Adam Edwards
Judges Adam Edwards, Dom Joly, Fiona Duncan and Sir Roddy Llewellyn
Entrants making their Bloody Marys
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