Tristan Stephenson

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Tristan Stephenson
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Tristan Stephenson 2014
Born (1982-11-14) 14 November 1982 (age 42)
Occupation Bartender, writer, and businessman.

Tristan Stephenson (born 14 November 1982) is a bartender,[1] author, and businessman.[2]

Life and career

Stephenson spent two years with Jamie Oliver's Fifteen restaurant in Cornwall having set up their bar in 2005. Whilst there he was one of a team which harvested and roasted Arabica coffee beans, grown in the rainforest biome at the Eden Project to make the first cup of coffee made from beans grown in Britain.[3][4] He became Brand ambassador for the Reserve Brands Group in 2007, and was on the training staff of The Connaught, The Dorchester and The Ritz London Hotel. [5]/>

Stephenson came 3rd in 2009's UK Barista Championships[6] having been trained by Origin Coffee of Constantine, Cornwall.[7]

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Surfside cafe Polzeath Cornwall

Stephenson co-founded Fluid Movement with Thomas Aske, Matt Whiley and Bryan Pieterson, a consultancy company for the drinks industry[8] which pioneers molecular mixology.[9] Stephenson opened his first cocktail bar Purl in Marylebone in 2010, the Worship Street Whistling Shop in Shoreditch in 2011, and in 2012, Dach & Sons in Hampstead[10] Whistling Shop was awarded Time Out London’s best new bar in 2011 and for three consecutive years was in the World’s Fifty Best Bars. [11] He was awarded "CLASS Bartender of the Year" in 2011[12] and was referred to as one of "London's best bartenders" in a 2013 Telegraph article.[13]

Stephenson was also included in the Evening Standard's Top 1000 influential Londoners in 2012 in the category of "scenesters and drinkers".[14]

In 2013 Stephenson partnered with Diageo to open a pop up gin palace in Covent Garden London to mark the birthday of Tanqueray's founder Charles Tanqueray[15] and appeared in their 2013 adverts.[16]

He has also released the Curious Bartender series of drinks books.[17] His book The Curious Bartender: The Artistry & Alchemy of Creating the Perfect Cocktail was an Evening Standard Bestseller.[11] The Curious Bartender: An Odyssey of Malt, Bourbon & Rye Whiskies was shortlisted for the 2015 Tales of the Cocktail Best New Spirits Book Award.[18]

Stephenson is the owner of Surfside Cafe Polzeath Cornwall.[19]

TV appearances

Books

  • The Curious Bartender: The Artistry and Alchemy of Creating the Perfect Cocktail Ryland Peters & Small (2013) ISBN 978 1849754378
  • The Curious Bartender: An Odyssey of Malt, Bourbon & Rye Whiskies Ryland Peters & Small (2014) ISBN 1849755620
  • The Curious Barista's Guide to Coffee Ryland Peters & Small (2015) ISBN 9781849755634

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