Bert Blaize is an award-winning sommelier and wine consultant. He learned his craft at some top-notch addresses: La Belle Epoque in Manchester, Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons, and the Clove Club in Shoreditch. He then went on to open the Mandrake Hotel as Head of Wine. In 2017 Bert was named the UK’s Top Young Sommelier by Flint Wines and nominated by GQ Magazine, Drinks Business and Imbibe as ‘Sommelier of the year’. He co-authored Which Wine When in 2020.
Victoria Brzezinski is a multi-award winning feature writer, columnist and restaurant critic. Named 2022’s lifestyle and interiors journalist of the year, she has written for The Times and The Sunday Times since 2018 on myriad topics from design to food and farming. She cut her teeth in hospitality working front of house with five years spent at some of London’s top Thai and Mexican restaurants — wine tastings were always the best part of the job.
Ted Bruning is an award-winning beer and brewery writer who has been writing on the topic for over twenty years. He spent thirteen years working on the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) membership newspaper and was the editor of CAMRA’s What’s Brewing for eight years. He wrote the books Historic Pubs of London and Historic Inns of England, the latter of which won the British Beer Writers’ Guild Silver Tankard in 2000.
Ted Bruning is an award-winning beer and brewery writer who has been writing on the topic for over twenty years. He spent thirteen years working on the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) membership newspaper and was the editor of CAMRA’s What’s Brewing for eight years. He wrote the books Historic Pubs of London and Historic Inns of England, the latter of which won the British Beer Writers’ Guild Silver Tankard in 2000.
Ted Bruning is an award-winning beer and brewery writer who has been writing on the topic for over twenty years. He spent thirteen years working on the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) membership newspaper and was the editor of CAMRA’s What’s Brewing for eight years. He wrote the books Historic Pubs of London and Historic Inns of England, the latter of which won the British Beer Writers’ Guild Silver Tankard in 2000.
Ted Bruning is an award-winning beer and brewery writer who has been writing on the topic for over twenty years. He spent thirteen years working on the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) membership newspaper and was the editor of CAMRA’s What’s Brewing for eight years. He wrote the books Historic Pubs of London and Historic Inns of England, the latter of which won the British Beer Writers’ Guild Silver Tankard in 2000.
<p>Andrew Shields is a sport, health and fitness writer and editor. He is the author of six books and has twice been runner-up in the British Sports Journalism Awards. A former nationally ranked triple jumper, he is a qualified coach in several sports, including athletics, and recipient of a Special Award for Outstanding Achievement in Coaching from the London Active Partnership.</p>
