Ghana’s Survaiva Benjamin Donkor wins Johnnie Walker Global Bartender challenge

Johnnie Walker, the world’s primary Scotch Whisky, has introduced the winners of its Black Label International Bartender Problem, with Ghanaian bartender, Survaiva Benjamin Donkor, Senior Bartender at Tribeca Restaurant, successful an unique three-night immersive Black Label expertise in Scotland, the house of Johnnie Walker.

Bartenders from the world over have been invited to get artistic and share an Instagram reel of their very own signature Johnnie Walker Black Label cocktail, explaining why the blended Scotch whisky works completely within the serve.

With entries from over forty nations, Survaiva Benjamin Donkor’s serve was chosen as a winner from Africa, with solely seven different winners chosen from throughout the globe.

Survaiva Benjamin Donkor’s successful cocktail, named The Black Secret, combines Johnnie Walker Black Label with recent lemon juice, activated charcoal syrup, crème de cassis, coconut liqueur and recent pineapple juice.

The journey, which is because of happen throughout the Burns Evening weekend in January 2025, will supply the winners the chance to get pleasure from a standard Burns Evening celebration in a really genuine method, in addition to experiences together with a go to to the Diageo Archive; a behind-the-scenes distillery tour; a deconstructed tasting of Johnnie Walker Black Label with Dr Emma Walker, Johnnie Walker Grasp Blender; and the chance to get pleasure from an array of experiences all through the Johnnie Walker Model dwelling: Johnnie Walker Princes Avenue.

The winners have been chosen by Tim Philips-Johansson, Johnnie Walker International Model Ambassador and Jan Šebek, the winner of the Johnnie Walker problem at Diageo World Class 2023. Entries have been shortlisted and recreated by the judges throughout a tasting session in Amsterdam to find out which entries used the Johnnie Walker Black Label in essentially the most thrilling but balanced method.

Survaiva Benjamin Donkor mentioned: ‘I’m extremely grateful for the honour of being chosen as one of many winners of the Johnnie Walker Black Label Bartender Problem. It’s really humbling and I wish to specific my heartfelt because of everybody concerned. This achievement is for Africa, and I do know my motherland may be very pleased with me. It has at all times been my dream to win a worldwide competitors like this and phrases alone can’t specific how I really feel now’.

Johnnie Walker International Model Ambassador Tim Phillips-Johansson mentioned: ‘Survaiva’s fruit-forward cocktail impressed us, notably the best way wherein the crème de cassis complemented the Johnnie Walker Black Label. Coconut with pineapple is a traditional mixture for a motive and we actually loved how Survaiva took these flavours and twisted them to create his personal signature serve’.

The initiative was designed to shine a lightweight on Johnnie Walker Black Label’s liquid credentials and provides again to those that have supported the award-winning blended Scotch whisky throughout the bartender neighborhood.

Johnnie Walker Black Label was first created over 100 years in the past by the Walker household who weren’t content material with the one-note flavours and inconsistent whiskies of their day. They took daring steps to make a considerably higher Scotch Whisky – expertly blended to create the wealthy, iconic flavour that’s nonetheless made at this time.

Johnnie Walker Black Label takes the perfect whiskies from the 4 Corners of Scotland, every expressing the aromas and tastes typical of that area, to create a superbly balanced liquid celebrated worldwide.