The 2002 Diageo World Class winner, Adrián Michalčík .

Norwegian bartender Adrián Michalčík earned the 2022 Diageo World Class Global Bartender of the Year title, which saw bartenders from 50 countries take part. Michalčík rose to earn a spot in the annual global bartending competition, where finalists go through a series of challenges designed to test their cocktail skills, knowledge and creativity using Diageo brands such as Johnnie Walker and Tanqueray. He said, “I can’t believe I’ve just won the biggest bartender competition in the world. The last few years have been incredibly tough for me and for our industry. Just to get the chance to compete here, in real life, against some truly amazing bartenders, feels like the start of a new chapter.”