Andy Pearson is an award-winning mixologist and director of drinks consultancy Intoxicology.

In 2007 Pearson won the United Kingdom Bartenders Guild National Cocktail Competition with his cocktail Spirit of '57; he went on to represent the UK in the IBA

International Bartenders Association

The International Bartenders Association, often confused with the International Bar Association, founded on February 24, 1951 in the Saloon of the Grand Hotel in Torquay, England, is an international organization established in order to represent the best bartenders in the world.An annual event,...

 World Cocktail Competition, finishing in the top five.

Pearson is one of the resident drinks experts for the BBC2 television show Something For The Weekend

Something for the Weekend (2000s BBC TV series)

Something for the Weekend is a British television series, broadcast on BBC Two on Sunday mornings. It features cookery, drinks, interviews with celebrity guests and clips from the week's television, as well as classic clips in the 'Deja View' section...

, on which he makes regular appearances.

In 2008 Pearson appeared at number 25 in Theme Magazine's list of the top 100 movers and shakers in the bar industry.

External links

• UK Bartenders Guild website
• Intoxicology - Pearson's drinks consultancy.