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# Christian Drouin Highball Contest 2023: On the road to the final
- URL: https://jiggerdaily.com/christian-drouin-highball-contest-2023-final/
- Published: 2023-09-21T18:02:10.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-27T16:05:21.000Z
- Description: The Drouin HighBall Contest is back in France this year. Its final will be held at the Copperbay on September 26.
- Author: Frederic Roginska
- Tags: Competitions, Events

For its *highball* cocktail competition, **Christian Drouin** asked bartenders to create minimalist *Highball* recipes featuring its Calvados or its Blanche.

71 bartenders from across France competed in the preliminary round, and ultimately 12 were chosen for the upcoming final on September 26 at **Copperbay** (Paris):

- **Yohan Arguel** (**L'Artchimiste**, Lyon)
- **Margot Crête** (**L’Absinthe**, Rouen)
- **Emilie Fabbe** (**Hôtel des Grands Boulevards**, Paris)
- **Marius Ferrand** (**Ayawasca Cocktail Club**, Bordeaux)
- **Lucas Fournier** (**CopperBay**, Paris)
- **Alexandre Girard** (**La Queue du Coq**, Annecy)
- **François Kaiser** (**Le Groom**, Lyon)
- **Alexis Lorilleux** (**La Queue du Coq**, Annecy)
- **Julie Martin** (**Amaro**, Paris)
- **Léo Pruvot** (**Tempête**, Toulouse)
- **François Xavier Sanchiz** (**Le Ritz Bar**, Paris)
- **Enzo Sargologos** (**Divine**, Paris)

![](https://barnews.fr/content/images/2023/09/christian-drouin-highball-contest-comptoir-normand-par-fran-ois-xavier-sanchiz.jpg)

![](https://barnews.fr/content/images/2023/09/christian-drouin-highball-contest-lollipom-par-lucas-fournier.jpg)

"Comptoir Normand" by François Xavier Sanchiz (on the left) and "Lollipom" by Lucas Fournier (📸 @lephotographedudimanche)

To judge the final, the panel of judges will include:

- **Guillaume Drouin** (**Christian Drouin** Calvados)
- **Maxime Potfer** (**Sand Bar Consulting**)
- **Mihaela Iordache** (**Brulerie de Belleville**)
- **Thomas Codsi** (**Castor Club**)
- **Antony Courteille** (**Boulangerie Sain**)

Good luck to everyone!