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# Maxime Mannevy and Oliver Eardley win the 2023 Coquerel Coq Tail Tournament
- URL: https://jiggerdaily.com/maxime-mannevy-oliver-eardley-2023-coquerel-cocktail-tournament/
- Published: 2023-12-06T07:26:07.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-27T16:04:46.000Z
- Description: Five contestants advanced to the final of the inaugural Calvados Coquerel cocktail competition, where Maxime Mannevy and Oliver Eardley tied for first place!
- Author: Frederic Roginska
- Tags: Competitions, Cocktails, Bar People

The event took place on November 20 at **Lago** in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. **Aurélien Thomas** (**Gentlemen 1919**), **Jules Bernard** (**Les Planqués**), **Grégoire Soushko** (**L'Ours Bar**), **Maxime Mannevy** (**Bar Kléber** – **The Peninsula**) and **Oliver Eardley** (**Ivy Cocktail Bar**) were all gathered for the very first final of *Coquerel’s Coq Tail* competition.

![](https://barnews.fr/content/images/2023/12/coquerel-calvados-tournoi-coq-tail-2023-finale-4.jpg)

![](https://barnews.fr/content/images/2023/12/coquerel-calvados-tournoi-coq-tail-2023-finale-3.jpg)

![](https://barnews.fr/content/images/2023/12/coquerel-calvados-tournoi-coq-tail-2023-finale-2.jpg)

![](https://barnews.fr/content/images/2023/12/coquerel-calvados-tournoi-coq-tail-2023-finale-1.jpg)

![](https://barnews.fr/content/images/2023/12/coquerel-coq-tail-competition.jpg)

📷 Alexandre Maret

In the end, since the challenge involved pairing a cocktail with chocolate, the competition was so close that the judges decided there wouldn’t be just one winner—but two!

Thus, **Maxime Mannevy** and **Oliver Eardley** took home the victory with the following recipes:

***Tea Time*** by **Maxime Mannevy**

- 60 ml of **Coquerel** *Fine Pale* calvados
- 60 ml of Lapsang Souchong tea
- 2 dashes of saline solution
- 20 ml of homemade watercress syrup

**Garnish**: a watercress leaf

![](https://barnews.fr/content/images/2023/12/coquerel-calvados-coq-tail-tournoi-2023-finale-2.jpg)

![](https://barnews.fr/content/images/2023/12/coquerel-cocktail-maxime-mannevy-tea-time.jpg)

📷 Alexandre Maret

***237*** by **Oliver Eardley**

- 45 ml of **Coquerel** *Fine Pale*
- 10 ml of vanilla liqueur
- 1 barspoon of **Benedictine**
- 4 dashes of Spiced African Cacao Tincture\*
- 2 drops of saline solution

**Garnish**: Dark chocolate and calvados truffle

![](https://barnews.fr/content/images/2023/12/coquerel-cocktail-oliver-eardley-237.jpg)

![](https://barnews.fr/content/images/2023/12/coquerel-calvados-coq-tail-tournoi-2023-finale-3.jpg)

📷 Alexandre Maret

\*Homemade with African cocoa beans, cinnamon, Sichuan pepper, nutmeg, cardamom seeds, and **Coquerel** cider brandy