Giulia Cuccurullo: the art of perfection 7th April, 2021 by Owen Bellwood Sponsored Content
The Spirits Business how she faced her fears to triumph.
Victorious: Giulia Cuccurullo
Having started bartending in her home country of Italy, Giulia Cuccurullo says she was always attracted to the opportunities a career in the glittering London cocktail scene could offer. Now working behind the bar at Artesian at The Langham hotel in the UK’s capital, Cuccurullo shot to new heights last year when she was crowned the winner of the 2020 Patrón Perfectionists Cocktail Competition.
“When we were on the stage, they announced the third place, the second place, and there were still people there that I thought did really well,” she remembers. “But when they said my name, it was like all the adrenaline just went down to my feet. I thought that I wanted to faint, and was like ‘Oh god, what’s happening?’. I thought: ‘Did they really say my name?’”