Bartenders' Choice Awards

Nominations Tour 2026


We’re starting the year the best way we know how, on the road. The BCA Nominations Tour 2026 travels across the Nordics in January, announcing over 200 nominees and celebrating the people and places shaping our bar culture.

Expect great drinks, great company, and a shared love for the craft of cocktails. With the support of our partners, we’re raising the energy, spotlighting talent, and kicking off the road to the Bartenders Choice Awards 2026.

Good times and delicious drinks. See you there, cheers!


BCA LAUNCHES IN FRANCE


After 15 successful years in the Nordics, the Bartenders’ Choice Awards is excited to announce its expansion into France.

This marks the beginning of a new chapter, celebrating the creativity, craft, and community of the French bar scene with the same integrity and passion that has defined the BCA since the beginning.

Welcome to the Bartenders’ Choice Awards. Recognized as one of the industry’s most respected honors, built by bartenders for the bar community.


BCA IS A CELEBRATION OF EVERYONE WHO MAKES THIS INDUSTRY EXTRAORDINARY – NOT JUST THE WINNERS, BUT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, THE PEOPLE, BARS AND BRANDS. IT IS TAKING THE WHOLE ECOSYSTEM TO A NEW LEVEL AND WIDER AUDIENCE.
— ALEX KRATENA, FOUNDER & OWNER OF TAYĒR + ELEMENTARY LONDON