Definition: World's Best Sommelier Competition

The World's Best Sommelier Competition has been running since 1969. This competition promotes valuable exchanges between a large number of catering and hospitality professionals, encourages healthy competition among candidates, motivates them to improve their skills and raises public awareness of the sommelier profession. The competition takes place every three years in one of the ASI member countries, which is appointed by the ASI to organise the event.

Each delegation participating in the competition represents either an ASI member country or an observer country. An official delegation includes the candidate, a journalist and the president of the National Associations. More than 1,000 candidates participated in the last editions. To enter the competition, candidates must work in restaurants, wine bars, wine shops or the food and wine industry.

See World's Best Sommelier (Competition).