Olivier Ward

Having spent over a decade at the forefront of the craft gin boom, Olivier is widely recognised as a global gin expert and an ambassador for the category.
Olivier was the editor of Gin Foundry and Spirits Beacon and has taught dozens of producers how to build their distilleries, helping fine tune recipes that have gone on to win top international honours. Meanwhile, his Botanical Tasting Wheels pioneered new ways to help others articulate the flavours they discerned in Gin.

Olivier is a member of the Gin Guild, won the prestigious IWSC’s Spirits Communicator of the Year (and is now their head Gin judge) and is Channel 4’s resident Gin Expert on Sunday Brunch, having also regularly presented sections on gin cocktails for ITV This Morning, the BBC and commercial radio stations.