Chaired by Guild Chair and previous winner, Jonny Garrett, this panel will explore our winner’s journeys and will be jam-packed with hints & tips to help you craft work that you’ll feel confident entering into this year’s Guild Awards this autumn. The panel will last one hour and be on zoom.

Free for members to attend. Non-Members £25.00

Members please RSVP by emailing Kimberley via marketing@beerguild.co.uk

Non-Member Tickets Here

More info on our incredible panelists:

David Jesudason is a British-Asian writer whose work has appeared in the Guardian, BBC Culture, Pellicle and Vittles. He was named Beer Writer of the Year in 2023, after his first book ‘Desi Pubs, A Guide to British-Indian Pubs, Food and Culture’ was hailed as “the most important volume on pubs in 50 years”. David also writes ‘Pub Episodes of My Life’, a weekly newsletter about the drinking establishments that serve marginalised people.

Ruvani de Silva (she/her) is a British Sri Lankan beverage and food writer based in Austin TX, with bylines including the Washington Post, Good Beer Hunting, Hop Culture, Texas Highways, Texas Monthly, Gastro Obscura, Modern Farmer, Punch, and VinePair. She writes about food and drink in Central Texas and beyond and is an advocate for diversity and inclusion, sustainability and local businesses, covering subjects ranging from fire-brewing and foraged yeast to Texan Chartreuse and South Asian brewery owners.

Pete Brown is a British author, journalist, broadcaster and consultant specialising in food and drink. Since February 2025, he has been the Sunday Times Magazine’s weekly beer columnist – the only regular broadsheet newspaper or magazine beer columnist in the UK. Across thirteen books, his broad, fresh approach takes in social history, cultural commentary, travel writing, personal discovery and natural history, and his words are always delivered with the warmth and wit you’d expect from a great night down the pub.

EVENTS

ONLINE PANEL: PRODUCING AWARD WINNING WORK