Episode 274 - UK Sommelier of the Year Emma Denney

Emma, uh, congratulations once again.

Thank you so much.

It's a pleasure to be here.

Has it sunk in yet?

Not fully.

Uh, I think I definitely nee- definitely need a few more good nights sleep, um, to kind of fully realize what's happened, but yeah, I'm definitely buzzing, though.

The pressure you're under on the stage, is it all a bit of a blur to you now?

Yeah, it very much is.

Uh, even when I was sitting in the audience and I was watching Dolly complete her tasks, I could not remember what I'd said.

I couldn't remember what I was suggesting.

And even now thinking back, I don't... have very little recollection of actually what I did.

Um, but I'm sure when I eventually watch the video of it I'll, uh, remember everything that happened.

It's worth saying, uh, we're in a heatwave at the moment, and it was really seriously warm in that venue and on that stage, wasn't it?

Oh, my gosh, that...

Oh, it was like being in a sauna.

Just the spotlight's on you.

You know, you have the pressure, you're in your suit.

Uh, it was, it was a very long, hot, sweaty day, I'll say that.

Yeah, me too, in my hosting role as-

Yeah

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MC in a woolen blazer and a tie and a shirt.

Yeah, absolutely.

And you and the other somms were in your, uh, somm uniforms.

Um, yet you seemed to be, uh, very calm under pressure.