A former lifestyle journalist covering everything from fashion and beauty for The Daily Telegraph to restaurant and theatre reviews for Where London Magazine, Sandrae is one half of The Cocktail Lovers, the eponymous magazine, website, events and consumer workshops company she runs with her husband Gary Sharpen.
Noted for knowing who’s moving and shaking in the cocktail world, The Cocktail Lovers Magazine was voted Best Spirits & Cocktail Publications in the Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards 2016 and Sandrae and Gary have been listed on the London Evening Standard The Progress 1000 – London’s Most Influential People in 2015 and 2017. As well as publishing The Cocktail Lovers Magazine, their work, opinions and recipes appears in The Daily Telegraph, London Evening Standard, Time Out, Christie’s International, Ocado and Delicious magazines and together and separately, they are regularly asked to judge cocktail competitions around the world. Sandrae is a co-chair on the Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards judging panel and was voted no. 67 on the Bar World Top 100 people in the drinks industry list, 2020.