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# Lucy Corne

**Role:** Beer writer, educator & competition director  
**Location:** Cape Town  
**Organisation:** The Brewmistress · African Beer Cup · BeerEx Africa

Lucy Corne is a Cape Town-based beer and travel writer, educator, international beer judge and the voice behind The Brewmistress. She was the first person in Africa to qualify as a Certified Cicerone and later became the continent’s first Advanced Cicerone.

She co-founded the African Beer Cup and serves as its competition director, is a partner and organiser at BeerEx Africa, and runs South African National Beer Day. Her work connects beer education, independent publishing, industry events and the breweries of Africa.