Foni Pollitt - 2024 LET Scholar

The Len Evans Tutorial welcomes Foni Pollitt as a 2024 Scholar.

Award-winning sommelier, restaurateur and certified WSET educator Foni Pollitt is behind one of Perth's top gastro pubs, Mayfair Lane Pub and Dining Room. Last year, Mayfair Lane was awarded 'The Sommeliers' Choice Award 2023' and 'Australia's Best Pub Restaurant Wine List' in the Qantas Wine List of the Year Awards. 

Foni was awarded WA Good Food Guide's 'Sommelier of the Year' in 2018 and established the Foni T Pollitt Wine School, has spent time as a judge for the WA Good Food Guide, and is a committee member of the WA Wine Press Club, the WA Chapter of Sommeliers Australia, West Perth Local and the Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show. 

Alongside running her award-winning venue and wine school, Foni has competed in the Ruinart Champagne Sommelier Challenge and leads the uber-popular Margaret River Somm Trek as part of the annual Fine Vines Festival. She is currently studying for her Master of Wine. 

Foni is passionate about sharing her knowledge and love of wine, whether behind the bar, in the classroom, or amongst the vines.