Hi, I’m Becky

Becky Paskin is a Brighton, UK-based, award-winning drinks writer, presenter and consultant with a career spanning more than 20 years.

Formerly editor of leading online magazine Scotchwhisky.com and global trade title The Spirits Business, her writing appears in a variety of publications from Club Oenologique and Waitrose to Whisky Magazine, Class and the Daily Beast. 

She is a regular drinks presenter for television and radio, including ITV’s Love Your Weekend and This Morning, and regularly presents educational seminars at global drinks festivals.

Becky is an advocate for equality and inclusion within the global whisky industry; her advocacy and writing work has led her to being named Tales Catalyst 2024, Icons of Whisky Communicator of the Year, IWSC Spirits Communicator of the Year, SevenFifty Daily’s Drinks Innovator of the Year and listed as About Time Magazine’s Top 10 Women to Watch in Drinks. 

She is also a Keeper of the Quaich and has been named one of the 50 most influential people in the global drinks industry by Drinks International for the past five years.

With a WSET Level 3 Spirits, General Certificate in Distillation and Diploma in Magazine Journalism under her belt, as well as several years spent both behind the bar and on the stage, Becky brings deep knowledge, infectious passion and an entertaining pzazz to events, tastings and writing.

Becky is also founder of the OurWhisky Foundation, the world’s first non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting, recognising and empowering professional women in whisky across the globe, while advocating for a more inclusive and diverse industry.