Thirty-nine cities around the world will be represented in
the Global Finale celebrating one of the world's most iconic
cocktails September 22nd-23rd
LUXEMBOURG, Sept. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- This weekend,
the world's most visionary martini makers will bring their
innovative masterpieces to Ibiza for the Global Finale of the
elit® art of martini competition, which will
award the most avant-garde interpretation of the classic cocktail.
Thirty-nine participants from all over the world will battle it out
for the chance to claim global cocktail victory and have their
martini listed for a year in Paco
Roncero's Michelin-star restaurant, La Terraza del Casino in
Madrid.
To embark on this journey to martini stardom, bartenders created
their own take on the all-time classic, using elit®
Vodka as the main spirit and highlighting an ingredient local to
their city or country. The popularity of their creations was tested
with the public for two months before a select few in each city
were invited to face off in the local finals where a jury of
regional spirits industry experts chose the bartender best suited
to represent their city at the Global Finale. The 39 finalists came
from more than 800 entries globally. The following bartenders won
over their cities' martini connoisseurs and will participate in the
finals in Ibiza:
- Australia (Melbourne) - Blake
Hall (V)
- Australia (Sydney) - Jake
Down (This Must Be the Place)
- Austria (Salzburg) - Melanie Mösenbichler (Eurotherme
Bad Ischl)
- Austria (Vienna) - Heinz
Kaiser (Dino's)
- Belgium (Antwerp/Ghent) - Charlotte De Fevere (L'Apereau)
- Belgium (Brussels) - Cederic
Millet (Casbar)
- Canada (Toronto) - Michele
Maffei (NOCE Restaurant)
- Cyprus (Nicosia) - Marcos Horattides (Marina Beach Bar)
- Czech Republic (Prague) - Milan Zaleš (Bugsy's Bar)
- Finland (Helsinki) - Jan
Lindgren (Medicin Man)
- France (Paris) - Steven Lages (Harry's New York Bar)
- Georgia (Tbilisi) - Vasil
Gongadze (Egoist Club)
- Greece (Athens) – Previstas Alexandros (Point
Cocktail)
- Hong Kong (Hong Kong) - Paul
Kwok (De Luna Tapas Bar)
- Hungary (Budapest) - Atilla Bús (Sol Bistro)
- Iceland (Reykjavik) - Jonmundur Thorsteinsson (Apótek
Kitchen Bar )
- Italy (Bari) - Davide Mitacchione (Luau Tiki Bar)
- Italy (Milan) - Lorenzo
Allegrini (Morgante Cocktail & Soul)
- Italy (Rome) – Solomiya Grytsyshyn (Chorus Cafè)
- Italy (Venice) - Lucas
Kelm (AMO – Alajmo)
- Lebanon (Beirut) - Firas
Youssef (The Smallville Hotel)
- Luxembourg (Luxembourg) - Marius Birzan (Grand Hôtel
Cravat)
- Portugal (Algarve) -
Diego Santos (7 imeio Wine Bar)
- Portugal (Lisbon) - Rui
Santos (Instituto Plural de Interior)
- Singapore (Singapore) – Sim Sze
Wei (Atlas)
- Spain (Barcelona) - Luis
Bustamante (Metric)
- Spain (Bilbao) - Elias
Escudero (Gu San Sebastián)
- Spain (Madrid) - David González (Bar Cock)
- Sweden (Stockholm) – Nils
Pettersson (Bistro Rigoletto)
- Taiwan (Taipei) - Andersen Huang (Asia 49)
- Thailand (Bangkok) - Jane Kaewyod (Sorrento Sathon)
- UAE (Dubai) - Santanu Chanda (Buddha Bar)
- UK (London) - Will Meredith (Dandelyan)
- UK (Manchester) – Peter Findlay (Berry and Rye)
- USA (Dallas) - Trevor
Landry (DISH)
- USA (Miami) - Seth
Weinberg (Fontainebleau Hotel Miami Beach)
- USA (New York) - Amanda
Toar (One One Four Bar & Lounge at The Marmara Park
Avenue)
- USA (Las Vegas) – Sarah
Delgado-Rith (The Dorsey at The Venetian)
- USA (Los Angeles) - Michael
West (The Cannery Newport Beach)
"We've traveled the world over and discovered a unique martini
cocktail every time, but what each of our finalists have in common
is audacious artistic vision. The art of martini Global Finale will
be a tight race, making victory even sweeter," said Brent Lamberti, luxury spirits sales director
for Stoli Group and the event's host. "It will be interesting to
see the bartenders' ingredient selections and how they complement
the notes of elit Vodka. We're looking forward to the breathtaking
presentations, creative cocktails and to offering the finalists an
unforgettable experience they'll take back to their bars and
cities."
The global finals will take place between 22nd and 23rd
September and will see finalists elevating their bartending skills
to new levels. Through a master class with Chef Roncero, who also
heads up Ibiza's award-winning restaurant Sublimotion, the
finalists will learn how to showcase their works of cocktail
mastery using a variety of multi-sensory effects.
The competition in Ibiza is a once in a lifetime opportunity to
meet and be inspired by the world's leading bartenders and club
owners. The winner of the Global Finale will continue on their
journey of artistic discovery by getting the chance to join the
renowned Tales of the Cocktail event in New Orleans in 2018.
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About Stoli Group
Part of SPI Group – one of the world's leading premium
spirits businesses – Stoli Group was established in 2013 as the
division responsible for the management, distribution and marketing
of SPI's global spirit portfolio.
Stolichnaya, Stoli, the bottle shape, the label/s are
trademarks, depending of the country, of ZHS IP Americas Sàrl, ZHS
IP Europe Sàrl or ZHS IP Worldwide Särl.
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