Last year’s winner, Sean Chow
Australia’s longest-running — and toughest — test of bartending ability is back again in 2014.
Taking place again during Sydney Bar Week, Australian Bartender is proud to announce that once again Havana Club will be the competition’s major sponsor.
“Havana Club Australia is proud to be the sponsor of Australian Bartender of the Year 2014. Havana Club is a favourite of Australian bartenders, it gives us great pleasure and excitement to be a part of the highly anticipated and iconic Bartender of the Year,” said Havana Club ambassador, Karel ‘Papi’ Reyes.
“In the lead up to Bartender of the Year, I’ll be touring around the country hosting Cuban cocktail master classes to prepare you for the competition. In addition to being awarded Bartender of the Year, a trip to the home of Havana Club, Cuba will be awarded to the winner,” he said.
That’s right: this year’s winner will not only take home national bragging rights, you’ll also get to take a once in a lifetime opportunity to drink Daiquiris and Mojitos in Havana.
Here’s what you need to do:
• You must register your entry online by filling out the form at australianbartender.com.au/bartender-of-the-year-2014 before
May 31, 2014.• Check your email address regularly for tips and details of each round of the competition — and hit the books.
• Sit the exam in Sydney on Monday 29 September.
Anyone working in a bar can enter to take a crack at the biggest crown of them all. If you’ve got any questions, email competition organiser Sam Bygrave on sam@spantonmedia.com — and register online before May 31!