On Monday 13 November Woodford Reserve held its third annual 2017 Australia Cocktail Competition at Marble Bar in Sydney. 155 bartenders across the country entered to win the prestigious title and a major stake in the $10,000 prize pool. Matt Linklater from Black Pearl in Melbourne is the champion who won with the Natural Order cocktail.
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Last night at the Semi-Final cocktail party held at The Beaufort, this year’s BACARDÍ Legacy Three Most Promising were announced and will be progressing through to the National Final in the 2017/2018 BACARDÍ Legacy Global Cocktail Competition.
Now in its second year, Enter The Dragon broadened its scope to include not only Australian hopefuls but New Zealand’s elite, making this a truly trans-Tasman competition. Competitors were also tasked with using Australian native flavours in their cocktail creations.
There’s just three weeks to go to submit your entry into The Perfect Blend 2018.
David Robinson won over judges with his cocktail, ‘The Last Frontier’ which had citrus and spice notes, inspired by his hown town of Darwin with a South East Asian twist. Get the winning recipe here.
Moutai, the most revered spirit in China, is calling on Australia’s most creative bartenders to enter its annual cocktail competition, ‘Enter The Dragon’. Entries close this Friday.
The six ‘Perfectionists’ bartenders will battle it out in front of an expert panel of judges that will decide the winning cocktail on appearance, originality, service and most importantly flavour.
The Bartender Magazine Australian Bar Awards were held at Doltone House last night. Here are all the winners including The Baxter Inn in Sydney who took out Bar of the Year to Black Pearl in Melbourne who won the coveted Cocktail Bar of the Year…
The Bartender of the Year exam takes place this coming Monday the 18th of September. It kicks off at 10:30am sharp at Ramblin’ Rascal Tavern — make sure you bring a pen!
Well folks, Sydney Bar Week is almost upon us, and that means you really want to lock in your schedule events ASAP. Events have started to book out, so if you want to get to great events like this one, the Angostura Global Cocktail Challenge Australian Final, then you best RSVP ASAP.
Returning for another year, with a new challenge and an exciting new prize: The Perfect Blend 2018.
Do you have what it takes to be the Bartender of the Year? Take our practice quiz to see where your knowledge is at — the competition kicks off on September 18 this year, so get studying.