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SYDNEY, Tuesday 28 April 2015 - Sydney has hung out the flags this week to welcome 34 exceptional bartenders from around the world to the BACARDÍ Legacy Global Cocktail Competition. The contest week officially began tonight as the finalists were hosted at a reception at 'Blu Bar' - 36 floors above Sydney Harbour at the Shangri-La Hotel. They were greeted by Dickie Cullimore, BACARDÍ Global Brand Ambassador, as they met for the first time to share a BACARDÍ Daiquirí and toast the week of friendship, education and competition ahead.
The finalists were selected following a series of national competitions held throughout the year. They will enjoy two days of training, development and camaraderie with BACARDÍ brand ambassadors and key industry experts in held at stunning locations around Sydney, before presenting their drink in the competition. Eight finalists will be announced at a dinner reception at New South Wales Art Gallery on the evening of Saturday 2nd May. They will then compete in a grand final on Sunday 3rd May at Sydney’s prestigious Town Hall in front of an audience of over 400 people, and one drink will triumph as the 2015 BACARDÍ Legacy cocktail.
Since 1862, the irrepressible spirit of BACARDÍ, the world’s favorite and most awarded rum, has been at the forefront of cocktail culture, sustaining its legacy as the mixing spirit of choice in the world’s most celebrated cocktails. The BACARDÍ Legacy Cocktail Competition charges exceptional bartenders with the task of creating a new cocktail that is worthy of inclusion in this legacy, to be honored alongside classics like the Authentic BACARDÍ Mojito, the Original BACARDÍ Daiquirí and the Original BACARDÍ Cuba Libre.
For information on the full list of competitors please refer to below document
Judging the semi-final this year are:
Elizaveta Evdokimova – BACARDÍ Legacy Global Cocktail Competition winner 2013
Shingo Gokan - BACARDÍ Legacy Global Cocktail Competition winner 2012 and owner and director of Shanghai’s ‘Speak Low’
Nicholas St Jean - legend of flair and former Flair World Champion
David Cordoba - former BACARDÍ Global Brand Ambassador, now at Singapore’s ‘Proof & Co’
Sven Almenning - Australian bar legend and founder of The Speakeasy Group.
And judging the Grand Final:
José Sanchez Gavito - Maestro de Ron BACARDÍ
Steve Schneider - celebrated bartender from New York’s ‘Employees Only'
Ago Perrone - winner of the very first BACARDÍ Legacy Cocktail Competition, now at London’s Connaught Bar
Tom Walker – current BACARDÍ Legacy Global Cocktail Competition champion.
The competition can be followed on social media, where a live stream of the semi-final and final will also take place:
https://www.facebook.com/BacardiLegacyGlobalCocktailCompetition
https://twitter.com/bacardilegacy
http://instagram.com/bacardi.legacy/
For more information, please contact: Michelle Ruddenklau at LAB5
tel: +44 (0)7896 666769, email: michelle@lab5experience.com
About BACARDÍ rum - The world’s favorite and most awarded rum
In 1862, in the city of Santiago de Cuba, founder Don Facundo Bacardí Massó revolutionized the spirits industry when he created a light-bodied rum with a particularly smooth taste – BACARDÍ. The unique taste of BACARDÍ rum inspired cocktail pioneers to invent some of the world’s most famous cocktail recipes including the BACARDÍ Mojito, the BACARDÍ Daiquirí, the BACARDÍ Cuba Libre, the BACARDÍ Piña Colada and the BACARDÍ Presidente. BACARDÍ is the world’s most awarded rum, with more than 550 awards for quality, taste and innovation. BACARDÍ rum is currently produced in various locations, mainly in Puerto Rico and Mexico, where it is crafted to ensure the taste remains the same today as it did when it was first blended in 1862.
The BACARDÍ brand is part of the portfolio of Bacardi Limited, headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda. Bacardi Limited refers to the Bacardi group of companies, including Bacardi International Limited.
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