Europe Regional Final - 18 September
2017, Yacht Club of Greece,
Athens.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and
Tobago, Sept. 26, 2017
/PRNewswire/ -- Pedro Martinez, Co-owner and Bar Tender of the
Bluebird Bar in Paris, has won the
European Regional Final of the Angostura Global Cocktail Challenge
2018 competing against a highly talented field of Bar Tenders who
each had won their own National or Sub-regional finals to take
their place at the European event.
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Held on the impressive aft deck of the Yacht Club of
Greece in Athens on Monday evening (18 September 2017), overlooking the historic
military port of ancient Athens
and the Saronic Gulf, Pedro's winning Rum Cocktail – the "Jumbled
Jamboree" and winning Amaro Cocktail - the "Runaway Toast"
impressed the acclaimed Judging panel to take home the European
title. Pedro's prize sees him take the winning ticket to
represent Europe at the Global
Finals which will be held in Trinidad and
Tobago on 11 February 2018,
just ahead of Carnival. As part of the prize, Pedro will also
join the select team of Angostura's Brand Ambassadors at Bar
Convent Berlin in early October, where guest bar tending shifts are
being run on the stand there.
The event was organised by Angostura's local Distribution
partner Beverage World with support of wider Agency partner for
EMEAA, Artisan Spirits which brought together seven winning Bar
Tenders who had each won Sub-Regional finals in the Nordics&
Baltics, Eastern Europe,
Central Europe and national finals
from France, Greece, Spain
and Russia.
Pedro Martinez's experience
includes being Head Bar Tender at the respected Moonshiner Bar in
Paris before becoming Co-owner and
Bar Tender and the Bluebird Bar in Paris - recently voted by Timeout as one of
the coolest Parisian bar openings of 2017 so far.
The road to the European Finals this week, saw Bar Tenders from
over 20 European markets participate, all submitting their initial
applications On-line before being judged on-line and at live events
– a new evolution of the bi-annual event. Next up sees the
Middle East Regional Finals take place in Cape Town on 23 October and the Asian Regional
Finals the week later, in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
Contact:
Vitra Deonarine
Phone: 623-1841 ext 290