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T.G.I. Friday's® Restaurants Crowns 'Greatest Bartender in the World' |
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Eric Martinez, a 26-year old T.G.I. Friday's restaurants bartender from Caloocan Manila, Philippines was crowned "Greatest Bartender in the World" at Club Rain at The Palms casino resort in Las Vegas on Sunday night March 4th, following intense competition between eight of the best mixologists from around the globe. Brian Zachau from Minneapolis was honored for the third straight year as the US Champion.
Nearly 8,000 Friday's bartenders from 58 countries entered this year's World Bartender Championship. The eight finalists exhibited their knowledge and showed off their flair through months of local, regional, divisional and national competitions to reach last night's finals. In addition to Martinez and Zachau, six other bartenders competed in the weekend's festivities: Everton Barbieri, Latin America Champion, Řivind Haugland, Europe Champion, Kristian Mihailin, US Southeast Division Champion (Chesapeake, Va.), Jes Perrine, US Central Division Champion (Towson, Md.), Gabi Sztancsik, Defending US Northeast Division Champion (Watchung, N.J.) and Nick Wu, Asia Pacific Champion.
The finalists competed throughout the weekend in a variety of skills tests, compulsory and speed rounds, where they showed their mastery of bar mechanics, including technical knowledge and accuracy. Sunday night's freestyle segment, where the competitors showed off their flair techniques of tossing, balancing, mixing and flipping cocktails and bottles in the air, brought the crowd of close to 1500 to its feet with applause time after time.
Originators of the now-famous, trend-setting, bottle tossing "flair" style of bartending, Friday's bartenders are world renowned for their accuracy and precision, their larger than life personalities and their award-winning ability to entertain guests around the world. For more information, please visit: www.worldbtc.com
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