In 1997, Giffard launched its personal cocktail competitors, the Giffard West Cup, open to skilled bartenders from Western France. The competition shortly gained momentum, with increasingly more international locations being invited to take part. Now a global occasion, the Giffard West Cup has maintained its pleasant and welcoming spirit. The competitors celebrates the artwork of cocktail creation by inviting bartenders from all over the world to craft drinks based mostly on a particular theme.
This 12 months’s worldwide last befell on September 24-25 at Terra Botanica in Angers. Between January and July 2024, 30 international locations held native competitions, bringing collectively almost 1,040 bartenders underneath the theme “Artwork of Steadiness.”
Mixology is the artwork of steadiness, the proper concord of flavors, textures, and aromas, the place every component enhances the opposite with out overpowering it. The bartender’s life can be a balancing act, between the calls for of a fast-paced, difficult profession and a wealthy private life stuffed with passions, inventive actions, and sports activities that gas creativity. To embody this “Artwork of Steadiness,” contestants have been requested to create a cocktail that represents this synergy: Superb Job & Refreshing Life!
18 contestants from 17 international locations certified for the ultimate in Angers.
Over the course of two days, the contestants competed in two essential challenges:
MIX AND MATCH: This duo problem emphasised the significance of teamwork in attaining a balanced life. The duty was to translate their imaginative and prescient of concord by creating two cocktails: one alcoholic and one non-alcoholic.
The ART OF BALANCE : This problem required contestants to craft a cocktail utilizing a minimum of 30 ml of Giffard liqueurs. The drink needed to replicate the steadiness between skilled and private life, drawing inspiration from a ardour, passion, or sporting exercise pursued outdoors of their work as a bartender.
The worldwide jury was composed of:
- Benoit Bouillard, winner of the 2022 Giffard West Cup.
- Camille Vidal, founding father of La Maison Wellness, creator of Conscious Cocktails, and skilled in cocktail tradition.
- Simon Difford, proprietor of Difford’s Information, a globally famend weblog on the planet of spirits.
- David Ong, founding father of The Curator Bar & Oto Bar within the Philippines, ranked amongst Asia’s 50 Finest Bars.
- Pierre and Emilie Giffard.
Konstantyn Wulf from The Lab in Viterbo, Italy, claimed victory within the competitors together with his cocktail “Orizzonte” (IG @konstantynww).
Stefi Fletcher from Bar 1661 in Dublin, Eire, took second place together with her cocktail “L’âme” (IG @whatwereyouexpecting).
Anthony Sebaaly from Mii-Yao in Beirut, Lebanon, secured third place together with his cocktail “Trailblazer” (IG @anthony.sebaaly).
Wisnu Arcana from Syrco Basè in Bali, Indonesia, was awarded the Particular Giffard Household Prize together with his cocktail “Serenity in Concord” (IG @wisnuarcanaa).
“Orizzonte,” the recipe by Konstantyn Wulf, winner of the 2024 Giffard West Cup for the Artwork of Steadiness problem:
- 45 ml Giffard Abricot du Roussillon Premium Liqueur
The competitors introduced collectively 18 contestants:
- Lara Ponti, Mary Celeste, France
- Omar Alejandro Jaimes Delgado, Marlowe Bar, Spain
- Konstantyn Wulf, Lab Restaurant, Italy
- Eleni Papadopoulou, Upopa Epops, Greece
- Thais Vasconcelos, Sneaky Sip Bar, Portugal
- Marko Pokrovac, Classic Bar, Croatia
- Steve Gleeson, Hideout, UK
- Stefi Fletcher, Bar 1661, Eire
- Helene Rosenfeldt, Go to, Denmark
- Kim Freund, Dietrich’s, Germany
- Armando Garza, Marché in Eugene, USA
- Nicolette Irvine, The Roosevelt Room, USA
- Rebeca Figueiredo, Bar Raval, Canada
- Anthony Sebaaly, Mii-Yao, Beirut
- Shoya Minegishi, B&F, Japan
- Elizabeth D. Paraiso, Huge Fuzz, Philippines
- Jing-Teng Huang, Nest by Pun, Taiwan
- Wisnu Arcana, Syrco Base, Indonesia
