Congratulations to the ten Australian finalists for PATRÓN Perfectionists
During the last couple of months PATRÓN Perfectionists offered an thrilling bartender training and engagement program and in return the bartenders of Australia have delivered! 152 impressed bartenders submitted their PATRÓN Perfectionists entry and the standard is spectacular.
The entry problem, known as Hometown Hero, required entrants to develop a cocktail that blends PATRÓN Silver tequila with the bartender’s native tradition, utilizing components from a prescribed checklist, the Pantry. The preliminary entry submissions might be judged on enchantment, look, inspiration, and originality.
Joey Chisholm, PATRÓN Tequila Execution Supervisor mentioned “This yr’s competitors known as for bartenders to hero PATRÓN Silver together with an area ingredient that was near their coronary heart and we had been blown away with the standard of entries! We had 152 entries from throughout Australia and each single one in every of them was superb – a real testomony to the standard of bartenders in Australia. Following two lengthy days of judging the highest ten had been chosen and I consider it’s the strongest subject of bartenders Australia has seen. We’re excited by an excellent mixture of previous canine and thrilling younger rookies.”
“This yr’s competitors known as for bartenders to hero PATRÓN Silver together with an area ingredient that was near their coronary heart and we had been blown away with the standard of entries! We had 152 entries from throughout Australia and each single one in every of them was superb…” – Joey Chisholm, PATRÓN Tequila Execution Supervisor
Congratulations to the ten bartenders shifting by means of to the ultimate challenges of the PATRÓN Perfectionists:
- Alex Boon of Pearl Diver Cocktails & Oyster, Melbourne, and his cocktail ‘Frankie’
- Andie Bulley of Savile Row, Brisbane, and her cocktail ‘Koumala’
- Bec Bayley of Earlier than + After, Brisbane and her cocktail ‘Folktale’
- Chris Tilley of Neon Palms & Volare Bar, Perth, and his cocktail ‘Hyding In The Gums’
- Etien Celzner of Impolite boy, Hobart and his entry ‘Okay.I.S.S (maintain it easy silly)’
- Haadee Bahar of Mimi’s & Will’s, Sydney, and his cocktail ‘Silver Lining’
- Kayla Reid of Nick & Nora’s, Melbourne, and her entry ‘Delicate Duality’
- Martin McConnell of Frogs Hole Saloon, Brisbane and his creation ‘Petrichor’
- Storm Evans of Cantina OK!, Sydney his creation ‘A1’
- Talis Heggart of Shotgun Willie’s & Memphis Slim’s Home of Blues, Adelaide, and his creation ‘Abuela Margaret’
The highest ten finalists will now current their entry problem cocktail along with one other problem on the subsequent spherical of judging in Sydney throughout early November. The Australian winner will go on to compete in opposition to one other 18 international locations and cruise liners will participate within the much-coveted international finals expertise going down at Hacienda PATRÓN, Mexico, in March 2023. In the course of the international finals, bartenders will undertake a brand new sequence of challenges, testing every a part of a bartender’s skillset.
The PATRÓN Perfectionists celebration occasion and winner’s announcement will happen on Wednesday ninth November in Sydney.
Joseph Chisholm – PATRÓN Tequila Execution Supervisor – jchisholm@bacardi.com
Alex Godfrey – PATRÓN Model Ambassador – agodfrey@spiritspecialist.com.au
