The United States of America. The final stage of the Diageo World Class Cruise Bartender of the Year competition took place in Miami on May 31st. The Cancn native will represent the cruise industry. Editor and publisher Lois Pasternak has provided us with a report on the news.
Pacheco was competing against five other people from cruise lines, including the winner of the title in 2015. The bar that hosted the event was the first to open since the Pandemic.
13 years have passed since the World Class competition began. Over the years, the programme has trained more than 400,000 bartender from all over the world, according to the company.
Jordan Bernstein is the director of food and beverage operations at Virgin Voyages. At the World Class Cruise bartender of the year competition, Pacheco created a winning cocktail.
Pacheco will be competing in the Best Bartender of the Year competition in Australia in September.
Adam Fournier is a bartender from Los Angeles and a Top Five global bartender.
Laura Newman is the first woman to win the title of World Class US Bartender of the Year. She has been a national finalist many times. Queen's Park is owned and operated by her.
Nathaniel Capannos is a bartender, consultant, cocktail creator, and former World Class competitor who placed in the US Top 5 in 2021.
The head bartender at Lona Cocina Tequileria is also a cruise studio instructor. Her work has appeared in a number of publications.
White helped prepare this year's class of bartenders for the competition through the World Class Studios, a platform created by Diageo to help educate and inspire bartenders around the world.
Four weekly online sessions were organised for the participants to get them ready for the final competition. White was the World class Ambassador this year.
Two challenges were part of the Cruise competition. In the first, the six competing cruise bartenders had to present an original cocktail to the judges, created by using one of the topics that had been covered in this year's World Class Studios training modules.
One of the challenges was using plants with roots. They had to make their own syrup and build a cocktail with Don Julio tequila. In the Culture Club/Seasonality module, the bartender had to preserve and include an agricultural ingredient that meant something to them in a cocktail.
Virgin Voyages is one of the newest cruise lines.
Ketel One vodka was included in the two other modules. In Home Brew, the cocktail had to be inspired by a community home brew and Ketel One. The Cocktail maker had to recognize that bars, pubs, cafés and restaurants are important community gathering places. They had to create a cocktail that benefited their local community either through direct financial gains or purchases of local ingredients.
One of the three judges gave feedback after each of the six competitors created three serves. Four people went on to the second challenge. Four people were given seven minutes to create two original cocktails that represented two different countries.
The commentary that accompanied the preparation of the cocktail was an important part of each presentation. Pacheco's first cocktail was based on the legend of a famous ship that was wrecked hundreds of years ago. It had been full of treasures. His cocktail had a selection of the spices that had been lost.
Pacheco makes drinks from Mezcal. He was part of the team that launched the Mexican restaurant, Pink Agave, with the largest tequila and mezcal library on the planet.
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