World Class Bartender competition returns to Nigeria

 World Class Bartender competition returns to Nigeria

By Dayo Badmus, 

Guinness Nigeria has announced the commencement of its foremost bartender competition, World Class.

The official flag off for the World Class journey which began in Lagos, will stop in key cities across Nigeria before ending with a bang down in Sydney, Australia.

World Class is the world’s largest and most exclusive bartending competition, mixology education programme; curated to celebrate bartending creativity and innovative cocktail-making trends while inspiring people to drink better and create unforgettable experiences in the process.

World Class has supported, trained, and inspired over 400,000 bartenders, across 60 countries, for over twelve years, while partnering them with the world’s finest spirits – the Diageo Reserve collection.

World Class 2022 will witness the unveiling of the ‘Big 30’ – top 30 mixologists/bartenders across Nigeria put through masterclasses on the perfect serve for participating Diageo premium spirits; Johnnie Walker and Ketel One.

Diageo through Guinness Nigeria is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion which will be brought to life in this year’s competition.

Thus, an intentional approach towards ensuring active participation from women has been adopted with hopes that it will encourage interest in the years to come and recruit more women into the bartending community leveraging the Diageo Bar Academy program.

The 30-strong list will be shortlisted at Regional Finals in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, where four bartenders will be selected.

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The final 4 will dazzle a select crowd at a 3-day Cocktail Week showing off their winning recipes.

The eventual winner will represent Nigeria at the Global Finals in Sydney, Australia later this year.

Sammy Okwandu, Head of Customer Marketing International Premium Spirits, Reserve Brands and Modern Trade opined; ‘World Class is a global platform that seeks to take consumers on a journey where fine drinking is seen the same way as fine dining.

The bartender competition is also our way of giving back some of the value we derive from a sector of the value chain that is often overlooked; our on-trade partners.

World Class is a platform that has supported, trained and inspired 250,000 bartenders across the globe over the past eight years, while partnering with the world’s finest spirit portfolio – the Diageo Reserve Collection.

World Class is also the authority on the drinking industry that consumers go in search of for information pertaining to the latest drink trends, cocktail recipes and more.

 

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