5th Bacardi Cruise Competition Sets Sail
Attention All Aspiring Bacardi Chefs and Bartenders: The Fifth Bacardi Cruise Competition Sets Sail
On June 1, 2009, the world renowned BACARDI Cruise Competition embarks on its fifth voyage in international waters. This competition calls for bartenders and chefs of legal drinking age onboard cruise and ferry lines to create inspired cocktail and culinary recipes incorporating the Bacardi family of spirits. With the growing popularity of the competition, the Fifth BACARDI Cruise competition has expanded its prizes, as well as created entirely new cocktail and culinary categories. The cash awards have increased to $5,000 each for the BACARDI Bartender of the Year and BACARDI Chef of the Year. In addition, the ship within each cruise/ferry line fleet that submits the most entries will receive a special prize for its bartenders and chefs. Each cruise/ferry line that participates will have a winning ship.
“As we continue to encourage talented onboard artisans to develop inspiring recipes, we are excited to enhance the Fifth BACARDI Cruise Competition with bigger prizes and more chances to win!” says José Chao, Bacardi Travel Retail Division Americas Vice President.
The updated cocktail categories reflect four of the Bacardi family’s core brands, BACARDI® Rums, GREY GOOSE® Vodkas, BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® Gin, and DEWAR’S® Scotch Whiskies, and the fresh ingredient for the Signature Cocktail category is Berry (recipe may include any berry available onboard, such as strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, etc).
“Furthermore, we consulted with culinary experts and cruise line executives who unanimously voted for the five international cuisines that are the new culinary categories,” added Chao. The five new culinary categories are Italian, American, Spanish, Chinese, and French cuisines.
Cruise and ferry line bartenders and chefs of legal drinking age wanting to compete for cash scholarships, and the distinction of being named BACARDI Chef of the Year and BACARDI Bartender of the Year, are invited to create inspired cocktail and culinary recipes using the Bacardi family of premium and super-premium spirits. Recipes submitted need to include one of the following products: BACARDI® Rums, BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® Gin, GREY GOOSE® Vodka and Flavoured Vodkas, DEWAR’S® Blended Scotch Whiskies, MARTINI & ROSSI® Vermouths and MARTINI & ROSSI® Sparkling Wines, CAZADORES® Tequilas, as well as B&B®, DRAMBUIE®, and DISARONNO® Liqueurs.
Cruise and ferry line bartenders and chefs may submit recipes in five cocktail and five culinary categories:
COCKTAIL CATEGORIES
· BACARDI® Rum
· GREY GOOSE® Vodka
· BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® Gin
· DEWAR’S® Scotch Whiskies
· Signature Cocktail – Berry
CULINARY CATEGORIES
· Italian
· American
· Spanish
· Chinese
· French
The deadline for all recipe submissions is November 30, 2009. All entries will be judged initially by culinary experts and a panel of renowned celebrity mixologists, with semifinalists selected in each category. The winning semi-finalists will then advance to the final round where a VIP judging panel–comprised of cruise line executives, culinary experts, cocktail specialists and media—will judge entries at an exclusive event in January 2010 to determine the next BACARDI Bartender of the Year and BACARDI Chef of the Year. Cash scholarships, presented by the Marine Hotel Association (MHA), will be awarded to the ten category winners, as well as the two finalists, at a private function in March 2010. The winning recipes featuring these world-class spirit and wine brands may be offered aboard ships for the 2010 sailing season.
Bartenders and chefs from cruise and ferry lines worldwide submitted hundreds of creative culinary and cocktail recipes during the competition’s fourth year, which ran from November 2008 through March 2009. Greger Lindberg, Bar Manager of Viking Cinderella, was BACARDI Bartender of the Year for his Rocks/Highball cocktail, Jinx, inspired by BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® Gin. The BACARDI Chef of the Year was Alex Hekimov, Corporate Pastry Chef of Silversea Cruises, for his dessert, Citrus and BACARDI® Indulgence, inspired by BACARDI® Flavoured Rums™.
To enter the Fifth BACARDI® Cruise Competition online, learn more about the rules and the Bacardi family of products, as well as read previous winners’ recipes, please go to www.bacardicruisecompetition.com.
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The BACARDI® Cruise Competition is open to all cruise and ferry line bartenders and chefs worldwide of legal drinking age. Citizens and residents of the United States and Puerto Rico are excluded from participation in this competition. Log onto www.bacardicruisecompetition.com for more details.
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