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No.8740 2004. 4. 6
“BEEFEATER & SKYY VODKA presents 2004 Free-style Challenge”
- Free-style cocktail making contest -
Suntory Ltd. (Head Office: Osaka, President: Nobutada Saji) and Suntory Allied Ltd. are inviting professional bartenders from Japan nationwide, to compete on “BEEFEATER & SKYY VODKA presents 2004 Free-style Challenge” contest.
“Free-style challenge” is a contest where to compete on techniques and total showmanship of making cocktails. “Free-Style” is an exciting style of making cocktails with free performances such as magic, dance, exquisite costumes, and flair. (Flair means “self-expression”, and flair bartending is a bartending technique to spin and flip glasses and bottles.)
Suntory and Suntory Allied have held “Beefeater Cocktail Competition” for seven years since 1996, and have appealed cocktail making by dividing competition categories into “short cocktail”, “long cocktail”, and “Free-Style” since 2002. In order to promote the worldwide known “free-style” , and to appeal for ways to enjoy cocktails, the contest is held only for ”Free-Style” this time, and “Flair Bartending Entry Course” will also be held at Suntory’s school from 11th to 14th of August, 2004.
The contest is only for professional bartenders or the pursuant, and applicants are to send application together with recorded videos of performance on assigned pieces. At its first screening, 15 contestants will be selected. On 4 September 2004, top 5 finalists will be selected from contestant’s “accuracy”, “speed”, “originality” and “showmanship” skill. A grand winner is to be awarded on the final round.
Guidelines for application are as below.
| ▼ Name: | “BEEFEATER & SKYY VODKA presents 2004 Free-style Challenge” |
| ▼ Sponsored by: | Suntory Ltd. and Suntory Allied Ltd. |
| ▼ Entry qualification: | Bartenders working at bars, hotels, restaurants, and etc., and the pursuant |
| ▼First screening: | Performance video |
‹ Assigned Cocktails ›
“Beefeater Tonic”, “Bloody Tower”, “Mango Driver”, and “Sky Cosmo”
* Please follow the assigned recipes and rules stated in application forms.
‹ Entry ›
Please fill in necessary information on the assigned application form (printable), and send it with an enclosed video and etc. which recorded applicant’s performance.
(1)Videos
| Type of video: | VHS Video, DVD, and Digital Video |
| Content: | Performance within 4 minutes |
Please complete the four assigned cocktails within the given time, and applicant is to be shot from the front. The applicant must say his or her name and names of the cocktails made, before the performance. Please shoot through the performance within the given time, from its start till the end.
(2)Basis of Preliminary round
• Degree of technical difficulty, smoothness, and originality
• Performance (entertainment): total performance, originality, and degree of product appeal.
▼ Application deadline
30th June 2004 * As indicated by the postmark on the envelop.
▼ Final round
4th September 2004, held at Club “Velfarre” (Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Entrees will be the selected 15 finalists.
‹ Content of Preliminary ›
| (1)Pour Test: | To compete on the accuracy of pouring specified amount into a glass |
| (2)Speed Mixing: | To complete assigned cocktails speedily. |
| (3)Exhibition: | To complete assigned cocktails within given time, using free-style technique. |
From total points of (1) ~ (3), the top five finalists will enter the final round.
‹ Final Round ›
Screening free-style performance, a grand winner will be selected.
▼ Honor and Prize
A grand prize winner will receive return tickets and an accommodation fee to participate in “QUEST FOR THE BEST” that will be held in Florida, the U.S.
*QUEST FOR THE BEST is a contest to compete on flair bartending techniques and free-style performance among the worldwide top bartenders.
For enquiry of the information, please contact:
Head Office “2004 Freestyle Challenge”
Telephone number: 03-3451-7003
(Mondays – Fridays 9:30 to 17:30,
except Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays)
15F Shiba-building, 2-13-4 Shiba, Minato-ku,
Tokyo105-0014, Japan
