Japan's Manabu Ohtake from The Tower's Bar has been feted as Diageo Reserve World Class Bartender of the Year. Also announced last evening at a jubilant awards ceremony in New Delhi were the Regional & Challenge winners.
Competing against 33 of their peers and judged by some of the most revered names in the industry - including such legends as Dale DeGroff, Salvatore Calabrese, Peter Dorelli, Gary Regan, Hidetsugu Ueno and Daniel Estremadoyro – each winner demonstrated deftness of hand, ingenuity, skill and knowledge of spirits in the pursuit of liquid perfection.
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After the award announcement, they show him mixing his original cocktail, a pear-vodka mix he calls a Blanche-Niege. Kind of acts like a knob, but I guess if he knows his stuff about mixing a good drink...
