Battling Bartenders Highlight Holiday Safety
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Published on 12/15/2011
Los Angeles-based mixologists squared off in the Battle of the Bartenders® to decide who could create the very best alcohol-free “mocktails” and promote responsible holiday hospitality. Their creations were judged for taste, presentation, creativity and simplicity.
Sponsored by the Insurance Information Network of California® and co-hosted by L.A. LIVE™, the friendly competition demonstrated how party hosts can serve quality non-alcoholic drinks to help keep their guests safe on the ride home.
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Local law enforcement handed out citations – of merit – to area bartenders today for concocting alcohol-free drinks honoring designated drivers.
Los Angeles-based mixologists squared off in the Battle of the Bartenders® to decide who could create the very best alcohol-free “mocktails” and promote responsible holiday hospitality. Their creations were judged for taste, presentation, creativity and simplicity.
Sponsored by the Insurance Information Network of California® and co-hosted by L.A. LIVE™, the friendly competition demonstrated how party hosts can serve quality non-alcoholic drinks to help keep their guests safe on the ride home. The program was also supported by the California Highway Patrol and the Los Angeles Police Department and aired live on KYSR 98.7-FM.
Trader Vic's won top honors for the Sour Santa, a concoction combining pomegranate seeds, Meyer lemons, grenadine, rock candy syrup, mint leaves, rock candy stick and a twist of lemon.
The winner for creativity was Wolfgang Puck for Partridge in a Pear-tini. The award for best taste and presentation went to Trader Vic's for the Sour Santa and the award for simplicity went to JW Marriott.
Recipes from the event are available on the event’s Web site at www.battleofthebartenders.org.
Judges included former NFL Player and current NBC Sports Analyst Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Terri Brinkmeyer, California Highway Patrol Officer Charmaine Fajardo and IINC Executive Director Candysse Miller.
“IINC has hosted alcohol-free holiday bartender “battles” across the state since 1996. They provide an important reminder that designated drivers can have fun and enjoy great tasting, creative drinks without alcohol,” Miller said.
Alcohol-related crashes resulted in 1,263 deaths and 26,058 injuries in California in 2009, according to the CHP. In Los Angeles County alone, 220 lives were claimed and 6,972 injured in alcohol-related collisions.
IINC is a non-profit and non-lobbying trade association dedicated to helping the public understand insurance and manage risk. For more information, please visit the IINC Web site. You can also follow IINC on Twitter at twitter.com/iinc and on Facebook at facebook.com/iinc.org. Battle of the Bartenders® is a registered trademark of IINC.
L.A. LIVE™, considered to be the nation’s most active ‘live content and event campus,’ is rapidly becoming the most in-demand and busiest hospitality location in the region featuring 260,480 square feet of conference center and ballroom facilities, world-class restaurants including the ESPN Zone, Farm of Beverly Hills, Flemings Steak House and Wine Bar, Katsuya, Lawry’s Carvery, New Zealand Natural Ice Cream, Rock ‘N Fish, Rosa Mexicano, Starbucks, Trader Vic’s, Yard House, Wolfgang Puck Bar and Grill and others, a 100,000 square foot special events deck, the famous Lucky Strike Lanes and Lounge, the celebrity-owned Conga Room, a one-of-a-kind GRAMMY Museum, saluting the history of music and the genre’s best know awards show all centered around Nokia Plaza L.A. LIVE, a 40,000-square foot outdoor event space.
Los Angeles-based mixologists squared off in the Battle of the Bartenders® to decide who could create the very best alcohol-free “mocktails” and promote responsible holiday hospitality. Their creations were judged for taste, presentation, creativity and simplicity. Sponsored by the Insurance Information Network of California® and co-hosted by L.A. LIVE™, the friendly competition demonstrated how party hosts can serve quality non-alcoholic drinks to help keep their guests safe on the ride home.
Battling Bartenders Highlight Holiday Safety
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Local law enforcement handed out citations – of merit – to area bartenders today for concocting alcohol-free drinks honoring designated drivers.
Los Angeles-based mixologists squared off in the Battle of the Bartenders® to decide who could create the very best alcohol-free “mocktails” and promote responsible holiday hospitality. Their creations were judged for taste, presentation, creativity and simplicity.
Sponsored by the Insurance Information Network of California® and co-hosted by L.A. LIVE™, the friendly competition demonstrated how party hosts can serve quality non-alcoholic drinks to help keep their guests safe on the ride home. The program was also supported by the California Highway Patrol and the Los Angeles Police Department and aired live on KYSR 98.7-FM.
Trader Vic's won top honors for the Sour Santa, a concoction combining pomegranate seeds, Meyer lemons, grenadine, rock candy syrup, mint leaves, rock candy stick and a twist of lemon.
The winner for creativity was Wolfgang Puck for Partridge in a Pear-tini. The award for best taste and presentation went to Trader Vic's for the Sour Santa and the award for simplicity went to JW Marriott.
Recipes from the event are available on the event’s Web site at www.battleofthebartenders.org.
Judges included former NFL Player and current NBC Sports Analyst Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Terri Brinkmeyer, California Highway Patrol Officer Charmaine Fajardo and IINC Executive Director Candysse Miller.
“IINC has hosted alcohol-free holiday bartender “battles” across the state since 1996. They provide an important reminder that designated drivers can have fun and enjoy great tasting, creative drinks without alcohol,” Miller said.
Alcohol-related crashes resulted in 1,263 deaths and 26,058 injuries in California in 2009, according to the CHP. In Los Angeles County alone, 220 lives were claimed and 6,972 injured in alcohol-related collisions.
IINC is a non-profit and non-lobbying trade association dedicated to helping the public understand insurance and manage risk. For more information, please visit the IINC Web site. You can also follow IINC on Twitter at twitter.com/iinc and on Facebook at facebook.com/iinc.org. Battle of the Bartenders® is a registered trademark of IINC.
L.A. LIVE™, considered to be the nation’s most active ‘live content and event campus,’ is rapidly becoming the most in-demand and busiest hospitality location in the region featuring 260,480 square feet of conference center and ballroom facilities, world-class restaurants including the ESPN Zone, Farm of Beverly Hills, Flemings Steak House and Wine Bar, Katsuya, Lawry’s Carvery, New Zealand Natural Ice Cream, Rock ‘N Fish, Rosa Mexicano, Starbucks, Trader Vic’s, Yard House, Wolfgang Puck Bar and Grill and others, a 100,000 square foot special events deck, the famous Lucky Strike Lanes and Lounge, the celebrity-owned Conga Room, a one-of-a-kind GRAMMY Museum, saluting the history of music and the genre’s best know awards show all centered around Nokia Plaza L.A. LIVE, a 40,000-square foot outdoor event space.