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Drinking Travel: Worldwide Hunt for the Best Bartender
October 15, 2008 at 9:06 AM | 0 Comments
We've never heard a bartender referred to as a "liquid chef" before, but we definitely agree that a good bartender is a very important thing to find when we're on the road. So the Best Bartender in the World contest is one we'll definitely be keeping an eye on.
It's sponsored by alcohol giant Diageo which will test bartenders on speed, accuracy, originality and creativity in their efforts to create the perfect cocktail.
The official World Class website is due to launch later this month before drink-making heats around the globe, finishing up in London with the grand finale in July 2009. By which time the judges will have drunk so many cocktails they probably won't really be up to deciding which one is perfect, we suspect. Can we volunteer our services?
Related Stories:
· World Class [Official Site]
· Drink Firm Seeks World's Best Bartender [Reuters]
· Dive Bar Travel: Boozing with Bourdain [Jaunted]
[Photo: Cayusa]
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Drinking Travel: Robert Downey Jr. Hammers One Out
September 5, 2008 at 9:15 AM | 0 Comments
Look, Ma, a robot! Robert Downey Jr. and a man wearing a robotic suit hammer open a barrel of sake to celebrate the premiere of "Iron Man" in Japan this weekend. We're just dying to try this at home.
Downey Jr. has had a blockbuster year between "Iron Man" and his critically acclaimed role in "Tropic Thunder."
He wrapped his movie "The Soloist" (by "Atonement" director Joe Wright) in Los Angeles this spring before the press blitz began but is rumored to be in casting for a new "Sherlock Holmes" movie, in which he would star as the deerstalkered one opposite Russell Crowe as Moriarty.
Related Stories:
· A Star's Life: Last-Minute Trip to Hawaii, Check! [Jaunted]
· Movie Set Hotel: "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" at the Downtown Standard LA [HC]
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: Socialite Life]
