{"id":1578,"date":"2013-09-11T19:32:22","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T02:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=1578"},"modified":"2013-09-11T19:55:09","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T02:55:09","slug":"most-imaginative-bartender-search-culminates-in-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/most-imaginative-bartender-search-culminates-in-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Imaginative Bartender Search Culminates in Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The 2013 winner of Bombay Sapphire&rsquo;s &ldquo;Most Imaginative Bartender&rdquo; competition was named at Light nightclub inside Mandalay Bay on Sep. 9, 2013. Celebrity chef Tom Colicchio, star of Bravo&rsquo;s &ldquo;Top Chef,&rdquo; served as a guest judge.<\/p>\n<p>Miami&rsquo;s Julio Cabrera won the national competition, beating out 51 other mixologists.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1579\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1579\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/imaginative_bartender2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-1579 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"Chef Tom Colicchio and contest winner Julio Cabrera work the red carpet liquored-up like sailors. (We may have made up that last part.)\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/imaginative_bartender2.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chef Tom Colicchio and contest winner Julio Cabrera work the red carpet, liquored-up like sailors. (We may have made up that last part.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cabrera&rsquo;s winning cocktail, the Queen Victoria, featured Bombay Sapphire gin (naturally, since the company sponsors the event, along with the U.S. Bartenders&rsquo; Guild).<\/p>\n<p>The Queen Victoria contains 1.5 oz. of Bombay Sapphire, half-an-ounce of cucumber-mint syrup (with a pinch of salt and black pepper), half-an-ounce of lemon juice and a half ounce of St. Germain Elderflower liqueur. The ingredients are shaken well and served with fresh, grated black pepper on top.<\/p>\n<p>The winning cocktail is pictured below, because that&rsquo;s how this Las Vegas blog rolls.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1580\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1580\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/winning_cocktail1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-1580 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"While we've never personally had a cocktail, we hear they're very popular.\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/winning_cocktail1.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">While we&rsquo;ve never personally had a cocktail, we hear they&rsquo;re very popular.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The gathering at Light afforded hundreds of guests a chance to sample the cocktails in the contest, and members of Cirque du Soleil were on-hand to provide some aerial entertainment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1581\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/mermaid_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-1581 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"The mermaid portion of the event went swimmingly.\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/mermaid_1.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The mermaid portion of the event went swimmingly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As mentioned, chef Tom Colicchio served as guest judge. Colicchio recently opened a new Las Vegas restaurant, Heritage Steak at The Mirage.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1582\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/tom_collichio1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-1582 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"Why are we always surprised when someone in the public eye turns out to be a nice guy?\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/tom_collichio1.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Why are we always surprised when someone in the public eye turns out to be a nice guy?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Insider Las Vegas tip: Whenever you can, attend cocktail or bartending competitions. We&rsquo;re just saying.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1591\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1591\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sapphire_cocktail1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-1591 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"Alcohol. It probably has a slogan, but nobody can remember it.\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/sapphire_cocktail1.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alcohol. It probably has a slogan, but nobody can remember it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Julio Cabrera&rsquo;s cocktail has landed him a cover of GQ Magazine&rsquo;s December &ldquo;Men of the Year&rdquo; issue, as well as winning him a spot in the &ldquo;Most Imaginative Bartender&rdquo; global finals happening in London during 2014.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2013 winner of Bombay Sapphire&rsquo;s &ldquo;Most Imaginative Bartender&rdquo; competition was named at Light nightclub inside Mandalay Bay on Sep. 9, 2013. Celebrity chef Tom Colicchio, star of Bravo&rsquo;s &ldquo;Top Chef,&rdquo; served as a guest judge. Miami&rsquo;s Julio Cabrera won the national competition, beating out 51 other mixologists. Cabrera&rsquo;s winning cocktail, the Queen Victoria, featured [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,39,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegas","category-las-vegas-bars","category-lasvegasnightclubs"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Most Imaginative Bartender Search Culminates in Vegas | Vital Vegas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The 2013 winner of Bombay Sapphire&#039;s &quot;Most Imaginative Bartender&quot; competition was named at Light nightclub inside Mandalay Bay on Sep. 9, 2013. 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