Please join us in congratulating LA’s Best Bartender 2011 Justin Pike from the Tasting Kitchen. We had a great time this year and are proud to say that this year was bigger and better than last. Check out the video!
Be on the look out for Justin’s very own Los Angeles billboard at Wilshire and Sweetzer; we figured it’s the least we could do for LA’s Best Bartender. Sorry we didn’t think of it last year Matt, you are deserving of the same. We hope to see you all at next years event. Feel free to check out all the event and contest details on Facebook in case you missed any of it.
We are happy to announce that our new and improved website will be launching in November. We’ve made user inspired improvements as promised from all your great feedback. We love that we get to be a part of finding all of you good jobs and great hires! We love restaurant people!!
The judges have decided! Now it’s time to celebrate and slurp punch (for free) with 6 of LA’s Best Bartenders.
On Oct 4, 7pm-10pm we are hosting an invite only party at Takami Sushi Restaurant. Each of the 6 finalist bartenders will contribute their own unique rum punch concoctions to be sampled by party guests. Takami and the attached Elevate Lounge are on the 21st floor of a building in downtown LA. The outdoor areas are amazing and the views are spectacular.
This is an exclusive party and no tickets will be sold. All guests will be awarded entrance via our judges websites, media partners, and online and television competitions. The winning bartender will be announced at the party.
The judges are your key to snagging tickets to our invite only event. They will be running unique ticket giveaway promotions to readers of their blogs - stay tuned.
Over the past few weeks we’ve conducted a grassroots effort to feature and appreciate some of LA’s best bartenders. The LA community nominated, voted for, and commented on their favorite bartenders at our contest website.
Now we are down to 6 accomplished bartenders and 1 sweet party.
Over the next 3 weeks the contest judges will seek to rank our 6 finalist bartenders. The judges will factor in comments and votes from users on the contest website, go to visit the bartenders, try a cocktail, poll their blog readers for advice, whatever helps them to decide. In the end, the judges’ collective rankings will reveal the winner.
Be sure to check out their blogs over the next three weeks as they reveal their experiences visiting the 6 finalist bartenders.
To celebrate the announcement of LA’s Best Bartender, we’re having a rum punch party! On Oct 4, 7pm-10pm we are hosting an invite only party at Takami Sushi Restaurant. Each of the 6 finalist bartenders will contribute their own unique rum punch concoctions to be sampled by party guests. Takami and the attached Elevate Lounge are on the 21st floor of a building in downtown LA. The outdoor areas are amazing and the views are spectacular.
The judges may be your key to snagging tickets to our invite only event. They will be running unique ticket giveaway promotions to readers of their blogs - stay tuned.
Finally, here are the six 2010 LA’s Best Bartender Finalists:
We’re in the midst of a campaign to find LA’s best bartender - table20.strutta.com. Our goal is to find LA’s best by having you tell us who your favorite bartenders are.
We’d like to make the process of submitting your favorite barkeep as simple as possible. So for a limited time you can leave a comment in this blog post telling us who you like, why, and immediately get a chance to be 1 of 10 people to win “How to Booze: Exquisite Cocktails and Unsound Advice”
In addition, at the end of the contest you’ll have a shot at winning a $275 LA Entertainment Package which includes the following:
• tickets for two to the post-contest party - there will be 25 randomly drawn ticket winners
Enter in two steps.
1. Leave a comment below with the following info about your favorite bartender.
• first name (full name if possible)
• place of work (name and location)
• why they deserve to be named LA’s Best Bartender
2. Then retweet or Share through Facebook “I nominated my favorite LA bartender and got a chance to win ‘How to Booze: Exquisite Cocktails and Unsound Advice’ http://bit.ly/9qcWk1″
Then we’ll jet out to their bar to let them know how much you appreciate them and take their picture for their official entry into the contest.
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Your contest entry will be invalid if we are unable to take a picture of your bartender or if someone else submits your favorite bartender to our contest site before we can get your entry loaded to the site.
Vetting Phase
At the end of the 30-day nomination and voting period the top nominees, by number of votes, will be vetted to ensure they exist, are employed and are interested in participating further.
The top 25 nominees, following the vetting process, will win a custom designed Table 20 t-shirt. The top nominees will be announced via the Table 20 blog.
Finalist Selection Phase
Following the vetting phase, the top vote getter will be named the People’s Choice winner and be automatically included as a finalist.
The judges will each select a bartender to be a finalist from the remaining 24 nominees. A judge can make their decision based on the why the bartender was nominated, comments attributed, number of votes, and personal experience. Each of the five judges will choose one nominee for a total of five judge-selected finalists.
This phase will result in 6 finalists – 5 judge selected and 1 People’s Choice winner.
Consideration Phase
Table 20 will contact the six finalists for interviews. Judges may visit bartenders to meet, interview and sample a drink.
Winner Selection Phase
The judges, using a ranking system will select the winner of the contest; the aggregated rankings of the judges will determine the overall winner of the contest.
The winner and finalists will be featured on the Table 20 and LA Sates blog.
We’ve created this t-shirt as a special prize for our upcoming Service Props contest. The top nominees from the contest will win this t-shirt. The finalists and winners will win a bunch other cool stuff too.
We’re most proud of this prize because it’s a one-of-a-kind design depicting the day-to-day restaurant and bar industry experience. We put a lot of thought and effort into it - we hope you appreciate it too.
Printed on American Apparel t-shirt. Designed by Chris Piascik, conceived and directed by Trevor Smith.
