CIROC Week Battle of the Bartenders!

Media personalities, influencers, hospitality executives, nightlife moguls and VIPs kicked off CÎROC Week 2015 last week with a “Battle of the Bartenders” CÎROC People’s Choice Cocktail Competition at The Park at 14th. Guests cheered on 20 of the city’s top bartenders from restaurants such as – Farmers, Fishers, Bakers, Chaplin’s, Del Campo and STK – as they competed to create the evening’s most delicious CÎROC Pineapple cocktail.

Partygoers enjoyed Caribbean-inspired passed hors d’oeuvres and live music provided by DJ Quick Silva, while sampling the custom creations offered at each contender’s station.

DCWKLY’s Anwaa Kong presented competition winners Chad Spangler of Provision No. 14 and The Park’s Jeff Lantang with a check for $1,000 for their “Cîrocoolada” and “Khaleesi Lychee” cocktails. The competition’s runner-up, Trevor Frye of Jack Rose Dining Saloon, received a $500 check for his innovative “Polite Assertiveness” signature mix.

Want to know how to make your own first place finisher?  Here’s how!

First Place – “Cîrocoolada” cocktail, created by Chad Spangler of Provision No. 14.

• CÎROC Pineapple
• Coconut water
• Coconut cream
• Coconut chunks

First Place – “Khaleesi Lychee” cocktail, created Jeff Lantang of The Park at 14th.

• CÎROC Pineapple
• Coconut cream
• Lychee
• Dragonfire

Photos credit Weikerken Altema