BarLADY

Competition

The International BarLady Competition created from the need to celebrate the professionalism of women around the world who work in the field of bartending, to highlight, in pink colours, the best that exists in the profession and illuminates, with unusual hues of creativity, technique and innovation, the entire world of the Bartenders.
IBC’s primary goal is to gather BarLadies from all over the world and give them the opportunity to develop their skills, grow in the field of bartending and compete on 3 days, 7 – 8 & 9 March 2025 (International Women’s Day).
The 2nd Edition of the International Barlady Competition will be held in Havana, Cuba, and is a cooperation of IBC with the Cuban Ministry of Tourism and the Cuban Bartenders Association.

Categories & Barlady of the Year

The 5 Categories:

⦁ CLASSIC Cocktail
This Category describes the Classic Cocktail (dry, medium or sweet)

• min. 3 Ingredients
• max. 7 Ingredients
• max. 7 cl Alcohol

 

⦁ NATIONAL DRINK/COCKTAIL
This Category describes a Drink or Cocktail that needs to include a local
element or inspiration of the Competitors Home Country

• min. 3 Ingredients
• max. 7 Ingredients
• max. 7 cl Alcohol

 

⦁ LONGDRINK
This Category describes the Longdrink that needs to be topped up with a
filler/mixer

• min. 3 Ingredients
• max. 7 Ingredients
• max. 7 cl Alcohol

 

⦁ LATINO STYLE
This Category describes a Digestive Cocktail that needs to combine the IBC Product List
with typical Latin American ingredients and/or flavors

• min. 3 Ingredients
• max. 7 Ingredients
max. 7 cl Alcohol

 

⦁ SPARKLING COCKTAIL
This Category describes a Drink or Cocktail that needs to be topped up with bubbles

* min. 3 ingredients
* max 7 ingredients
* max alcohol 4 cl
* min. 6 cl sparkling wine or mixer soda

 

⦁ BARLADY OF THE YEAR
The 5 winners, one in each category, they will compete with each other and the winner will be declared “Barlady of the Year”

The best 5 finalists face a black box task. They have 30 minutes to create a completely new Drink / Cocktail from a basket of spirits, liqueurs, syrups, herbs, non-alcoholic ingredients and other foodstuffs defined by the organizer. Participants may only take their bar equipment with them and nothing else. All ingredients, garnish and/or decoration elements MUST come out from the black box. Using your own glasses is allowed.
* No minimum or maximum ingredients
* max. 7 cl Alcohol
* no mocktails are allowed

Programm

2024
Friday 8th March

16:00: National Cocktail - Preliminary Round (President Hotel / Atlas Venue)

18:00: Classic Cocktail - Preliminary Round (President Hotel / Atlas Venue)

21:30: BarLady Party @ Drunk Sinatra & Rehab

Saturday 9th March

15:00: Tanqueray 0.0 for Barlady Mini Contest (President Hotel / Atlas Venue)

16:30: National Cocktail - Final Round

18:00: Classic Cocktail - Final Round

20:30: Awarding

Masters of Ceremony

Nafsika Mouzakiti

Performance judges

Loreta Tosca

Anthony Poncier

Babis Doukas