{"id":8712,"date":"2014-03-26T07:48:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T07:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=8712"},"modified":"2014-03-26T07:48:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T07:48:16","slug":"felix-agyei-wins-top-master-bartender-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=8712","title":{"rendered":"Felix Agyei wins Top Master Bartender award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Agnes Essah, Marketing Director of GGBL, handing over a cheque of GH\u00a22,700.00 to Felix Adjei, Winner of the Master Bartender Competition. With them are Anthony Botwe, Ag. Sales Director (far right) and Solomon Affum, Spirits Capability Manager (far left)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Monday, some of Ghana\u2019s top\u00a0bartenders\u00a0gathered at Movenpick Hotel to compete for the title of Accra\u2019s Master\u00a0Bartender\u00a02014. \u00a0Over 100\u00a0bartendersentered\u00a0the competition\u00a0from across Accra but after several tests, five finalbartenders\u00a0were picked to compete in an exciting showdown using the finest line of spirits from the Diageo Group\/Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd (GGBL in front of a live audience.<\/p>\n

At the end\u00a0of\u00a0the competition, Felix Agyei from The View Bar was the\u00a0last man standing, taking home the grand prize of $1,000, an MBA branded iPad loaded with cocktail apps, as well as a Master\u00a0Bartender\u00a0Academy (MBA) cocktail set and Smirnoff branded kit.<\/p>\n

His enthusiasm and performance coupled with his behind-the-bar personality seemed to have wowed a panel of expert judges and the crowd. Commenting on his win, Felix said: \u201cIt means a lot to\u00a0me to\u00a0win Accra\u2019s Master\u00a0Bartender\u00a02014 because it tells the story of\u00a0bartenders, that bartending is not just a means to an end, so you just get into a bar and just do something and go. It is a real profession out there, and when you put your mind to it and do more research and listen to industry leaders, you will get there.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added \u201c The MBA\u00a0training\u00a0which started from the 101 to brand knowledge, destinations and the personality behind the bar, \u00a0has really brought my skills to a level where I stand out from people who don\u2019t have that\u00a0training, wherever I go. So it\u2019s a\u00a0good thing\u00a0to be a part of the\u00a0training\u00a0and I urge anyone who gets an invitation to be a part of it to take it seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe competition\u00a0was very nerve wrecking, but it was awesome. I didn\u2019t really expect to win because I have only been a\u00a0bartender\u00a0for four months and I only decided to enter because a friend took me along. There was really a bunch of experienced guys that were competing for the grand prize so I guess I\u2019m lucky to have won it.<\/p>\n

Mark Barrett, Spirits Capability Manager-Africa for Diageo Africa, created the MBA after visiting bars and clubs in Africa and constantly getting bad service. The\u00a0training\u00a0programme teaches customer service, the art of bartending, tools of the trade,\u00a0bartender\u00a0secrets, drink categories, spirit production, brand knowledge, perfect serves, counterfeit spotting, up\u00a0selling\u00a0and importantly responsible serving and will continue to reach\u00a0bartenders\u00a0within South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Kenya and Seychelles.<\/p>\n

The core aim of the Master\u00a0Bartender\u00a0competition\u00a0is to raise the bar behind the bar. Bringing skills and knowledge to African\u00a0bartenders, who want to better themselves in their careers and to inspire them to take their jobs as\u00a0bartendersseriously. The Accra\u00a0competition\u00a0was attended by celebrities including Juliet Ibrahim and D-Black with a bartending display from MBA trainer and\u00a0bartender, Denzel Heath.<\/p>\n

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Source:\u00a0ameyawdebrah.com<\/p>\n

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On Monday, some of Ghana\u2019s top\u00a0bartenders\u00a0gathered at Movenpick Hotel to compete for the title of Accra\u2019s Master\u00a0Bartender\u00a02014. \u00a0Over 100\u00a0bartendersentered\u00a0the competition\u00a0from across Accra but after several tests, five finalbartenders\u00a0were picked to compete in an exciting showdown using the finest line of spirits from the Diageo Group\/Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd (GGBL in front of a live audience. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":8714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-8712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-unemployment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}