Win Tickets to L.A.'s BEST BARTENDER Contest Party!

***Contest is Closed***

As many of you know, I really like love cocktails.  So much so that table20.com was kind enough to ask me if I'd be a judge for their
L.A's Best Bartender Contest. What a honor!

The contest is now coming close to an end. In the last three weeks, my fellow judges and I have visited the six finalists:

-People’s Choice Bartender Winner, Matt Biancaniello of Library Bar at Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

-Joseph Brooke of The Edison

-Max Diaz of Cicada Club and Cole’s

-Devon Espinosa of The Tasting Kitchen

-Alex Straus of Suite 700 at Hotel Shangri-La and Hemingway’s Lounge

-Dee Ann Quinones of Susan Feniger’s Street, The Parlour Room, and Philippe Chow

(I wasn't able to visit Dee Ann because she has been out of town, but I have sampled her drinks.)

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So who did I picked?????

Drumroll please!!!!!!! Sorry, but that's top secret information! But the winner of L.A.'s Best Bartender Contest will be announced at an exclusive party at Takami Sushi Restaurant in Downtown LA. 
The party will be on Oct 4, 7pm-10pm. Yeah it's a Monday but that's the only way all the finalists can go. Yep that's right! It's their night off so they will all be there and each of one of them will contribute their own unique rum punch concoctions to be sampled by party guests. I can't wait!! 
But be aware... NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD for this event. The only way to get tickets is through me and the other judges. And I'm giving away 5 PAIRS!!!

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So how do you win tickets???

         1. Become a fan of my Facebook page.

         2. Then post on YOUR facebook page:

"I just entered to win tickets to L.A's Best Bartender Winner Contest through Vixen's @L.A. Happy Hours  http://bit.ly/bKv5wR "

                    ***But before you click "SHARE"  make sure that you 
                          link it back to my Facebook page "L.A. Happy Hours". 
                          That's why there is an "@ symbol" in the post. 

         3. Comment on my Facebook Page that you entered.
             That's the only way I'll know!
             (I'll be adding the winners as friends on Facebook to verify the posting.) 
              

Easy-peasy! 

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You many enter as many times as you wish, but not more than once every hour. You will have until Saturday, Oct. 2nd, 8 a.m. to post your entry and the winners will be announced shortly after that. But time's a tickin', so start posting now!!!

Good luck and I hope to see you at the party!!

THE JUDGING AFTERMATH

Definitely a job well done.

L.A.'s Best Bartender Contest

Hey all you happy hour lovers! It's time to put happy hour aside for a moment and give props to our favorite bartenders. I mean, without them we wouldn't have such amazing cocktails. I have definitely mentioned my some of my favorite bartenders in the past and now it's your turn.

From now through August 4th, Table20.com is asking YOU to nominate your favorite bartender. Just be nominating them, you will have a chance to win this super prize package:
-Dinner for four at Lazy Ox Canteen
-Dinner for two at Takami Sushi & Robata Restaurant
-Two tickets for the Post-Contest Party


So what does it take to be LA's best bartender?? Here's what Table20.com says:

“The best bartender can be defined by many aspects: best service, best drinks, broadest drink knowledge, the fastest, best under pressure, best personality, best stories, best listener, most consistent, whatever attribute makes you happy. We wanna hear about them.”

How to Nominate:

To nominate a bartender go to Table20.com and submit
• the bartender’s picture – mobile phones are great for this
• the bartender’s name,
• their place of work (name and location), and
• why they deserve to be named LA’s Best Bartender.

Don't have a pic??? That's okay. We'll take it for you!

It's THAT easy, so vote now! After the 30-day nomination period, the list will be narrowed down to the top 25 nominees. The nominee with the most votes will automatically be awarded winner of the People’s Choice Award. The list of remaining 24 will be worked down to six finalists. Those six finalists will be visited by each of the five judges (including myself) and then an overall winner will be chosen as LA's Best Bartender.

PRIZES:
LA’s Best Bartender contest winner will win
• A VIP bourbon tasting in a private room for 4 at The Edison
• Dinner for 4 at Osteria La Buca
• A $100 gift certificate to Bar Keeper Silverlake
• A custom designed Table 20 t-shirt

The People's Choice winner will win
• An automatic finalist spot to be selected LA's Best Bartender
• Dinner for 2 at Tasca Wine Bar
• A $50 gift certificate to bartender nirvana Bar Keeper Silverlake
• A custom designed Table 20 t-shirt

POST-PARTY PARTY

That's right... a party! There will be an "End of the Contest Party" in August, and being that I'm am a contest judge I will be giving away 5 invites to my blog readers. Each invite includes a plus 1, so the winners can bring a friend too.  I will be giving them away on Twitter!

To nominate a bartender, vote for a nominee, or more contest info, visit the Official Contest Website: http://contest.table20.com
Nominations and voting ends August 18th!!  So do it now!