Theo Antonelli, Bars Supervisor at the Radisson Blu Resort, St Julian’s, is the national winner of the local preliminaries of the World Cocktail Competition, a yearly competition held in order to choose the Maltese champion to represent Malta in the World Championships.
Some of Malta’s best local bartenders, including former Maltese champions, took part in the competition, which was held at the hotel and organised together with local beverage importers and in collaboration with the Maltese Bartenders Guild.
Antonelli placed first in the sparkling category, while Joseph Xuereb placed first in the non-alcoholic category.
Antonelli and Xuereb, will represent Malta at the International Bartenders Association World Championships to be held in Prague from August 16 to 22.