News from Wellington Culinary Events Trust
Wellington can now claim the title of Cocktail Capital, with two Wellingtonian bartenders winning the top spots for the Highball New Zealand Bartender of the Year competition, which saw competitors go shaker to shaker over two intensive days, during Highball, New Zealand’s only cocktail and spirits festival, at the Dominion Museum Building.
Alex Vowels from Tory’s Street’s Hawthorn Lounge took out the cocktail crown, with Dan Felsing from Manners Street’s Crumpet taking second place, and Andrea Marseglia from Piku in Hawkes Bay winning third place.
The national bartending competition, which had been on hiatus since 2008 saw 28 competitors from Auckland to Wanaka partake in a high intensity six-part tournament, where they mixed, blended and shook their way to showcase their skills – all garnished with oodles of bartending flair. Energy and entertainment was high with the rat-a-tat of three shakers being simultaneously slung in on
Wellington can now claim the title of Cocktail Capital, with two Wellingtonian bartenders winning the top spots for the Highball New Zealand Bartender of the Year competition, which saw competitors go shaker to shaker over two intensive days, during Highball .
Press Release – Wellington Culinary Events Trust Wellington can now claim the title of Cocktail Capital, with two Wellingtonian bartenders winning the top spots for the Highball New Zealand Bartender of the Year competition, which saw competitors go shaker to shaker over two intensive days, during Highball …
Wellington can now claim the title of Cocktail Capital, with two Wellingtonian bartenders winning the top spots for the Highball New Zealand Bartender of the Year competition, which saw competitors go shaker to shaker over two intensive days, during Highball, New Zealand’s only cocktail and spirits festival, at the Dominion Museum Building.
Alex Vowels from Tory’s Street’s Hawthorn Lounge took out the cocktail crown, with Dan Felsing from Manners Street’s Crumpet taking second place, and Andrea Marseglia from Piku in Hawkes Bay winning third place.
But he experienced vivid flashbacks and now avoids being in the party precinct alone. It has changed how I walk around Wellington and my perception of it. When I think about it, yeah, it is sad.
Business owners are fed up. Hamish Garrick catches a shoplifter a day in his Cuba Street shop. I ve had threats on my life, I ve had people punch me, charge me, swing at me, all sorts of stuff like that.
Teji Singh has managed a kebab shop on Courtenay Place for five years.
He says crime has always been a problem but the theft, vandalism and abuse is escalating.