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 OCTOBER 15, 2007
Bogart’s Brian Grant and Chambar’s Josh Pape win trip to France with Giffard (Pictured with Giffard’s Sherif Ahmed)
On Sunday, September 23 twenty-five of Vancouver’s top bartenders competed to win an all-expenses-paid trip to the Giffard International Competition to be held in Angers, France May 2008. The contestants were invited to invent an original cocktail using Giffard Pink Grapefruit Liqueur (click to view) and Mr. Giffard made the journey from France to witness the excitement.
 Giffard would like to thank all the competitors for their inventive recipes and their entertaining mixology. A big thank you also to MC Jason McRobbie, who kept the flow going, the judges (names below) for their time and input and Tapastree Restaurant’s Francis Regio for hosting the event.
Competition was tight, but the top two were chosen to be Bogart’s Brian Grant and Chambar’s Josh Pape.
1st Place Winner - Brian Grant – Bogart Chophouse & Bar
“‘Old Dog, New Tricks” (a play on the ‘Salty Dog’)
1 ¼ oz Vodka
¾ oz Giffard Pink Grapefruit
1 Scoop of Champagne & Pink Grapefruit Sorbetto
1/8 oz Giffard Muroise
*Martini glass, shaken
*Garnish - Pink Australian rock salt & candied grapefruit
2nd Place Winner - Josh Pape – Chambar Belgian Restaurant
“Toute Fin”
4 toasted cashews
1 ½ oz Gin
½ oz Amontillado Sherry
½ oz Giffard Pink Grapefruit
1 12 oz Apple Juice
Dash of gomme syrup
1 egg white
1 lime wedge
*Large coupee style martini glass
*Muddle, shake, and fine strain
*Garnish – home made Campari powder dusting atop of egg white froth
Thank you to Giffard judges:
Media
Joanne Sasvari – Freelance food and wine writer
Judith Lane – Freelance food and wine writer
Eric Pateman – Edible British Columbia
Mixologists
Jay Jones – Donnelly Hospitality Group
Daryl MacDonald – Ocean Club/Mountain Club
Brad Stanton – Blue Water Café
Chefs
Linda Larouche – Watermark
Doug Scott – Ocean Club/Mountain Club
Dino Renaerts – Diva at the Met
For further details contact:
Christa Frosch, Director of Operations
cfrosch@nonsdrinks.com
604 306 7742
www.nonsdrinks.com
Sherif Ahmed, President
sahmed@nondrinks.com
604 306 6790
For product information:
Lower Mainland Licensees - Cassandra Anderton
604 617 2205
Lower Mainland LRS - Cristi Griffin
778 389 6441
Island Accounts - Colin Southcombe
250 589 2675
About Giffard
It all began during the very hot summer of 1885…
Emile Giffard was a dispensing pharmacist and neighbour of the "Grand Hotel" in Angers, in the Loire Valley. However, he was no mere chemist. Inventive, curious and gourmet, he undertook research on the digestive and refreshing properties of mint. He thereby invented a pure, clear and refined white mint liqueur which he tested with the Grand Hotel's customers, in order to relieve them from heat. Success came at once. Emile changed his pharmacy into a distillery and called his liqueur MENTHE PASTILLE, referring to the mint sweets very famous at that time.
Four generations later, Giffard & Co, still in the hands of the Giffard family, produces, beside Menthe Pastille, "Crèmes de fruits", liqueurs, Guignolet, Fruits in brandy and syrups. Quality has been their watchword all this time.
www.giffard.com
www.nonsdrinks.com
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