Announcing a new cocktail competition for Canada: Altos Tequila’s TAKES TWO TO ALTOS! This competition will be taking place in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montréal over the next couple of months.
Just like us at Bartender Atlas, Altos Tequila has always been a big supporter of bartenders – the actual people that work hard to make bars great! This year they are the sponsors for Canada’s Best 100 Best Bartender of the Year and are also the official sponsor of World’s 50 Best Bars.
The first leg of the competition is the Regionals. In each of the four cities, 8 teams of 2 bartenders will compete (that’s a total of 32 teams with 64 bartenders across Canada!). This leg of the competition will include a sensory deprivation challenge and a challenge to show us your unique twist on the Altos Margarita. The winning team of each city will then move onto the Semi-Finals.
Come cheer on these bartender teams in a Canadian city near you in the Takes Two to Altos Regionals:
VANCOUVER – Monday, March 4th at Mount Pleasant Vintage, 6pm to 10pm
Angela Lai & Loreta Kwong – Team Mui Mui
Brooklyn Tams & Skyler Rawding –
David Kandal & Kelsey Von Sacken – Team Rocks on the Rocks
Domonique Martin & Alizah Kerr – Team It’s, Altos, No Crust.
Harry Tham & Shawn Soole – Team The Long and Short of It
Josué Pozo & Ignacio Tur –
Kate Chernoff & Aletha Couture – Team West Coast Cowboys
CONGRATS to Team The Long & Short of It for winning the British Columbia Regionals!
CALGARY – Monday, March 11th at Trolley 5 Brewpub, 6pm to 10pm
Adrien Roque & Carrie-Anne Stepan – Team The Shakin’ ’60s
Alex Pocock & Mackenzie Hanna – Team Ski-Bum Tenders
Amber MacMullin & Bradley Horseman – Team Margarita Masters
Kaitlyn Alonday & Justin Dziadyk – Team Mommy & Baby
Reece Brennan & Jon Regnier – Team Daisy Club
Tiffanie Hensel & John Fairholm – Team The Cornados
Zachary Fox & Keifer Korol – Team Prickett Richard
CONGRATS to Team Mommy & Baby for winning the Calgary Regionals!
TORONTO – Monday, April 8th
Colton Steeves & Natasha Rossi – Team The Yes Chefs
Eder Sanchez & Jorge Rodríguez – Team Rudo y Cursi
Jason McNeely & Burak Gurtekin – Team Dome and Dimples
Jill Sadler & Aaron Hatchell – Team Taurus Twins
Mike Lamantia & Tillea Bruce – Team Silly Little Drinks
Monique Godinho & Blaise Couturier – Team The Mogo GoGo Girls
Paige Burnett & Nick Hurd – Team Beauty and The Beast
Rod Redford & Jaymee Hejduk – Team The Crocies
CONGRATS to Team The Mogo Gogo Girls for winning the Toronto Regionals!
MONTREAL – Monday, April 15th
Alex Earle & Jérémie Dussault – Team Big Dawgz Society
Jama Joachim & Olivier Jose Espes Fuentes – Team Los Men in Black
Jo Kolb & Océane Lohrengel – Team L’équipe
Marie-Louise Roy-Bilodeau & Amélie Belley – Team Two Sunshines
Sally Groves & Sabrina Touzel – Big Tahonas
Sebastián Pizarro-Cionti & Patrick Chiquette-Ménard – Team The Bar Hoppers
Sheldon Jackson & Derek Jackson – Team Shake Bandits
Yohan Benoit & Jérémy Escolano – Team The Frenchies
CONGRATS to Team Big Tahonas for winning the Montréal Regionals!
More information about this cocktail competition:
SEMI-FINALS
Monday, April 22nd – Come cheer on the winning Alberta and BC teams as they compete in a “Show Us Your City” cocktail competition. The event starts at 7pm at Trolley 5 (728 17 Ave SW, Calgary) and guests will have the opportunity to taste both cocktails.
Competing teams:
Harry Tham & Shawn Soole – Team The Long and Short of It
Kaitlyn Alonday & Justin Dziadyk – Team Mommy & Baby
CONGRATS to Team The Long & Short of It for winning these Semi-Finals!
Monday, April 29th – Come cheer on the winning Montréal and Toronto teams as they compete in a “Show Us Your City” cocktail competition. The event starts at 7pm at Le Mal Nécessaire (1015 St Alexander St, Montréal) and guests will have the opportunity to taste both cocktails.
Competing Teams:
Monique Godinho & Blaise Couturier – Team The Mogo GoGo Girls
Sally Groves & Sabrina Touzel – Big Tahonas
FINALS will take place in Toronto on May 9th and it will be a real party with VIP judges and a whole lot of people cheering! This challenge will be a Mystery Box Challenge between the two final competing bartender teams. The winning team will receive an all-expense Altos Tequila experience in Mexico in June!
Come cheer on the final two teams in a Black Box Competition on Thursday, May 9th at Bangarang in Toronto! Doors are at 7pm and competition begins at 8pm.
Competing teams:
Sally Groves & Sabrina Touzel – Big Tahonas of Montreal
Harry Tham & Shawn Soole – Team The Long and Short of It of Victoria
BIG CONGRATS to Team The Long & Short of It for winning Finals!
Thank you to everyone who applied to compete in Takes Two to Altos! Everyone who did has been emailed (check your spam folder if you don’t see that message!).
Stay tuned to this page for all future event details! And follow Brand Ambassador Scott Longwell to keep up to date with everything Altos!
Please enjoy Altos Tequila responsibly.