Entry:

1. One entry per Hotels / Resorts.
2. Entries should be in the form of a long drink and be a minimum of 120ml -4oz- liquid volume.
3. Entries should be submitted by email to the organizers or on the competition website but are not officially accepted until email notice of acceptance is sent by the organizers.

Ingredients:

4. Drinks not to contain more than 7 ingredients, including fruit juices, syrups, drops or dashes. Solid garnishes are not considered ingredients. It is acceptable to additionally spray a citrus fruit zest over the drink if specified as a garnish.
5. Hot ingredients, premixes of any kinds or home preparation are forbidden without advanced written authorization by the competition’s organizers. Competitors wishing to use this should submit their request at least 10days before the day of competition but are advised to seek permission as soon as possible.
6. Recipes that can be easily replicated are preferred so unless judges give advanced written authority –rule 2 above- ingredients must be readily / Widely available proprietary products, fruit and commonly found bar products.
7. Recipes must contain a minimum of 30ml -1Oz- of the specified sponsoring brand(s) where applicable and the total combined alcoholic ingredients must be equivalent to no more than 75ml -2.05oz- at 40% alc./vol
8. Ingredients may be measured using a jigger, similar measures or freely poured.

Recipes:

9. Recipes entered must be the original creation of the competitor and if a competitor is thought to have plagiarized a known, existing cocktail they will be disqualified.
10. Recipe entered must be expressed in millimeters with the use of dash and drops.

Drinks & Preparation:

11. Drinks must be assembled in front of the judges.
12. Drinks may be hand-stirred, hand-shaken or blended in an electric blender.
13. Competitors must supply their own bartending utensils, basic bar tools and electric blender will be provided by the organizers.
14. Cocktails may be presented in any shape of glass, cup or other hygienic and food safe receptacle. The organizer will supply basic glassware, but competitors are advised to bring their own if not a standard glassware. No brand name or logo other than the regular discrete mark of the glassware manufacturer should be visible.
15. The organizer will supply frozen cubed ice and crushed ice. Competitors can bring their own block of ice but the organizers cannot guarantee freezer space will be available to store ice.
16. Drinks may be served hot -with organizers written consent-, straight up or over cubed, cracked or crushed ice.
17. Each competitor must present one cocktail to the photographer and at least four more cocktails for each of the judges to sample. Judge’s sampling cocktails must be made to an identical specification to the photographer’s cocktails but may be smaller in volume than the photographer’s cocktail.
18. Competitors must be able to prepare drinks within a maximum of seven minutes but will additionally be given a further five minutes, prior to making their drinks, to familiarize themselves with the bar area and prepare equipment and ingredients. Ten points will be deducted for every 30secs of over run time from each judge’s scoresheet.
19. Competitors serving drinks that appear inedible or working with unhygienic methods will be disqualified and their drinks discarded without being sampled.
20. Due to safety concerns, the use of fire and flames is prohibited.

Garnishes:

21. Garnishes may be edible but may be mounted on sticks, skewers, straws, forks or other such common bar accessories. Use of edible fruits, herbs, leaves and spices may include sprigs, peels, barks, fruits shells etc. Any flowers and petals used must be of an edible variety.
22. Fruit for garnishes may be peeled in advance, but not sliced, wedged or pre-cut in any other way. Garnishes must be assembled within the five minutes allotted drinks preparation time.

Copyright:

23. By entering this competition, competitors agree to assign copyright of their recipe and drink name to the competition organizers.
24. Competitors and drinks presented during the competition may be photographed or video recorded by the organizers and copyright of these images for any use, including advertising, will be retained by the competition organizers.

Release of Images:

25. By entering this competition, you are giving permission and assigning license to use images photographed and video recorded during the competition to the organizers. You agree that images may be used in any media for any purpose which may include advertising, promotion, marketing and packaging for any products or services. This release is irrevocable and perpetual.

Drinks Names:

26. Drinks names including rude, lurid, sexual words or words associated with narcotics or motor vehicles are prohibited.

Conduct:

27. Competitors are encouraged to talk to the judges while making their cocktails. Points will be awarded for general presentation and working methods.
28. The competition may be broadcast, recorded and re-broadcast so competitors using rude or swear words will be disqualified.
29. By entering this competition, competitors confirm they do not hold beliefs, nor have I expressed beliefs in public or private which contradict the stated values of the sponsoring brand.

Adjudication:

30. The competition organizers reserve the right to have the final decision on any matter related to the judging of the competition.
31. The competition organizers will appoint the panel of judges and reserve the right to replace or appoint new judges before or during the competition.
32. The judges must retain impartial and declare any vested interest they may have in the competition or competitors. They must judge each competitor on their competition presentation and drink alone.

Liability:

33. While every reasonable efforts will be made, the competition organizers cannot guarantee the safe return of glassware, equipment or any product supplied by a competitor. Therefore, competitors are advised to house their tools and products in bags/boxed which enable them to efficiently gather and hold their equipment and ingredients immediately after competing.

Responsibility:

34. Competitors considered by the organizer to be practicing or promoting any form of irresponsible drinking, including “shots” will be disqualified and may be asked to leave the venue.
35. Competitors must conduct themselves in a safe manner and any action considered by the organizers to endanger fellow competitors, judges or spectators will result in instant disqualification and possible ejection from the venue.