COCKTAIL ALL-STARS | 2010 New York City Tour, Feb. 8-11
COCKTAIL ALL-STARS RAISES A GLASS TO NEW YORK CITY
Industry icons like Dale DeGroff, radio hosts, cocktail scholars, drink writers, bartenders from 4 countries and almost a dozen cities, and master distillers join with Michelin-starred chefs Brad Farmerie and Chris Rendell, cutting-edge design firm AvroKO and barman Eben Freeman for a guerilla drink festival.
A production of Mangkut – Asia’s only creative agency for f-and-b
NEW YORK - It’s not every day that you get even two of the world’s best bartenders shaking and strutting their stuff under one roof, and even more rare that these same bar stars can entertain in Manhattan’s finest watering holes on the same night 4, 6, and more at a time. Cocktail All-Stars (CAS) – launched in Asia this past year to help inspire and evolve the markets based on quality of spirits, drinks, and experience alone – is an assembly of the world’s most inspirational figures from Sydney and San Francisco to London and New York, all working together to create culturally stylized, spirited evenings dedicated to celebration and sipping.
On February 8-11, All-Stars rolls into New York City under the direction of iconic barman Eben Freeman – dubbed “the future of alcohol” by The Guardian in London, UK. Michelin-starred celebrity chefs Brad Farmerie and Chris Rendell of Public and Double Crown and cutting-edge design firm AvroKO will take on duties for art and culinary direction. Co-hosting the event will be Heritage Radio Network beverage DJ and Waverly Inn sommelier Erin Fitzpatrick.
On all nights, master distillers, elite bartenders, and artisanal spirit directors from The Bitter Truth bitters, Domaine de Canton, Don Julio, Zacapa, Ketel One, Sagatiba, Aviation Gin, Barsol Pisco, Hudson Whiskey/Tuthilltown Spirits, and Hangar One, as well as rare spirits from Alpenz will be on hand.
For more info, contact Erin Fitzpatrick at cocktailallstars@gmail.com or erin@mangkut.com
The Team
Founded by… bartenders Eben Freeman and Linden Pride of The Mangkut Group
Creative Direction and Production by… Heritage Radio Network beverage host Erin Fitzpatrick and The Mangkut Group
Design by… award-winning design firm and owners of Public, Double Crown, Madam Geneva, and Monday Room…AvroKO – www.avroko.com
The Cast
Michelin-starred chefs Brad Farmerie and Chris Rendell
FCI Dir. of Culinary Technology Dave Arnold
“King Cocktail” Dale DeGroff
Jackie Patterson of SF’s Heaven’s Dog
Tony Conigliaro of 69 Colebrooke Row in London
Bartender/Author Toby Cecchini
Alex Day of Death & Co.
Jim Meehan of PDT
Scholar Gary ‘Gaz’ Regan
Writer and author David Wondrich
James Menite of Porterhouse
Charles Hardwick of drinkmarkt
Misty Kalkofen of Drink in Boston
Ryan Magarian of Portland, Oregon
Nikolaj Brondsted of Copenhagen
Hidetsugu Ueno of Tokyo
Marshall Altier of Hong Kong
The Events and Dates
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8
Cocktail All-Stars will kick off the series of events on Monday, February 8 with “Things Eurasian: An Exploration of Ancient Flavors and Modern Science.” The event will feature a blend of technology, intellect, and good hard booze, with many drinks served tableside at Public’s Monday Room. In support of the team will be FCI’s director of culinary technology Dave Arnold, Tony Conigliaro of London’s 69 Colebrooke Row, and of course: hosts Eben Freeman and Michelin-starred chef Brad Farmerie.
The Monday Room
210 Elizabeth Street (between Prince and Spring)
Space is limited. Please contact Marion Emmanuelle at marion@public-nyc.com or call (212) 343-7011 to reserve a table.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9th
On Tuesday, February 9, big is born with “Old Shanghai on the Bowery” – Artisanal Western spirits meet Far Eastern street food in a bartender’s blow-out at Madam Geneva. Eben Freeman hosts a cast that includes Jackie Patterson of Heaven’s Dog in San Francisco, Jim Meehan of PDT, Alex Day of Death & Company, Ryan Magarian of Portland, Oregon, and Misty Kalkofen of Drink in Boston. Hosted by acclaimed Double Crown Chef Chris Rendell.
Madam Geneva
316 Bowery (at Bleecker Street)
8pm – 12am
$58.88 for cocktails and passed canapes. Tax not included.
Space is limited. Please contact Liz Boothroyd at liz@doublecrown-nyc.com or call (212) 254-0350 to purchase a ticket.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10th
Wednesday, February 10th carries on with old-school sipping and stirring with “Old-Timers Night: An Old-Fashioned Experience” at PDT, voted World’s Best Cocktail Bar 2010. The event features only bartenders over 40 and some stringent rules to ease the pain on the more “experienced” gents holding the bar spoons last night: no drink is allowed to have anything more than a sweetener, a base spirit, and one flavoring agent. The spotlight will be on brown, aged, high-end booze – expect lots of stirring, sipping, and stories. All-Stars include: author Gary Regan, Eben Freeman, writer and scholar Dave Wondrich, “King Cocktail” Dale DeGroff, James Menite of Porterhouse, Tony C of London, author/barman Toby Cecchini, and more to come.
PDT
13 Saint Marks Place (at 1st Avenue)
6pm – 10pm
$78.88 for food and drink. Tax not included.
E-mail cocktailallstars@gmail.com for information and reservations.
