Ye Zhi-xi from VNU won third place in 105 Big Match in Singapore
2015 The Big Match was held in Singapore on Sep. 14. Ye Zhi-xi from Department of Hotel Management, Vanung University won third place in the international flair bartending group.
The Big Match, held by Barstylez, was a huge flair bartending event this year. There were forty contestants from many different countries, including Korea, Japan, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, India, Thailand and even Arabia. This competition was divided by preliminaries and finals. Top 10 of the 40 contestants would enter the finals. During the finals, each contestant picked a secret box with information inside and finished the task within 30 minutes. “ I was nervous when choosing the secret box and faced with so many professionals whose expertise on liquor surpassed mine. I just did all I could to impress the judges with my free move,” said Ye. Finally he won third place in the international flair bartending group with his work “Reviving Hawaii.”
eHo Zhong-tang from VNU won third place in 2015 International Korean Cup 10 Cocktail Championship
2015 International Korean Cup 10 Cocktail Championship was held in Seoul, Korea on Oct. 3. Ho Zhong-tang from Department of Hotel Management, Vanung University, through 2-month intensive training, won third place in the competition.
This competition invited many top bartending contestants from Asia. Ho admitted he was very nervous. “ All the contestants were professionals who knew how to make a good match,” said Ho. In the competition, all contestants were required to use Korean sake as the base liquor. Ho picked Oolong tea as the material for the first time in doing his task. His surprising match and special decoration of his bartending utensils along with his skilled and creative performance made his work “Art of Dancing Tea” stand out and won third place in the international flair bartending group.
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