It didn’t seem too long ago that the Toronto qualifiers for the Made With Love cocktail competition were held. On March 30th, the competition to be Toronto’s best bartender culminated at the Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex.
After several heats in the regional competitions, the Canadian finals of the Bacardí Legacy Cocktail Competition took place on March 23, 2015. The competition was held at a secret location, later revealed to be the historic Casa Loma in Toronto. Over two hundred guests watched as the eight rum bartenders created their signature cocktails made with either Bacardí Superior rum or Bacardí Carta Oro rum.
The biggest cocktail competition in Canada came and went on Monday, March 25th, where the top sixteen finalists in Toronto competed for the MadeWithLove National Mixology Competition at the Fermenting Cellar in the Distillery District. This event originated in Old Montreal in 2009, and within three years it has gained huge popularity across Canada and has become an international phenomenon. This year, the top local sixteen contestants created their own cocktails inspired by the neighbourhoods in the city of Toronto…