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Gegam Ghazaryan: 2010 Maestro Coctelero
Meet Gegam Ghazaryan. This 29 year old is one of the new talents of the cocktail world. Last November, he won Acadamia Havana Club 3 Años and became the first official Maestro Coctelero of the competition. So, we thought we should ask the guy a few questions, in order to get to know him better…
Gegam was born in Armenia and had his first brush with professional bartending when he auditioned for a position in a “high-level cocktail restaurant in downtown Yerevan” when he was 18 to pay for his studies in biochemistry. But his first experience with mixology started much earlier.
“I was about four or five years old, and I used to go to my grandparents' house and pick up the cherry tree fruits. These cherries, I put them in a bottle with sugar and crushed them with the branch of the cherry tree. That’s how I made my first cocktail”, he recalled.
Ten years after his debut in Yerevan, Gegam, who now lives in the southeast of Spain (in Elche), joined the Academia Havana Club 3 Años. “A friend told me about the casting and we came together on the adventure. Honestly, Havana Club 3 Years has always been my favorite rum for cocktails such as the Daiquiri and Mojito. To take part in a contest, you first have to believe in the brand product”, he explains.
The best part of the experience, for him, was “the union of the great professionals worldwide who I have learnt from and met personally like Michael Menegos, Asbel Morales, Ian Burrell, Tony Conigliaro, Meimi Sanchez, Andrew Nicholls, Esther Medina, Giuseppe Santamaria, etc... It was a great pleasure to share those five unforgettable days with them, my teammates and the entire team”
The new Mastro Coctelero doesn’t intend to remain inactive after his victory. He told us how he couldn’t wait to “visit the Havana Club distillery and to be with the Maestros Roneros”. He also as plans for the future: “I would like take part in the Havana Club Grand Prix, one of the world's most prestigious competitions, as well as travel to see and explore new areas to apply in cocktails”. Get prepared, world, Gegam is coming!
Gegam was born in Armenia and had his first brush with professional bartending when he auditioned for a position in a “high-level cocktail restaurant in downtown Yerevan” when he was 18 to pay for his studies in biochemistry. But his first experience with mixology started much earlier.
“I was about four or five years old, and I used to go to my grandparents' house and pick up the cherry tree fruits. These cherries, I put them in a bottle with sugar and crushed them with the branch of the cherry tree. That’s how I made my first cocktail”, he recalled.
Ten years after his debut in Yerevan, Gegam, who now lives in the southeast of Spain (in Elche), joined the Academia Havana Club 3 Años. “A friend told me about the casting and we came together on the adventure. Honestly, Havana Club 3 Years has always been my favorite rum for cocktails such as the Daiquiri and Mojito. To take part in a contest, you first have to believe in the brand product”, he explains.
The best part of the experience, for him, was “the union of the great professionals worldwide who I have learnt from and met personally like Michael Menegos, Asbel Morales, Ian Burrell, Tony Conigliaro, Meimi Sanchez, Andrew Nicholls, Esther Medina, Giuseppe Santamaria, etc... It was a great pleasure to share those five unforgettable days with them, my teammates and the entire team”
The new Mastro Coctelero doesn’t intend to remain inactive after his victory. He told us how he couldn’t wait to “visit the Havana Club distillery and to be with the Maestros Roneros”. He also as plans for the future: “I would like take part in the Havana Club Grand Prix, one of the world's most prestigious competitions, as well as travel to see and explore new areas to apply in cocktails”. Get prepared, world, Gegam is coming!
By clement
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Friday, 24 June 2011 09:17:26
BRAVO GEGAM!!!
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Gracias por tu generocidad