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Waitress outdoes best bartenders in cocktail competition!
Two inches of fighting spirit, a shot of courage, a pinch of determination and lots of fresh ideas: that’s the blend that made a simple waitress beat Grenada’s best bartenders in the Cocktail Olympics.  Susan Andrews delighted the jury with unusual creations such as a breadfruit drink.

By Bernhard Grdseloff


 
Susan Andrews with her winning cocktail and breadfruit: delicious drinks made of local vegetables.
Susan Andrews with her winning cocktail and breadfruit: delicious drinks made of local vegetables.
 
 
 

Each year a contest of the best bartenders takes place in Grenada. The winner represents the island at the Caribbean Cocktail Olympics in Miami. “I saw the conditions of entry and decided to have my name taken down,” reports Andrews who works as a waitress at a large all-inclusive resort. “My idea was to create cocktails from local ingredients as we use them in local dishes.”

The conditions of entry require the contesters to present one rum cocktail, one vodka cocktail and one without alcohol all together. “I experimented with all sorts of vegetable juices - callaloo, ocra, carrots, beetroot and pumpkin,” recalls the hobby barmaid. A couple of friends and the chef of the hotel where she works served as the test persons. “He taught me quite a bit about nuances in taste and what makes a perfect blend.” 

Andrews was the only women among 8 participants at the contest, all of who were bartenders of leading hotels.  “I even relegated our own chef bartender to his ranks, which caused him a bit of teasing,” smiles the winner who is now dreaming of opening a small beach bar. “For starters, a job as a barmaid would be great, too!”
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