Bartender from Curitiba wins Sony Channel’s cocktail reality show

Curitiba bartender Jaci Andrade is the winner of ‘Shaking the Bar’, a Sony Channel reality show that brought together 14 of the best bartenders in the country. She reached the end of the competition with Waka Moshita, and won the R$500,000 prize.

Under the command of Facundo Guerra, one of São Paulo’s main nightlife entrepreneurs, the cocktail and entrepreneurship competition challenged the participants’ skills both in preparing drinks and as potential business owners.

In the grand final of the competition, the bartenders planned a drink menu, prepared the ingredients, bar stations, and then performed the service. The finalists were evaluated by the visiting public and hospitality experts, including Gilberto Amendola, journalist and gastronomic critic focused on mixology, and Luiz Calainho, creative economy entrepreneur and partner at Blue Note São Paulo. The technical judgment of the drinks was handled by Alé D’Agostinho and Michelly “Mia” Rossi, two renowned mixologists.

The judges evaluated the offering of the best experience. The R$500,000 received by Jaci refers to a contract with Diageo to create her own business.

Thus, Jaci takes another new step in her successful career: she leaves the head of the Mykola bar to start Tesoro, a cocktail and record bar, in Curitiba, with no opening date yet. In addition to bartending, Jaci loves vinyl. In an emotional farewell and congratulatory post, Alieksey Machinsky, owner of Mykola, recalled the day the bartender asked to wash the LPs from his father’s collection, which make up the house’s decor.

Accustomed to titles

In 2019, the Curitiba native, who organized the Corre Guria collective, won the Bom Gourmet Award for best drink with ‘Tereza’, a tribute to her grandmother. Based on gin with a woody touch of Bourbon whiskey, the drink also included pineapple puree, chamomile syrup and lemon juice, and won the popular vote. In total, Tereza received 36,081 votes. At the time, Jaci was a bartender at Bubba Burger n’ Drinks.

Airing from October 10th to December 12th on the pay channel Sony Channel, “Shaking the Bar” is a co-production between the cable channel and production company Save the Queen and featured Diageo, a global leader in premium drinks, as its main sponsor. .

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