Order of Merit and 110 cum laude, the two events dedicated to the bar industry
have celebrated the names of luxury Italian hospitality
on the coast of Portofino, in the suggestive location of the Excelsior Palace Portofino Coast.
The best of the best of the bar in Italy, together once again in a shaker challenge
and elegance to best interpret the combination of ‘Class and Style’.
On 20 and 21 November the Excelsior Palace Portofino Coast, the 5-star hotel in Rapallo, was the wonderful setting for 2 of the best-known events in the world of mixology and 5-star hotels that celebrate Italian bars and the most talented barmen.
Order of Merit and 110 cum laude are events created by Danilo Bellucci. Also this year, perfect and dynamic Patron. With his charm, class and inexhaustible passion that distinguish him, he has been able to create memorable and exciting moments.
All supported by a team of great professionals and the precious contribution of Francesco Cione.
Order of Merit: the awarded
Order of Merit rewards the brightest representatives of Made in Italy hospitality for the bar world, so much so that over the years it has become a long-awaited moment of high representation for the entire national bar industry.
Once again, the names of top players in the sector have won the coveted recognition:
° Gianni Raimondo Arrigoni, formerly ITI Hotels & Resorts, Sardinia
° Roberto Bonetti, Riccio Jumeirah Capri Palace
° Tiziana Borreani, The Balance – Savona
° Salvatore Calabrese, The Master
° Cristian Concari, Rocco Forte Verdura Resorts – Sciacca
° Francesco Conte, Shakerclub – Aversa
° Lucio D’Orsi, Dry Martini Majestic Palace – Sorrento
° Andrea Di Mauro, Cala di Volpe – Costa Smeralda
° Peter Dorelli formerly The Savoy – London
° Antonio Mazzucchin, Civic Library – Pordenone
° Paola Mencarelli, MAGISTER DIXIT special mention
° Giuliano Morandin, formerly The Dorchester – London
° Roberto Pellerini, formerly Gritti Palace and Florian – Venice
° Rosario Restino, formerly GNV Grimaldi – Genoa
° Erica Rossi, Slowear 18 – Milan
° Ivana Sbachiero, From Renato – Schio
° Flavio Scanu, Princes of Piedmont – Turin
°Iuliana “Giulia” Partner, Du Relais – Champoluc
° Solindo Soncin, formerly Hotel Danieli – Venice
° Jorge Alberto Soratti, IBA World Champion 2022
° Aldo Werdin, MAGISTER HOSPITALITATIS special mention
110 cum laude: challenge between 5 stars
110 cum laude is instead the reference competition for the world of luxury hotels. Competing for the title with shaker movements, style and elegance are the representatives of the most important 5-star hotels on the peninsula. It is an occasion during which those values that characterize Italian hospitality are put in the spotlight, values imbued with charm and beauty. It is no coincidence that the theme of the competition was the interpretation of the combination of ‘Class and Style’.
Each participant received a key ingredient. Starting from that, he enhanced its peculiarities with an ad hoc recipe.
Thirty-nine barmen in the competition who represented the excellence of Italian 5-star hotels. In addition to presenting and describing their beautiful and delicious cocktails, the barmen were evaluated for the elegance and style with which they prepared it. It was difficult to choose the winners because the level of the participants was really very high.
Here are their names:
first place: Antonio Ferrara – Bar Manager Aman Venice
runner up: Eduardo Bortolotti from Eala Lake Garda in Limone
third place: Carmine Lamberti of Caruso A Belmond Hotel, from
Amalfi
The winners were crowned by a jury composed of the IBA President, Giorgio Fadda, by Rama Redzepi of the Grand Hotel Fasano and reigning champion with 110 cum laude, and by Ilaria Legato, brand designer specializing in high-profile food & beverage.
Conducting and artistic direction is Spiridione Ripaldi, a prominent and highly competent master of ceremonies, accompanied, in the role of “sideline” correspondent, by Shane Eaton, an engineer with a passion for cocktails and columnist, among others, for Class Magazine and Drinks International.
The music performer Andrea Casta opened and closed the competition with 2 exciting live performances on the competition stage with a very high impact.
The following technically supported the event: Agrumaria Riunite Siciliane, Artigianquality, Flamigni and Aperitivo Italiano, Fonte Plose, Hoshizaki Italia, Isi – Trabo, Noalya, Piazza, Red Bull and The Organics by Red Bull and Wilden Herbals.
While they have promoted with great energy and involvement Order of Merit, 110 cum laude and their intentions: Alpex by Plose, Bonaventura Maschio, Caffo Group, Brown Forman, Campari Group, ChialvaMenta, Compagnia dei Caribbean, Pernod Ricard Italia, Perollo, Enoglam, Moutai Italia 88 Baijiu, Poli 1898, Ottoz, Varnelli, Rossi d’Angera, RR7 Luxury Gin, UpGrade, Velier and Stock Italia with Beam Suntory.
110 cum laude 2022 – Competitor
Mahran “Mirò” Abdel Rahman for Brown Forman – COMO Castello del Nero, Chianti
Marcello Ballista for Compagnia dei Caribbean – Belmond Hotel Cipriani, Venice
Giacomo Bellosi for Poli 1898 – Casa Cipriani, Milan
Eduardo Bortolotti for Enoglam – Eala Lake Garda, Limone sul Garda
Simone Bruni for Alpex Drinks by Plose – Bagni di Pisa Resort, San Giuliano Terme
Giuseppe Calò for Poli 1898 – Argentario Golf Resort & SPA, Porto Ercole
Mattia Castagnino for Velier | Flor de Caña – Grand Hotel Miramare, Santa Margherita Ligure Gabriele Contatore for Campari Group – Mandarin Oriental, Como
Luigi Coppola for Stock Italy – Mandarin Oriental, Milan
Federico Cortesi for ChialvaMenta – Hotel Grotta Giusti, Monsummano Terme
Vincenzo D’Amato for Velier | Portofino Dry Gin – Belmond Hotel Splendido, Portofino Davide Daga for Caribbean Company – Hotel Cervo, Porto Cervo
Renato De Marchi for Pernod Ricard Italy – Venice Simplon Orient Express
Irene Deiara for Ottoz – Hotel Valle dell’Erica, Santa Teresa di Gallura
Antonio Della Croce for RR7 Luxury Gin – Grand Hotel, Abano Terme
Riccardo Di Dio Masa for Stock Italy – Villa Cora, Florence
Deborah Di Maggio for Caffo Group – Le Calette, Cefalù
Gabriele Fantino for Caffo Group – Meliá, Genoa
Antonio Ferrara for Campari Group – Aman Venice, Venice
Cristian Fileccia for Perollo – Villa Igiea, Palermo
Stefano Galligioni for Alpex Drinks by Plose – Savoy Beach & Thermal SPA, Bibione
Diego Gasperini for Caribbean Company – Hotel Hassler, Rome
Silvia Gazocchi for Campari Group – Hotel Viu, Milan
Nicola Giacomazzo for Moutai Italia 88 Baijiu – St. Regis, Venice
Alessandro Iacobucci for Brown Forman – Park Hyatt, Milan
Fabrizio La Ragione for Bonaventura Maschio – Hotel Parco dei Principi, Rome
Carmine Lamberti for Alpex Drinks by Plose – Caruso A Belmond Hotel, Ravello
Alessio Lupo for Brown Forman – Le Sirenuse, Positano
Francesco Marino for Bonaventura Maschio – Hotel Villa Cortine, Sirmione
Barbara Minichiello for Varnelli – Grand Hotel, Rimini
Antonello Palermo for Stock Italia – Four Seasons Hotel, Florence
Christian Pampo for Campari Group – St. Regis, Florence
Alex Pangia for Moutai Italia 88 Baijiu – Four Seasons Hotel, Milan
Giorgio Pocorobba for Bonaventura Maschio – Excelsior Palace Hotel, Rapallo
Davide Pogliano for ChialvaMenta – Hotel Principi di Piemonte, Turin
Elena Stucchi for Enoglam – Bulgari Hotel, Milan
Giacinto Tanese for Upgrade – Masseria Torre Coccaro, Savelletri di Fasano
Silvestro Tullio for Rossi d’Angera – Castello Dal Pozzo, Lake Maggiore
Antonio Virili for Poli 1898 – La Perla, Corvara
The visual communication and the technical aspects have once again been entrusted to Strixia, an emerging communication and marketing agency already close to the world of hospitality.
The location: Excelsior Palace Portofino Coast
The perfect combination: a prestigious competition in a breathtaking location and a hotel that is an icon of excellence in Italian hospitality.
On one side, the Portofino Riviera with its evocative glimpses of rare beauty, real gems set in the eastern Ligurian Riviera. On the other, one of the icons of the Italian hotel scene, namely the Excelsior Palace Portofino Coast, a place where a sense of refined hospitality and elegance can be felt from the moment you enter the iconic building, a cradle of welcome in the depths of its soul.
Located in the romantic Gulf of Tigullio, this hotel, part of the Virtuoso circuit, has 119 rooms (including 11 Junior Suites and 16 Suites including 1 Presidential Suite), 2 restaurants, 2 bars, a congress centre, a Health & Fitness Club with Beauty Farm, private Beach Club directly connected to the structure.
Its strong point? To be a ‘legendary’ hotel. Between 2019 and 2020 it underwent an important restyling and today it presents itself to guests with a new functional and sophisticated look.
The Legend member hotel of the Preferred Hotels & Resorts family, often defined with adjectives such as ‘illustrious’, ‘unforgettable’ and ‘incomparable’, has fascinated numerous celebrities who have chosen it for their stay, VIPs such as George Clooney, Gloria Gaynor, Grace Jones and Bruce Springsteen!
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