Marie Brizard Competition next week

COMPeTITION: The 15th Marie Brizard Bartenders Competition 2006 will be held on 14 June 2006 and the event is being sponsored by "Marie Brizard Liqueurs of France" who celebrated their 250th Anniversary in 2005.

This competition was intended to develop and improve standards in the hospitality industry and to increase sales and enable Bartenders to reach greater international standards.

The Ceylon Hotel School Graduate Association (CHSGA) and the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management, in association with the Sri Lanka Tourist Hotel Association and sponsored by Free Lanka Trading Company, sole agents for Marie Brizard Liqueurs in Sri Lanka.

This annual competition is conducted in five regions; Colombo, Negombo, Bentota, Galle, Kandy and the Cultural Triangle, training over 300 bar tenders in bar tendering techniques and in the knowledge of beverage.

The winner will receive the Challenge Trophy and the opportunity to take part in the Asia Pacific Bartenders Competition in Singapore. Hospitality is provided by Water's Edge for this event for the second consecutive year.