Hotel School's first ever mix and shake mocktail competition

Dilanka MANNAKKARA

The Mocktail Competition organized by the certificate level food and beverage batch 013 of the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management (SLITHM) was held on March 30. The preliminary rounds were held mid-March at the SLITHM provincial colleges in Anuradhapura, Bandarawela, Colombo, Kandy, Koggala and Rathnapura respectfully.

The committee and the lectures	Freestyle winner
Classic style winner	Classic style first runner up

According to Tirrone De Jong, Chairman of this innovative project, said that this was the first time that the Hotel School had organized an event of this magnitude and they hope to continue this 'Mocktail competition' every year. Our lecturers encouraged us to organize an event involving the Hotel School students and an event to showcase the talents of our students.

A total number of 224 participants took part in this event, from which 32 moved on to the finals in the 'Classic Innovative Mocktail' genre and 16 in the 'Freestyle Flaring Mocktail' genre. The finals held at the SLITHM Colombo Auditorium was an immense success with a turnout of over 300 spectators including key personnel from leading 5 Star hotels in Colombo. This event showcased the talent of the young up and coming mixologists being introduced to the hotel industry.

The event was spear headed by Indika Alwis and Kavinda Rankothdiwala, SLITHM Colombo Food and Beverage lecturers with the support of the entire Food and Beverage Faculty.

The organizing committee consisted of chief administrator Pramuka Sapimantha and committee members Prashantha Dias, Sameena Sureni, Vronsky Arendtsz, Kajadev Sundar, Kushani De Silva and Dhanushka Dias.

The Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management partnered with Sunquick look forward to host this event in a grander scale next year.