Speed Rack San Francisco

Description

Cheer on your favorite female bartender at Speed Rack San Francisco!

Spectator sport meets the best in bartending when local mixtresses from the San Francisco Bay Area (and outskirts) compete in heats to make rounds of cocktails, culled from a list of 50 accepted industry-standard classic recipes, in front of a panel of judges and a crowd of excited viewers. Judges rate each drink based on prep time and accuracy. The judging panel includes such cocktail world luminaries as: Debbie Zachareas (Owner/Partner, Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant); Jacob Briars (Global Director Trade Education and Advocacy, Bacardi); Charlotte Voisey (Portfolio Ambassador, William Grant & Sons).

The first nationwide competition designed to highlight up-and-coming women in the cocktail industry, and give back to those impacted by breast cancer, Speed Rack taps top female bartenders in leading cocktail markets and puts them head to head in timed challenges - all for the purpose of raising funds for breast cancer charities and other charities supporting breast cancer research. To date, Speed Rack has raised more than $85,000.

Contenders:
Alicia Walton – Elixir, Bloodhound, Momo's (San Francisco)
Allison Kate Webber – Jasper's Corner Tap & Kitchen (San Francisco)
Ashley Curren – Rickhouse (San Francisco)
Claire Sprouse – Tradition (San Francisco)
Danielle Marchant – Monarch (San Francisco)
Jen Ackrill – Rye (San Francisco)
Jennifer Colliau – Slanted Door (Berkeley, CA)
Julie Thompson – Rye (San Francisco)
Kate Bolton – Maven (San Francisco)
Keli Rivers – Hotsy Totsy Club (San Francisco)
Kim Gooden – Tradition (San Francisco)
Kim Rosselle – Flora/ Fauna (Oakland, CA)
Lauren Steele – Hook & Ladder, Lowbrau (Sacramento)
Leilani Vella – Nopa, Lolinda, Absinthe (San Francisco)
Lucia Gonzales – Prizefighter (Oakland, CA)
Megan Silsbee – Nopa (San Francisco)
Michaela Leah King – Cantina (San Francisco)
Rhachel Shaw – Tradition, Local Edition (San Francisco)
Victoria George – Rickhouse, AQ Restaurant & Bar (San Francisco)
Vita Simone Strauss – Dogwood, The New Easy (Oakland, CA)