As the final stage of the Diageo World Class bartending competition, a selection of the nation's best bartenders will share their signature creations with the public at an experimental pop-up bar. World Class House will pop up in the more than 100-year-old iconic Ponsonby Post Office building from August 4 - 6, where the top five will compete in a series of liquid challenges.
By night, World Class House will open to the public with a range of interactive cocktail and food stations, including a 'juice your own' bloody mary station, a spritzer master class, and an American BBQ with a bourbon cocktail match.
Currently in its eighth year, the competition is considered 'the Olympics of mixing drinks', attracting entrants from 50+ countries around the world. Winners of the New Zealand leg and appearing at World Class House will be Auckland bartenders: Lorietta Bahr of Bedford Soda & Liquor, James Millar of The Gin Room, Jonny Cresswell of Revelry, plus Kneale Brown of Matterhorn, and Ray Letoa of Roxy from Wellington.