The essence of Cape Town in a cocktail

Vítezslav Cirok

Cape Town was recognised as a world cocktail capital during the global finals of Diageo Reserve World Class Bartender of the Year 2015, the international bartender competition, which took place in the city late last year. Vítězslav made it to the top six out of a field of 20,000 contenders from over 54 countries.

Vítězslav’s visit to Cape Town will be the third in the '#DestinationsDistilled' series, a global initiative between One&Only Resorts and Diageo Reserve World Class where six of the world’s best bartenders will each travel individually to one of six iconic resorts to create a complete menu of specially curated cocktails, with online web episodes detailing the experiences of the bartenders, as well as how-to cocktail videos.

“It’s wonderful to be going back to Cape Town as it brings back such incredible memories, which are always the perfect canvas from which to create great cocktails! This is what I plan to do in Cape Town - create a cocktail which brings to life this amazing city, continent and resort,” says Vítězslav,

“For me the art of mixology is about interpreting the sights, smells and flavours of a place and I’ll be using some unique South African ingredients to add to a fine spirit to do so.”