PHOTO/ Iba Drink 2024, the students of Benevento at the national cocktail competition

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The Benevento area was also represented in the competition IBA Drink 2024, with the students Nicola Pio Piscitelli and Sabrina Porrino, accompanied by prof. Fabio Genoese and also prepared by the prof. Rosary Baldino. We are talking about the “Aldo Moro” hotel institute in Montesarchio which brought two splendid results: first place for the theoretical test for Nicola Pio Piscitelliwhile Sabrina Porrino she placed third in the reworking of the Americano twist.

It ended 8th Edition of the IBA Drink 2024 competition, held this year in a particular place: the oratory library of S. Andrea near the “Giovanni Da Verrazzano” Institute which prepared the event. The competition was organized by the Italian Bartender & Mixologist Association, sponsored by the municipality of Orbetello and Martini, with the support of the Tourism Department. The competition took place in one day and the guests were offered a lunch, curated by the students of the “Da Verrazzano” Institute and their teachers. The competition was reserved for barroom students of hotel institutes and 11 schools competed in the competition, coming from all over Italy, from south to north. The participants took part in 3 tests. In the first, a cocktail was drawn and had to be made in front of the technical jury; the second was the solution to a crossword where it was necessary to know not only the recipes, but also customs and society, and finally the last test consisted in making a variant of the Americano. In fact, this year marks the 160th anniversary of the foundation of Martini. The technical jury was organized by Roberto Longobardi, teacher at the “Tognazzi” in Velletri (Rome) and responsible for Lazio for the AIBM Project, together with assistant Noa Buti. The tasting jury was made up of Martini experts Davide Bartolacci and Massimiliano Trippodo. Everything under the control of the competition director Tommaso Di Maio, teacher of the “Da Verrazzano” Institute, together with colleagues Gabriele Borri, Daniele G. Crisalli and Luca Abbiento. The Institute directed by Prof. Luisa Filippini, together with all the children, took care of the reception of the guests up to the tours of the area. Within the event there will also be a master class on mixing organized by the Martini team, who together with the AIBM president, prof. Luigi Manzo, followed the works. Among the main sponsors also the publishing house Sandit Libri which gave the students the classic texts on mixing.

The following institutes participated: Aldo Moro from Montesarchio (BN), ISIS “Da Verrazzano” (out of competition), ISIS L. De Medici from Ottaviano (Na), IISS “B. Lotti” of Massa Marittima (GR), IPSEOA “Petronio” of Pozzuoli (NA), Costa Smeralda hotel institute of Arzachena, CFP ENAIP of Ossana (TN), Ipsseoa “C. Russo” from Cicciano (NA), IIS “Bernardo Marsano” from Chiavari (GE), ISIS Leopoldo II from Lorena (Grosseto) and Noa Buti from La Spezia (out of competition).

The winners:

Theory test prize:

1st place Nicola Pio Piscitelli (A. Moro Institute of Montesarchio)

2nd place Jennifer Sacco (C. Russo Institute of Cicciano)

3rd place Carmela Luisa Soletti (ISIS De Medici of Ottaviano)

IBA drink test award

1 place Felicia Esposito (C. Russo Institute of Cicciano)

2nd place Carmela Luisa Soletti (ISIS De Medici of Ottaviano)

3rd place Clara Capuano (Petronio Institute of Pozzuoli)

Martini Award for the American twist

1 place Antonio Pili (Costa Smeralda hotel institute of Arzachena)

2nd place Giovanni Perillo (ISIS De Medici of Ottaviano)

3rd place Sabrina Porrino (A. Moro Institute of Montesarchio)

For the technical test of the American, the following also took home the prize: Simone Lionti (Da Verrazzano), Giovanni Perillo (Isis De Medici), Felicia Esposito (Carmine Russo). Special mentions for: Noa Buti, Silvia Levaggi, Dario Giammattei.