Cocktail Creativity Goes Local as the Comox Valley’s Old House Restaurant Hosts Drink Competition Featuring Local Ingredients

Do you have some serious skills behind the bar creating memorable cocktails out of unique ingredients? Come put those talents to the test this July in the Comox Valley as the Old House Restaurant hosts the first Local Libations Cocktail Competition.

Bartenders, chefs and restaurant owners from across B.C. are invited to enter a spectacular cocktail of their making with one catch – the ingredients in the cocktail (other than spirits) must be from the Comox Valley.

Sixteen guest bartenders will have their cocktails rated by a panel of judges including journalists, food bloggers, restaurant owners and others with prizes awarded for the top drink and the honor of hottest local cocktail.

Enter your drink today by contacting Old House owner Jeff Lucas or downloading the entry forms at www.oldhouserestaurant.ca/about-us/competition.html

The Local Libations Cocktail Competition will be held July 17 as part of the Third Annual Comox Valley 30-Day Local Food Challenge.

The Comox Valley 30-Day Local Food Challenge is an immersive community experience each July that connects people to the agricultural traditions and potential of this region. Each year you are challenged to spend 30 days experiencing local food through farm and food producer tours, restaurant events, educational activities and demonstrations that showcase the work and bounty of the nearly 500 farms, food producers and food-related organizations in the Comox Valley. Get all the details at www.eatlocalcomoxvalley.com

2011 major sponsors include the Comox Valley Record, Hellmann’s Real Food Movement, Discover Comox Valley, BC Shellfish Growers Association and Bernardin Canada with additional support from the Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce, Community Futures Strathcona, Impact Visual Communications, Sign-age, the City of Courtenay Green Team and Comox Valley Farmers Market Association.