
Jez Carreon from Employees Only Bar in Singapore was crowned as the World’s Most Sustainable Bartender by Flor de Caña after competing with 18 top mixologists from around the world. The Global Final took place on Feb. 27, bringing together a worldwide cadre of bartenders to demonstrate their expertise in crafting cocktails using Flor de Caña rum in Granada, Nicaragua. Carreon took the competition’s top spot with his winning cocktail, Nicaragua Is Calling, which was made with a minimum waste approach. Andrea Pagliarini from Paradiso Bar in Spain took second place and Simone Sacco from Piano35 Ristorante Bar in Italy placed third. Flor de Caña is the world’s first Carbon Neutral and Fair Trade certified rum. It is distilled using 100% renewable energy, captures all CO2 emissions generated during fermentation and has also planted more than one million trees since 2005.