Cuban Barwoman Will Participate in International Bartenders Competition in Greece

February 10, 2024

To the ancient city of Athens, in Greece, Cuban Kenia Borges Broton will travel to participate in the first international cocktail-making competition for women under the name of "BarLady", which will take place on March 8 and 9.

Kenia, who works as a barwoman at the Meliá Internacional Hotel in Varadero, has extensive experience in the creation and preparation of cocktails. Her track record in competitive events in the field also stands out, in which she has obtained numerous awards.

In the past XIX Fabio Delgado National Cocktail-Making Championship in Memoriam held in the halls of the Tulipán hotel, in Havana, she placed third, exemplified Eddis Naranjo Carrillo, president of the Association of Bartenders of Cuba (ACC) in a TV Yumurí report.

According to Carrillo, who will also participate in the Cuban delegation at the event, the island's contestant has the necessary skills to win an award in the demanding competition.

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On her social networks Kenia frequently shares photographs of her preparations and her work environment, highlighting the dedication, study and effort that each cocktail or drink she creates entails.

She has said on several occasions that she loves her profession with all her heart, and in comments, her friends and followers attest to her talent and professionalism.

In Cuba, the mark of female bartenders officially began in 1982, when Cienfuegueran Gloria María Pomares Haros began to practice the profession and was recognized as the first bartender on the Caribbean island. In recognition, in 2017 a National Cocktail-Making Competition was held with her name.

As time went on, the women of the island made their way in the world of cocktail preparation, previously an almost exclusive domain for men. Thus, in 2013, Yindra Susana Vázquez La O from Santiago was the first woman in the history of Cuban bartending to represent the country in a world bartending championship.

Shortly after, in 2015, Yuleidys Sánchez Duardo, bartender at the capital's snack-bar and restaurant ¡Waoo! won first place in the VIII Fabio Delgado Cocktail-Making Competition in Memoriam in Havana.

That same year Sánchez Duardo represented Cuba at the IV edition of the Beefeater Global Bartender Competition- drinks with gin-, which was held in London, capital of the United Kingdom.