Best Bartenders in the World

 Team USA was named “Best Bartenders in the World” and crowned the champions of the 42 Below Cocktail World Cup that took place in late March in New Zealand.  From thousands of bartenders around the world, the Team USA trio of (left to right) Todd Thrasher of Washington, DC, Mark Stoddard of Denver, Colorado, and Sean Hoard of New York City emerged as the clear winners in the sixth annual World Cup.  The grand finale event in Wellington capped off five days of intense competition, with 24 bartenders from seven countries competing in a series of challenges in Queenstown and Wellington.