COOKING CLASS
COCKTAILS 101: HOLIDAY ELIXIRS - FRI, NOV 20
- SKU:
- 74266
- Minimum Purchase:
- 2 units
- Mixologist Instructor:
- Nicolo Tognon
- Class Type:
- Hands-On Class
- Event Time:
- 6 PM - 8:30 PM
COCKTAILS 101: HOLIDAY ELIXIRS | 6 PM - 8:30 PM
Join us for an exciting cooking class, where you'll start your culinary journey with a welcome drink and light nibbles to set the mood!
Join expert bartender Nicolo Tognon for a festive, hands-on mixology class devoted to the flavours of the holiday season. In this engaging and interactive evening, you’ll craft four holiday-inspired cocktails using a variety of ingredients and techniques. Nicolo will guide you through each drink, sharing practical tips on balancing flavours, working with dark spirits, and adding seasonal touches that make a cocktail feel special.
To complete the experience, you’ll make your own cocktail syrup to take home, along with fresh ideas for entertaining family and friends over the holidays. Come ready to mix, taste, learn, and enjoy an evening of festive food and drinks.
- Minimum 2 person registration (automatically added to the shopping cart).
- Registration: Seats sold in pairs only!
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• In the beginning: Settle in at your station and enjoy a Mediterranean charcuterie board as the evening begins. A selection of seasonal appetizers will also be served throughout the class, including shaved fennel and burrata winter salad, mini arancini, and Sicilian-style eggplant timballo di pasta
• Late Harvest:
Pear, Pomegranate, and Bubbles bring harvest season straight to Christmas.
• Blood Moon Sour:
An Intriguingly Herbaceous and refreshing Winter Sour.
• Midnight Sun:
Smoky Rye meets Chamomile and bittersweet Aperol beneath winter stars.
• Raisin the Bar:
A decadent and rich tribute to Panettone.
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“Nicolo is an hospitality veteran born and raised in North-Eastern Italy. His journey in the culinary world started at the age of 14 when he got enrolled in hospitality school to pursue a passion made of memories of travels throughout the country as well as of spirit of conviviality from numerous family and friends gatherings.
In 2010 he left Italy and moved to London, UK where he worked at different fine dining establishments to deepen his professional skills, he then flew to Australia where he started to explore bartending and mixology at a prominent steakhouse in the city of Sydney. In 2015 he had a chance to relocate to Italy to spend a year working in the city of Venice at the prominent Gran Caffe Quadri in St.Mark’s Square.
Nicolo moved to Vancouver in 2016 where he joined Ancora restaurant on False Creek as a mixologist and crafted numerous cocktails inspired by the “Nikkei” fusion of Peruvian and Japanese flavours; in 2020 he joined Tutto Restaurant & Bar in Yaletown as the opening Bar Manager, where he was given the opportunity to create his very own Italian inspired bar program from scratch and to fully develop the brand new lounge concept and setting.
Nico took part at various mixology competitions throughout the years and is now working in the beverage retail industry, he holds a WSET 2 certification in Wine and Spirits as well as his Sommelier title with the Italian Sommelier Association. His future goal and aspiration is to become a Wine and Spirits educator!”
