Global Winners Prize*:​​

The winning prize is an all-inclusive, premium journey to an authentic coffee terroir in South America. Step beyond the counter and embark on an immersive experience from bean to glass, designed to inspire and elevate your senses.

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Rules:

• This year’s West Cup theme is Sip the Moments: Craft Your Journey from Sunrise to Moonlight An idea inspired by the spirit of the bar and coffee shop coming together to create one seamless experience.

• From sunrise to moonlight, drink creators craft experiences that define our days. From the cup that wakes you up, to the cocktail shared at night, every sip creates a memory in the moment.

• Sip the Moments invites bartenders to embrace versatility by creating serves that move with the rhythm of their guests from sunrise to moonlight.

• Contestants will be asked to create two connected drinks, morning to midnight, each capturing a distinct moment, mood, and idea of a drink throughout the day. Together, the serves must form a coherent pair through flavor, presentation, and/or storytelling: two sides of one single story, not just two separate drinks.​

• Open to Professional Bartenders, Baristas only. Must be 21+ years of age to enter.

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• Wish you a successful selection!

Judging Criteria:

• Winners will be the competitors with the highest score. In case of a tie between two competitors the best score for the tasting part will be taken into account and if necessary, the highest score for the criterion “Taste”.

• The rating scale will be divided as below for each contest (100 pts):

  • Sensory Evaluation

    • Taste, aroma, flavour: 35 pts

    • Appearance: 10 pts

  • Storytelling & Creativity: 20 pts

  • Expression of Giffard Matters: 15 pts

  • Charisma & Communication: 15 pts

  • Technique: 5 pts

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Rules on Drinks:​

Sip the Moments: Craft Your Journey from Sunrise to Moonlight

• Create two connected drinks representing the guest journey from sunrise to moonlight

• Each drink must capture a distinct moment, mood, and occasion for the drink

• The serves must form a coherent pair through flavor, presentation, and/or storytelling

• They must feel like two sides of one story, not just two separate drinks

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Preparation:

• 15 min in the preparation room prior to the stage

• 12 min on stage/ behind the bar  (2 min set-up + 10 min drinks creation)

• 3 min to clean and switch with the next candidate + jury questions

• 6 serves in total:

  • 2 of each serve for judges

  • 1 of each serve for photo

• Presentation: One candidate at a time on stage.​

Drink makers will have to create 3 serves for each recipe, one for each judge (including one destined for photography). Therefore, there will be 6 glasses by contestants.

Drinks must be assembled in front of the judges. They may be handed stirred, shaken, blended, layered…

The beverages may be presented in any shape of glassware or other hygienic and safe receptacle. No brand or logo other than the regular discrete symbol of the manufacturer should be visible.

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Giffard Matters (Required)

• Each drink must include at least 1 oz./ 30ml of Giffard product(s).

• Eligible Giffard products include:

  • Giffard Liqueurs

  • Giffard Syrups

  • Giffard NA Liqueurs

  • Menthe-Pastille

• Other base spirits like (Vodka, Gin, Rum, Whisky et al can be used). 

• Originality: If a drink is thought to have plagiarized a known, existing cocktail, it will be disqualified.

• Giffard Products Only: No other competitor brands of syrups or liqueurs may be used. Homemade liqueurs and syrups are forbidden. If Giffard makes a similar ingredient.

Ingredients:

• Ingredients must be available commercially.

• Homemade ingredients are allowed only as long as the flavour is not provided by the Giffard range, please note that homemade ingredient quality might vary in the prelim rounds.

• Only individual ingredients that are milk or fat washed and foams are allowed, washing the whole drink is NOT allowed.

• Pre-batching cocktails is NOT allowed.

• Giffard Products are NOT allowed to be modified (no infusions, reductions, etc.).

• Submission Limits: Competitors may submit ONE entry form only, one entry form includes an area to submit two connected drinks. Submitting more than one entry form will result in disqualification.

• Product Availability: Giffard ingredients used in cocktails must be available in Canada. No other competitor brands of syrups or liqueurs should be used. In case a Giffard syrup is not available in your market, you can use another product for the local selection without any mention about the brand and use a non-branded bottle. This product will be replaced by the Giffard one for the competitions.

• Garnish Rules: Garnishes must be edible. Garnishes may be mounted on sticks, skewers, forks, or other common bar accessories. Any flowers and petals used must be of an edible variety. Garnishes can be prepared during prep (before your turn to compete) or on stage.

• The organizers will provide basic fruits and herbs (lemon, lime, orange, mint…). Any specific fruits/plants/herbs/spices must be brought by individual.

• Naming Rules: Drink names including rude, lurid, sexual words, or words associated with narcotics are prohibited.

• Allergens: ​For safety and transparency, any ingredient containing allergens must be clearly identified in the recipe submitted by the participant. This includes, but is not limited to, dairy, nuts, gluten, soy, and eggs. Participants are responsible for ensuring that all allergenic components are properly declared to the organizer who will communicate it to the judges prior to the competition.

General Rules:

• Competitors must supply their own bar equipment, glassware and any specific ingredients – the organizers will only supply limited basic glassware

• All the Giffard range will be available in the Grand Finale in France (Liqueurs, Syrups, Giffard Non-Alcoholic Liqueur). Any specific product should be brought by the individual.​

• All recipes and names are sole property of the organizers (Giffard). Competitors and drinks presented during the competition may be photographed or filmed by the organizers and copyright of these images for any use, including advertising, will be retained by the competition organizers.

• AI Generated images and/or videos are not accepted.

• Travel Policy: Bartenders based in Ontario and British Columbia are responsible for covering their own travel expenses to compete in Toronto or Vancouver, while selected bartenders from outside these two provinces will receive up to $500 CAD in travel reimbursement upon confirmation.

• ​All intellectual property of the Giffard West Cup 2026 competition, including these official rules, POS, PR and media related materials, photos, videos and recipes submitted or created at the competition are intellectual property of GIFFARD.