Award-winning Pinoy bartender joins Cucina crew in HK

<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1800" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;old&period;teamasia&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;03&sol;Award-winning-Pinoy-bartender-joins-Cucina-crew-in-HK&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"333"><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Famed Italian restaurant in Hong Kong&comma; located at Level 6 of Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel&comma; Cucina is exciting to welcome the award-winning bartender from the Philippines&comma; Mr Marwell Abequibel&comma; to showcase his cutting-edge juggling skills and signature cocktails to the guests from 5 to 11 June 2013&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Aged 25&comma; Marwell has been a bartender at Marco Polo Plaza&comma; Cebu since 2010&period; With his hardworking attitude&comma; endurance and integrity&comma; his skills and technique in flairtending and bartending have shown significant improvement in the past few years&period; His talent was first recognized in 2011 when he was awarded the first runner-up in the National Flairtending Competition&period; Since then&comma; he has become a usual guest in many competitions&period; In March 2013&comma; he won the champion of the 2013 Flairtending Competition &lpar;Professional Division&rpar;&period; Last year&comma; he joined the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;World Bartending Championship 2012” on behalf of the Philippines and was at the 20th out of 65 nations&period; Same year&comma; he represented Cebu to take part in the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Bartenders Master Series 2012” and was awarded first runner up&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Apart from flairtending and bartending&comma; Marwell is also good at dancing&comma; marathon and playing basketball&period; Being active and nimble in movement help Marwell reach another level of flairtending&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Graduated with a bachelor degree majoring in Food Technology and possess a great imagination on new cocktail recipes&comma; Marwell can always delight guests with new cocktail concoctions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Do not miss the chance to experience the well-acclaimed bartender’s signature cocktails and enjoy Marwell’s excellent flairtending performance during dinner periods from 5 to 11 June&period; A refined dining experience including Cucina’s stunning harbor view and the exquisite delicacies brought by Chef Carmine Esposito is assured&period; For enquires or reservations&comma; please call Cucina at 2113 0808&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;