The team of the University of Tourism and Management from Skopje led by Prof.  PhD Sashko Gramatnikovski and  MA Goran Apostolovski along with students from the same university, attended the Fourteenth State Bartender Championship of Macedonia, which was held on March 2, 2023, at the Marriott Hotel in Skopje.

At this prestigious event, the University of Tourism and Management from Skopje had active participation  on several levels. Dean Gramatnikovski and assistant Apostolovski participated as members of the jury committee, which evaluated the participants in the preparation of cocktails, in all disciplines.

The participants competed in the classic cocktail preparation discipline. The bartender Vanja Golovski won the first place in the discipline of cocktail preparation at the Fourteenth State Championship of Bartenders of Macedonia, while the second place was won by Nikola Anastasijeski, and the third place went to David Kuzmanov. Nikola Efremov won the award for the best technical performance in the preparation of cocktails, for which he also received a plaque from the University of Tourism and Management Skopje. The organization of this championship was impeccable, as evidenced by the huge number of visitors. We wish the winner Vanja Golovski the best of luck and success at the World Bartending Championship this year in Rome, Italy.