Recently, BartenderOne teamed up with Fastlife,  Canada’s most stylish speed dating and singles’ events service, for a featured piece on Entertainment Tonight Canada.
The event, named Cocktail Creations, took place at one of Toronto’s elite Nightclub venues, Shmooze.
The evening began as ten single women, and ten single men arrived with hopes of meeting that special someone. Â The idea was that the ladies would be behind the bar, making cocktails for their dates. Â Every eight minutes the gong would sound signifying the men on the outside of the bar to grab their freshly made cocktail, and rotate to the next date. Every other date would have the ladies creating drinks using fresh ingredients.
To start off, the ladies would receive proper instruction on how to create the cocktail with a little flair from Gavin MacMillan and the BartenderOne team. Â They would then recreate two of each drink. One for themselves, and one for their date.
On the menu for the event were drinks such as the Mojito, Cosmopolitan, Margarita, Orgasm, and a Slippery Nipple shooter.
All of the recipes were a huge success, but the biggest reaction was definitely  for the Slippery Nipple. Not for the name or the recipe, but because of how the shooters were to be taken.
The event planners set up a row of ten chairs and asked the men to take a seat. Â Then, the shooters were handed out and the men were instructed to hold them between their knees. Â The ladies were then told to take back the shooters but were not allowed to use their hands. Â Not bad for a first date!
The evening continued on and it was obvious that the singles were loosening up and having a great time.
Some sparks were flying around the room, and a few couples were really hitting it off.
The Entertainment Tonight Canada cameras were there to capture the event in its entirety, including the shooter portion, which for some reason didn’t make it to air.
The episode aired on Friday January 8th, and both FastLife, and BartenderOne gained great exposure.
Thanks to Fastlife and ET Canada for another fantastic event!
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