Meet Team USA 2024

The 2024 Shake It Up Top 5 Finalists wowed the Bar & Restaurant Expo crowd with their signature cocktails an assigned spirit and their selection of Reàl Exotics Infused Syrups before the Top 2 Finalists were named. In the final Mystery Box challenge, Jonathan Stanyard and Yolanda Gregg had just 15 minutes to acquaint themselves with the ingredients and ideate a cocktail featuring Ritual Zero Proof Aperitif Alternative and a new Reàl Exotics Infused flavor – Gourmet Pepper Reàl. In the end, Yolanda Gregg was named the 2024 Shake It Up Champion! Click here to replay the livestream from the 2024 Shake It Up.

MEET TEAM USA 2024

Each year, both the Top 2 Classic and Flair Winners join Team USA to represent the USBG in IBA Competitions. The Flair Qualifier was held at the Bartender Shakedown in October 2023. The Classic and Flair Champions will compete at the World Cocktail Championship in Madeira, Portugal this fall. The Classic and Flair Runners-Up will compete at the Pan-American Cocktail Championship in Panama City, Panama, September 3-8, 2024.

Yolanda Gregg

2024 Classic Champion

Mariano Gil, Jr. 

2024 Flair Champion

Jonathan Stanyard

2024 Classic Runner-Up

Manny Picón

2024 Flair Runner-Up