T.G.I. Friday's® Restaurants Announces Availability of U.S. Finalists in World Bartender Championship for Interviews and On-Air Appearances

T.G.I. Friday's® restaurants announces availability of U.S. finalists in World Bartender Championship for interviews and on-air appearances. Friday's® announces event site, www.worldbtc.com, for World Bartender Championship.

Carrollton, TX (PRWeb) February 14, 2007 -- On March 4, 2007 at Rain at The Palms in Las Vegas, four U.S. T.G.I. Friday's bartenders will compete in the T.G.I. Friday's World Bartender Championship. The finalists, along with four international competitors, were among an initial field of close to 8,000 bartenders from 58 countries and are competing for the title of World's Greatest Bartender. The U.S. finalists are:

• Jessica Perrine, Towson, Maryland
• Kristian Mihailin, Chesapeake, Virginia
• Gabi Sztancsik, Watchung, New Jersey
• Brian Zachau, Minneapolis, Minnesota

In addition, Friday's has launched an event site for the World Bartender Championship for the media: www.worldbtc.com. The site contains information about the annual competition, profiles on all the finalists including individual image galleries, a video recap of the previous championship, news releases about the championship, information on charities, the history of T.G.I. Friday's restaurants, a list of past champions and media contact information.

Text, images and a video recap will be available from the upcoming finals and can be obtained following the competition by emailing an advance request to info(at)dfpr.com.

Carlson Restaurants Worldwide Inc., the parent company of TGI Friday's Inc., is a privately held company owned by Minneapolis-based Carlson Companies, a world leader in the hospitality, travel and marketing industries. As of February 2007, Carlson Restaurants Worldwide operates, franchises and licenses 990 restaurants in 58 countries, including T.G.I. Friday's, Friday's Front Row Sports Grill and Friday's American Bar. For more information, visit www.fridays.com or the T.G.I. Friday's World Bartender Championship Event site www.worldbtc.com.

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