Crave Kitchen & Cocktails’ Mixologist Wins Charleston’s Next Top Cocktail Competition

Michael Fitzgerald’s “The Devil Wears Nada” Cocktail Takes the Title for the Charleston Fashion Week Promotion

MOUNT PLEASANT, SC – Crave Kitchen & Cocktails’ Lead Mixologist Michael Fitzgerald has been selected as the winner of Charleston’s Next Top Cocktail, a special promotion as part of Charleston Fashion Week. The Devil Wears Nada will be the featured cocktail during Charleston Fashion Week, which takes place March 17 – 21. Fitzgerald’s The Devil Wears Nada Cocktail is created with Grey Goose le Melon Flavored Vodka, habanero syrup, fresh tangerine juice, Giffard Peach Liqueur, almond milk, and egg white.

For Charleston Fashion Week’s Top Cocktail Competition, the public was asked to vote for their favorite and “most fashionable” Grey Goose and Tequila Herradura drinks. After votes were tallied, the finalists moved on to the next round where a Charleston Fashion Week panel selected the winning cocktails. Fitzgerald’s The Devil Wears Nada was up against other Grey Goose cocktails made by several of Charleston’s top mixologists from notable establishments including Stars Rooftop & Grill Room, Prohibition, Cocktail Club, and Circa 1886 Restaurant, among others.

A self-taught mixologist, Fitzgerald believes that bartending, in particular cocktail crafting, should be handled in the same way a chef treats his or her kitchen. After all, it’s gourmet chefs – and not other mixologists – who have always been his inspiration. Fitzgerald stands by the philosophy that a perfect cocktail functions on its own, ignorant of its parts. His passion for creating the most unique cocktails have served him, and those lucky enough to work with him, amazingly well during his time here in Charleston. As head mixologist at Crave Kitchen & Cocktails, Michael is known to bring guests out of their cocktail comfort zones by whipping up a spin on one of their favorite classics or by creating something completely new and noteworthy for them to try, like his award-winning The Devil Wears Nada. It’s Michael’s creativity and vision that keep guests coming back just to see what he’ll come up with next.

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