{"id":7865,"date":"2023-07-20T03:43:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T03:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.worldgourmetfestival.asia\/?page_id=7865"},"modified":"2023-09-25T01:55:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T01:55:22","slug":"lester-ligon-joseph-david-abalayan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.worldgourmetfestival.asia\/worldgourmetfestival2023\/guest-bartenders\/lester-ligon-joseph-david-abalayan.html","title":{"rendered":"Lester Ligon &amp; Joseph David Abalayan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Diageo World Class Philippines finalist Lester Ligon and winner David Abalayan represent some of the region\u2019s top mixology venues \u2013 Proof Manila (Formerly ABV) where Lester is partner and head bartender and OTO Bar where David works as bar manager. With numerous awards and competitions under their belts, the dynamic duo operates at the cutting edge of the bartending industry.<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lester Ligon<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5>\u2022 Winner, Ketel One Better Drinking Challenge \u2013 Diageo World Class Global Finals Berlin, 2018<br \/>\n\u2022 Winner, Diageo World Class Philippines, 2018<br \/>\n\u2022 Winner, Da Vinci Cocktail Competition, 2017<br \/>\n\u2022 Winner, Monkey Shoulder Ultimate Bartending Championship Philippines, 2017<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joseph David Abalayan<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5>\u2022 No.63 of Asia\u2019s 100 Best Bars 2022, OTO, Philippines<br \/>\n\u2022 Winner, Diageo World Class Philippines, 2019<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diageo World Class Philippines finalist Lester Ligon and winner David Abalayan represent some of the region\u2019s top mixology venues \u2013 Proof Manila (Formerly ABV) where Lester is partner and head bartender and OTO Bar where David works as bar manager. With numerous awards and competitions under their belts, the dynamic duo operates at the cutting &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldgourmetfestival.asia\/worldgourmetfestival2023\/guest-bartenders\/lester-ligon-joseph-david-abalayan.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lester Ligon &amp; Joseph David Abalayan&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":7460,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"base-templates\/t04-bartender-profile.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7865","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldgourmetfestival.asia\/worldgourmetfestival2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldgourmetfestival.asia\/worldgourmetfestival2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldgourmetfestival.asia\/worldgourmetfestival2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldgourmetfestival.asia\/worldgourmetfestival2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldgourmetfestival.asia\/worldgourmetfestival2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7865"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldgourmetfestival.asia\/worldgourmetfestival2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9435,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldgourmetfestival.asia\/worldgourmetfestival2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7865\/revisions\/9435"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldgourmetfestival.asia\/worldgourmetfestival2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldgourmetfestival.asia\/worldgourmetfestival2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}