The Search for America’s Top Bartender

There was Top Chef, The Next Food Network Star, and now The Next Iron Chef. What's a mixologist to do? Enter, On the Rocks: The Search for America’s Top Bartender, remember that casting call? Anyway, the first season aired last year on LX.TV, which is why you've probably never heard about the show, and (shocker?) is back for season two which airs on November 7. The (shill alert) ABSOLUT® Vodka-sponsored show was filmed in Vegas and this year our very own Joe Brooke from Copa D'Oro will shake (or stir?) it up against Cesar Romero (News Lounge-Miami), Darby Kelly (Wynn-Vegas), Duane Fernandez (Entwine-NY), Hillary Choo (Plunge-Miami), Jennifer Contraveos (Mercadito-Chicago), Sabrina Wainberg (Santo-Miami), and Todd Appel (Crimson Lounge- Chicago). [EaterWire] —Yolanda Evans