Franck Dedieu of Redwood Bar in Lyon, France was announced global winner of the 2015 Bacardi Legacy competition with his cocktail, Le Latin. The competition as held in Sydney, Australia, with bartenders from 34 countries competing. The other seven to reach the grand final were: Jad Ballout (Lebanon), Faye Chen (China); Peter Chua (Singapore), Xaris Darras (Greece), Denzel Heath (South Africa), Karim Mehdi (Ireland) and Barney Toy (New Zealand).