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Romanian competitor in the Havana Cocktail Maestros contest dies in Cuba

Bartender Alexandra Constantinescu died on April 20 in Havana after extending her stay beyond the Havana Club Cocktail Maestros competition.

Alexandra Constantinescu © Facebook / Havana Club
Alexandra Constantinescu Photo © Facebook / Havana Club

Alexandra Constantinescu, a bartender of Romanian origin who lived in the United Kingdom for a decade, died on April 20 in Havana after competing and standing out as a finalist in the Cocktail Maestros de Havana Club.

Lexie, as they called her, decided to vacation in Cuba after the competition ended last April, the company Havana Club International S.A. noted on the social network. .

Facebook Capture / Havana Club

A sad event that occurred on April 20 in Havana"said the source without giving more details about the cause of the death.

According to Havana Club, the young woman shone for her talent, “as a finalist and throughout her entire journey in the competition.”

The Lyaness bar, in the United Kingdom, where the young Constantinescu worked, also joined the mourning for the death of the bartender, the news site reported. The Spirits Business.

“It's impossible to be prepared for what to say when a loved one passes away, but it goes without saying that we are all heartbroken by the sad news about Lexie,” Lyaness said in Instagram.

Constantinescu and her coworker, Shreya Basu, both bartenders, competed together in the final of Havana Club's Cocktail Maestros competition.

During the pageant, the deceased young woman spoke to The Spirits Business on the great relationship she developed with a colleague: "Shreya knows me very well. I make mistakes. I can linger a little and she says, 'What's wrong?' And I say, 'How could you read my mind?'" .

on the platform JustGiving, a profile was created to raise funds to help Constantinescu's family with the expenses of her death.

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