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The continent of Africa has long been viewed as an extraordinary place, with jaw dropping scenery, unique customs and great people. It has also long been a place that has been lagging behind much of the rest of the world in terms of the development of its economy. With this development comes stronger and better […]
Could this be the future of bartender training? Virtual reality bartending. Yes you heard us right, virtual reality bartending. Six time WFA world champion flair bartender, Tomek Malek, has been working in conjunction with VR Factory to create a fully immersive and entirely unique simulator. Bartender VR Simulator is both a game and a training […]
As you will have seen in our latest WFA Grand Slam roundup, this year’s competition is too close to call; every Grand Slam competition remaining will be strongly contended, you can bet on that! And just to make things even more exciting we have added in another WFA Grand Slam event to the calendar – […]
If there is one thing we flair bartenders love it is a new toy. And well, we have one question for you – do you have yours yet!? We are talking about the best thing to come out of France since Brie and Thierry Henry, the Fly Bottle of course. For us there are two […]
As many of you will know the next big flair bartending competition coming up is of course the Loolapaloosa Championship in Milan, Italy. There have been some changes to the competition to this year, we sat down with one of the organisers Szabolcs Szoke to talk about why these changes come about and what they […]
A lot of you will have come across the WFA Grading System by now. Established to provide a predefined structure for bartenders to improve their flair bartending and cocktail making skills, thousands of bartenders around the world have completed one or more levels of the WFA Gradings. Starting with Yellow Grade, the WFA Grading system […]
The only flair bartending competition on the calendar open only to female flair bartenders, Chicks with Flicks is always a great event. Now in its second year as part of the Roadhouse set up, Chicks with flicks is expecting 15 female competitors this year, the top 3 of which will receive the usual prize money, […]
The 2017 WFA Grand Slam World Championship is hotting up to be a really good one. With competitors switching place on the leader board after almost every Grand Slam, nobody is currently a favourite for the title. That of course makes it hard to predict and there is nothing we love more than a wide […]
Starting this Friday (25th August 2017) is the Cambridge Cocktail Weekend. Happening over the course of three days (25th-27th August) the different rounds of the Grand Slam will be taking place between 7-9PM. The Cambridge Cocktail Weekend is in its 2nd year following a very successful inaugural event. It all kicks off Friday afternoon with […]
The Results Skilled Flair Bartender in Cancun, Mexico went down on the 17th and 18th of August. The second time this tournament has taken place, it was also the first time it was undertaken as a WFA Grand Slam, as well as being our first WFA Grand Slam ever in Central America. It was a […]