The home of bartending
Flair bartending has been around for many years, the earliest record of anything that would come close to a flair bartender is the mention of a man called Jerry ‘The Professor’ Thomas who poured firey streams of boiling water and flaming whisky, mixing an original called the Blue Blazer in the 19th century. Other than […]
On the 25th June the 2nd edition of Bottle Tin is King (#BTiK) took place at the one and only Roadhouse in Covent Garden London. #BTiK is a new concept in regards of flair bartending competition as it does not follow the normal format of other flair competitions. By taking it back to a competition […]
We spoke to the winner of perhaps the world’s most well known cocktail competition, Chris Cardone, who recently won the Diageo World Class in the USA. Chris who started off as a flair bartender has started a discussion on the bartending scene as he represents one of the few bartenders who are not only a […]
We spoke to our resident Head of Gradings here at the World Flair Association, @thomasdyer-3, who recently travelled out to Nigeria in Africa to judge Barman TV and train some of the competitors in WFA Yellow Grading: “I and the WFA were invited out to Nigeria for this reality TV show centred around bartenders and […]
You may be thinking what is the difference between a WFA bartending competition and a WFA Grand Slam competition. Well the first and biggest difference is that the Grand Slam competitions earn competitors points towards being crowned the WFA Grand Slam World Champion. At the end of each year, one bartender will achieve this title […]
Recently we had the pleasure of talking with the Grandfather of Flair himself, the man behind everything you see in the movie Cocktail, and thought to be original creator of flair bartending – John Bandy: How did you start flair bartending? And how did it lead to your role in the film Cocktail? “The funny […]
The Passion Flair Bartender began in 2006 in Gaeta, Italy through the ambition of a man who has had many, many years experience in the world of bartending – Francesco Santillo. Francesco started the Passion Flair Bartender as he saw it as a good opportunity to transfer the vast knowledge and prestige he had developed over […]
We spoke to one of the organisers and senior figures at Exquisite Bar Solutions, Ionut Ivanov, to discover how they use the WFA grading system at their bar school and how it benefits them and their students: What do you think abut the WFA grading system and how it works? “I think it works really […]
One thing is clear, not all bar tools are made equal. We all have our favourites and here at the WFA we thought it would be worth sharing our own! When it comes to flair bartending any good bartender will tell you, actually you can flair with anything – it doesn’t even need to be […]
The WFA World Series is an exciting new bartender competition format, introduced last year by the WFA and held in Manchester in the UK. Aiming to challenge bartenders across four key disciplines the World Series brings the whole experience around the product (the drink), back to the heart of where flair bartending started more than […]