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Loolapaloosa was born 3 years ago deep in the sartorial and fashion capital of Italy, Milan. Milan has long been recognised for its successful football teams, contributions to the world of fashion and now, flair bartending. Taking place at the Loolapaloosa club, where the competition took its name, Loolapaloosa is the largest bartender competition in […]
So the world’s greatest flair bartender competition, the Roadhouse World Finals, has come to an end for another year and what a year it was! From a crowd perspective we think it may even be the best World Finals to date – considering it has been running for 16 years that is quite an achievement, […]
The Roadhouse World Finals, the longest running and most prestigious international flair competition in the world, is into its 16th year. For 10 of those years the Roadhouse has had the pleasure of having flair enthusiast and judge Tony Adams on the panel. Not to be confused with the widely successful Arsenal and England footballer, […]
Behind the bartender… Emanating from a small town in the Transylvanian region of Romania, he may not be related to Dracula, but he is mighty good at flair – and has his eyes firmly planted on this year’s Roadhouse World Finals trophy. We are talking about Luca Valentin of course. One of our 9 previous […]
The Roadhouse World Finals on the 27th of November are looking like the biggest and the best yet, with over 30 competitors taking part to win what is widely recognised as the hardest Flair competition in the world, and £10,000. This week we focus on another potential favourite who will be looking to step forward […]
The Roadhouse World Finals is the biggest flair bartending competition of the calendar, each and every year. We are sure most flair bartenders would agree it is the one competition that every flair bartender wants to win at least once, in their career. A tough format and with some of the best judges in the […]
As most of you may have heard the WFA and Roadhouse joining forces and we (the WFA) will be organising the Roadhouse World Flair competition from 2016. We are extremely excited about this and can’t wait for the first qualifier on January 31st. With a new organiser comes new ideas for the competition and some […]
Last weekend saw the finals of the Roadhouse flair competition down in Covent Garden, London. It was the 17th one and that in itself is a testament to not only the venue and the people behind it, but also to the crowd who pay for their tickets year in year out, the bartenders who compete, […]
More and more flair competitions are springing up all the time, each with their own styles, specific rules and requirements. While you could take a single routine and enter any you want, lets see what can be done to maximise your score with the minimum amount of effort. 1: Know the Score With the Event. […]
The second WFA Grand Slam competition of the year has now been completed and first place went to Bruno Vanzan! The competition took place at Club Baza in Grodno, Belarus in front of a packed crowd. A total of 48 bartenders took part battling it out for a 5000 euro prize fund and coveted points […]