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The Grand Slams are coming thick and fast in these summer months, no sooner has the WFA Grand Slam at the Cambridge Cocktail Weekend ended we have another Grand Slam to bring you – this time from Mexico! It is of course the return of Skilled Flairbartender at the Hard Rock Cafe, Cancun. This will […]
After such a successful inaugural event last year, the WFA Grand Slam at the Cambridge Cocktail Weekend made a return. The Cambridge Cocktail weekend has been running for a number of years but it was only our 2nd year holding a WFA Grand Slam at the iconic Cambridge Corn Exchange. The weekend is always a […]
Flair bartenders, bartenders far and wide – as many of you know we have had some kickass clothing over the years and if you are a collector, well we have three new exciting pieces to introduce to you. Unless you are partial to a hat, t-shirt, or a really short pair of hotpants, you will […]
The Cambridge Cocktail Weekend (CCW) is fast approaching and with it the WFA Grand Slam at the CCW and the #FABBRiFlip! What is the #FABBRiFlip I hear you ask? Put simply, there are two parts to the #FABBRiFlip competition. The first will take part online across our social media channels, the second will take place […]
We’ve been going a bit tandem crazy here at the WFA recently and in true tandem style we don’t have one piece of news for you – but two pieces of news to deliver together! See what we did there… In preparation for our first Tandem competition at the Roadhouse for many, many years and […]
Think you have what it takes to complete the WFA Green grading level? It all starts at Yellow as most of you know, followed by Orange. Yellow is no walk in the park, let alone Orange level – but Green, this is not for the feint hearted. You need skill, expertise and patience to clear […]
We always welcome inventive and original barware ideas. The industry is crying out for cool new ideas for bar tools, cocktail-ware and almost anything that you can use behind the bar as a bartender that makes your job easier or more stylish. Not forgetting of course if you are a flair bartender something new and […]
When it comes to flair bartending, there are a variety of challenging roles out there – not least being the competitor on stage in front of hundreds of people – however we aren’t here to talk about the competitors. We are here to talk about those people within flair bartending who aren’t often given a […]
It is interesting to see how flair bartending changes over the years, as the world changes around it. Perhaps flair bartending itself will not change hugely from what we recognise today but one thing that is certain to change is how people discover, watch and learn flair bartending. If you talk to some of the […]
Flair bartending is becoming more and more popular, with vast swathes of people discovering this great pastime and falling in love with it. As more people get into flair, more competitions arise. This of course is a great thing for flair bartending, offering flair bartenders more and more opportunities to compete with each other, bettering […]