To become a World Flair Association judge you need that special something, many years of experience, a good set of eyes and of course you have to be pretty good at flair bartending too! Where do these super-humans come from? Who are they? And how do they get to sit in the best seats in the […]

With the first of the Roadhouse Flair heats fast approaching we catch up with WFA Director of Gradings, @thomasdyer-3, on what to expect, his top trick tips, and more: The Roadhouse Flair Heats 2017 “Every month leading up to the Roadhouse Flair Grand Finals in November, London’s most famous cocktail bar The Roadhouse in Covent […]

You may have noticed the World Flair website has changed a lot over recent months, aside from the visual updates we have incorporated an online store and updated the entire membership area and there is much much more to come. We caught up with Bjorn from the WFA Tech Team to talk about the of the new site […]

So the first WFA Grand Slam for 2017 The Hard Flair Finals, Helsinki, is over. The results are in and we have our winner… This Year’s Winner… This year’s winner of the WFA Grand Slam Hard Flair Finals in Helsinki, Finals was: Luca Valentin! With another Grand Slam victory for Luca, it looks like he is […]

What is Craft Flair & how is it different? Craft Flair is a discipline of working flair and it is dedicated to the creative use all the objects that are involved in making a cocktail. Traditionally flair bartending, especially performance flair, would focus on the bottle and the tin, Craft Flair brings in strainers, muddlers, bar […]

Another year, another Loolapaloosa World Finals has come to an end and another Grand Slam World Champion has been crowned. Now into its 4th year Loolapaloosa, held in Milan, Italy, the Loolapaloosa Grand Finals is the largest flair bartending competition in Italy. As the WFA Grand Slam leaderboard runs from Jan-Dec each year, Loolapaloosa is always […]

If you’re reading this, chances are you’re either a bartender, a flair bartending enthusiast, or the proud friend or family member of one. Either way, you may be wondering what to give (or request) for the upcoming holidays. With many Christmas gift ideas abound this time of year, we decided to skip the method of arbitrarily […]

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 […]

As currently drones are blowing CO2’s at everybody in Clapham Grand we all are celebrating the end of WFA Grand Slam 2015. Boy what a year it was – 8 amazing Grand Slam competitions, 8 countries, all this to find out who is the ONE. And this year all our applauses goes to Mr. Tomek […]

We are only a month away from the WFA Grand Slam Final to be held at the Clapham Grand in London! We need you guys to support us by joining up to the Thunderclap so that we can get a huge social media push and tell the world about flair bar tending! Just follow the […]

A review by Gianluigi Bosco Hello flair peeps! The Asian flair tour has come to an end, with the last of three comps in two weeks, Barstylez the big match. Amazing organization and great response, with 46 competitors representing 20 countries. After an afternoon of qualifying, the judges added up the scores and announced the […]

Rewiev by Gianluigi Bosco What’s up flair fans! The WFA Grand Slam Asian tour continued with an another great comp. This time we were in beautiful Bali, one of the most known islands in Indonesia. Mr Agung Yoga outdid himself once again this year organising yet an another edition of Stars War Flair Championship. 45 […]

Review by Gianluigi Bosco. Great vibes from Tokyo. 32 competitors from 8 countries battled out in the afternoon of August 31st for ten spots in the final. The crowd was one of the best ever as the venue was packed from the very beginning of the qualifying round to the results announcement. By 7.30pm the […]

Flair world! Get ready for the tour of the year – three Grand Slam competitions in two weeks period. Could it get more intense? With “Ultimate” kicking it off in Tokyo on August 31st, following “Star Wars Bali Flair championsip” in Bali on September 6th and the tour finishes in Singapore at “Barstylez” on September […]

Hey bartenders of the World – the registration for the Grand Slam competition “Star Wars Bali World Flair Championship 2014” has officially began. All the info you need is available here – Star Wars Bali Grand Slam. This annual competition with all the great package deals from Agung is going to be a time well […]

From when bartenders land – The competitors are taken care of. They get picked up at the airport, given a great practice area, free food, cheap drinks, cheap hotel rooms. The routines are streamed live online just like a real sports TV show. Scores are made public almost instantly so competitors can track their progress […]

Tomek Malek Alexey Balashov Tarmo Piir Andrea Messina Mikko Hissa Andrea A. L. Alexandar Shtifanov Matteo Melara Max Bradarsky Toru Ariyoshi Vaclav Abraham Goerkem HRP Filip Ciszkowski Eugen Sorokin Danilo Levato Alex Gostilovsky Evgenjy Oleynikov Marco Sdrubolini Jumble St PIerre Vladimir Surikov Marian Sikky C Daniel Arval Alexander Voz Waiting List Spot Rapolas Vareika Naty […]

Tomek Malek. He has been at the top for a while now, and dominating the flair scene with his big powerful moves. Congratulations to Tomek Malek for winning the Grand Slam for the third time. Achieving GOLD LEVEL in the WFA Gradings, a Trophy and limited edition Gold WFA Hoodie Second place goes to another […]