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Bartenders Workshop Flair History
2008/09/01
The Bartenders Workshop have hosted, judged & managed the following local & international flair competitions:
The Cape Town Underground Cocktail Circuit - 2000 Cool Runnings Observatory
Pro Winner Simon Borchert, Rookie Travis Kuhn
C.U.C.C. - 2001 La Med Camps bay
Winner Travis Kuhn ex-BTW bartender
C.U.C.C -2002 Camps Bay cricket field
Winner Travis Kuhn ex-BTW bartender
Red Bull Dubai flair Challenge - 2002 la Meridian Dubai
Winner Christian Delpech
FBA Triple Challenge - 2003 Florida panama city
Winner Christian Delpech
Malibu Bar Starz - 2004
Winner Travis Kuhn
News Café Flair nationals - 2004
Winner Victor Pires
Mink flair challenge Cape Town - 2005
Winner Mark Gedrych
News café flair nationals - 2006
Winner Clinton Weir ex-BTW bartender
Kurt Schlechter a partner in bartenders workshop, training director and Gauteng branch manger has extensive experience in flair:
The Cape Town Underground Cocktail Circuit - 2000 Cool Runnings Observatory
Pro Winner Simon Borchert, Rookie Travis Kuhn
C.U.C.C. - 2001 La Med Camps bay
Winner Travis Kuhn ex-BTW bartender
C.U.C.C -2002 Camps Bay cricket field
Winner Travis Kuhn ex-BTW bartender
Red Bull Dubai flair Challenge - 2002 la Meridian Dubai
Winner Christian Delpech
FBA Triple Challenge - 2003 Florida panama city
Winner Christian Delpech
Malibu Bar Starz - 2004
Winner Travis Kuhn
News Café Flair nationals - 2004
Winner Victor Pires
Mink flair challenge Cape Town - 2005
Winner Mark Gedrych
News café flair nationals - 2006
Winner Clinton Weir ex-BTW bartender
Kurt Schlechter a partner in bartenders workshop, training director and Gauteng branch manger has extensive experience in flair:
- He has competed in over twenty flair competitions including legend of Bartending - Las Vegas.
- The current FBA flair Representative for South Africa. See www.barflair.org
- Has develop some of the top cutting edge judging criteria for flair tending
- Is one of the FBA judges for international competitions.
- Is the founder of flair club South Africa.
- Flair club is the breeding ground for most of the top SA flair bartenders
- Trains over 100 bartenders a year in flair
- He is the president of SABA - South African Bartenders Association
- Judged over fifty bartending competitions
- Is one of the IBA judges for international competitions
- Is the known as "The voice of flair" acting as host & mc at nearly every SA competition
- Judged the 2006 World Championships in Greece.
- Manages a huge database of flair bartenders




