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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:
  • 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
Etienne Schlechter a partner in Bartenders Workshop and national MD for BTW also has extensive experience 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



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