Date:
15th August 2008

Venue:
Tiger Tiger in Clairmont

Sponsors:
Havana Club, Pure Bar Studios, BarWorx, Redbull and Core Catering

Skyy Global Flair Challenge - South Africa - 26th September '08

1st Anil Sabharwal - R5000.00 & Finalist in Monaco Final

2nd Victor Pires - R3500.00

3rd Tristan Bond - R1500.00

4th Roy Martin

5th Keegan Smith

With qualification for the IBA World Championships at stake, the best of South Africa's professional bartenders recently met at Johannesburg's Coca Cola Dome to compete in the National Classic Cocktail Competition. Among the six finalists were three representatives from premium bar services and training company, Barcode, including eventual winner and Key Training Officer at the Barcode Academy, Ryan Duvenage.

Founders of The Bartenders Workshop Etienne and Kurt Schlechter fly the flag for South Africa at the 2008 International Bartenders Association World Flairing and Cocktail Competition in Puerto Rico.

This prestigious event comes but once a year for the best mixologists and flairtenders of the world who compete for the highest honor in the bartending industry, to be crowned 'King of the Cocktail'.