The Mystery Customer is the absolute most pointless exercise in the modern bar and restaurant industry. Having a checklist of being greeted in a specific number of seconds, being offered [ … ]
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How to get Served Fast in Bars (or, 10 Ways to Not Piss off Your Bartender).
Slow service can be really frustrating in bars, we all want our beer as soon as possible. Or our Mojito, or Old Fashioned (but we’ll come to that). Here’s a [ … ]
Fresh Flair Competition @ Mint Lounge Manchester, 11th August 2014
Fresh Flair Competition is Manchester’s newest and freshest flair bartending competition hosting some of the city’s, and indeed the country’s, most talented flair bartenders for a night of entertainment the [ … ]
Teaser Video from Masters of Flair
I just thought I’d share with you guys the video I was able to take while our competitors were warming up for Masters of Flair IV on Sunday – Massive [ … ]
Masters of Flair 2014 Results
I was lucky enough to be asked to compare the Masters of Flair competition in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter this past Sunday at the awesome Vertu Bar. With memorable performances from every [ … ]
Coffee, a dirty word in Bartending? It shouldn’t be!
I’ll admit it – I was certainly a bartender a while ago who used to hate getting asked for a coffee at the bar. This is a bar, not a [ … ]
The Basic Home Bar, Getting ready for Summer
With the weather finally beginning to clear up and the prospects of an actual summer, its worth checking your home bar to see what you have already and what you [ … ]