Since the birth of the Modern Cocktail in 1806, no period of the cocktail timeline has since enjoyed such a kaleidoscope of feelings...

It seems like the right thing to do? You have cut your teeth in the industry and given of your time to something you have been very...

So at the beginning of our last lockdown I decided to start writing small appreciation pieces dedicated to bartenders who have heavily...

Leopards can change their spots and you can teach old dogs new tricks. Well never in my most cynical mind would I have ever dreamed up...

Okay so I'm back on the flair train, and you should be too. In truth I'm not back on the flair train, this would suggest that it were...

One thing I have always said about bartending in any seminar or training session I have ever done, is that bartending in its most basic...

For most of us living in the real world and trying to apply our trade in whatever we do, the world is blue and green. The sky is up, the...

One of my earliest memories I have from behind the bar was when I was working at Long Street Café. A Red Bull Musketeer came around to...

Perhaps I didn’t fully understand the concept of being a geek when I was growing up. In my school, the concept of being a geek was...

The movie Gladiator with Russel Crowe is one of my all-time favourites. It may come as a shock to most people who know me to discover...

For all the illustrious appeal that the world of flair offered, in the beginning seemingly the reverse could be said for the appeal of...

One of the things I have always been a big advocate of, is to prove the world wrong about bartenders. The general perception of most...

Each year the changing of the seasons would always fill me excitement. The way the sun rose and fell each day as we approached the winter...

Cocktails and Dreams! If you ask any bartender in the world, well at least those of which aren’t actually studying to become investment...

Although it would’ve been too obvious to feature Kurt first in this series, I only ‘competed’ against Kurt once, and that wasn’t at a...

Day 3 – Gary Knoetze The fable of the tortoise and the hare always intrigued me. I would often wonder which character I’d rather be. The...

Day 2 – Victor Pires My favourite animated movie of all time is Disney’s the Lion King! In the movie a bunch of hyena’s talk about a...

I’ve always said while competing on the flair bartending circuit, that when I designed competitive flair routines, that they had to be...