The World Flair Association Final took place at Be At One Regent Street this week with Michael Moreni winning the coveted prize of the world’s best flair bartender, taking home a huge £3,500 prize.
This year, the World Flair Association partnered with Be At One to host their biggest final yet. A public event, the final saw hundreds in attendance while 25 of the world’s best flair bartenders came to London to battle it out to be crowned the champion, with Italian Michael Moreni taking home the top prize.
From Peru to Kazakhstan, all corners of the globe were represented in this international celebration of the craft of flair bartending – a skill which combines preparing cocktails with entertainment for guests, with many tuning in around the globe through a livestream on Twitch.
Be At One Regent Street’s own Xavier Delle Cave and Lorenzo Costanzo competed respectably, displaying the quality of London’s own flair bartenders with both performances receiving a huge ovation from the crowd.
However, Italian Michael Moreni’s breathtaking performance which combined juggling countless cocktail shakers to high energy music alongside balancing a bottle of spirits on his head while juggling a cocktail shaker onto the top of the very bottle placed on his head stunned the crowd and judges alike.
Moreni displayed every trick shot in the book to perfection and had the hundreds in attendance all amazed with his flair bartending talent, while also making many in the crowd peckish for one of Be At One Regent Street’s delicious cocktails.
Andy Palfreyman, Operations Director at Be At One, said: “We feel incredibly privileged to have hosted the World Flair Association finals this week, as the UK’s home of cocktails, being asked to host the WFA for the 2024 Grand Final was an absolute honour.
“We’re so proud of our own Xavier and Lorenzo, who both performed exceptionally and are brilliant examples of the quality of our Be At One bartenders by being in the running with the best flair bartenders in the world, exhibiting the success of our flair bartending training programme.”
Andy Collinson, Founder of World Flair Association, said: “The Be At One World Flair final being part of our Grand Slam competitions has exceeded all our expectations with the incredible Michael Moreni blowing all the judges away, deservedly being crowned our world flair bartender champion.
“We’d like to extend a huge thank you to our hosts Be At One Regent Street, partnering with this superb venue laid the foundations for our biggest year yet and helped wow so many of the public with the unique craft of flair bartending.”
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