"Flair Bartenders Shakedown"
West Palm Beach, Florida USA
February 19th 2007

The competition is soaring higher and higher each and every month! The Flair Bartenders Shakedown is the first Flair bartending competition based entirely around Working Flair. For the third qualifier we saw a huge support from the locals and a certain Flair bartender from Harrah's "Carnaval Court" who left the audience's mouths wide open and salivating for the finals to see all of this talent on one stage at one time. After the last bottle was throw the final outcome was...

1st Place

Christian Delpech finished in first place this month with only ten points separating him from second place. He had an extremely smooth round and scored high in each category overall.

Christian was the complete package on stage... awesome Working Flair, great Exhibition Flair, accuracy and a great tasting drink. He showed West Palm Beach, Florida why he is considered one of the world's best and what really is possible behind a real working bar from experienced Flair bartenders. Christian is the complete package and rare thing to find.

Extremely well done and we look forward to seeing him in the finals on May 21st 2007. Click on Christian's picture to the right to see a highlight of his round.

2nd Place

Rodrigo Delpech finished in second place this time and also qualifies to come back on the finals. Rodrigo is the younger brother of Christian but that didn't hold him back one bit. He was hungry for the win and with eyes on the finals who knows what will happen?

It was close... ten points, one pour, one break... one chance this time but next time who knows? Rodrigo had some insane Flair and combinations that left the crowd and judges begging for more! His difficulty was unmatched and he shows just what is possible in the world of Flair with practice and determination.

Click on Rodrigo's picture to the left to see him in action.

Also rounding out third place again this month was Cesar Romero. Consistency is the key. To place in the top three with the talent of our competitors is a huge accomplishment. We are looking forward to seeing what you have planned next month...

Taking this months honorable mention goes to Martin Janica and Mauro Garrido who put on a show stopping demo of tandem Flair skill that people are still talking about. Under pressure and no pressure at the same time... Great job guys!

The results are in... 1st place... Christian Delpech, 2nd place Rodrigo Delpech, 3rd place Cesar Romero and forth place Yavuz Dereli.

A special thanks to all the competitors, judges, staff, Blue Martini and supporters who made this event a success. We will see you next month, where the drink list changes along with two new finalists.