"Summer Flair Bartender Competition"
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida USA
August 1st 2005

Wow! Club Safari knows how to do it right. It was great bringing the "Summer Flair Bartender Competition" to Club Safari. It was the perfect venue to host the event. The music, lights, stage, crowd, management, bartenders, judges, barbacks, MC, etc... were perfect. All in front of a packed house the Flair Bartenders made the stage come alive with there individual style and skills. In the end there could only be two finalists, and they were...

1st Place

Rodrigo Delpech fresh off his big win at Legends 7 and the Orlando Showcase. He came out and took this month's top qualifying position.

When Rodrigo gets behind the bar... all eyes are on him. The crowd was speechless and stunned during his performance. He has a way of dancing with the bottles and tins making the most difficult moves look like child's play.

I can only imagine what he has in store for the finals. Click on Rodrigo's picture to the right to see a highlight of his round.

2nd Place

Ati Tedesco who rocked the house with her routine. Ati has a fun energy to her when she gets behind the bar coupled with smooth transitions helped her secure second place.

Her strong presence mixed with her silky smooth style then shakened and strained with some difficulty equals a winning treat.

Click on Ati's picture to the left to see her in action.

Also rounding out third place again was Chad "Taco" Tocco. With a solid Flair round and good pour test. Taco is again one of next months favorites to bet on.

Taking this months honorable mention and putting on one outstanding performance was Joey Torres. He had an exciting Flair round with lots of original moves combined with his B-boy style. We can't wait to see him next time. Great job to everybody!

A special thanks to Robin Gutilla, Thomas Perugini, Dave Gardiner, Christian Delpech for putting on a on the spot demo the the fans of West Palm Beach which they will never forget, all the competitors, judges, staff and supporters who made this event a success. We will see you next month, where the drink list and pourtest change along with two new finalists.