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| Tomek Malek with host Richie Cruz |
HISTORY unfolded once again in
Philippine soil in the Bartending industry. After it’s successful launch
last year courtesy of Mr. Tom Dyer and our
other guest speakers and performers, Pinoytender Management Consultancy now
followed it up this time with the reigning #1 flairbartender in the WFA
standings TOMEK MALEK from Warsaw Poland.
Liquid Concepts and Flair
Republic were the producers of this event supported by Philippine
Bartending.com and Flair Factory.
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| Tomek in his lecture portion |
Held last March 3, 2013 at Padi’s
Point in Araneta Center Cubao, Quezon City, PBC 2 was a huge success having
been attended by bar practitioners, Hotel and Restaurant Management students,
teachers and administrators, and enthusiasts.
This event was hosted by Richie
Cruz, proprietor of
www.philippinebartending.com.
It started of with inspirational messages from Larry Guevara (Flair
Republic/Liquid Concepts), multi awarded Filipino flairbartender Ram Ong, and
Mastah UAE headed by Mr. Russel Sanchez. Guest performers included the current
winners of the prestigious flairtending competition in the country Philippine
Flair Open 2012 which is WFA recognized. This included Joseph Apostol, Darwin
Deguzman, and Shallum Recto.
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| Photo ops with Flair Republic Team and Patricia |
This event had Tomek Malek
explaining the value of “Flair” in Bartending, he introduced the WFA (World
Flair Association) and the WFA Gradings and pointers in joining competitions.
He topped it off with an eight
minute routine which showcased different combinations, stalls, bumps, baskets,
snatches, shadow passes, knee bumps, arm rolls and capped off with an accordion
pour and a flaming routine.
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| Shallum Recto |
After the event, TOMEK got a
chance to meet and greet his fans by having his picture taken with them and
signing autographs.The following day, TOMEK had a 2 day master class where he
had students also from Hongkong Flair Iron Team which are Ken Lam and
Tsunamikip Tsang. Here they were taught some basic to difficult moves as well
as different combinations and techniques which they can apply in their own
routine.
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| Joseph Apostol |
It is definitely “More Fun in the Philippines!” in
Philippine Bartending.Special thanks to Monin, Coca- cola , Haranah Tours and
Padi’s Point, Erwin Ceniza of Mastah UAE and Navin of Ocean Glassware.
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| Darwin de Guzman |
For more information about our competitions and events
please check our website:www.philippinebartending.com
Who do you want to be the next guest for the Philippine
Beverage Congress Part 3? But before you answer the question, make sure you
will save up and attend since it’s not easy staging an event such as this one.
Otherwise, go to the grocery, buy some beers and chips, turn on your computer
and go to you tube and enjoy watching the whole day .
