Who started the FBA?
The original planning of a worldwide community of performance bartenders was a 1997 collaboration between American Flair Bartenders Alan Mays and Toby Ellis. Later in 1997, 30 other flair bartenders from the U.S. and Canada joined Mays and Ellis and founded the original network, the Flair Bartenders’ Network (FBN). Some of the other founders and most involved members include Jim Allison, Dean Serneels, Rob Corujo, Stefan Notteboom, Philip Duff, Ken Hall, Jason Jelicich, Chuck Rohm, Joe Pereira, and John Fiore. By mid 1998, the FBA had grown to 250 bartenders in 24 countries. Today, there are tens of thousands FBA bartenders working in over 150 countries. Yahoo!
