From balancing your drink on a slim cocktail-mixing spoon to setting the bar top aflame for effect, and applying a magnetic force to make a shaker “float” mid-air, Atilla Iskifoglu, celebrity world champion flair bartender from Turkey, loves to put up a high-spirited show set to high-energy music. For one night only, on October 7, he will take over the bar at Sette Mara, the Middle-Eastern lounge and kitchen at The St Regis Mumbai for gourmet food festival World On A Plate.

Iskifoglu is a four-time winner of the European Flair Champion and currently holds the World No 2 title. His penchant for flipping bottles and indulging guests in world-class mixology has even taken him to the stage of Britain’s Got Talent in 2009. In Mumbai, he will serve innovative cocktails such as Scotch me up, Copacabana mule and Queen of the Cyclades at the pop-up.