Dick Bradsell

Dick Bradsell is a London bartender noted for his innovative work with cocktails, including the invention of many new recipes: The Observer has described him as the "cocktail king",[1] while Waitrose Food Illustrated has compared him to celebrity chefs[2] and the San Francisco Chronicle credits him with "single-handedly (changing) the face of the London cocktails scene in the 1980s."[3] He played a gangster in Christopher Nolan's film Following.

Bradsell has been acclaimed for inventing several new cocktails, including the Espresso Martini,[4] the Bramble,[5] the Treacle,[6] the Carol Channing, the Russian Spring Punch and the Wibble.[7] It has been reported that Bradsell "can rarely enter a bar without an enthusiastic bartender thrusting his version of the (Espresso Martini) drink at him."[8]

In 2003, Bradsell and Tony Conigliaro co-wrote several articles for the now-defunct bartending magazine Theme.

References

  1. ↑ Mover and shaker at The Observer/The Guardian, by Michael Jackson , July 9, 2000 (retrieved December 14, 2010)
  2. ↑ "Mover and Shaker", by Jonathan Goodall, from Waitrose Food Illustrated, January 1999, archived at Waitrose.com (retrieved December 14, 2010)
  3. ↑ Here's to the genius who created the Treacle by Gary Regan, San Francisco Chronicle, August 15, 2010 (retrieved December 14, 2010)
  4. ↑ According to Difford's Guide for Discerning Drinkers 2013, Top 100 Cocktails (link), accessed 15th October 2014.
  5. ↑ Cecchini, Toby (16 June 2010). "Case Study: The Bramble". NYTimes.com.
  6. ↑ Regan, Gaz. "The Cocktailian:Treacle". Imbibe UK.
  7. ↑ http://drinksworld.asia/features/decade-later-regrets/
  8. ↑ This quote is from Difford's Guide for Discerning Drinkers 2013, Top 100 Cocktails (link), published in April 2013, accessed 15th October 2014.

External links

Theme articles archived on Scribd


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