Dick Bradsell
Encyclopedia
Dick Bradsell is a London bartender
noted for his innovative work with cocktail
s, including the invention of many new recipes: The Observer
has described him as the "cocktail king", while
Waitrose
Food Illustrated has compared him to celebrity chef
s and the San Francisco Chronicle
credits him with "single-handedly (changing) the face of the London cocktails scene in the 1980s."
In 2003, Bradsell and Tony Conigliaro
co-wrote several articles for the now-defunct bartending magazine Theme.
Bartender
A bartender is a person who serves beverages behind a counter in a bar, pub, tavern, or similar establishment. A bartender, in short, "tends the bar". The term barkeeper may carry a connotation of being the bar's owner...
noted for his innovative work with cocktail
Cocktail
A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink that contains two or more ingredients—at least one of the ingredients must be a spirit.Cocktails were originally a mixture of spirits, sugar, water, and bitters. The word has come to mean almost any mixed drink that contains alcohol...
s, including the invention of many new recipes: The Observer
The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
has described him as the "cocktail king", while
Waitrose
Waitrose
Waitrose Limited is an upmarket chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom and is the food division of the British retailer and worker co-operative the John Lewis Partnership. Its head office is in Bracknell, Berkshire, England...
Food Illustrated has compared him to celebrity chef
Celebrity chef
A celebrity chef is a kitchen chef who has become famous and well known. Today celebrity chefs often become celebrities by presenting cookery advice and demonstrations via mass media, especially television. Historically, celebrity chefs have included Antoine Carême and Martino da Como.-External...
s and the San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
thumb|right|upright|The Chronicle Building following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] and fireThe San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, but distributed throughout Northern and Central California,...
credits him with "single-handedly (changing) the face of the London cocktails scene in the 1980s."
In 2003, Bradsell and Tony Conigliaro
Tony Conigliaro (mixologist)
Tony Conigliaro is a bartender and a pioneer in using science to expand upon the boundaries of what a cocktail can be. Often linked to the molecular movement, Conigliaro prefers to disengage himself from the term molecular mixologist which he considers to be a misleading label.Conigliaro’s approach...
co-wrote several articles for the now-defunct bartending magazine Theme.
External links
- Interview with Dick Bradsell
- List of London's best barmen, featuring Dick Bradsell as a 'Taste maker'
- George Sinclair's Tribute Page
- Dick Bradsell and his Bramble Cocktail