Dick Bradsell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDick Bradsell
British bartender
Date of Birth: 04-May-1959
Place of Birth: Bishop's Stortford, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 27-Feb-2016
Profession: bartender
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Dick Bradsell
- Richard Arthur Bradsell (4 May 1959 – 27 February 2016) was a London bartender noted for his innovative work with cocktails, including the creation of many new drinks now considered to be modern classics.The Observer described him as the "cocktail king", while Waitrose Food Illustrated compared him to celebrity chefs and the San Francisco Chronicle credited him with "single-handedly (changing) the face of the London cocktails scene in the 1980s."Bradsell was born in Bishop's Stortford, England.
- He was acclaimed for inventing several new cocktails, including the Espresso Martini, the Bramble, the Treacle, the Carol Channing, the Russian Spring Punch and the Wibble.
- It was reported that Bradsell could "rarely enter a bar without an enthusiastic bartender thrusting his version of the (Espresso Martini) drink at him."In 2003, he and Tony Conigliaro co-wrote several articles for the now-defunct bartending magazine Theme.
- Bradsell died from brain cancer in London on 27 February 2016 at his home in London.
Read more at Wikipedia