Bartenders

Chris Edwardes

Type

Bartenders

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

London, England

WHERE DO YOU/HAVE YOU WORKED?

Chicago Pizza Pie Factory, Maxwells in Covent Garden,  The Groucho Club, Atlantic Bar with Dick Bradsell, Damien Hirst’s Pharmacy, G.E. Club at Conrans Great Eastern Hotel, Blanch House Brighton, The Hanbury Club, Aura Restaurant, Es Vive Hotel, Ushuaia Tower. I now have my own bar again at Hidden in cala san Vicente.

FAVORITE BARS?

Ones that sell drinks. Seriously though, that is a tough one as there are so many. In Ibiza: my bar, Hidden and Charles Vexinant's 1805. In London: Portobello Star, Trailer Happiness, Happiness Forgets, Callooh Callay, El Camion and any of the Hawksmoors.

FAVOURITE DRINK?

Beer, but if you mean cocktails then Manhattan, Old Fashioned and Oreginn (my take on a Negroni)

Bad ass barman/rock n roll moment?

Getting drunk with Johnny Depp and not even knowing who he was.

Ever done it on a bar?

Done what? Made cocktails? Yes for about 38 years now, cheeky.

What's next for you?

Vermouth production, followed by many other new products and eventually that bloody book I’m trying to write.

Best/worst chat up lines you've heard at a bar?

I have a full size elephant made out of pipe cleaners in my bedroom, would you like to come and see it? Fancy a f*ck? (get slapped hard across the face) I guess a blow job's out of the question then? I actually used that once in my youth and got slapped but she did laugh at the second bit and naturally I didn’t get lucky.

Tell us a secret or something we don't know?

The sabre tooth tiger’s teeth aren’t actually made from sabres.

How do you like your Martini?

Make mine a Martinez

What did you want to be as a kid?

A footballer and a dancer