BAJAN SUN MAGAZINE
DEC 2014
THE
BARTENDER
CARL
HENRY
Carl Henry is a 2nd generation bartender. Inspired by his
father, who held the position of Barbados Top Bartender and
who won the silver medal. With his skills, he travelled
representing Barbados.
Carl has been a bartender, mixologist for 14 years. He found
his love for bar tending in the late 1990’s when he joined a
hotel on the west coast. His competition career started the
first week at the hotel as a bartending competition came up
and his entry took 3rd place which lead him onwards in this
career path.
He had the opportunity to work at some of the finest hotels
and restaurants on the island and also entered many
competitions in Barbados, such as the 1999 Mount Gay Rum
competition, the 2014 Stoli vodka competition which he
placed 3rd and other in house competition at his workplaces.
Carl has showcased his skills at the Hilton, Aqua, The Crane
and on In Da Mix on CBC. He enjoys bringing joy and
smiles to customers faces when they taste his creative
cocktails.
“A favorite drink that he enjoys making is rum punch;
tourists always love it and its a favorite with hotel guests.” he
says. “I have a fantastic chocolate martini in my repertoire as
well as Claytons Gin and Tonic, and my signature cocktail:
the Loud Cocktail and Beautiful Surprise. These drinks I
create from my heart and soul and took me to a different level
of creativity as I leant more about special garnishes during
the process of creating these cocktails.”
Carl also placed 3rd place in Food Wine and Rum 2104
His dream is to one day own his own small bar and
restaurant, and will welcome everyone to come taste his
specialty cocktails.
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