Bartenders

Nick Caputo

Type

Bartenders

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

New York

WHERE DO YOU/HAVE YOU WORKED?

Eight Bar, Falmouth, Cornwall

FAVORITE BARS?

Portobello Star, Purl, Callooh Callay, and anywhere really with good drinks.

FAVOURITE DRINK?

Last Word, Negroni, Corpse Reviver No 2, Manhattan, Vieux Carre, El Presidente No 3.

Bad ass barman/rock n roll moment?

Spraying judges at a competition with foam not once, twice but thrice.

Ever done it on a bar?

Not yet.

What's next for you?

Hopefully brand ambassador role and finishing my mixology book. At right this second hopefully bed.

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

Ok firstly I was dressed up as a girl for a charity shift, and it's never going to happen again. My friend walks in and asks how long I've been working at the bar, I say ages and he says he's never noticed. Turns to his friend who's giggling and says, 'The new barmaid is fit.' At which point he informs him its me. Now at this point he downs his pint, grabs his jacket and storms out the bar in about 5 seconds. Whilst the entire bar piss themselves - although that's not strctly a chat up line. Worst chat up line: I once heard someone say 'if I was going to make you into a martini, it would be wet' - that was pretty bad.

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

I hate coffee because it's hot.

If you were to make a barchick cocktail, what would you put in it?

'Pink Poncho' 35ml Aviation Gin 20ml lemon juice 15ml yellow chartreuse 20ml creme de mure 1 egg white Sugar to taste if tart Shaken and served straight up in coupette, pink grapefruit twist

How do you like your Martini?

Off Dry Lillet Blanc, Tanqueray Ten Stirred, Pink Grapefruit Twist.

What did you want to be as a kid?

I wanted to be a spaceman.