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Discover how Barti Rum ’ s unique recipe has grown from one man ’ s vision to national success
It all started in 2017 as a passion project of Jonathan Williams ,” begins Fran Barnikel , Managing Director of Barti Rum . “ Jonathan is an eccentric entrepreneur , and I was working for his other business , the Pembrokeshire Beach Food Company , when I remember him bounding into the office as he often would , with an idea to create a spiced rum .
“ I thought it was a crazy idea , and I told him not to involve me in the rum business . So , Jonathan went off to explore different recipes and ingredients for about six months . Inevitably , the rum had to include seaweed ; seaweed had played an integral part in Jonathan ’ s career as a chef and this key ingredient had led to him winning lots of awards . foodchainmagazine . com 31