Paul McFadyen
Brand Ambassador, Maison Ferrand Co-Owner, Trailer Happiness
Paul McFadyen has been the Brand Ambassador for Maison Ferrand for 25 years, having spent a lifetime in the rum and cocktail trade.
Paul published his own magazine for the then nascent cocktail community in 2000 called Flavour. After which he ran a bartender training company, IPBartenders representing every major spirit company in the UK and around the world. His most impactful client WIRSPA took him around the Caribbean, visiting every distillery, igniting a life long passion for rum.
Paul has launched rum festivals, co-owned Trailer Happiness, run cocktail competitions and trainings and is one of the most recognisable faces in the bar industry. Since working with Maison Ferrand he has helped shape Plantation Rums and his face features on the OFTD bottle.
He trainings are acknowledged as one of the most impactful in the industry and generations of bartenders can trace their love affair with rum to one of Paul’s session.