User:Carlgrooms

Carlton Grooms is an author, rum expert, and entrepreneur.

Biography
Carlton has always been attracted to big, bold and outright dangerous adventure. He got his start as a Naval Aviator, landing on aircraft carriers. Thereafter he found his thrills by running with the bulls in Pamplona, completing the world’s highest bungee jump, and running the Death Valley marathon. After military service Carlton was awarded an MBA from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania. Armed with suit and tie he joined Disney to develop the financial plans and negotiate the creation of Hong Kong Disney with the Chinese Government. Thereafter a life of entrepreneurship has ensued. Carlton and his family are the authors and photographers of his first book, “Portraits of Our World”. A photographic journey of a one year trip around the world. All profits of the book go to build schools in Africa. His love of rum comes from his numerous trips to Caribbean distilleries and fondness of the island cultures that produce his favorite spirit. A co-founder of the International Rum Council, Carlton has travelled from Berlin to Miami to the Caribbean judging rum. He has consulted with the largest distillers on new products. Carlton brings professionalism to his evangelical message of rum, mixed with a jigger of fun and two dashes of not taking things too seriously.

Author
Carlton is the co-author of the cookbook, Rum and Contemporary Cuisine. This book is the first cookbook to include large quantities of video and audio imbedded within, with 29 videos and 40 audio tracks called 'Rum Notes'. It is staged to be released to Apple's iBooks Store soon, with a slightly stripped down version for Kindle coming out afterwards.