(taken from the Canadian Mott's Clamato website)

Hail to the original and let the party begin!
Canada is proud to celebrate 30 famed years of Caesars. Cheers go out to our own national hero, inventor, bar manager extraordinaire - Walter Chell who was challenged to concoct his own unique creation to mark the opening of a Calgary restaurant. His masterpiece... the now famous blend of vodka, tomato juice, mashed clams and spices known as Canada's #1 cocktail. When you consider over 250 million Mott's* CLAMATO* Caesars were served last year, that's almost ten times our entire country's population. That's what I call a thirsty bunch!

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Thank you, Mr. Chell.

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Here's more about Mr. Chell, founder and creator of Clamato!


Inventor of the (Bloody) Caesar
Born: Montenegro
Died: 1997 in Toronto, Ontario

In 1969, while working for the Westin Hotel chain in Calgary, Walter Chell was asked to develop an original drink to celebrate the opening of a new Italian restaurant. He experimented for three months, eventually settling on a mixture of hand-mashed clams, tomato juice, vodka, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper. Tossing in a celery stick for a garnish, Chell called the drink a Bloody Caesar.
Later, the Mott Company developed its "clamato" juice and, after an initial dispute, hired Chell to consult and promote the product. He left the country for a while to work in South Africa but returned to Canada where he was employed at the Hotel Toronto. Chell retired in 1990 and died in 1997.