The Heart of SpicedBySips
Meet Kim Knight Henderson, Founder
and Spirits Experience Strategist behind SpicedBySips. Her work is shaped by strategy, hospitality, community, her Caribbean and Brooklyn roots, and a lifetime of bringing people together.
My path to SpicedBySips did not begin behind a bar.
It began with experiences: hospitality, storytelling, food, culture, community, and the details that make people feel considered. I have spent much of my career bringing people together, whether through travel, private culinary experiences, strategic partnerships, community events, or brand work.
The setting has changed over the years, but the instinct has stayed the same: create something people remember.
Before SpicedBySips, I built a career across strategy, sales, marketing, business development, and partnerships. That work taught me how to understand people, read a room, build trust, and create ideas that actually connect.
It lit a spark – my deep respect for the difference between something that looks good on paper and something that truly lands with the people it was made for.
“A tasting should not feel scripted. A cocktail should not feel copied. A collection should not be built around hype. And a brand should not speak to a community it does not understand.”
That difference matters in spirits.
The personal pieces matter too.
My love of Disney taught me that a detail is a compass and every part of the story is meant to make you feel something. Choir taught me that listening matters as much as leading, and every voice has to find its place.
These things may seem separate from spirits, but they are not. They shaped the way I think about hospitality, timing, flavor, feeling, and the kind of moments people carry with them.
SpicedBySips is personal.
My Caribbean and Brooklyn roots shape the way I think about flavor, warmth, and gathering. Spice is not just heat. It is memory, balance, instinct, and the detail that makes something come alive.
That shows up in how I cook, how I think about cocktails, and how I approach every experience I create.
The “spirit” in the spirits, with the feeling and stories. The “spice” is the people I bring to them.
Over time, I have built relationships across spirits, culinary, and event communities that I now use to create experiences most people could not pull together on their own. But access is only part of it.
What matters just as much is how that access is shared. I never want spirits to feel intimidating or out of reach. I want people to feel welcomed into the story – whether they are casual collectors, curious beginners, private hosts, or brands trying to connect with the right community. Today, SpicedBySips brings all of that together.
I guide private spirits tastings, curate elegant collection and events and brand moments, create collections with intention, and help spirits brands and events connect with the community in a more genuine way.
The work changes from client to client, but the approach stays the same. Thoughtful spirits experiences shaped by flavor, trust, community, and a little spice. That is the heart of SpicedBySips. I'm glad you're here.
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Whether you’re planning a private tasting, building a collection, designing a brand moment, or simply want to know what’s coming next, I would love to hear from you.
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