I spent the las few days celebrating a 21st for my friends from Chicago.
The three of them arrived on Thursday at the Mayfair Hotel. After champagne from the beautiful restaurant manager, Kate Mcwhirter, we strolled over to Carol Woolton's book launch held at Asprey's on Bond Street. It was a wonderful party with guestsTheo Fennell and Pippa Small and Gerri Gallagher.
There was no harm in arriving with three beautiful women. One on them was even asked on the spot to model a £60,000 necklace.....not bad as straight off the plane.
I left them to go to Nobu to be looked after by Alex Robertson and Gerri Gallagher and myself went onto the American bar and then the new Marco Pierre White restaurant which is also owned by Piers Morgan.... So you get the tone of the place already. My fish and chips were exquisite, the carpaccio ok and the wine good. Thank god for the company of the lovely Gerri Gallagher who has now gone to New York for her mother's birthday and Thanksgiving!
The next day saw the 21st celebrations continue with the stunning cocktails in their honour by Erik Lorincz as we were all joined by my nephew Sam Renouf. A few pints in The Audley too after a brief visit to see Anne at the new Stephen Webster shop on Mount Street.
Dinner consisted of AA Gills 'best hamburger in the world' at Bar Buloud under the Mandarin Oriental....the service is sweet...totally professional and very warm hearted...then Tamara and Katie Renouf joined the party and we ended up dancing in Whiskey Mist......well, I and the mother danced and the 21 year olds generally looked on.
The following day was lunch in The Electric..very good and leisurely, followed by a wonderful guided tour by Nick Ashley of his new shop, Ashley Stores in Nottinghill. Its a kind of hardware chic store that is opening on Saturday 9th.
We then wentmby Selfridges and then dinner at Senkai as guests of the manager Ian Telford.. The atmosphere and design is wonderful and it was lovely to be served a bottle of Moet Chandon as a present, having not seen Ian since we had lunch in New York.
We went on to Boujis, very mediocre, and poor Thomas Prideaux went out for a cigarette and the racist bouncers would not him back in .
Sunday was lunch at Zuma, looked after beautifully by manger Roman and our waiter Alexis. This 10 year old restaurant is surely the best of the lot...the dry martini's, the Japanese Old Fashioned....the soft shell crab and the yellow fin tuna are enough to bring tears to your eyes....
Finished off with a calm and charming time at The Only Running Footman in Mayfair after drinks with more friends back at bar Boulud who had just got off an airplane from Alnwick Castle where they had been shooting and admiring Pippa Middleton.
What an amazing few days celebration for a fabulous and beautiful 21 year old.
Monday's detox lunch at Ottolenghi in Ledbury road before going to Catherine Hookers party at her Atelier - followed by today's hour and a half at my Osteopath in Arnos Grove have done something to restore my liver and balance.
The three of them arrived on Thursday at the Mayfair Hotel. After champagne from the beautiful restaurant manager, Kate Mcwhirter, we strolled over to Carol Woolton's book launch held at Asprey's on Bond Street. It was a wonderful party with guestsTheo Fennell and Pippa Small and Gerri Gallagher.
There was no harm in arriving with three beautiful women. One on them was even asked on the spot to model a £60,000 necklace.....not bad as straight off the plane.
I left them to go to Nobu to be looked after by Alex Robertson and Gerri Gallagher and myself went onto the American bar and then the new Marco Pierre White restaurant which is also owned by Piers Morgan.... So you get the tone of the place already. My fish and chips were exquisite, the carpaccio ok and the wine good. Thank god for the company of the lovely Gerri Gallagher who has now gone to New York for her mother's birthday and Thanksgiving!
The next day saw the 21st celebrations continue with the stunning cocktails in their honour by Erik Lorincz as we were all joined by my nephew Sam Renouf. A few pints in The Audley too after a brief visit to see Anne at the new Stephen Webster shop on Mount Street.
Dinner consisted of AA Gills 'best hamburger in the world' at Bar Buloud under the Mandarin Oriental....the service is sweet...totally professional and very warm hearted...then Tamara and Katie Renouf joined the party and we ended up dancing in Whiskey Mist......well, I and the mother danced and the 21 year olds generally looked on.
The following day was lunch in The Electric..very good and leisurely, followed by a wonderful guided tour by Nick Ashley of his new shop, Ashley Stores in Nottinghill. Its a kind of hardware chic store that is opening on Saturday 9th.
We then wentmby Selfridges and then dinner at Senkai as guests of the manager Ian Telford.. The atmosphere and design is wonderful and it was lovely to be served a bottle of Moet Chandon as a present, having not seen Ian since we had lunch in New York.
We went on to Boujis, very mediocre, and poor Thomas Prideaux went out for a cigarette and the racist bouncers would not him back in .
Sunday was lunch at Zuma, looked after beautifully by manger Roman and our waiter Alexis. This 10 year old restaurant is surely the best of the lot...the dry martini's, the Japanese Old Fashioned....the soft shell crab and the yellow fin tuna are enough to bring tears to your eyes....
Finished off with a calm and charming time at The Only Running Footman in Mayfair after drinks with more friends back at bar Boulud who had just got off an airplane from Alnwick Castle where they had been shooting and admiring Pippa Middleton.
What an amazing few days celebration for a fabulous and beautiful 21 year old.
Monday's detox lunch at Ottolenghi in Ledbury road before going to Catherine Hookers party at her Atelier - followed by today's hour and a half at my Osteopath in Arnos Grove have done something to restore my liver and balance.