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The week in pictures
Global superstar Beyonce Knowles Carter performs at the O2 Arena in front of thousands of fans and db‘s Andy Young, who was there courtesy of Armand de Brignac.
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Beyonce changed outfits several times during her two-hour show in London.
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Hollywood star Anne Hathaway gets into the spirit of the warmer weather as she walks through Los Angeles with a bottle of rosé at hand.
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Nadia Santini from head chef of the Michelin-starred Dal Pescatore is presented with the award for the world’s best female chef by Aymeric Sancerre, international communications director of Veuve Clicquot. Picture credit: © World’s 50 Best Restaurants sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, April 2013.
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The Guildhall was bathed in a purple haze on Monday night for the hotly anticipated San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurant awards. Having ruled the roost for three years in a row, René Redzepi’s Copenhagen restaurant Noma was finally toppled by El Celler de Can Roca in Girona, northeastern Spain, run by brothers Joan, Josep and Jordi, who took to the stage amid raucous cheers.
At the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards, guests feasted on pata negra jamón, Veuve Clicquot Champagne, Peruvian dishes crafted by Lima London’s head chef Virgilio Martinez, and Zacapa rum cocktails topped with edible soil shaken by Erik Lorincz, head bartender of The Savoy (left), and Zacapa’s UK ambassador, Daniel Dove.
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db was lucky enough to road test new seafood restaurant Kaspar’s at The Savoy this week, where we were treated to a feast of oysters, London smoked salmon and lobster, washed down with flutes of Pol Roger and glasses of golden Domaine Marc Morey & Fils Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Chenevottes. The restaurant is named after a three-foot tall cat sculpted in 1926 by Basil Ionides to stave off bad luck following the death of regular guest South African diamond magnate Woolf Joel in 1898. While dining with a dozen friends at the hotel, one guest said death would come to the first person to get up from the unlucky table of 13. Joel took the risk and was shot in Johannesburg a few weeks later. After that, tables of 13 were offered the company of Kaspar, who, wearing a napkin around his neck, would be given a seat at the table.
Our meal at Kaspar’s kicked off in style with half a dozen rock and native oysters – mini Tabasco sauce optional.
Olympic gold medal winner Amy Williams MBE was joined by British Skeleton chairman Lord Wrottesley, FromVineyards Direct co-founder Esme Johnstone and Charlie Sichel for the launch of two bottles of wine that Charlie has produced, with all profits going directly to support the athletes in training for next season.
The Benevolent’s chief executive David Cox presenting the Master of The Worshipful Company of Vintners, his brother Michael Cox, with an official Benevolent Partnership Certificate. As well as being long term supporters of the trade charity The Vintners’ Company is also organising a 20km charity walk “The March for Mobility” in June from Chassagne-Montrachet to Beaune in aid of The Benevolent. All funds raised will be used to purchase life-changing items, ranging from mobility scooters to electric wheelchairs for vulnerable members of the trade facing serious medical, social and financial hardship.
Rupert Thompson, chairman of Hogs Back Brewery, at the launch of Hazy Hog cider by Hogs Back Brewery at The Kings Stores pub near Liverpool Street.
Virgin Wines Virtual Winemakers turned out for a night of celebration at Iberica Restaurant in London, to raise a toast to their efforts in creating a new wine, as a community, via the power of the internet.
A 20-tonne stone sculpture by Barry Grove and commissioned by The Glenmorangie Company to stand outside its new bottling plant in Livingston as a permanent reminder of its Highland roots, is put onto a low-loader lorry from transportation from Glenmorangie’s distillery in Tain.
Stanislas Thiénot, managing director of Groupe Thiénot’s Champagne division, at the London launch of Thiénot UK – the company’s new UK subsidiary.
Mathieu Chadronnier, managing director of CVBG Grands Crus, which is part of Groupe Thiénot, attended the launch of Thiénot UK, which was held at an elegant Georgian townhouse in London’s Fitzroy Square.
Patrick Jestin, CEO of CVBG-
Canard-Duchêne managing director Alexis Petit-Gats used the Thiénot UK launch to present the brand’s new Cuvée Léonie range for the restaurant sector.
db was lucky enough to get the very last drop of Ferreira 1920 at the Stevens Garnier tasting. Very clean, persistent, figs and caramel would best describe it.
The Greek economy may be in tatters but as the tour T-shirts for a recent visit by the Institute of Masters of Wine show, they haven’t lost their sense of humour.