In 2017 Michael Grenville from Gentlemans Butler added their modelling skills to a campaign for Shock Top Belgium Beer & Socks. Beer & Socks for the dad that has everything. Father’s Day, the third Sunday of June in the UK, a celebraton for father’s. As you wake in your palace, the sun is shining, your Butler is polishing your Bentley, your darling wife leans over to give your kiss on the cheek with a joyful “Happy Father’s Day” then a tap on the door, brings your trusty maid with your morning tea….. “Sounds familiar so far”….. I thought…
Founders Day for 2024 will be on Thursday June 6th The Royal Hospital Chelsea Founder’s Day represents one of the best pieces of PR you could dream of. Though not the purpose it does represent the best of British. I wanted to give a personal insight into something that really genuinely moves me. I am a proud Londoner and equally proud to be British but I do not look at our country or the world through blinkered eyes. Last year I met a charming couple at a ball in London and the gentleman works at The Royal Hospital. Out of…
GTO Engineering. World class Ferrari experts in restoration, event support, servicing and much more. Italian luxury at its best. Ferrari Experts In 2013 I visited their workshop outside Reading for an amazing day and to see the launch of GTO London which was using old parts of Ferrari’s to create bespoke fashion accessories. Now in 2024 its time to update the story. GTO Engineering was founded in 1983 by Mark Lyon as an independent classic Ferrari specialist. The business blossomed and cars rolled in. In 1996 he was joined by his friend and colleague Kevin Jones and they…
Epic Sana Algarve, a touch of Portuguese luxury. Luxury lifestyle requires a mix and match approach to your holiday choices depending on exactly your personality preference. Epic Sana is a large and stylish sporty feeling luxury complex in Portugal’s Algarve with pools, spas, leisure facilities and stunning cliff faces looking over the sea. Epic Sana Algarve www.algarve.epic.sanahotels.com/ Aldeia da Falésia, 8200-593 Albufeira, Portugal +351 289 104 300 Perfect for large groups or in my opinion early Summer or Autumn visits. London to Lisbon A very easy flight into Lisbon airport, and then a very polite chauffeur service taking about 40…
Luxury eye masks, glamorous and relaxing for perfect sleep To Sleep By John Keats O soft embalmer of the still midnight, Shutting, with careful fingers and benign, Our gloom-pleas’d eyes, embower’d from the light, Enshaded in forgetfulness divine: O soothest Sleep! if so it please thee, close In midst of this thine hymn my willing eyes, Or wait the “Amen,” ere thy poppy throws Around my bed its lulling charities. Then save me, or the passed day will shine Upon my pillow, breeding many woes,— Save me from curious Conscience, that still lords Its strength for darkness, burrowing like a…
Lech, Austria: Luxury romantic winter getaway. As part of Gentlemans Butler’s ethos to feature luxury experiences this year we started our look at luxury winter getaways to the mountains. Many winter sports enthusiasts may take two winter vacations so we thought it would be a lovely idea to look at this from the perspective of just enjoying the resort and the local amenities, finding out about what else there is to do apart from skiing. Personally I am a keen skier, learning at a young age to ski in the Austrian mountains, but it had been many years since I…
Crans Montana, Spring luxuries in the mountains, explores a long weekend of culture, food, spas and mountain walks perfect for a luxury getaway. What is it that makes us head for the mountains? For many of us it is to ski and skiing is a fantastic sport, but when we look a little deeper I think actually its being in the mountains itself surrounded by snow with their magical and healing quality. There are many fables across the mountain ranges but one story which is certainly based in science is there impact on our wellbeing, and it was this very…
THE ART OF MIXOLOGY – THE SERIES mastering the perfect cocktails at the Connaught Bar These were four perfect luxury cocktails events that took place taking place in London during the Autumn. There will be those who wish to attend because you are avid cocktail aficionados and others because they like the taste! and think it sounds like a fantastic idea to gather friends. Both are excellent reasons but to me I thought it was a lovely occasion to take someone special, to do a little bonding or as a thank you. This could be father and son, mother and…