The Riding Club Lonodon - Royal Ascot Party

THE RIDING CLUB LONDON CELEBRATES ROYAL ASCOT IN STYLE

The Riding Club London will celebrate Royal Ascot in style with a fabulous party to mark one of the most important equestrian events in the calendar. 

The Riding Club London will be hosting an evening of equestrian chic at Eight Moorgate on Friday 7th June. There will be an array of delicious cocktails and canapés on offer and guests are urged to turn up dressed as if they were in the Royal Enclosure, hats included!

Eight Moorgate is a stunning rooftop club with two floors of terraces, set out over 9000 sq.ft. Located adjacent to Finsbury Square and minutes from Liverpool Street station, the space works wonderfully for holding drinks receptions for celebrations such as this as you can relax and enjoy the spectacular London skyline.

The Riding Club London is an exclusive members club and concierge service that specialises in providing access to the finest horses, venues and instruction in London, the UK and internationally.

The Riding Club London also provides an equestrian concierge service for Londoners and also foreign visitors to the UK. They partner with a huge range of private members clubs, luxury retailers, fitness clubs and country houses to host events and tailor-made riding experiences. The Concierge Service provides advice, arranges trips and events and facilitates access to the finest horses, tuition and venues across the world. Ranging from polo lessons at the best venues in the UK or Argentina to a private box at the Cartier Polo or Royal Ascot, everything can be experienced.

The Riding Club London has three membership levels. New Rider for those looking to learn to ride in quality surroundings, available for £195 annually, Refresher Rider for those who are looking to return to the sport or wanting to progress from beginner and Riders Club,that is ideal for those riders who are of intermediate to advanced level, who miss the exhilaration of riding good horses in beautiful surroundings, which are both £335 payable annually.

So to truly lead the field in the equestrian world, join The Riding Club London 

THE RIDING CLUB LONDON ASCOT SOCIAL

7th June 2013 

£40 Per Person

Porters - Vegetarian Week

Porters English Restaurant Doubles It’s Veggie Offering

To mark Vegetarian Week, the popular Porters English Restaurant will be doubling their vegetarian menu from 20^th-26^th May. 

For one week, Porters English Restaurant will be serving two of its world famous pies, veggie-style. Foodies enjoying the meat-free lifestyle, will get to choose between a delicious Creamy Five Wild Mushroom and Roasted Garlic Pie, with a Wholemeal and Poppy Seed Pastry Topping, and Porters’ already famous, Three Bean Spicy Lentil and Vegetable Pie.   

Situated in the heart of Covent Garden, just off the Piazza, Porters English Restaurant has become a perfect haven for both locals and tourists visiting the area. 

Founded by the 7th Earl of Bradford, it was his aim to always serve "good, simple English dishes in comfortable surroundings".  

Porters English Restaurant has a quintessentially British feel, with quaint design features including Doctor Who’s phone box leading to the tardis like kitchen or the small old fashioned car suspended from the ceiling. They have also recently refurbished the restaurant, adding a number of other quirky design pieces including a painting of the Porter’s ‘last night’s supper’ with 17 celebrity figures and icons as well as the Earl of Bradford himself.

 Porters English Restaurant

17 Henrietta Street

London

WC2E 8QH

0207 836 6466

Sugar Paste Workshop by Stefi Jakab

Le Cordon Bleu-trained cake artist Stefi Jakab has announced the launch of her private masterclass service.

Sharing the trade secrets behind her unique creative designs & intricate creations, Stefi will offer tutorials in both private homes and in the work place.

Suitable for novices and pro cake decorators, created for both one-to-ones and small groups, these events will offer a step-by-step guide to producing miniature works of art inspired by the latest trends, not only in baking, but fashion and culture.

They can be tailor-made for any occasion, whether it’s a bride-to-be wanting to produce something extra special for her nuptials or for a corporate team building exercise with a difference.

Your's truly, was invited to learn the art of sugar paste. After a demonstration from the lovely Stefi we were on our way, icing our own lemon cakes which Stefi had baked for us that day. Take a look below for your guide to sugar paste.

 Covering a Cake with Sugarpaste

• Pop your cake onto a thin cake board the same size as your cake.

• First you will need something for your sugarpaste to stick to, so mask your chosen cakewith two thin layers of buttercream, chilling in the fridge for at least 30 minutes between each covering. Chill again after the second covering of buttercream.

• Dust your work surface with icing sugar and knead the sugarpaste until smooth,soft and pliable.

• Roll it out into a size big enough to cover your cake on the top and down the sides, aswell as a little extra to allow you to neaten the bottom edges...When rolling remember not keep moving the icing around, but don't turn it over.

•  Lift the sugarpaste onto the cake using either your rolling pin, or your hands, whichever you are more comfortable with.

• Gently press the sugarpaste against the cake with your hands whilst also smoothing atthe same time. Don’t pull the sugarpaste “down”, as this will cause it to tear, merely push it into the cake, and slightly upward.

• Use an icing smoother to give a really smooth finish. Any air bubbles will need to be “chased” out using a pin.

• Pop the cake onto a turntable, or hold it in your hand, and neatly trim away the excess sugarpaste which falls below the line of the cake, keeping it flush with the cake board...Remember if this goes a bit wonky you could always cover it with ribbon. 

Stefi’s workshops also make a great gift idea for that special birthday or anniversary

Idris Elba & Tanqueray Gin

Last Night Idris Elba and Tanqueray Gin saluted the revival of gin drinking in the UK by creating a “modern take” on the iconic London gin palace, originally inspired founder Charles Tanqueray back in the 1830s.

To celebrate Idris Elba and Tanqueray Gin welcomed Rosario Dawson, Jasmine Guinness, Camilla Rutherford, Olivia Inge, Hugo Taylor and Jade Parfitt to have an exclusive sneak preview at the new iconic Gin Palace situated in a shop setting in Covent Garden’s Floral Street.  The Gin Palace will be open its doors the public on the 27^th and 28^th March.

Irdris Elba 

Guests were welcomed by actor and man of the moment Idris Elba for a VIP launch evening of tasty Tanqueray® London Dry Gin cocktails. Once all attendees were in place, Idris toasted the night with a ‘lightning’ serve – the old slang term to describe a ‘dram’ of gin – before jumping behind the bar for an impromptu cocktail lesson from the world’s best bartenders who had united at the Gin Palace.

Idris or as some of his music fans may know him as DJ Big Driis  revealed that he had jetted in from Miami only this morning. He said that he is ‘hoping that the weather clears up quickly as he is planning to go white water rafting in Wales over the Easter weekend’.

Rosario Dawson, Idris Elba & Olivia Grant 

As the gin cocktails flowed model Olivia Inge took inspiration from the Tanqueray Gin Palace and took to the piano and started to sing into the microphone the official Tanqueray song ‘Tonight, Downtown’ recorded originally by Aloe Black before launching into ‘I’ve Got a Brand New Combine Harvester’.

Jasmin Guinness & Jade Parfitt 

Fashion model Jade Parfitt was seen drinking delicious gin cocktails with fellow fashion friend Jasmine Guinness who was keeping fashion in the family by sporting one of her sister’s iconic Lulu Guinness ‘Lip’ bags.

January Sale

Now ladies, who doesn't love a sale! 

Take a look the fabulous sale The Chelsea Day Spa has.

ENDS 31^ST JANUARY 2013

LAST CHANCE TO BUY AT THESE AMAZING PRICES

BRAZILIAN OR HOLLWYOOD WAX £36

20% OFF STRIP WAXING

TWO FOR ONE SEMI PERMANENT LASH EXTENSIONS

VITALIBERATA SPRAY TAN £30

TWO FOR ONE 60 MINUTE HYDROPEPTIDE FACIAL

FREE 60 MINUTE DARPHIN FACIAL WITH PURCHASE OF SERUM, MOISTURISER & CLEANSER

NEW YORK MANICURE & PEDICURE £35

GEL OVERLAY MANICURE OR PEDICURE £32

SOAK OFF WITH GEL MANICURE OR PEDICURE £38

Prepay for as many treatments as you need and spread across 2013! New prises from the 1st of Feb. 

Aromatherapy Associates Facial

It is difficult to describe the utter comfort and super-human results that come as standard with an Aromatherapy Associates treatment - you'd need the tactile equivalent of smelly telly just to get started. But I'll do my best… 

So, the nice thing about an AA treatment is that you're not backed into a corner when you book weeks in advance by having to specify your chosen ritual. Instead, you talk through exactly how your skin has been feeling and behaving over the past few days on arrival, highlighting areas of concern for your therapist to focus on. It means the treatment is totally bespoke and you don't waste time having a mask, massage or melt (tenuous, I know) that frankly your skin doesn't need. 

Obviously, the whole experience is simply divine. But what really tickled my fancy, darlings, is the magical bed. With its sumptuous duvet and squiggly mattress, it feels more like you might be going for a nap than a treatment. And it just keeps getting better. Inexplicably, the bed forms the perfect wiggle underneath you in the exact shape your body secretly craved without even telling you. You begin to wonder how you've ever before been comfortable without this robbo-bed. This is a see (or feel)-it-to-believe-it jobby. 

Aside from the genuinely results-driven treatment (my blemishes have literally packed their bags and left since my deep-clean facial yesterday), the whole experience is all about the details. You're treated to any number of upper-body massages, from head and shoulders to hands and arms, maximising your time as a treatment mask sets. And once in the post-treatment vanity room, there are ghds, hairdryers, and massive mirrors - it'd be rude not to preen! 

We tried out our technical expertise and booked through wahanda.com, which is an online interactive directory for where to go and what to do. Kind of like Facebook for beauty. Fabulous.

T: 020 7838 1117, www.wahanda.com.