The Portman Magazine Autumn 2014
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T H E P O R T M A N 2014 Autumn Paws for thought: a walking tour of art works The Portman Estate Living on and around 9 contents 11 As told to Charlotte Adsett , a celebrity stylist who runs a hotel’s new shopping concierge team 12 Happenings Buns, bake offs and the most expensive cuppa in the UK 20 COVER: OLD QUEBEC STREET’S Art INDOMITABLE BEAR Tour on foot A walking guide PHOTO: NICK BIBBY to galleries and sculptures SEE PAGE 20 26 Food & drink Chiltern Firehouse Where the real VIPs are the local residents 32 The Portman is a regular journal about Art life on and around The Portman Estate New light The Wallace Collection’s famous Great Editors Advertising Gallery gets a makeover Lorna Davies Sam Bradshaw Kate White 020 7259 1051 [email protected] Writers 38 Cally Squires Send information to Food & drink Debbie Ward The Portman Happy at Hardy’s The Publishing Business Sub-editor 3 Princes Street family-run brasserie still Gavin Hadland London W1B 2LD going strong after 30 years 020 7259 1050 Designer www.pubbiz.com Andy Lowe Printed in the UK 44 Publisher © Publishing Business History The Portman Estate Limited 2014 Fascinating facts From John and Yoko to air raid shelters: Montagu Square’s compelling past uncovered Publishing Business is a member of the Professional Publishers Association and 48 observes the PPA Code of Publishing Practice Baker Street Summer in the Square Printed on ECF (Chlorine free) paper using fibre sourced from well-managed forests. July’s series of outdoor All inks vegetable based. Our printers are certified to events attracted more than ISO 14001 Environmental Management. 13,000 visitors 11 as told to The celebrity stylist Charlotte Adsett is in charge of a specialist shopping concierge team recently launched at The Mandeville hotel. She talks to Debbie Ward An exciting new look Our TypiCAl lOCAl ClienT will be shoppers, a lot of boutiques will bring products to bored with their wardrobe and want a their rooms. refresh. Visitors from overseas, We’ve negotiated some discounts, like Matches meanwhile, will have no idea about the offering 10 per cent off. They also have a Vip best shops or the coolest places. We may also get service at a townhouse on Welbeck Street, where business people, brides-to-be or friends of any age. they’ll bring whatever we need from their stores. “i can also source gifts like jewellery or kids’ stuff. i don’t impose my own style on people. it’s The difference between shopping on your own about what suits them and how the clothes are and using my service is my little black book. it’s full going to fit into their lives. Someone with no idea of people i know in the fashion industry who may would be my favourite, a blank canvas. i love giving not even sell to the public. it’s an extension of what someone a look and their being confident that they i do for photo shoots or when i put together a can do fashion for the first time. celebrity’s wardrobe for a TV show. My favourite style icons include Audrey in the first instance we’ll contact clients with our Hepburn, Sophia loren, Jane Birkin and lauren questionnaire about their style and what they want Bacall. i think the most stylish women today are to achieve and go from there. Olivia palermo, Kate Moss and Alexa Chung. We’ll usually start at The Mandeville Hotel and My dream celebrity styling project would be have a chat. it’s an ideal location – near all my the Duchess of Cambridge. While she always favourite local shops and Bond Street. it has a great looks perfectly groomed and appropriate, vibe and is super-welcoming – and there’s an i’d steer her away from her classic styles exclusive lunch menu for shopping concierge and mix it up with some different customers. shapes, bold accessories and shoes i dressed rachel Stevens at the hotel for an by new designers. event a couple of months ago. For red carpet dos we’ve access to a ‘glam squad’ of celebrity hair The Mandeville hotel is at Mandeville place. and makeup artists for clients. For time-poor info: 020 7009 2200, www.mandeville.co.u”k 12 happenings Full steam ahead New school opens A new restAurAnt serving steamed food has opened on A new JunIOr sCHOOl has opened on Baker street. wyndham Place. that’s Vapore is a Milanese brand that promises quick, the International Community school (ICs) simple, healthy and delicious dishes. they are cooked by admits boys and girls aged three to 18. An steaming, which retains up to 50 per cent more nutrients than International Baccalaureate world school, it is boiling or frying. part of the skOlA group and offers all three IB Open for breakfast and lunch, that’s Vapore will offer a daily programmes – primary years, middle years and selection of more than 16 steam baskets, including pasta, diploma. seafood, meat and vegetarian options. ICs has two other sites in london – a primary Customers can pick up a hot basket from the grab-and-go school for children aged between three and 11 counter. there is also a choice of cold baskets, salads and a near regent’s Park; and a secondary school for soup of the day. 11 to 18-year-olds in Bayswater. the wyndham Breakfast dishes include pastries from the Artisan Bakery, Place school will admit pupils aged from eight and coffee made from organic, wood-roasted coffee beans. to 11. Ben toettcher, managing partner of the that’s Vapore is at 7 Baker street. Info: 020 7935 0697, skOlA group of schools, said: “we have seen www.thatsvapore.co.uk the development of Marylebone over many years, as we have had schools in the area for more than 40 years. between our infant and secondary school “we’re opening at wyndham Place to campuses.” increase our capacity, as demand has risen for International Baccalaureate education in london. ICs is at 7 wyndham Place. Info: 020 7935 1206, this will be our junior school and it’s located www.icschool.co.uk Buns in the oven nOrdIC BAkery is holding a week-long celebration of the cinnamon bun. the scandinavian coffee shop, which is based on dorset street, will be selling a limited-edition cinnamon bun from september 30 until Cinnamon Bun day on October 4. every week nordic Bakery sells hundreds of these buns, which are made fresh on the premises every day. the limited-edition buns will be made using Carousel’s autumn dining round-up the cafe’s traditional bun-dough and cinnamon recipe, but they will feature a new twist. BlAndfOrd street’s new dining venue chestnut tagliatelle with wild mushrooms, butter Cinnamon buns, which are the bakery’s Carousel, which hosts a rotating series of guest and chives. biggest seller, originate from a rustic, home-style chefs and pop-up events, has revealed its following locatelli will be the Paris Pop-up, finnish recipe. autumn schedule. which promises a variety of innovative dishes and with a taste described as “eating a hug”, they Georgio locatelli and his wife Plaxy, who own diverse drink pairings. It is run by Harry Cummins are baked on their sides so the sweet cinnamon Michelin-starred restaurant locanda locatelli on and laura Vidal. filling stays enclosed inside. seymour street, are hosting 21 days of Pizza Harry has cooked at Jamie Oliver’s fifteen A golden, sticky glaze gives the buns a slightly locadeli until september 28. diners can enjoy restaurant, as well as Michelin-starred wild crunchy bite, revealing layer upon layer of robustly wood-fired pizza with Italian spritz, wines and Honey, Artbutus and Zafferano; while laura is a spiced cinnamon with a hint of cardamom in a craft beer. Québécoise sommelier. they will be based at light dough. If the buns were unravelled, the small dishes include Parma ham and figs, Carousel from October 22 to november 1. dough would stretch a metre in length. autumn salad and an array of stuzzichini. As well as pizza, there are pasta dishes including Carousel is at 71 Blandford street. nordic Bakery is at 48 dorset street. spaghettini with clams, garlic and chilli; and Info: 020 7487 5564, www.carousel-london.com Info: 020 7487 5877, www.nordicbakery.com 14 happenings Building client dreams sHe wAs reCently named one of Britain’s top- 30 interior designers by The Sunday Times – and now eliská sapera is offering a new architectural service to her clients. the interior designer owns eliská design Associates – a high-end furnishings boutique on new Quebec street. she has joined forces with professional architect Hannah darby to provide a high-quality, turnkey service to clients. Hannah has worked on house, garden and loft extensions, multi-level basement installations and internal reconfigurations. she has collaborated with eliská in the past on several high-profile cocktail bars, hotels and embassies. their overlapping skill-sets allow the pair to deliver an entire project, from initial design concept, through tendering and construction stages and onwards to the final selection of furnishings and hand-crafted fittings. eliská said the duo would work together to maximise the potential of every space to enhance a client’s lifestyle. In other words, she said, the collaboration will be a “one-stop shop to deliver clients’ dreams”. eliská is at 16A new Quebec street. New fish fare Info: 020 7723 5521, www.eliskadesign.com A fIsHMOnGer is set to open in Portman Village in October.