Words: Joseph Bullmore
Photography: Hubert Cecil
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Monkey 47 gin and Gentleman’s Journal. They go together like, well, gin and tonic. (Or gin and honey and lemon, if that brilliant Bee’s Knees cocktail is to be believed — but we’ll get to refreshments later.) So when the two old friends realised they each had something to celebrate, they thought they’d better join forces for a proper party in the fabled private quarters of London’s Wild by Tart.
The good old gin barons were celebrating the release of their new 2022 Distiller’s Cut, of course — a bottling which continues the unique tradition of adding a single ingredient to the botanical mix each year. (This vintage saw ‘sweet woodruff’ enter the fray as the 48th ingredient — an addition that affords the spirit new notes of vanilla, bitter cardamom and nutty straw, and goes down absolutely wonderfully in a long drink).
Gentleman’s Journal, on the other hand, was continuing its autumnal feast of 10th birthday celebrations — a rolling carnival which burst vividly to life at around 10pm, when a five-piece German oompah band (in fitting with Monkey 47’s Black Forest roots, of course) plodded merrily through the door to gasps and whoops and hollers. (Perry Pearson and Violet Manners even trotted a little do-si-do). It was a fitting climax for an intoxicating evening, which had been characterised by good cheer, exquisite concoctions, and delicious food — like buffalo mozzarella with Monkey 47 pickled pear; or pork tenderloin, confit garlic and ras el hanout. Guests included Jack Fox, Che Lingo, Jim Chapman, Max Chiltern, Oliver Proudlock, Jemima Cadbury, Sabrina Percy, George and Camilla Blandford and Cyril Ibrahim.
Sabrina Percy and Chloe Chilton
Oliver Proudlock
Henry Hales and Luca Faloni
Lily Lewis
Diego Bivero-Volpe
Perry Pearson and Hum Fleming
Alex Heerema and Sam Harwood
Lily Lewis
Sam Harwood and Jonathan Wells
Rahi Chadda and Cyril Ibrahim
Camilla Blandford, Jemima Cadbury, Perry Pearson
Naa-Okailey Adamafio and Oliver Proudlock
Sabrina Percy and Jemima Cadbury
Perry Pearson
Eleanor Fletcher
Joseph Bullmore and Wij Travers
Jonathan Wells
Jemima Cadbury
David Tollemache
Che Lingo
Jack Fox
Charlie Barron, Lily Lewis, Hum Fleming and Perry Pearson
Camilla Blandford, Harry Jarman, Jemima Cadbury
Hum Fleming
Camilla Blandford
Daisy Fane and Jack Fox
Alex Heerema
The German Jukebox
Cyril Ibrahim and Rahi Chadda
Jemima Cadbury
Alex Heerema and Sam Harwood
Archie Rutland
Che Lingo
George Blandford and Archie Rutland
Max Chilton
Henry Hales and Wij Travers
Jack Fox
Sarah Witvoet
Henry Hales and Tamara Hales
Violet Manners
Violet Manners and Perry Pearson
Sam Harwood, Will Tobin, Diego Bivero-Volpe
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