NETJETS EU VOLUME 16 2021

WINTER WONDERS
Latest developments
on the slopes
STRAIGHT HITTING
Jordan Spieth’s very
personal quest
TASTE OF LONDON
Rebooting the city’s
restaurant scene
WATER WORKS
Hot and cold
hydrotherapy cures
MAN ON A MISSION
Marc Randolph’s endless
well of fresh ideas

TAKING OFF
THIS YEAR HAS BEEN extraordinarily uncommon in so many ways. Not the
least of which has been the resounding return to travel that so many of you
have taken. After more than a year of at-home confinement, the rediscovery
of our favourite places feels like an awakening.
In this issue, our Editors bring you a world of possibility, whether you are
eager to hit the slopes for an exhilarating ski holiday, or tuck in for a feast at one of London’s
newest culinary havens. If you can’t get enough of the cold this winter, we take the plunge
for our wellness feature and discover the health benefits of hydrotherapy.
For an escape of a different sort, we catch a glimpse of entrepreneur Marc Randolph, and
hear from our own team members about this unique time in aviation.
As we welcome the promise of a new year, we hope it is one filled with adventure, reflection
and new memories.
Only NetJets!
Adam Johnson
Chairman and CEO
C O N T R I B U T O R S
FARHAD HEYDARI
The fields and
fairways of France
hold a special
attraction for our
Editor, who discovers
Old Meets New
in the Loire (page
48), when sampling
the delights of Les
Bordes, where the
latest course lives
up to a very grand
reputation.
PETRA DUFKOVA
Czech-born, Munichbased,
the illustrator
specialises in using
ink and watercolour
over sketches to
produce evocative
fashion and beauty
images – as shown
in The Art of
Jewels (page 60),
which showcases
this season’s most
desirable gems.
PETER SWAIN
The veteran golf
writer gets a
glimpse beyond the
greens for Heart
of Texas (page
12), examining the
remarkable work of
The Jordan Spieth
Family Foundation,
which supports so
many good causes
in the Lone Star
state and beyond.
ALEXANDER LOBRANO
A tale of exceptional
hospitality, daring
art and great
food led to the
Paris-based writer
crossing the border
to explore Geneva’s
Ascendance (page
16), where he found
a city that is at once
both truly Swiss
and intriguingly
international.
FELICE HARDY
For Alpine Agenda
(page 42), the
co-editor of website
Welove2ski.com
takes a trip round
Europe’s finest
resorts to report
on the recent
developments,
from perfectly
private chalets to
über-modern lifts on
the slopes.
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CONTENTS
ANCIENT TREASURES
The Feuerle Collection,
page 74
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42 52 64
OUT OF THE ROUGH
The Jordan Spieth Family
Foundation shows altruistic
spirit at its best
pages 12-15
IN THE NEWS
The best of Geneva,
off-road titans, desirable
drinks and more
pages 16-29
NETJETS UPDATE
The return of events,
cyber security, sustainable
practices and staff in profi le
pages 30-35
ENTREPRENEUR IN ACTION
Beyond Netflix, Marc
Randolph is man full of
exceptional ideas
pages 38-41
HIGH-ALTITUDE HAPPENINGS
The Alps’ premier ski
resorts are transforming
with bold new offerings
pages 42-47
GALLIC CHARM
Both challenging golf and
French hospitality are on
the card at Les Bordes
pages 48-51
HOT AND COLD
A thorough guide to
hydrotherapy, from heated
spas to chilling experiences
pages 52-59
GEM OF A DRAW
A curated collection of
alluring jewellery against
an illustrated backdrop
pages 60-63
GOURMET CAPITAL
London defi es the odds with
a restaurant and bar scene
that is constantly evolving
pages 64-73
HIDDEN ART
A trio of private collections
offer a rare glimpse of
fascinating works
pages 74-81
THE LAST WORD
Golfer Patrick Cantlay on
how he enjoys life away
from the course
page 82
HOLGER NIEHAUS, YVES GARNEAU, NATHANIEL ATAKORA, DAVID LOFTUS
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© UNDER ARMOUR
GOODWILL
Heart of Texas
The Jordan Spieth Family Foundation benefits from the
golfer’s global success – but it also plays a significant part
in his daily journey // By Peter Swain
JORDAN SPIETH IS USED TO overcoming adversity.
On the 13th hole of Sunday’s final round at
Royal Birkdale in 2017, his chances of winning
the Open were hanging by a thread. A horribly
sliced tee shot saw his ball land behind a
monstrous sand dune, buried in the heavy rough
– a double bogey beckoned. After an escape
act Tiger Woods, or maybe even Harry Houdini,
would be proud of, he dropped just one shot on
the hole and went on to win by three.
The triple major champion is blessed with
extraordinary golfing ability. But it’s his steely
determination to surmount life’s obstacles
that sets him apart, and which makes The
Jordan Spieth Family Foundation (JSFF)
so remarkable. For the amiable Texan, the
inspiration for his off-course charitable work
is personal. “My younger sister Ellie was born
with a neurological disorder, and my family’s
focus has always prioritised her needs. My
passion for supporting individuals with special
needs is because of her role in my life, and the
perspective she allows me to have.”
Founded in 2014 and based in the Dallas-
Fort Worth neighbourhood that Jordan and
wife Annie call home, “the Foundation provides
financial support for the four philanthropic areas
that mean a great deal to us: individuals with
special needs, junior golf, military families and
veterans, and paediatric cancer,” Spieth says.
“Ellie and her friends have struggles
and joys that are so different, and it’s very
ALL-ROUND EFFORTS
The hard work Jordan Spieth puts in
to his success on the golf course is
mirrored in his Foundation’s efforts
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“To be able to see, visit, and know
the teams and their impact is really
important to us”
© JSFF
grounding in light of what we do for a living.
Junior golf provided me with incredible
experiences and propelled my career. I’ve
always considered myself patriotic and felt
the military members were some of the
most selfless people. And our final pillar,
paediatric cancer, was chosen because
of Annie and I knowing and watching
childhood friends who battled cancer and
seeing the great toll it has on families.”
To name a few of the 100-plus unique
charities to have benefited directly: the
1 Million 4 Anna Foundation College
Scholarship programme that supports
and honours young adults who fought Ewing
sarcoma; RISE Adaptive Sports, a program that
assists people with physical challenges, from
amputees to those with spinal-cord injuries, by
offering adaptive recreational sports programs;
Families for Effective Autism Treatment; and
many, many more.
“While we welcome grant applications and
partners from any part of the country, there is
a heavy focus on the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
area,” says Spieth. “This is where Annie and I
grew up, so to be able to see, visit and know
the teams and their impact is really important
to us.”
LOOKING UP
JSFF supports RISE Adaptive
Sports, which assists people
with physical challenges to
recover, inspire, succeed and
empower themselves
© JSFF
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Like the Ryder and Presidents Cups in
which Spieth has excelled, the Foundation
relies on teamwork. “Because of the nature
of my job, I travel often, but Annie graciously
lends quite a bit of time and efforts to our
Foundation. We are also so fortunate to
have an excellent team, including a board of
directors and family members, who contribute
to the vision and support of the JSFF.”
One of the highlights of the Foundation’s
year is the annual Spieth & Friends fundraising
event. “On our first night this year, Annie and
I welcomed guests into our home to thank
sponsors and showcase the work of our
Foundation grant partners throughout 2021.”
The following evening’s event, at Topgolf in
The Colony, featured an awesome night of golf,
food and fun, with the highlight being a concert
from the country singer Lee Brice. “We shifted
to two evenings because it’s important to us to
spend time with those who support us yearlong,
but also welcome a wider group of friends
to participate and learn about the Foundation’s
work. We’re impact driven and every dollar we
raise at Spieth & Friends is committed directly
to our community partners.”
As well as his regular sponsors, including
NetJets, Under Armour, AT&T, Titleist and
Rolex, these events are supported by Spieth’s
golfing buddies and the wider PGA community.
With 15 international professional wins
and counting, the game has been good to the
Texan, but, as any golfer knows, the key to
continued success lies between the ears. In
Spieth’s case, there can be little doubt that
his family and Foundation play a crucial part
in that story. As his mother, Chris, told ESPN,
“Jordan wouldn’t be where he is today if he
hadn’t grown up with Ellie.” The player himself
credits his sister with “keeping [me] grounded
and focused as well as keeping the game of
golf in perspective”.
Family, golf, caring for those in the
community facing adversity: it’s all about
perspective. Whatever the challenges ahead,
Jordan Spieth has the right clubs in his
personal armoury to win by three.
jordanspiethgolf.com/foundation
© JSFF
PAR FOR THE COURSE
On the driving range at the Spieth
& Friends fundraising event,
above; the golfer at the Tesori
Family Foundation All-Star Kids
Clinic for Special Needs Golfers,
left.
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Swiss attractions, exceptional home accessories, distinctive
spirits, eye-catching vehicles, Madrid marvels and more –
herewith the best, newest, boldest and brightest
© OETKER COLLECTION
GENEVA’S ASCENDANCE
Indulgence is paired with consummate style at the Swiss city’s new standout hotel,
The Woodward, which reflects the booming city itself // By Alexander Lobrano
A TRULY GREAT HOTEL not only offers a definitive expression of the
place where it’s located but invites you to see it differently. In
Geneva, the recently opened, 26 suites-only Woodward Hotel
(oetkercollection.com) has ticked both of these boxes with such
charm, authority and sophistication that it already has the aura
of a deeply rooted and respected local institution.
Like the city itself, the Woodward is elegant, gracious and
worldly, with a discretion that politely teases at its bon vivant
personality. The hotel occupies a handsome Belle Époque-style
1901 building with a wedding-cake façade by French architect
François Durel, and it has been completely renovated and
redesigned by renowned Paris-based interior architect Pierre-Yves
Rochon. Located on the edge of Lac Léman, just across the way
from Les Bains de Pâquis – a swimming pier, sports club, and
restaurant that’s a beloved local institution – the Woodward purrs
with chic modern luxuries, including a Guerlain spa with an
indoor pool and two superb restaurants, L’Atelier Robuchon and
Le Jardinier, the Swiss branch of the Michelin-starred New York
restaurant of the same name. Both tables are run by talented chef
Olivier Jean, and they’re outstanding.
Heading upstairs in a lift lined with tooled red leather, the suites
are individually decorated with plush furniture and heavy brocade
curtains in schemes of champagne, oyster and cream with powder
blue, celadon and rose accents, beautiful hand-inlaid oak parquet
floors, crystal chandeliers, contemporary art, crown molding and
wainscoting, and built-in bars. Bathrooms are faced with white
marble and come with soaking tubs and separate showers, and
spacious walk-in closets are fitted with built-in wardrobes.
Many rooms also come with dining/meeting tables, powder
rooms, working gas fireplaces and private Juliet balconies
overlooking the often sailboat-dotted lake with the majestic
snow-mantled Mont Blanc on the horizon. All guests receive
complimentary airport or train station transfers and daily breakfast
in Le Jardinier, but perhaps the hotel’s best amenity is the
exceptionally warm, alert and professional hospitality offered by
everyone who works here.
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SWISS TREATS
Clockwise from right: Comédie de
Genève; local artist Philippe Cramer; a
Michel Roth creation from Bayview
Facing page: The Woodward
Hotel on Lac Léman
© BAYVIEW
RÉGIS GOLAY
The impressive contemporary art in the rooms at the Woodward
nods to the fact that Geneva has recently emerged as an important
art-market venue with many superb galleries in the Quartier des
Bains, the city’s own little SoHo. When Gagosian (gagosian.com)
opened in Geneva in 2016, it was a signal to the world’s collectors
that it had become an international centre of contemporary art,
but many of the city’s most interesting galleries are decidedly local.
Skopia (skopia.ch) specialises in emerging artists, mostly Swiss and
European, while Galerie Laurence Bernard (galerielaurencebernard.
ch) showcases Swiss and international contemporaries with
recognised and daring multidisciplinary practices.
THE LOCAL ARTIST not to miss is Geneva native Philippe Cramer,
whose furniture, jewellery, porcelain, silverware and crystal is
displayed at Cramer + Cramer (philippecramer.com). Cramer’s
signature is a style that brings together hand-crafted objects
with industrial techniques and traditional materials with the
latest technology.
The world-class excellence of the cultural scene in Geneva
continues to expand, too, with the August 2021 opening of
Comédie de Genève (comedie.ch), a dramatically modern new
performance space, and the ever-growing reputation of the
strikingly renovated Musée d’Ethnographie de Genève (ville-ge.
ch/meg), locally known as the MEG. The MEG has one of the
richest ethnological collections in Europe, including everything
from Japanese samurai armour to a breadfruit-wood slit drum
from Vanuatu – many of the objects on display were donated by
diplomats posted to Geneva, local missionaries returning from
overseas tours, or local merchants and bankers with foreign
offices. The Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain (mamco.ch),
Switzerland’s largest contemporary art museum, is located in the
Quartier des Bains neighbourhood, too. Film buffs might want to
catch a flick at nearby Spoutnik (spoutnik.info), Geneva’s premier
art-house cinema, which is housed in a former gold-processing
factory on the banks of the Rhone that once supplied local
watchmakers such as Patek Philippe.
Be sure and make time for a visit to the fascinating Patek
Philippe Museum (patekmuseum.com), which not only features
one of the world’s great collections of watches, timepieces and
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enamels, but also timelines and exhibits that explain the history
of watchmaking in Geneva and how humanity’s conception of
time – both how it’s measured and how it’s valued – has evolved
through the centuries.
When it’s time for a meal, Geneva not only reveals how
cosmopolitan it is, but just how avidly it loves great food and
excellent wine. These credentials are very much on display at
Alma (alma-geneve.com), a popular address among trendy young
Genevans who love swapping the Alps for the Andes while enjoying
meals of ceviches, empanadas, tiraditos and other excellent Peruvian
specialities. Italian food just may be the city’s favourite foreign
kitchen, and the city’s best trans-Alpine table is Tosca (toscageneva.ch),
a Michelin one-star restaurant with freshly made
pastas and a superb list of Tuscan wines.
In a city that’s Francophone and guardedly Francophile,
most of the best restaurants are French. They range from
Bayview (restaurantbayview.com), where Michel Roth, who
cooked impeccable Escoffier-inspired dishes when he ran
the kitchens at the Hotel Ritz in Paris, has won a Michelin
star for the technically flawless cooking served in an elegant
dining room with lake views to relaxed bistros like the Café
des Banques (cafedesbanques.com), in the city’s old banking
quarter, to the stylish Le Bologne (lebologne.com), and the
very popular Café de la Paix (cafe-delapaix.ch), a brasserie
with a locavore menu featuring seasonal French produce.
Several other Genevan institutions not to miss include the
Café Papon (cafepapon.com), a café-restaurant that can trace
its roots back to 1808 and is located in a beautiful stone cellar
in the middle of the Old Town next to the Town Hall, as well as
Restaurant Le 15 (restaurant-le-15.ch) across the Arve River in
the Quartier des Arts, a contemporary bistro popular with gallery
owners, museum curators and artists for the excellent modern
European market-driven cooking of chef Jacques Modena, with
dishes like cream of Jerusalem artichoke soup and lamb shank
braised in port.
Au Vieux Carouge (41 223 426 498) in the lively Carouge
district is the best address for anyone hankering for a first-rate
fondue, and it also serves excellent rösti (a Swiss comfortfood
favourite of crispy cakes of grated potatoes with different
garnishes). Service here is ornery in a good-natured way, and
whatever you do, wear clothing that’s easily washed, because
you’ll emerge from a meal at this small crowded place sporting a
potent lactic perfume of melted cheese.
FOR A REVIVING STOP while shopping or gallery hopping, stop by La
Vouivre (tearoomlavouivre.ch), Geneva’s most eclectic tearoom,
which has a memorable decor of purple silks and antique
chandeliers. In addition to Viennese-style coffees, tea and freshly
pressed juices, there are delicious sandwiches, pastries and
homey desserts like plum crumble.
REMEMBERING THE PAST
Musée d’Ethnographie
de Genève
Attractive, compact and walkable, Geneva is a shopper’s
delight for watches – most of the major Swiss watchmakers have
boutiques in the city – but the place to go for a comprehensive
selection of different brands and excellent service is Les
Ambassadeurs (lesambassadeurs.ch), which attracts a discerning
international clientele, including many collectors.
Another destination shop is Les Illuminés Design
(lesilluminesdesign.ch), a gallery-like store that specialises in
pedigreed 20th-century design, including furniture by Romeo
Rega and Gianfranco Frattini, chandeliers by Gianfranco Sarfatti
and 1950s vintage Vallauris ceramics by Robert Picault.
Take a really savvy cold-weather gear tip from a knowing local:
Geneva native Marc Denton, general manager of the Fife Arms Hotel
in Braemar, Scotland, who rightly recommends Coup de Chapeau
(chapeaux.ch) for its spectacular selection of hats, from straw
boaters to handmade felt broad brims, gloves, and other accessories.
For cutting-edge women’s clothing, including smart French labels
like Isabel Marant and A.P.C., stop by L’Adresse (ladress.ch).
A little bit of Geneva can come home with you by picking up
a couple of bags of freshly grated fondue mix from Au Gruyère
(augruyere.ch), a venerable local cheese shop that opened in
1952. (These mixes freeze well, and other famous local cheeses,
like the shop’s namesake gruyère, can be vacuum-packed for
travel.) And because every good trip should have a sweet ending,
join the Genevois in their fetish for highest quality chocolates at
Auer Chocolatier (chocolat-auer.ch), which sells some of the best
– a fittingly sweet souvenir of a city in full bloom.
DANIEL STAUCH
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How to Tame
the Desert
Two American motor industry
giants have set their sights on
tackling the toughest of terrains
THE DESIRE TO EXPLORE and push boundaries is a challenge taken
up by two of the biggest names in the US car industry with their
latest offerings. Ford (ford.com) resurrected its iconic Bronco SUV
this year and has upped the ante with the Bronco DR (Desert
Racer). Primed for competing in the legendary Mexican off-road
race Baja 1000, the Bronco DR features a Ford Coyote 5.0l V8
engine, a Multimatic safety cage, 95cm BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain
T/A KM3 all-season tyres and beadlock wheels and will be
produced in a limited run of just 50 vehicles. If Ford is releasing a
real monster on the market, Chevrolet (chevrolet.com) truly plans
to unleash the Beast – at least in concept form for the moment.
The Chevy Beast is powered by a Chevrolet Performance LT4
650-horsepower supercharged crate engine and is also conceived
with off-road desert driving in mind. For all its functional, raw
power, the minimalist interior still exudes a certain sense of
style with a quartet of Recaro performance seats and has a
technological bent thanks to two 18cm screens monitoring vehicle
functions and performance data. Suddenly, the desert seems
more of an oasis of opportunities for motoring experiences.
OFF-ROAD HONOURS
The Ford Bronco DR,
top, and Chevy Beast
redefine travelling into
the desert
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A HEADY MIX
The world of mixology is an ever-inventive one, whether it is giving
a new twist to classic cocktails or creating unique concoctions to
sate a thirst. From ground level to high in the skies, there’s plenty
to celebrate as we head into the festive season
COCKTAIL PARTY
Clockwise from left:
Mexico City’s Licorería
Limantour; an Old
Fashioned from Dante in
New York City; Buffalo Trace
Kentucky Straight Bourbon
© BUFFALO TRACE
LUIS GALLARDO
IN THE AIR
Like choosing a fine wine on board, there is an
art to selecting the perfect cocktail for flying.
Experts suggest that strong flavours such as
tomato juice and citrus are the ingredients that
maximise tastes. The aptly named Aviation
American Gin (aviationgin.com) takes pride
of place in a standout recipe for a Bloody
Mary (including two tablespoons of grated
horseradish), which will put a spring on your
step, just as it will in a classic G&T, with lime or
lemon wheels to taste.
STAR BAR
A regular in the list of the best bars in the
world, Dante (dante-nyc.com) has established
a reputation as a must-visit destination in New
York. Famed for its range of negronis, the bar
has drawn on its recent experience of serving
only outdoor customers to produce a range of
hot cocktails to get through the winter months.
Chief among these is the Hot Smoked Toddy,
featuring cacao-washed Johnnie Walker Black,
Lagavulin 8 Year Old and Lapsang souchong.
UPDATING THE CLASSICS
At another one of the most celebrated hostelries
on the planet, Licorería Limantour (limantour.tv)
in Mexico City, lead bartender José Luis León has
won himself a wide following for his creativity, yet
his twist on a classic Margarita al Pastor, involving
a “taco mix”, is perhaps his most inspired recipe
to spice up the season. For a true retro experience,
Buffalo Trace (buffalotracedistillery.com) produces
an Old Fashioned Mix that can be enjoyed in the
comfort of your own home.
A TIME TO CELEBRATE
There’s no better way to toast the moment than
with champagne. Try Moët Champagne O’Clock
– a combination of Moët & Chandon Impérial
Brut, Hennessy Cognac and a dash of bitters.
STEVE FREIHON
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Spirit Journey
A curated selection of the finest elixirs
to tickle the taste buds this season
Drams of Desire
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1 ABERFELDY 12 YEAR OLD Mellowed for a dozen years in handmade oak casks and presented in a gold box, this sweet dram from the Perthshire distillery also has an
environmental role to play as part of the brand’s “Barrel and Bees” preservation project. aberfeldy.com //
2 & 3 BOWMORE: NO CORNERS TO HIDE/ASTON MARTIN 21
YEAR OLD Legends old and new are embraced by Islay’s innovative distillery. The Scottish Isle’s folklore is celebrated in the collaboration between graphic artist Frank
Quitely and Bowmore’s master blender Ron Welsh in 23- and 32-year-old iterations, which capture the tale of the devil escaping the island on a boat full of Bowmore
casks. More conventional transport is celebrated with a second partnership, this time with Aston Martin, which has produced a typically sophisticated spirit. bowmore.
com // 4 THE DALMORE 30 YEAR OLD 2021 EDITION Aged in rare tawny port pipes from the renowned Porto winemaker Graham’s, just 1,318 bottles of this mellow
whisky will be released globally. thedalmore.com // 5 HIGHLAND PARK VIKING HEART Stored in a remarkable bottle created by Wade Ceramics, a firm based in the heart
of England’s pottery country, striking Norse images encase the aromatic peat flavour of a 15-year-old whisky from master distiller Gordon Motion. highlandparkwhisky.
com // 6 YAMAZAKI 55 For the first time, the famed Japanese distillery is releasing a limited edition of its blend of precious single malts, with donations from each bottle
sold going to The White Oak Initiative, a group committed to the long-term sustainability of America’s white oak forests. whisky.suntory.com // 7, 8 & 9 THE MACALLAN:
THE HARMONY COLLECTION RICH CACAO WHISKY/ A NIGHT ON EARTH IN SCOTLAND/ DOUBLE CASK 30 YEARS OLD The prolific Speyside distillery presents a trio of
new bottlings: The Harmony Collection brings together the worlds of Michelin-starred cuisine and high-class chocolate – chef Jordi Roca and master chocolatier Damian
Allsop team up with The Macallan whiskymaker Polly Logan to create an indulgent single malt; A Night on Earth in Scotland captures the joy of Hogmanay in limited-edition
packaging created by illustrator Erica Dorn; the latest in its Double Cask range has been matured for 30 years in sherry-seasoned American and European oak casks for a
sweeter, warmer taste and character. themacallan.com
A FIEND IN NEED
Quirky Scottish whiskymaker Compass Box
has released its magnificent Peat Monster
in gift-set form for Christmas. Alongside a
bottle of the smoky blend, packaged in a box
celebrating icons from Compass Box’s past,
come two glasses, which are laser-etched
with the emblematic monster character.
compassboxwhisky.com
MARKING TIME To celebrate master distiller Dennis Malcolm’s six
decades of service, The Glen Grant has released a limited-edition
60 Year Old single malt scotch, in a distinctive bottle and case, each
signed by the venerable craftsman. glengrant.com
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Bottled Charm
Finishing Touch
1
2
3
1 BOATYARD SLOE BOAT GIN With plentiful wild-harvested sloe berries, the Irish
distillery has produced a rich and intense spirit that can be drunk neat or in a variety
of cocktails. boatyarddistillery.com // 2 SALCOMBE SEAMIST LIQUID GARNISH The
finishing touch to an ideal Seamist gin and tonic is presented in a refined cut crystal
atomizer. salcombegin.com // 3 X MUSE VODKA Inspired by Greek mythology, the “tenth
muse” symbolises harmony and perfection and is created from two types of Scottish
barley and the purest of water. xmusevodka.com
Reaching Out
3
1
4
Italian Masterclass
Refined in barrels that have previously been used to make
the renowned red wine Amarone della Valpolicella, this
18-year-old brandy is the latest from Vecchia Romagna,
whose work stretches back to 1820. The smooth and
sophisticated taste of Riserva 18 is matched by the iconic
triangular bottle, which stands for the three principles
of the brand: mastery, perfection and craftsmanship.
vecchiaromagna.it
2
1 CABAL NO. 1513 This blend of rums from Caribbean locales is a fitting totem for
Cabal’s association with The Explorers Club – Great Britain and Ireland Chapter.
cabalrum.com // 2 PIRATE’S GROG REAPER Dubbed the hottest rum in the world, the
latest from the London-based boutique spirits firm is infused with three of the most
fiery chilli peppers on the planet. piratesgrogrum.com // 3 SUNCAMINO Infused with
hibiscus, honeybush and orange blossom, the world’s first floral rum combines premium
aged spirit and natural ingredients. suncaminorum.com // 4 H by HINE x THE ROYAL
COLLEGE OF ART A limited-edition cognac housed in a case designed by 2020 Hine
Royal College of Art Painting Prize-winner, Sasha Ferré. hinecognac.com
Port of Call
Collected after a summer of idyllic warm, sunny days
and cool nights, the harvest of 1994 was a bumper one
for the port producers of the Douro Valley. Leading firm
Symington Family Estates is recognizing this with a
release of three vintages from its major brands, Dow’s,
Graham’s and Warre’s, to mark 25 years since their
bottling. symington.com
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THE SMART GUIDE
AUTO LUXE
A Certain Sound
JBL SKEWS RETRO THIS YEAR with a pair of 1970s-inspired speakers that deliver
pitch-perfect audio via the California-based brand’s cutting-edge acoustic
technologies and look remarkably handsome while doing so. Outfitted in slick
walnut-wood veneer cabinets and Quadrex foam grilles, both models make a
striking impression on any room. The L52 Classic is a 13cm, wall-mountable twoway
loudspeaker with a high-frequency-level attenuator, while the L75ms Music
System tabletop speaker, a reimagining of an old-school hifi system, impresses
with wireless network audio capabilities and selectable sound-field expander and
bass contour controls. jblsynthesis.com
Rolls-Royce has buttressed
its Connoisseur’s Collection
of luxury collectibles with
a new cigar and whisky
chest. The Cellarette comes
complete with a svelte
leather-lined aluminium
bottle holder and obsidian
tray, as well as a Spanishcedarwood-lined
humidor
and S.T. Dupont cigar
cutter – all chicly cradled
in a polished aluminium
chassis that fits perfectly in
the rear of your Rolls.
rolls-roycemotorcars.com
HEALTHY OUTLOOK
Swiss wellness authority Clinique La Prairie has
applied its 90 years of lifestyle-science research
to its pioneering line of supplements, Holistic
Health. Four routines – Age-Defy, Balance,
Energy, and Purity – harness the power of potent
compounds to boost immunity and cellular
longevity, as well as to reduce symptoms of stress
and inflammation. cliniquelaprairie.com
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TIMELESS QUALITY
STORING A PRECIOUS TIMEPIECE can be done in an ever-more stylish manner
thanks to watch rolls from a duo of renowned British firms. Bennett Winch
(bennettwinch.com) has conceived such a product, above, made of Tuscan
leather panels cut from hand-selected hides, with a flexible Kevlar core and a
cushioned Alcantara suede lining, suitable for the latest timepiece on the market
or a cherished family heirloom. Fellow London leather-goods purveyor Ettinger’s
(ettinger.co.uk) Capra cases, below, are equally gentle cradles for your most
valuable possessions, each shrouded in supple goat leather and lined with
butter-soft pig suede. The Capra Large zip box, ideal for both home use and
on the go, boasts a protective cushion pad that holds anything from your pens
and glasses to cufflinks and wristwatches in place and comes in a range of five
colours, including bordeaux, forest green and marine blue.
EASTERN
EXCELLENCE
Tadao Ando, SANAA, Shigeru
Ban, Kengo Kuma and more
– the names behind Japan’s
architectural mastery, its unique
style and 55 exceptional
examples are profiled in Philip
Jodidio’s comprehensive,
heavyweight tome. taschen.com
LIVING IN
THE MOMENT
ALL IMAGES COURTESY THE COMPANIES
TAKE IT AS RED
Italian firm FAS Pendezza is raising the bars for table
football tables with its latest models ranging from the
lightweight Apollo 20 (above) to the sculptural Ciclope –
each one created as a true study in scarlet. faspendezza.it
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–
1849) brings together some
of the renowned printmaker’s
quintessential work of “ukiyo-e”
– woodblocks and paintings that
encapsulated life in 19th-century
Japan with the grand mountain
as a backdrop. taschen.com
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THE SMART GUIDE
Bedding Down
in Madrid
There have never been more luxe beds in the Spanish capital, thanks
to a handful of standout hotels // By Jeremy Wayne
SPANISH DREAM
A refined suite at the
Four Seasons Madrid
© FOUR SEASONS
In Madrid – newly vitalised
after a prolonged pandemic
lockdown – five new and
nearly-new hotels are
clamouring for attention.
All are situated in superb
locations and boast at
least one restaurant, a
fabulous bar and statement
swimming pool – which
is frankly a must after
sightseeing or shopping if you
visit the Spanish capital in
the warmer months.
MANDARIN ORIENTAL RITZ,
MADRID
The covers are finally off at
the Ritz – the smartest hotel
address in the city – after
its years-long renovation.
Now renamed as a Mandarin
Oriental, the hotel’s Palm
Court, with its jaw-dropping
glass ceiling, is looking
resplendent and the guest
rooms have been redone in
their original Belle Époque
style. There’s no spot in
the city more magical
than the Ritz garden:
its an absolute oasis.
mandarinoriental.com
FOUR SEASONS MADRID
Constructed from seven
historic buildings just steps
away from Puerta del Sol,
the heart of Madrid, the new
Four Seasons Madrid is,
perhaps surprisingly, a first
property for the luxury brand
in Spain. With an impressive
atrium – stained-glass skylight
ceiling, marble and gilt
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MADRID’S
TOP FIVE
G&Ts
Our quintet of hotels all
serve a particular take on
the classic gin and tonic:
columns – it’s a jazzy number,
although the generously sized,
beautifully appointed rooms are
relatively restrained. Service
is legendary Four Seasons:
diligent, informed, and friendly.
fourseasons.com
PALACIO DE LOS DUQUES
Just off the Gran Vía and a
stone’s throw from the Teatro
Real and the Royal Palace,
the ancestral home of the
Dukes of Granada de Ega
and Villahermosa is now the
flagship hotel for Gran Meliá
in Madrid. Giant replicas of
Velázquez’s works animate the
oversized rooms; the Coroa bar
(which leads to a large formal
garden) is busy all day; and the
Dos Cielos restaurant is a real
humdinger. melia.com
PESTANA PLAZA MAYOR
With a superb location on
Plaza Mayor, Madrid’s most
beautiful square, the Pestana
has it all, from a wonderfully
grand staircase and gorgeous
azulejo tiling to original antique
floors and exquisite stained
glass. The entire property
(part of which was formerly
a fire station) is swathed in
rich fabrics inspired by the
colours of Velázquez and
CULTURAL ESCAPE
A replica of Rokeby Venus
by Velázquez hangs in the
lobby of Gran Meliá, above;
the terrace at the Mandarin
Oriental Ritz, below
Goya, but Pestana is no old
master – it’s bang up to date
with a basement pool, the
latest in-room technology
and a sexy rooftop bar
where el todo Madrid meets.
pestanacollection.com
COOLROOMS ATOCHA
From its top hat and tailcoated
doormen and women, to its
sumptuous guest rooms, vibrant
murals, antique statuary and
gorgeous pool in an exotic
plant-filled garden, CoolRooms
is well…very cool. Located in a
sensitively converted, mid-19thcentury
palace, this Madrid
newbie exudes charm by the
bucketload, and the young staff
seems to know what you want
before you do. coolrooms.com
© GRAN MELIA
MANOLO YLLERA
Pictura Bar at Mandarin
Oriental Ritz, Madrid
Hendrick’s gin and Fever-Tree
tonic, with your choice of a
lemon or lime twist. Served
with a bowl of bergamotscented
almonds, tasting
weirdly of aftershave.
Four Seasons Madrid
A vast slug of Beefeater
mixed with Fever-Tree tonic,
served in a large wine goblet
with big ice cubes the size of
shoeboxes.
Palacio de los Duques
Sipsmith is the default gin at
the hotel’s Coroa bar, poured
with either Fever-Tree or
Royal Bliss tonic and served
in a chilled glass with a slice
of lime.
Pestana Plaza Mayor
The bartender at the rooftop
bar mixes Seagram’s Gin
with London Essence tonic,
as he pushes some salty
snacks, such as house-made
crisps and corn chips, in your
direction.
CoolRooms Atocha
In the cool bar, house
brand Gin Mare (distilled
in Barcelona) is mixed with
Schweppes tonic water and
served with a salted snack
and tapas, according to the
time of day.
MADRID-BARAJAS AIRPORT TO CITY CENTRE: 11 miles/18km
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NOTES FROM NETJETS
Latest events, onboard updates,
and companywide news and profiles
BEAUTY OF BASEL
NetJets once again
had a strong presence
at the international art
fair this September
PASCAL FEIG
ART ON VIEW
In a welcome return to hosting Owners Events this year, one of the highlights was at Art Basel in
September, as NetJets marked the 20th year of sponsoring the international art fair. As well as providing
Owners with VIP First Choice and Preview access to Art Basel ahead of the general fair opening, we
hosted Owners at the Les Trois Rois, taking over a floor in the hotel to provide respite from the show
in an area that was rebranded with artworks from the König Gallery. In addition, on the Monday of the
event, we hosted an intimate dinner at the Chef’s Table in Les Trois Rois with gallery owner Johann König
and accomplished Swiss multimedia artist Claudia Comte, who gave insights into her methods. Also in
September, we continued our longstanding presence at the Monaco Yacht Show, where, alongside the
usual stand, access was provided for our Owners throughout the week.
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JULIAN RENTZSCH
INSIDE TRACK
ALEXANDRA
SEQUEIRA DE
CARVALHO
Director of Human Resources
WHAT DOES A NORMAL DAY CONSIST OF?
Having a lot of meetings and talking to
lots of people – talking to understand the
company and how we can do better.
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE
YOU FACE IN YOUR ROLE?
NetJets Europe has currently more than 1,200
employees all over the continent. When people
think about Europe, they immediately think
of the number of languages, but there are
also different labour laws, different fi scal and
tax realities and different social security rules
to deal with. This has also been challenging
during the pandemic as we try to ensure the
safety of our employees according to their local
government guidelines.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT
YOUR ROLE ?
I really like to make sure that we make
a difference. I truly believe that with the
decisions we take that we are making a
difference, hopefully for the best of every
single employee at NetJets and to the
NetJets brand. There’s not a single day that
I don’t learn something new. It has been an
incredible journey so far.
NETJETS BY THE NUMBERS
GLOBAL
CYBERSECURITY
24/7/365
Cybersecurity monitoring and response
(Protecting Owner data with industry-standard
encryption and data-loss prevention)
810 ADVANCED
Industry-leading advanced cybersecurity rating
(The highest of any private aviation provider)
DAILY PHISHING TESTS
Consistent and persistent employee testing
(Every NetJets employee must recognise phishing
attempts)
6,500+ EMPLOYEES
Trained in cybersecurity best practices
(This includes all employees of NetJets Inc.,
including subsidiaries)
ZERO MISHAPS
Our goal, with safety as our first and highest
priority (We view data protection as a core
component of safety)
WHAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT
OF YOUR ROLE?
If there is a message I would really like
to make sure that everyone gets it is that
it is everyone’s role to take the company
forward. So it is not, “What they are
deciding, what are they prioritising?”. It’s
“How are we taking those decisions? What
are our priorities in order to achieve our
company goals?”.
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NOTES FROM NETJETS
Sustainable management is an integral part of the
NetJets business model, and when it comes to being
environmentally and socially responsible – in the air, on
the ground and within our teams – a series of programmes
and initiatives are leading the way
THE RIGHT
STUFF
SINCE LAUNCHING A voluntary
carbon offset programme in
2008, NetJets has been at
the forefront of sustainability
in private aviation – from
achieving and maintaining a
carbon neutral status in Europe
since 2012, to establishing or
partaking in various schemes
that bring forth a more
sustainable, better society.
A large-scale investment in
sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)
is one of the most significant
advances. NetJets is the first
private aviation company to
go as far as taking a stake in
the actual production of SAF,
making a sizable investment
in SAF developer WasteFuel.
NetJets also represents the
business aviation industry in
SESAR (Single European Sky
ATM Research Programme)
on initiatives such as
addressing climate change by
enabling efficient routes for
business aviation.
Another scheme is the
Blue Skies programme,
which allows Owners a more
environmentally friendly way
to fly by paying extra on their
flights in order to offset their
emissions. The extra amount
is based on the hourly fuel
consumption of the aircraft
and the money raised is used
to purchase carbon credits
by a third-party organisation,
ClimateCare, which are then
used to invest in carefully
selected projects around the
world. These include a project
in Kenya, which provides burn
stoves for households that cut
CO 2
emissions and indoor air
pollution, and a reforestation
project in Guanare, Uruguay.
Of course, the more Owners
contribute to the scheme the
further we can reduce our
environmental footprint.
Other efforts include a
reduction in the use of singleuse
items – or replacement
with environmentally friendly
alternatives – both on board and
in NetJets facilities. Yet perhaps
the most striking aspect is the
personal commitment that
NetJets team members are
making to the cause.
To support the efforts to
move toward sustainability
in all the areas of our
business, we have created
the NetJets Philanthropy and
Sustainability Committee.
Since launching, this has
made significant strides in
reducing NetJets’ carbon
footprint while supporting
local communities. The
committee includes around 90
volunteers from across NetJets
US and Europe dedicated to
United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals.
Netjets Vice President
Ireland Tiernan Butler has
embodied the volunteer ethos
within the company since he
joined the committee as a team
leader in the Quality Education
Team. “I was already in a
volunteering process; however,
this opportunity came to
collaborate and apply change
on a broader scale which
was very exciting. NetJets to
its credit follows through on
its objectives so I knew the
committee was going to
have integrity and a positive
impact,” he says of his decision
to get involved.
“I think what distinguishes
sustainability from
philanthropy is addressing
issues in a manner that
makes them self-sufficient,”
he continues. “I find that
very attractive as it involves
creativity and problem-solving
with the solace that things are
improving long after you’ve
gone. Disadvantaged teens
and young adults face greater
hurdles at such a vulnerable
time in their lives that they
can often ignore or close
doors of opportunity without
realising it. The Quality
Education Team can reach out
to those unclear of their future
or unsure of themselves but
can in turn become reference
points and role models for
others in their community.”
The target is to produce
a credible educational
programme that will inspire
the disadvantaged to seek
employment or further
education. In this and the other
areas the committee covers
there is much work to be done
but there can be no doubt
that NetJets will continue to
search for solutions for a more
sustainable future.
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REIMAGINED
DESIGN
SAME BREATHTAKING
OCEAN VIEWS
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NOTES FROM NETJETS
Our featured crewmember for this issue has a
remarkable story to tell, responding to difficult
times in his home country
JULIAN RENTZSCH
CREWMEMBERS IN PROFILE
THORSTEN WOLFSHOHL
Captain, Citation XLS
MY FIRST EXPOSURE TO FLYING WAS …
when my dad did his private pilot’s licence and
I was about two years old. It didn’t take long for
me to fi gure that I’d never want to do anything
else in life.
FOR ME, THE BEST PART OF FLYING IS … as
my wife proclaims it: freedom (and she knows
me quite well).
BEFORE JOINING THE NETJETS TEAM, I
WAS … at fi rst fl ying Tornados for the
German Air Force. Later, fl ying politicians
around for the government.
THE ONE DAY AT NETJETS I WON’T FORGET
IS … difficult to choose – there are too many to
select one. But surely the day in July when I was
asked: “What do you need?” (see facing page).
ONE THING OWNERS PROBABLY WOULDN’T
GUESS ABOUT ME IS … that I thoroughly
enjoyed every military medevac I fl ew into the
garden spots of this planet. (Though my wife
hated these days!)
ON MY DAYS OFF I … try to spend a day or two
at my fl ying club. It is a good thing my
girls like to fl y as well. This summer I had a
period when I did some customised job training
though – power-generating and pumping
technician, bulk garbage disposal expert,
structural engineer, minister and some more.
Usually, it was a 30-second apprenticeship
followed by on-the-job training.
WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR I WOULD LIKE TO …
be a linetrainer on the mighty Excel. And, just
maybe, rebuild our basement.
WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, I WOULD LIKE
TO … cherish seeing my daughters make their
own way in life.
MY HAPPIEST DAY AS A CREWMEMBER
WAS … when I took my family along on a “ferry
me”. They fi nally saw what I do for a living and
understood why I enjoy it so much.
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AFTER THE FLOOD
NetJets Captain Thorsten Wolfshohl recalls a
summer when his town was hit by disaster
I JUST HAPPENED TO live in the wrong place at the
wrong time – and now know for sure I cannot
walk on water.
Around the weekend of 10-11 July the
German weather services started to send
warnings that a significant amount of rain would
approach an area in the western part of the
country. More specifically, the mountainous
range of the Eifel region.
The procedures that were in place for such
a warning were seemingly not followed in time
or had not been initiated at all. A reservoir was
supposed to be pre-drained and rain-collecting
pools should have been emptied. When the
decisions were finally made the emergency
dump of the reservoir was malfunctioning and
the rain had already arrived.
Too little, too late – the damage was done...
The problem dates back to 1998, when a
minor gravel quarry was seeking permission to
extend its scavenging area. The extension was
granted, but the geographic peculiarities and
position of the nearby highway and river were
neglected. The concerns of a group of residents
from the village over the extension were dismissed.
The consequences were felt keenly in
Erftstadt-Blessem, a little village in the state
of North Rhine-Westphalia state, where I live
with my wife and two children. You may have
heard the name if you were watching the
evening news – it even made the front page of
The New York Times.
So my family and I had a somewhat more
“in-depth” acquaintance with the events. The
little stream – 500 metres from our house – is
usually a few metres wide and knee deep. It
now had swollen to a size wider than the Rhine,
flooding the entire village. The water rushing out
of the town towards the quarry broke through
what was certified as the “southern flood dam”,
crashing down a much-too steep slope.
Around 12 to 13 million cubic metres of water
drained into the quarry within hours – causing
what geologists call retrogressive erosion. This
WATER DAMAGE
The flood had a devastating effect
on the town, but, thankfully, Captain
Wolfshohl and his family, below,
were able to manage thanks to the
“best of humanity”
COURTESY THORSTEN WOLFSHOHL
made its way the short distance to town and took
with it three houses straight away, raising the
subsoil water level and destabilising the ground
on which the town was built.
The next few weeks were filled with the
fear of losing our home, shovelling mud,
cleaning what could be salvaged amid the
personal tragedies around us. But there were
also uncountable stories of solidarity, help and
generosity: strangers who gave us the keys to
their house for us to stay; people (including
colleagues) spending their holiday to help
out in the disaster areas; volunteers were all
around and people worked together after being
separated by COVID-19 for too long – in short, it
was the best of humanity.
When I called NetJets to report the events at
home I was asked: “What do you need?”
I am fully aware that those in the office and
out on the line worked the toughest summer
there could be, yet they still provided me with
what was needed the most – time.
The only thing left to say to the whole
NetJets team: thank you.
PICTURE ALLIANCE / ASSOCIATED PRESS
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PRIVATE ESCAPE
IN GREECE
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the Greek Island of Zakynthos is an award-winning hideaway of worldclass
villas, considered to be the most private beach resort in Europe at the
moment and offering unique experiences for families and couples alike.
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the Small Luxury Hotels of the World, this private beachfront paradise, located
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HOW TO REACH
Escape to Porto Zante Villas & Spa in under
two hours from most major European cities
either by private jet or via one of the direct
non-stop flights to the island during the
summer.
WORLD-CLASS VILLAS
Imagine your own beachfront estate,
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and set on a picture-perfect turquoise sea.
Nine stunning world-class villas are built
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beach and boast private heated pools and
stunning views of the Ionian Sea, creating an
escape in the truest sense of the word. Inside
these super-luxe havens, selected Armani/
Casa and Kettal/Gervasoni furniture add
to the laidback glamorous aesthetic; the
divine marble bathrooms are equipped with
Bulgari guest amenities, while cutting-edge
technology is represented by Bang & Olufsen
entertainment systems and iMac desktops.
BESPOKE EXPERIENCES
In case you wish to emerge from your private cocoon
and the 24-hour in-villa dining service – ideally
complementing the Club House Greek & Mediterranean
Restaurant and the Maya Contemporary Asian
Restaurant – an array of luxury experiences and fun
activities awaits. Delicious dining in one of the resort’s
open-air restaurants, private training in the resorts’ Gym
by Technogym, yoga sessions on the tip of the water, both
motorised and non-motorised water sports for all ages,
private yacht excursions, to the famed Navagio beach,
Marathonisi, or local landscapes like Ancient Olympia,
birthplace of Olympic Games, sample fine wines at
the local vineyard, or – naturally – a signature zen spa
treatment. Awarded Greece’s Leading Hotel Spa, the
Waterfront Spa is situated in front of the cobalt waters of
the Ionian Sea and excels in over 20 therapies inspired
by Greek nature. And while parents unwind under the
care of experienced therapists, the staff at the Kids’ Club
oversees children’s entertainment and organises fun
activities. It is all dedicated to fun!

OWNER’S PROFILE
PERPETUAL
MOTION
Co-founder of Netflix Marc Randolph may have reached the
pinnacle of entrepreneurship, but he remains very much
grounded in the moment // By Josh Sims
MARC RANDOLPH RECENTLY WENT over his
handlebars. “I’m limping right now. But
listen, at my age, if I’m still doing that
kind of thing I’m not complaining,” he
laughs. Indeed, Randolph, 63, is a great
outdoorsman, often found up alpine passes,
along wild rivers – and occasionally falling
off mountain bikes. It’s a bug he caught
as a teenager with the National Outdoor
Leadership School, an organisation whose
board of trustees he now chairs.
“I think you’re incredibly lucky if at some
point in your life you work out what really
makes you happy, and I’ve always loved
what you might call ‘Type 2’ fun – the kind
that you think of as fun retrospectively,
when at the time you’re cold, hungry, and
miserable,” he says. “But [all that] was
teaching me leadership skills from the
age of 14, when I got to lead a group and
had the chance to make decisions with
real consequences. Almost everything I
learned [of use in] business I learned with a
backpack on.”
While the serial entrepreneur has many
successes to his name – most recently
mentoring the rise of Looker Data Sciences,
which was sold to Google for $2.6bn –
he’s best known as the co-founder, with
Reed Hastings in 1997, of Netflix. That’s
the subscription DVD provider turned
movie streamer and, finally, film and series
production powerhouse.
“The great irony of my [working] life is
that Netflix puts so many people in front
of a screen,” he chuckles, “though I was
pleased to receive so many messages
saying what a lifesaver it had been over
the last 18 months [of the COVID-19
pandemic]. I wasn’t even a film buff
when we created Netflix, not at all. Both
of us had little kids so it was more about
watching The Lion King over and over. [For
us] it was all about looking for a start-up
idea, not to build on something we were
already passionate about.”
Out then went his idea for
personalised shampoo, and for custommade
dog food – both businesses
that others have since brought into
being. Randolph pitched all manner of
things to Hastings, who had acquired
a software start-up from him before a
takeover looked likely to make them both
unemployed. But it was Netflix that stuck
and not least because Randolph’s wife,
Lorraine, really wasn’t impressed.
“The joke is that she’s like my negative
indicator for ideas that could work,”
Randolph laughs. “But then every idea
is really a bad idea to start with. That’s
the nature of doing things that haven’t
been done before. Almost inevitably a
new idea won’t work [as you imagine].
So if someone says it won’t, well, they’re
probably right. The entrepreneurial process
is all about trying it anyway, learning what
didn’t work, and using that to inform the
next thing you try.”
It’s just such a lesson that Randolph has
tried to impart to the entrepreneurs behind
many start-ups over the almost 20 years
since he left Netflix – having concluded his
skills lay in launching businesses rather
than scaling them and culminating in the
aptly titled book That Will Never Work
the story of how Netflix got going. More
unusually, it’s also led to a podcast series
of the same name. Each episode sees
Randolph – who has a great voice for audio
– riffing off the cuff on possible next steps
for all manner of business ventures.
One notion he’s keen to dispel for any
fledgling entrepreneur is that you need a
great idea before you get started. Sure,
Randolph says, the idea of the eureka
moment – oft-repeated stories of how “you
can’t get a cab on New Year’s Eve and so,
boom! There’s Uber, or that you’re tired of
paying late return fees on rental VHS tapes
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MOVING ON
Marc Randolph has embraced
many different projects since
leaving Netflix in 2002
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and so, boom! There’s Netflix” – makes for
a great story. And, since his great-uncle was
Edward Bernays, widely considered to be the
father of public relations (making Randolph a
distant relative of Sigmund Freud, too) perhaps
that’s not surprising. “Edward didn’t exactly ever
sit me on his knee and tell me it was all about
the art of persuasion, but I do wonder if it was
total chance that I had a career in marketing,”
Randolph muses.
But, he stresses, the problem with the lore of
epiphanies is that it places too much emphasis on
the idea and not enough on the action. “The skill
really is not in coming up with ideas. Ideas count
for shit. It’s about how quickly and cheaply you
can test them, which is so much easier to do now,”
he says. The lore too belies “the many dead-ends
and experiments required [of a start-up], the very
messy full story that nobody wants”. And it creates
a mythology that dissuades many people from
getting going at all.
THAT’S BAD ENOUGH, without the many other
reasons people find not to break ground. “And
I’ve heard every possible reason why people
don’t do something with the idea that they
have – that they need to do more research, or
quit their job, or raise money, none of which are
genuine to me,” says Randolph.
“The reason people don’t start is that they
can’t accept the risk. They want to look around
the next corner, without actually getting to the
corner first,” he adds. “You can’t learn a language
from a book, either. At some point you have to go
out and speak it, be a 40-year-old feeling like a
four-year-old making an ass of yourself.”
Netflix, Randolph notes, started by testing
whether a DVD could be posted locally without
damage. It could be, but then they realised
that posting between US states typically meant
much rougher handling. So they pressed on and
adapted. There was the necessarily mad rush to
decide on a name – TakeOne and NowShowing
were rejected – and Netflix was opted for despite
deep misgivings that it sounded slightly dodgy.
“If you remember the ’70s you know that
pornographic films were ‘skin flix’, with an X,
and anything with an X seemed a scary choice
to us then,” says Randolph, “and it still sounds
vaguely porny.”
And then, after over 1,000 invitations to
invest were declined, there was the small
matter that, two years in, the business was
hemorrhaging money, such that at one point
they approached the then daddy of VHS rental,
Blockbuster, to see if it would buy their idea of
renting videos by mail. Blockbuster, echoing
Decca’s fateful decision to turn down The
Beatles, said no. Surely Randolph must look
back on this, given Netflix’s now $20bn-plus
annual revenues, with a touch of glee?
“Actually, I think of that now more as having
dodged a bullet,” he explains. “At the time we
were very invested in a deal as being a way out of
desperate straits, with zero hope of venture money.
When Blockbuster essentially laughed at our
$50m price tag there was just terror: they weren’t
just not going to save us, they were going to
compete with us. It was a sombre ride home. But I
still don’t get any joy from seeing another business
go down because of our efforts.”
Indeed, the moment arguably prompted a
refocusing on the element that really made Netflix
work, turning it into a subscription service – and
since Randolph started out in direct marketing
and mail ordering and later founded the US
version of MacUser magazine, he still can’t quite
believe this didn’t occur to him much earlier.
Subscription services, powered by the internet,
have, of course, since become a benchmark
model for countless businesses.
Perhaps the greatest lesson Randolph might
impart though – refreshingly, since it also speaks
“The thrill has to be in trying to solve
these complex puzzles day to day”
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to non-entrepreneurial people – is that building
businesses may be lauded in contemporary
culture, but nonetheless isn’t the be all and end all.
Yes, it’s better to have more money than less
money, Randolph concedes. But the notion that
success in business means “something special
will happen in your life is wrong, because you
get to the summit, and all you find out is that
it’s a false summit and that there’s another one
ahead of you,” he says, employing a suitably
outdoorsy metaphor. “Netflix’s first aspiration
was to be the size of one Blockbuster store,
and then, before you know it, it was to be
Blockbuster – it never stops. The thrill has to
be in trying to solve these complex puzzles [of
business] day to day.”
That’s what drove Randolph to launch
all manner of proto-businesses as a kid,
encouraged by his easy-going and openminded
parents, his father a nuclear engineer
turned banker, his mother running her own real
estate business. “If the precursor to being a
serial killer is torturing small animals, then for
entrepreneurs it’s starting lots of clubs,”
he quips.
But, while perhaps it’s a cliche, it’s
nonetheless true that he counts his greatest
achievement as having built businesses while
maintaining his marriage of three decades – too
many entrepreneurs have as many ex-wives as
they do start-ups under their belts, he’s noted–
“while bringing up kids who, as far as I know,
like me”.
“Having a balanced life is just the hardest thing.
Start-ups are 24-hours-a-day things and I think it’s
terrible to see entrepreneurs sacrificing their private
life to them. That understanding came late to me: it
wasn’t until I was 30 that I realised I was on a bad
track and working too hard,” says Randolph, who
consequently instigated an inviolable, weekly date
night with his wife.
HE RECALLS a period during the early days of Netflix
when he was flying four days a week, feverishly
running for planes all the time. He may not believe
in epiphanies when it comes to business ideas
but he certainly had one when it came to how he
wanted to live.
“About half the time the plane had already
gone [by the time I got to the gate], about 49% of
the time it was still just sitting there and I got on
board all panting and sweaty, and I think in only
one percent of cases did getting the plane, or not
getting it, actually matter,” Randolph explains. “I
vowed then that I wouldn’t run for a plane again.
“That’s a metaphor for what goes on in
business too – that misleading idea that you have
to make every decision, that you have to oversee
everything,” he adds. “[People who do that are]
running for planes, when 99% of the time it just
doesn’t make any difference.”
There’s a pause, and a smile, maybe in
recognition that, all the same, he made it –
and made it big. “Now, of course,” he says, “I
literally don’t have to run for planes for a whole
other reason.”
MARC OF ALL TRADES
Randolph has expounded on his
ideas on entrepreneurship via a
book and a weekly podcast, which
can be found at MarcRandolph.com
and all good podcast hosts
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NEIL SHARP; FACING PAGE: ARTHUR BERTRAND / LES 3 VALLEES
ALPINE
AGENDA
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On the slopes at Val Thorens;
facing page: ZEMS Lodge
in Morzine
Whether it’s decadent lodges, private chalets, standout
restaurants or the latest toys for the piste, there’s something for
everyone in Europe’s high-altitude wonderland // by Felice Hardy

SKI CENTRAL
Skiing is back with a vengeance, with green shoots popping up all
over the Alps, ranging from new lifts and pistes to hotels, chalets
and lodges. Resorts and accommodation owners are ever-more
aware of sustainability, with the aim of protecting the Alps for
people who love being in nature. Protection is paramount for
health as well – an increasing number of resorts have announced
that their staff must be double-vaccinated in order to work there.
Italy has also added that resort employees must wear surgicalquality
masks and, although chairlifts and drag lifts can run
normally, enclosed gondolas and cable cars will run at 80%
capacity to avoid overcrowding.
BUSY-BEE BUILDERS
Nothing has managed to slow down the frenetic building work
that’s taken grip in the Alps, starting with Verbier, where the
37-year-old Médran 1 gondola – a notorious bottleneck – has
been replaced by a Doppelmayr lift with 10-seater cabins that
will almost double the hourly uphill capacity. Head across the
border to Austria, and the Tyrol region now claims to have the
longest ski circuit in the world – created by a new connection
between the SkiWelt and neighbouring KitSki area – so you
can now slip and slide all the way from the village of Going to
Hollersbach and back, energy and daylight hours permitting.
France has a cornucopia of new additions for this season too,
with Saint-Gervais investing €1.5 million in a new beginners’
area in the Mont d’Arbois sector. MoonBikes and e-biking on
snow are two fresh-air activities available through Oxygene
(oxygene.ski) in La Plagne and Val d’Isère while Le Grand-
Bornand is launching the Noct’e-bike for night-time rides on
the empty slopes. Faster still is the new zipline in Les Arcs that
follows the route of the Flying Kilometre track and you’ll reach
speeds of 130kph (one free ride on your Premium lift pass). A
five-stage gondola/cable-car now links Val Thorens with Orelle,
the “fourth valley” of the Three Valleys in the Maurienne area.
This opens the option of staying in smaller, quieter Orelle to
access this vast ski area. In Les Menuires, down the valley
from Val Thorens, there’s a new state-of-the art 10-seater
cable car in the less-skied La Masse area. La Clusaz unveils
its new Reblochon run – the clue’s in the name as you whizz
down the new 2.5km-long slope and make a stop to learn
about…you’ve guessed it…cheese. Finally, when work has
to slot in somewhere, digital nomads can base themselves in
Courmayeur, which is offering accommodation-office packages
and alpine workspaces complete with fast Wi-Fi.
STAY FAST OR SLOW, HIGH OR LOW
Speed along to Hôtel Barrière Les Neiges (hotelsbarriere.com) in
Courchevel, which has formed a partnership with Aston Martin;
guests will be driven around in a DBX, its latest SUV. Hotel Marielle
(hotelmarielle.com) is a sporty new addition for Val Thorens
– its name is a nod to local Olympic ski champion, Marielle
Goitschel. Take your foot off the accelerator at Zillergrund Rock
(zillergrundrock.tirol), the luxury mountain retreat in the Mayrhofen
area that blends into the rocks that surround it. Oozing in
greenness, the electricity comes from the hotel’s hydropower plant,
there’s wood pellet heating and the building was created from local
materials. Its star turns include a 3,000sq m spa and a Sky Pool.
There is a heated open-air pool at the new wellness oasis in Alpin
ART & SPA Hotel Naudererhof (naudererhof.at), on the border
where Austria, Italy and Switzerland meet; this winter, you’ll be able
to relax across four floors, with a stone pine sauna, a mountain hay
bio sauna, an aromatic stone steam bath, and an indoor biotope
with a wellness garden and relaxation room.
Onwards from the Tyrol to Salzburgerland, where the young,
hip Selina Bad Gastein (selina.com) is located in a late 19thcentury
building near the landmark Bad Gastein waterfall. The
hotel’s 90 rooms range from luxury suites to shared bedrooms
– with an interior designed by local architects and artists. Where
better to nest than The Storks (the-storks.com), an art and
boutique hotel with 31 rooms in one of the oldest buildings
along the road in Bad Hofgastein. Inside, traditional meets
contemporary, with artwork sprinkled throughout the building. A
new boutique hotel, The Place (flachau.com), comes to Flachau’s
village square with rooms and studios for up to four people;
there’s a restaurant, bar and a lounge, as well as a chill-out area
with sauna, tea bar and roof terrace. The Kempinski Palace
(kempinski.com) in Engelberg, the resort beloved of Bollywood,
has traded as the Grand Hotel Winterhaus since 1904, but is
now remodelled for a new era by Jestico + Whiles. Cosmiques
(cosmiqueschamonix.com) is a fun new hotel, restaurant and
underground bar in Chamonix; the hotel itself has 17 bedrooms
and an all-day restaurant featuring creative Alpine-Asian cuisine.
Five years after opening in Chamonix, there’s a new Rocky
Pop (rockypop.com) in Flaine with a whacky interior, three
restaurants, spa and pool, and indoor basketball.
HOME FROM HOME IN THE MOUNTAINS
If you’ve heard rumours about a dearth of chalets, be cheered
by Ski France (skifrance.co.uk) that has bucked the trend and
MOUNTAIN HEIGHTS
Top row: the slopes of Courchevel; Julien Gatillon and
Sonia Torland of Nous, Megève; Hygna Chalets, Alpbach;
middle row: Kempinski Palace Engelberg; Le 22, Verbier;
Val Thorens resort; bottom row: Alpen Hotel, Kitzbühel;
Arla Luxury Home, Lech; the road to Aperigloo, Megève
ROWS FROM TOP AND LEFT: DAVID ANDRE, PASCAL ETIENNE LATTES, © 3D MANUFAKTUR ERLER & CEOLAN, © KEMPINSKI, CHRISTOPHE VOISIN, ARTHUR BERTRAND / LES 3 VALLEES, CHRISTIAN WOECKINGER, PATRICK SCHWIENBACHER, © MEGEVE COMMUNE
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expanded its programme with its Contactless Catered Chalets.
You arrive to find fresh fruit and veg, fresh meat or fish, dairy,
beers and wines, all bought for you in advance. Beds are made,
bathrobes and slippers are in the bathrooms, logs in the fireplace.
Cooking instructions are provided and while you’re out skiing,
staff you’ll never see will clean the chalet midweek. Bacchus is
a brand new chalet in Courchevel Moriond from uber-luxe chalet
specialist Consensio (consensiochalets.co.uk), focusing on light
and views to bring the outside in – add to this a 10m pool, large
spa, cinema and a heated courtyard.
Ultra-convenient for Geneva is ZEMS Lodge from the Boutique
Chalet Company (theboutiquechalet.com) in Morzine, which
marries luxury with innovation in a five-storey building tucked
into the mountainside. Inside is all understated elegance with
nickel baths, soaring wood-beamed roofs, vibrant fabrics – all of
which was created by locally renowned designers, Shep & Kyles
– there’s even an acoustic guitar and percussion instruments for
guests’ use. Also in Morzine, the Old Macaroni (hunterchalets.
com) was restored from its farmhouse origins with a superluxurious
cinema, massive outdoor deck, hot tub and a glassfronted
barrel sauna with views. Influenced by the owner’s
favourite novels, each bedroom features elements of the book it is
named after, including a Harry Potter room for children.
Every bit as magical is DAS SeeMOUNT (seemount.at) in
Paznaun near Ischgl in Austria, designed as “a chilled, cosy oasis
amid nature”. Its 60 rooms are decorated in warm wood and soft
fabrics, with large windows; there’s also a spa and an infinity
pool with a valley vista. For those in search of the hygge lifestyle,
Hygna Chalets (hygna.at) are 11 secluded homes in the Alpbach
valley, each with its own sauna, fireplace and a therapeutic
vibration bed. Four of the chalets have private whirlpools and the
swimming pool has mountain views.
Sölden was a location for Spectre and The Secret (the-secretsoelden.com)
has all of the style of a Bond movie with loads
of bling and sparkle, the living room acting as the social hub,
drinks and snacks on tap, and dinner served in THE VUE sky bar
complete with glass ceiling for star spotting. Arla Luxury Home
(arlalech.com) in Lech is where chalet architecture meets alpinemodern
craftsmanship; it sleeps 12 in three individually furnished
apartments with a large living and dining area and open fireplace.
Add to this two spa areas, a multifunctional yoga room, a party
room, private cinema, darts and pinball machine.
From the same team as the Vache mountain eatery in Verbier,
which is brainchild of après impresario Rob Sawyer, along with
a coterie of celebrities, is a 28-bed hotel – also called La Vache
(lavacheandermatt.net) – in Andermatt. This one has the Pot
Luck restaurant from South African chef Luke Dale Roberts, an
après-ski terrace and a cocktail lounge. In France, Bear Lodge
(vip-chalets.com) is a luxury complex on the Baptiste Giabiconi
blue piste in Arc 1950. It has 30 bedrooms named for fictional
bears such as Yogi and Baloo, a gym and cinema room.
SLOPESIDE
A new lakeside lodge opens at the Alpenhotel (alpenhotelkitzbuehel.at)
in medieval Kitzbühel, complete with restaurant
and elegant accommodation. Also in the Tyrol, there’s oodles of
wood, fur and stone at Golden Marmot (chalet-stanton.com),
which opens on the slopes at St Anton, housing three spacious
apartments. In France, Antarès (antares-meribel.com) sits beside
the Rhodos piste in Méribel. Its living spaces have been designed
for mega-comfort with an 800sq m spa, 25m pool, a lounge bar
and business centre. In the next valley, Lodji Hotel (lodji.fr) is
at the foot of the chairlift in St-Martin-de-Belleville, and Chalet
le Nid (agence-des-belleville.com) is a tiny jewel set at the foot
of the slopes in a hamlet five minutes from the same resort.
Much bigger is La Plagne’s first five-star residence on the slopes:
White Pearl Lodge & Spa (cgh-residences.co.uk) in Plagne
Soleil has eight wood-and-stone chalets and 91 high-end duplex
apartments, and is ski-in ski-out with a heated indoor/outdoor
pool – the only one in the resort.
SECRET SKI FOOD
Le Caribou (valthorens.com) is a new slope-side restaurant in
Val Thorens with “Kota” Finnish chalets decorating its terrace
to make it appear like a cute little village. Aperigloo (megeve.
com) in super-chic Megève is a secret après-ski venue reached
on snowshoes. More private still is Verbier’s first speakeasy
dining experience, Le 22 (crock.ch), hidden behind a secret
door: you book a table for a semi-gastro meal prepared by
chef Adam Bateman (he was former chef to Richard Branson
and Raymond Blanc); the ambience is relaxed with 22 seats
and the place is run like a chef’s table using local products
and ingredients either foraged from the local countryside
or the kitchen garden. Topping the private theme, Nous
(juliengatillon.fr) features Julien Gatillon, former two-Michelin
starred chef of Le 1920 at the Four Seasons in Megève, and
his partner Sonia Torland, who are hiring out their restauranthome
in the resort for two to 12 people. It’s a totally unique
culinary experience with classic cuisine brought up to date and
based on the best produce of the moment.
SION AIRPORT TO VERBIER: 34miles/54km; INNSBRUCK AIRPORT TO TYROL (SKIWELT): 48miles/78km; GENEVA AIRPORT TO SAINT-GERVAIS: 48miles/77km; CHAMBÉRY
AIRPORT TO LA PLAGNE: 73miles/118km; CHAMBÉRY AIRPORT TO VAL D’ISÈRE: 71miles/114km; GENEVA AIRPORT TO LE GRAND-BORNAND: 35miles/57km; CHAMBÉRY AIRPORT
TO LES ARCS: 86miles/138km; CHAMBÉRY AIRPORT TO VAL THORENS: 75miles/121km; CHAMBÉRY AIRPORT TO ORELLE: 63miles/101km; CHAMBÉRY AIRPORT TO LES MENUIRES:
70miles/112km; ANNECY AIRPORT TO LA CLUSAZ: 21miles/33km; ANNECY AIRPORT TO COURMAYEUR: 73miles/117km; SALZBURG AIRPORT TO BAD GASTEIN: 47miles/76km;
SALZBURG AIRPORT TO BAD HOFGASTEIN: 43miles/70km; SALZBURG AIRPORT TO FLACHAU: 36miles/58km; LUCERNE-BEROMUNSTER AIRPORT TO ENGELBERG: 36miles/58km;
GENEVA AIRPORT TO CHAMONIX: 62miles/99km; GENEVA AIRPORT TO FLAINE: 55miles/89km; CHAMBÉRY AIRPORT TO COURCHEVEL: 63miles/101km; GENEVA AIRPORT TO
MORZINE: 48miles/78km; INNSBRUCK AIRPORT TO PAZNAUN: 62miles/100km; INNSBRUCK AIRPORT TO ALPBACH: 35miles/57km; INNSBRUCK AIRPORT TO LECH: 72miles/116km;
INNSBRUCK AIRPORT TO SÖLDEN: 53miles/85km; ZURICH AIRPORT TO ANDERMATT: 78miles/125km; SALZBURG AIRPORT TO KITZBÜHEL: 45miles/73km; CHAMBÉRY AIRPORT TO
MÉRIBEL: 63miles/102km; CHAMBÉRY AIRPORT TO MEGÈVE: 58miles/93km; CHAMBÉRY AIRPORT TO SAINT-MARTIN-DE-BELLEVILLE: 65miles/104km
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WHITE WONDERLAND
View from the penthouse
balcony of the Barrière Les
Neiges, Courchevel
MARC BERENGUER
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TEEING OFF
OLD
MEETS
NEW
IN THE LOIRE
The new golf course at Les Bordes is one of France’s
most anticipated openings – and it’s just the beginning of
development on the storied estate // By Farhad Heydari
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GREEN HEAVEN
The 7th hole on the New
Course at Les Bordes
WHEN IT COMES to naming Continental
Europe’s golfing lotuslands – those instantly
recognisable courses steeped in legend and
lore – most 36-a-day types can only manage
but a handful. They’ll name resort courses
(they’ve either played or have seen played)
in Spain and Portugal, while giving France
a pass altogether. What they won’t know,
however, is that four of the top ten courses in
the continent’s top 100 are of a Gallic variety.
Among these standouts is the Old Course
at Les Bordes: A gated 527ha hunting estate
in the Loire Valley where, under diktat from
the erstwhile owner, Baron Marcel Bich
(of Bic Biro fame), Texas-based architect
Robert von Hagge created his chef-d’oeuvre
in 1986, by turning a tract on this secluded
and wooded domain just 90 minutes from
Paris in what is colloquially known as the
Garden of France, into a championship opus
that is roundly considered in the highest
echelons of the global golfing firmament – on
par, in some eyes, with Augusta National.
With its watery panorama of lakes, ponds
and streams, which come into play on no
fewer than a dozen holes, all framed by
ancient oak forest, this 7,044-yard Bonsaiperfect
track would be enough of a draw for
most. However, the current owners of this
vast estate decided that the original 18-hole
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TEEING OFF
course needed a sibling, and so they drafted in
globally acclaimed American architect Gil Hanse,
who has fashioned a stunner of a New Course,
which has just debuted as his first on the continent
and has already entered Golf.com’s Top 100.
Whereas von Hagge’s work is a memorable
manicured mélange of photographable peninsula
and island greens delimited with railroad
sleepers and framed by shallow basin bunkers
that put the emphasis on target golf, the New
Course is a fast and firm transplanted tableau
that recalls the heathland tracks of southern
England or, in Hanse’s own words, the likes of
Pine Valley, very near to his East Coast home.
BUILT ON A SANDY foundation with large waste
areas, the 7,285-yard walking-only inland links
layout has subtle elevational changes with raised
undulating greens with false backs which are large
and sometimes unreceptive to approach shots, and
menacing clusters and rows of cross-bunkering that
are disconcertingly deceptive and visually arresting
– all of it framed by vegetation such as broom,
heather and gorse that was grown and harvested
in the UK. There are plenty of risk-reward options
and, with the exception of one hole, the 18th, not a
drop of water to challenge. Yet because the course
has been designed to be played predominantly on
the ground in true links fashion, there are endless
swales, humps and bumps, and rollercoaster green
complexes framed by fescue and deep cavernous
A SPORTING HAVEN
From the hunting lodge-cumclubhouse,
top, to the par-3s of Wild
Piglet, above, and the challenges
presented by the Old and New
Courses, Les Bordes is handsomely
situated among its spectacular
wilderness surrounds
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unkers that provide ample defense on approaches.
For something more sedate, Hanse has
also designed a 10-hole short course called
the Wild Piglet. Ranging in distance from 57 to
148 yards, this collection of par-3 holes is just
as well-presented as the other 36 on site that
it is no wonder Golf.com immediately placed
it in its top-25 par-3 courses in the world.
And while golf is clearly the hero element here
(did we mention there are two absolutely enormous
putting greens and a world-class driving range?),
it is complemented by a myriad of other sporting
opportunities amid the natural splendour of the
ancient Sologne forest, a Unesco World Heritage
site. There are lakes for fishing; an equestrian
centre for riding; a petite white sand beach ringing
a lake for swimming; as well as archery and tennis.
THE ENTIRE ESTATE is anchored by a handsome
clubhouse, renovated and redesigned by Londonbased
architect Michaelis Boyd. It features a
bar and lounge, a restaurant serving up regional
specialties and superb wines (as one would
expect), and a private lounge and games room,
including a golf simulator, not to mention two
atmospheric wood-burning hearths. The same
designers also imbued the collection of rustic
cottages, with their antiqued tiled bathrooms
and double-height exposed timber A-frames
overlooking the 18th green of the Old Course,
with enough élan to make them time-appropriate.
These additions and tweaks, however, are just
the starting point for the ambitious next phase the
owners have in store for the property. This includes
plans to sensitively add a variety of residential
homes to parcels set away from the courses in
order to maintain their original grandeur and to
transform an on-site 19th-century château into a
hostelry operated by Six Senses Hotels Resorts
Spas, part of a new village square with restaurants,
shops, a farmer’s market and outdoor amphitheater
centred on the estate’s 13th-century priory. When
they are unveiled in 2024, you can be sure Les
Bordes will become instantly synonymous with
greatness. After all, it already is. lesbordes.com
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LIVING WELL
CHILL
FACTOR
The secret to finding that extra performance edge
may be as simple as a cold shower // By Jen Murphy
DATING BACK TO ROMAN TIMES, communal baths were the healthgiving
jewels of the Alpine region and spa towns like Baden-
Baden in Germany, among countless others across Europe,
centred on their mineral-rich waters. Today, many of them are
still flourishing – but if you can’t get to them or don’t have time
to indulge in an hour-long hydrotherapy circuit, even a cold
shower can help with everything from mental clarity to muscle
inflammation. Roughly 60% of the human body is water, so it
shouldn’t come as a surprise that water therapy can help bring
the body back into equilibrium when it becomes unbalanced.
Flying notoriously throws off our internal rhythms. The
foggy-headed fatigue of jet lag can be minimised by taking
a cold shower in the morning at your new location. Even a
minute-long, chilly douse can help your body adjust to the time
change by activating your central nervous system and resetting
your internal clock. The cold stimulus will also help invigorate
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the body and brain and improve the clarity of your thinking.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who is known to take only cold showers,
has proclaimed they’re more energising than a morning cup
of coffee, and life coach Tony Robbins wakes up by diving into
a 14-degree Celsius pool of water. Tennis great and NetJets
Ambassador Rafael Nadal considers a cold shower his go-to
reset button. He takes a teeth-chattering rinse before every
match to help him find what sports psychologists refer to as his
flow, or state-of-alert concentration where his body moves by
instinct. An ever-growing body of science backs up their claims.
Hydrotherapy dates back to the 1820s, when Vincenz Priessnitz,
a farmer in Austrian Silesia, started touting the healing powers
of cold-water compresses, baths and showers. In the mid-19th
century, Irishman Dr Richard Barter took Priessnitz’s observations
and applied them to treatments offered at his “hydro” or water
hospital. Barter’s Roman-Irish baths consisted of a set of rooms of
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LIVING WELL
WHEN YOU COMPLIMENT THE
HEAT ELEMENT WITH A COLD
SHOWER OR JUMP IN THE OCEAN
OR A LAKE, THAT’S WHEN YOU WILL
FEEL LIKE A MILLION BUCKS.”
varying heats and a series of cold pools. Moving the body between
contrasting temperatures promoted perspiration and detoxification.
Today, contrast bathing has become a pre- and post-ritual at the
world’s top spas, inducing a sense of calm, reflection, relaxation and
repose, all the while getting one invigorated, enlivened and energetic.
In an era addicted to comfort, the cold component of immersion
circuits can often get overlooked. On a blustery winter day, a toasty
sauna or steamy hot tub sound way more enticing than an ice bath.
But that dunk in the cold is key to maximising health benefits.
“The sauna bathing practice is largely misunderstood in
the US,” says Eero Kilpi, the NYC-based president of the
North American Sauna Society. “It is a process, and the cold
element is essential to the process. When you complement
the heat element with a cold shower or jump in the ocean
or a lake, that’s when you will feel like a million bucks.”
CONTRAST THERAPY
Generally speaking, heat is used to soothe and quiet the body,
and slow down the activity of our internal organs. Cold is used
to stimulate us, increasing internal activity within the body.
A growing body of evidence shows that cold exposure revs our
metabolism, reduces inflammation and can help with muscle
recovery after a strenuous workout. Basketball star LeBron
James considers post-game contrast baths his secret recovery
weapon. Five minutes in a hot shower followed by five minutes
in an ice bath, cycle through three times, and he’s brand new.
The heat causes blood vessels to dilate and blood
circulation to increase. The cold triggers the blood vessels in
our skin to get narrower, reducing blood flow to the surface
of our skin to minimise heat loss. Research suggests that
alternating between hot and cold water can strengthen
the body’s vasculature (veins and arteries) and improve
our cardiovascular and lymphatic systems. Additionally, it
can help filter out toxins in the body because it stimulates
constriction and subsequent relaxation of the blood vessels.
This can help to optimise blood flow to the tissues, which
may even help to regulate blood pressure. Healthy blood
circulation also improves recovery time from intense exercises.
When Scandinavians refer to sauna bathing, they don’t
just mean a sweat session. Taking a sauna involves alternating
between hot and cold. It begins by sweating in a sauna heated
upwards of 93 degrees Celsius and is followed by an intensive
cooling-down process with ice, cold water, snow or even fresh
air. The positive benefits come from the body’s cooling process.
BENEFITS OF BRRRR
Some studies have suggested that as the body adapts to
the cold element over time, it can help the body to increase
tolerance and adapt to stress. And researchers at Virginia
Commonwealth University School of Medicine found that
short, cold showers may stimulate the brain’s primary source of
norepinephrine, which is thought to help mitigate depression.
Dutchman Wim Hof, nicknamed the Iceman for his frozen
exploits, such as running up Mount Everest wearing only shorts,
is perhaps the biggest champion of cold exposure as mood
booster. The Wim Hof Method, a combination of cold exposure
and breathing techniques, has been taught to Navy Seals and
mere mortals looking for everything from pain and stress relief.
Researchers from major universities have studied Hof and found
evidence that his method allows him to control his nervous
system, body temperature and immune response as well as
release, at will, mood-boosting chemicals, like opiates, that
provide natural pain relief and a sensation like a runner’s high.
Hof, who hosts sold-out seminars around the globe, swears
he’s no different than you or me. His remarkable ability to
swim in a sea of icebergs is not a physiological anomaly, but a
testament to his mental strength and willpower, he says. Your
body adapts to cold. The first few seconds in an ice bath can
feel like being stabbed by needles. Hof’s breathwork techniques
help distract the mind from the initial shock of the cold, which
jolts the body into fight or flight mode. After a period of time,
that initial discomfort turns to a heady exhilaration as the body
releases endorphins and floods your brain and cells with oxygen.
The closure of indoor pools during the COVID-19 pandemic
kicked off a trend known as wild swimming, with people braving
rivers, lakes and the ocean for exercise. A report published
by Outdoor Swimmer in January revealed 45% of swimmers
increased how much they swam outdoors in 2020. And in
2018 the British Medical Journal cited open-water swimming
as a possible treatment for anxiety, something so many people
struggled with throughout the pandemic. Like any new activity,
don’t just dive in. Start slow with even a few seconds of
exposure and build up your body and brain’s cold tolerance.
HOW TO ALTERNATE
1 Make sure you are hydrated and hydrate throughout the
whole experience.
2 Begin in a warm pool and progress to the hot pool once you
are used to the heat. Stay for 10 to 15 minutes.
3 Enter directly into the cooling experience – either a cold or
cool shower, or a seconds-long cold plunge dunk where your
head and face submerge.
4 Rest for 10 to 15 minutes, allowing your body temperature
to equalise and enjoy the endorphin high.
Repeat two to three more cycles.
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Ice-cold water has health
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LIVING WELL
HOT-COLD
THERAPY
CHEAT SHEET
Taking the temperature on the ways to make the best of both worlds
CALDARIUM
Part of a classic Roman thermal bath, the walls, floors
and benches are warmed by floor heating and the air
humidity is almost 100%, while the air temperature
is below the wall temperature. This ensures a warm,
humid climate. A caldarium averages 45 degrees
Celsius and is often used as preparation for the
intense heat of a traditional sauna.
CRYOTHERAPY
Cryochambers use liquid nitrogen to super-cool the
skin, but not freeze it. The temperature of the liquid
nitrogen is crazy cold, between -130 and -185
degrees Celsius, but people are only exposed for a
few minutes. This is only possible because the air
is very cold, and air is not a good conductor of heat
like water. Benefits include feeling more relaxed
and positive.
HYDROTHERAPY
Originally known as hydropathy, this age-old practice
uses an aquatic environment to help manage
pain. The physiological effects of water, such as
buoyancy, viscosity, hydrostatic pressure and specific
temperatures have been shown to positively influence
the cardiopulmonary, circulatory and autonomic
systems of the body.
INFRARED SAUNA
Involves exposing the body to radiant energy
generated from an infrared radiator. The body absorbs
only a negligible amount of heat from the air, which
hovers at around 49 degrees Celsius. Relaxation and
stress relief are key benefits.
LACONIUM
A dry sweating room where heat radiates evenly
from the stone walls, floors, seats, and benches.
The average temperature is held at around 60
degrees Celsius with 15 to 20% humidity. This is a
good alternative for anyone who finds a traditional
sauna too hot.
THALASSOTHERAPY
The Greek word “thalassa”, means sea or ocean. This
therapy involves the use of seawater and can include
swimming in the sea or a saltwater pool or soaking in
a calming seawater bath spiked with algae. Studies
have shown that the body time spent in seawater can
stimulate circulation, boost the immune system and
help digestion.
TRADITIONAL SAUNA
In countries like Finland, saunas are heated by wood
burned in a stove. Water is thrown on a basket of
rocks heated by the stove to increase the humidity
and create “löyly”, the steam that enhances the
feeling of heat and makes you sweat. Traditional
sauna temperatures are hot, ranging anywhere from
80 to 115 degrees Celsius. Sauna sessions can lower
the risk of cardiovascular disease and ease muscle
pain, according to studies.
BODY TIME SPENT IN SEAWATER
CAN STIMULATE CIRCULATION
AND HELP DIGESTION.
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Christopher T Minson, professor of human physiology at
the University of Oregon, on the benefits of staying cool
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN ACTUALLY BEING COLD
AND FEELING COLD?
A lot of people conflate those two
concepts. When we get into an ice bath
and are not acclimated to it, the first thing
that happens is that cold receptors in our
skin send signals to our brain about the
cold. This can result in the “gasp” we
get when first immersed. Certainly, we
feel the cold. But it takes quite a while
for our body temperature to drop. As our
skin and, eventually, muscles and, finally,
our core start to cool down, we will start
to shiver. This starts by some increased
muscle tension, and then builds to actual
shivering. Our heart rate will also increase
initially with our more rapid breath, and
our metabolic rate will be increased a bit.
ARE THERE BENEFITS TO MAKING
COLD EXPOSURE, LIKE A COLD
SHOWER OR SWIM, PART OF OUR
REGULAR ROUTINE?
If we continue to do cold exposures
over time, we can start to impact our
overall energy expenditure, which may
have some benefits on body adiposity
[accumulation of body fat]. This is
combined with some metabolic changes
in which we can activate more brown
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fat and/or convert some amount of white
fat to be more metabolically active like
brown fat. However, these changes take a
lot of time and have not yet proven to be
a huge player in body-fat management,
especially compared to exercise and good
eating habits.
IS COLD EXPOSURE BENEFICIAL AFTER
EVERY TRIP TO THE GYM OR ONLY
AFTER VERY STRENUOUS EXERCISE?
Current thinking based on research studies
has suggested that when we take a cold
bath after exercise, we can reduce some
of the inflammatory markers that occur
secondary to the exercise of moderate to
high intensity. This may reduce our muscle
soreness the next day, so we feel a bit
better. However, if people do this regularly,
like most days after exercise, they are
reducing the really important signals
within our muscles that help the healing
and adaptation processes. So long-term,
the person may get less performance
benefit from the exercise.
IS AN ICE BATH REALLY ANY
DIFFERENT THAN A COLD SHOWER?
Cold water immersion is one of the
quickest ways to actually drop body
temperature, as water is an excellent
conductor of heat, so being immersed in
cold water, especially when that water is
circulated, can most quickly lower body
temperature. Cold showers can work well,
but, typically, tap water is not as cold as
water with ice in it. Also, the coverage
of the body is not as complete, so the
transfer of heat is less.
HOW COLD DO TEMPERATURES
NEED TO BE TO YIELD BENEFITS
AND HOW LONG DO YOU NEED TO
STAY EXPOSED TO SEE BENEFITS?
Most studies on research have shown
that water about 7-13 degrees Celsius
is a good balance of cold enough to
stimulate the body, but not so cold
it’s unbearable. Typically, people only
get about 5-15 minutes of this cold
exposure. But there are limited reports
of people having benefits from even
just a few minutes in the shower set to
cold. These are mostly associated with
feeling more positive and alert.
DO SAUNA AND STEAM SESSIONS
GET MORE BENEFICIAL WHEN YOU
ARE ALTERNATING HOT-COLD-HOT-
COLD AND, IF SO, WHY?
This has not been systematically
studied, but the thinking is that some
of the benefits of heat are due to the
total exposure of heat. So, if you are
doing heat-cool-heat-cool cycles, the
time your core temperature is elevated
is actually longer than just being
heated. There is also some preliminary
evidence that the changes in heat
and cold stimulate more molecular
pathways and changes to our bloodflow
patterns that are associated with
better health, compared to just heating
or just cooling.
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LIVING WELL
EUROPE’S LEADING
SPA TOWNS
Both history-rich and cutting-edge, these destinations go to extremes
when it comes to wellbeing // By Farhad Heydari
A CATHEDRAL TO WELLNESS
Thermae Bath Spa in the aptly named
English city is a modern temple to
age-old treatments
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LEUKERBAD, SWITZERLAND
Celebrated throughout Europe for the curative
powers of its hot springs (an estimated 3.9 million
gallons bubble to the surface daily and supply this
rarefied redoubt’s 22 spa baths), Leukerbad is
located in an Alpine cul-de-sac at an altitude of
1,400 metres with one road in and out and some
good intermediate skiing superjacent. But most
who make the journey come for the cures and the
Roman-Irish baths, which combine hot and cold
air and water (hence the name), to warm and
cool the body as a way to build up one’s immune
system. The sober Alpentherme, the largest Alpine
wellness centre in Europe, complements the party
atmosphere at Bürgerbad, the largest thermal
spa resort in the Alps, with ten pools, including
a dedicated one for children – all of it fed with
waters ranging from 28-43 degrees Celsius.
GENEVA AIRPORT: 118miles/190km
BATH, UK
Having been mothballed for nearly three decades,
the waters that gave this city its name (Aquae
Sulis in Latin), were re-enlivened back in 2006 in
a state-of-the-art modernist complex designed by
noted architect Nicholas Grimshaw called Thermae
Bath Spa. Since then, The Gainsborough Bath Spa,
a five-star hostelry, has debuted on the site of
the original and historic Roman bathing complex
to become the UK’s only hotel with access to
natural hot springs, featuring 99 old-meets-new
guestrooms and a “spa village” complete with
colonnaded pools and a fountain room where
guests can drink the mineral waters, all designed
by Alexandra Champalimaud.
BRISTOL AIRPORT: 19miles/31km
BADEN-BADEN, GERMANY
The mother of all spa towns, with its doublebarrelled
name that boldly announces that it is the
bath town of the province of Baden-Württemberg,
features two disparate experiences, both of
which are located on Römerplatz (for the Roman
legionnaires who founded the city 2,000 years ago).
Caracalla-Therme is designed for families with its
complex of indoor and outdoor pools, whirlpools,
steam baths, waterfalls, fountains, solariums and
no less than eight adult-only saunas, including a
trio of rustic outdoor cabins located in an adjacent
wooded hillside. Friedrichsbad, on the other hand,
is the adults-only neo-Renaissance Roman-Irish
spa where beneath ornate russet-coloured domes
and a columned amphitheatre setting, sybarites
including European aristocrats, Middle Eastern
royals and Russian elites have been taking to the
waters since 1877.
KARLSRUHE/BADEN-BADEN AIRPORT: 9miles/15km
KARLOVY VARY, CZECHIA
Also known as Carlsbad, from the German Karlsbad,
this legendary spa town (it dates back to 1350) has
lured rulers like Peter the Great, Emperor Franz Josef
I and King Edward VII, composers such as Beethoven,
Chopin, Wagner and Liszt, and writers like Goethe,
Turgenev, Tolstoy and Marx. The colourful town
boasts 13 springs (ranging in temperature from 39
to a steamy 78 degrees Celsius), each infused with
sodium-bicarbonate-sulphate and carbon dioxide
that are said to cure a whole host of metabolic and
gastrointestinal maladies. The place to take to the
water is The Castle Spa or Zámecké Lázně where,
unlike other spas, visitors are encouraged to drink the
mineral-rich waters.
KARLOVA VARY AIRPORT: 4miles/7km
MONACO
Among just 19 locales (around the Med and
the Atlantic) to be credited by the Federation of
Thalassotherapy and recognised for its state-ofthe-art
facilities, the Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo,
like the handful of other thalasso (derived from the
Greek word thalassa, or sea) resorts, meets a strict
set of guidelines. It’s no more than 1,000 metres
from the sea, uses natural seawater heated to no
more than 50 degrees Celsius for the purposes of
treatments and, while using natural products, never
reuses any of its mud or seaweed. Plus, it’s spread
over four floors, and caters to the über jet-set in
this tiny principality.
NICE CÔTE D’AZUR AIRPORT: 19miles/31km
ICELAND
Few thermal bath experiences anywhere can rival
the sheer pomp and pantomime of Blue Lagoon
spa, Iceland’s chef-d’oeuvre and the country’s
most visited attraction. The man-made geothermal
spa, plonked atop an 800-year old natural bowl of
hardened lava, is located 40-minutes outside the
capital Reykjavik. Its fluorescent-blue geothermal
waters, as well as the emulsified salty, white mud
that patrons use as mudpacks, are said to have
exfoliating qualities and revitalising characteristics.
The baths are now complemented by The Retreat at
Blue Lagoon: a sleek new hotel with Nordic-style
suites and an ocean-to-plate eatery, via which
guests can experience the primordial, larger-thanlife
ecosystem on show.
KEFLAVÍK AIRPORT: 14miles/23km
MERANO, ITALY
Located along the south bank of the River Passer
in the heart of the Dolomites – a region so
breathtaking the French architect Le Corbusier
described it as the most beautiful architecture in
the world – the equally attractive Merano Thermal
Baths was designed by homegrown architect
Matteo Thun. The expansive, steel-and-glass
complex is a modernist showpiece located in the
heart of tiny Merano and sprawls across 25 indoor
and outdoor sulphur-infused pools, saunas and
steam rooms, all fed from a depth of 2,350 metres
by 33 degrees Celsius thermal waters, which were
originally discovered in 1836. All-natural therapies,
including apple-bud baths, radon water massages
and grape mudpacks, complement medical
treatments for rheumatism and hypertension,
among others.
INNSBRUCK AIRPORT: 96miles/155km
ST MALO, FRANCE
The breathtaking walled city of St Malo, located
on the northern coast of Brittany on a peninsula
abutting the Channel, has long been a favourite
of holidaymakers from Britain, among other
locales. And it’s for good reason: in addition to its
breathtaking setting and historic draws, it boasts
Les Thermes Marins – a seaside thalassotherapy
centre, complete with an outdoor pool surrounded
by rose gardens, fed by the waters of the North
Atlantic. Health-seekers who soak in the heated
seawaters swear that it opens pores and, via an
osmosis effect, allows the minerals to seep in and,
among other things, loosen muscles and joints, to
say nothing of invigorating the lungs.
DINARD–PLEURTUIT–SAINT-MALO AIRPORT: 9 miles/14km
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
There are few things more traditional than taking to
the mineral-filled hot springs in the numerous pools
and baths across the Hungarian capital – after all,
there are 120 hot springs feeding them. And none is
more feted than the opulent neo-baroque Széchenyi
Baths. Steeped in lore, this, one of the largest
medicinal bath complexes in Europe, is more than
just a place to do away with your malaise; it’s a rite
of passage, enjoyed in three outdoor pools that are
fed with waters which emanate from 1,200 metres
below terra firma and are imbued with a motley
of beneficial elements, including sodium, calcium
and magnesium. Equally seminal and traditional is
the Gellért Thermal Bath, where springs, infused
with magnesium, hydrocarbonate, alkali, calcium,
chloride, fluoride and sulphate are said to ease
osteoarthritis, neuralgia, ankylosing spondylitis,
all in a shrine-like space, complete with columns,
stained-glass coronet and mosaics.
BUDAPEST AIRPORT: 12miles/20km
SPA, BELGIUM
Synonymous with pampering, this town in Belgium’s
Wallonia was discovered by Romans and where the
term “spa” originates. It wasn’t until the mid-18th
century that it flourished as a resort – an evolution
that continues today with the recent revamp of the
city’s famed Thermes de Spa complex. Located
along a wooded couloir overlooking this archetypal,
however fading, French classicist town, the
19th-century look has been eschewed for a mod
concrete and glass construction. That forwardleaning
ethos means that while you’ll still be able
to enjoy traditional remedies and water cures flush
with oodles of minerals, you can also look forward
to ground-breaking initiatives like its Mother and
Baby Institute (L’Institut Maman-Bébé), which
encourages mothers to head to the spa, unusually,
avec baby.
LIÈGE AIRPORT: 21miles/35km
BAD GASTEIN, AUSTRIA
Endowed with no fewer than 18 mineral-rich
springs, this Alpine resort 90 minutes from
Salzburg in the heart of the Hohe Tauern National
Park has beckoned emperors and empresses to
its Belle Époque hotels since the 19th century.
The reason? In addition to the 220 kilometres
of downhill ski runs, there is the brutalist
Felsentherme Gastein: a sprawling structure
replete with heated indoor and outdoor thermal
baths infused with radon-rich waters ranging
in temperature from 24-34 degress Celsius to
boost immune systems and manage inflammatory
illnesses. There is also a whole suite of adults-only
saunas and steam rooms, all perched 1,100 metres
above sea level.
SALZBURG AIRPORT: 60miles/96km
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THE ART
Showcasing the season’s
most eye-catching gems
OF JEWELS
PRECIOUS PIECES
Illustrations by Petra Dufkova
Production by Elisa Vallata
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TIFFANY & CO. platinum
and yellow gold earrings,
set with emeralds and
diamonds, from the Blue
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from the Dior Rose high
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CARTIER platinum Alaxoa
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and diamonds, from the
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Facing page:
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GOURMET GUIDE
LONDON
CALLING
DAVID LOFTUS; FACING PAGE: CHARLIE MCKAY
SCANDINAVIAN TOUCH
Oyster flambadou with smoked
apple and beurre blanc nasturtium
from Ekstedt at the Yard
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DRAMATIC DINING
The revived Theatreland
legend Joe Allen
The restaurant scene in the British capital has never
been quite so buoyant, with an impressive crop of
new openings, a roster of underappreciated gems that
premiered last year and a handful of standout bars
// By Bill Knott
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GOURMET GUIDE
NOTABLE NEWCOMERS
London’s restaurateurs are a resilient bunch.
Chuck anything you like at them: a pandemic,
Brexit, supply chain glitches, rising food prices,
month after month with too many staff and not
enough customers, followed by a surfeit of eager
customers and a dearth of staff, and what do they
do? Keep calm, and carry on opening.
It has been a vintage season for new London
restaurants. Investors have been happy to put
their money where our mouths are, confirming
the underlying health of the capital’s dining scene.
Locals are keen to go out and spend again, and,
with international travel back on the menu, the
city’s allure as a global destination is burgeoning
once more. From trattorias to steakhouses, from
the West End to Crouch End, featuring cuisines
from five continents, there has never been a
better time to eat out in London.
One continent showing strongly this year is
North America: take old Theatreland warhorse
Joe Allen (joeallen.co.uk), for instance, revived
by restaurateurs Tim Healy, Lawrence Hartley
and Russell Norman, with ex-Ivy chef Gary Lee
presiding over a menu of hand-chopped steak
tartare, smoked baby back ribs and New York
cheesecake, served to the sound of a tinkling piano.
And in Mayfair, The Maine (themainemayfair.com)
promises the ambience of a New England brasserie
in a converted Hanover Square townhouse.
Over in Notting Hill, and following the recent
success of two other Stateside imports, Buvette
(ilovebuvette.com) and Eggslut (eggslut.com),
Sunday in Brooklyn (sundayinbk.co.uk) has
opened a two-floor outpost of the NYC original on
Westbourne Grove. It goes big on brunch (biscuits
CAPITAL FARE
Clockwise from top left: Pizzeria Mozza
at Treehouse Hotel; José Pizarro at the
RA; Manthan chef Rohit Ghai; native
lobster at MiMi Mei Fair
and gravy, steak and eggs) but the dinner menu
is enticing, too, and cocktails – as at Joe Allen –
are a strong suit. Try the Brass Taxi – mezcal and
banana pepped up with espresso and wasabi.
Rounding off a notable year for Americans in
London, famed LA chef and sourdough pioneer
Nancy Silverton has opened the Mediterranean
garden-themed Pizzeria Mozza (treehousehotels.
com) in the Treehouse Hotel on Langham Place.
Antipasti include baked mussels with salsa
calabrese and arancini alla bolognese; sourdough
pizzas variously feature sottocenere (truffled
cheese), smoked pancetta, fennel sausage, and
Fresno chilis.
London has long been home to some of the best
Indian chefs on the planet, and they are not resting
on their laurels. Atul Kochhar, who held Michelin
stars at both Tamarind and Benares, has opened
the 200-cover Mathura (mathurarestaurant.co.uk)
in the old Westminster Fire Station, referencing
one of the capitals of the ancient Kushan Empire,
and featuring dishes inspired by the cuisines of
India’s neighbours. Expect clever spicing and an
über-smart tasting menu.
And chef Rohit Ghai, who found fame at
Jamavar, has returned to Mayfair to open
Manthan (manthanmayfair.co.uk), on Maddox
Street. Expect Ghai’s distinctly Indian take on
osso buco (made with lamb, not veal) and tacos
(made from lentils and stuffed with jackfruit), as
well as Punjabi-inspired sarson chicken and Sri
Lankan pol sambol.
Meanwhile, his former bosses at Jamavar
have drawn inspiration from Beijing’s Forbidden
Palace to open the opulent MiMi Mei Fair
(mimimeifair.com), occupying three floors of
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From trattorias to steakhouses,
there has never been a better
time to eat out in London
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a Georgian townhouse on Curzon Street. Give
them 24 hours’ notice for the whole Peking
duck roasted over applewood, or just tuck into
lobster with pickled chilli, braised abalone with
oyster sauce, or stone-seared Wagyu beef with
radish. Inventive dim sum, served at lunch,
include pan-fried mala (hot and numbing) lamb
dumplings with sea fennel, and sea urchin puffs
with white mooli.
Classic European cuisine features strongly this
winter, too. Any cultural indigestion suffered at
the Royal Academy can be alleviated by a visit to
one of José Pizarro’s new onsite restaurants, his
first forays into central London. Choose between
José Pizarro at the RA (royalacademy.org.uk),
the upstairs restaurant – leeks and romesco
sauce, red prawns with chilli and garlic – or the
less formal, tapas-focused Poster Bar by José
JUSTIN DE SOUZA
THE SOMMELIER
Sandia Chang
YOU’RE AN EVANGELIST FOR GROWER
CHAMPAGNES: HOW’S THE CRUSADE
GOING? The problem used to be
persuading importers to stock them. It’s
less of a struggle today than it was just a
few years ago. I think diners are now just
as concerned about the provenance of
their wine as they are about the meat or
vegetables on their plates.
WHERE DO YOU LIKE TO GO ON A
NIGHT OFF? We keep it casual: Black
Axe Mangal is a great favourite, and The
Quality Chop House.
APART FROM KITCHEN TABLE, WHO
HAS THE BEST WINE LIST IN TOWN?
The Drapers Arms, in Islington, has a
great list and it’s the perfect place for a
Sunday pub lunch. And, given its wellheeled
clientele, the list at Bibendum is
surprisingly adventurous.
With chef and husband James Knappett,
sommelier Sandia Chang owns and runs
the Michelin two-starred Kitchen Table,
in Fitzrovia. kitchentablelondon.co.uk
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downstairs, where Tracey Emin’s favorite toasted
truffle sandwich, filled with jamón ibérico and
Ermesenda cheese, is a must-try.
Not content with reopening Joe Allen, Russell
Norman has launched Brutto (msha.ke/brutto/),
in Smithfield, with a menu of Tuscan classics,
pappardelle with rabbit among them. Try the
penne with vodka and tomato, borrowed from
Florence’s Alla Vecchia Bettola, but actually an
improvement on the original.
Fashionistas, meanwhile, will flock to Il
Borro (ilborrotuscanbistro.co.uk), on Berkeley
Street, named after the Ferragamo family’s
idyllic Tuscan estate. As at Brutto, gigantic
bistecca alla fiorentina looms large on the menu,
as well as hand-made spaghetti dressed with
organic tomatoes and olive oil from the estate.
THE MAÎTRE D’
Jesus Adorno
HOW HAS SERVICE IN LONDON
RESTAURANTS CHANGED OVER THE
YEARS? When I started, we had a proper
guéridon, a trolley, for steak Diane, steak
tartare, crèpes Suzette – diners expected it.
Now, most restaurants plate in the kitchen
– it’s faster, with less fuss.
A TASTE OF LONDON
Clockwise from right: escargot
at Buvette; KOL’s lamb leg tostada;
New Nordic cuisine from Sven-Hanson
Britt’s Oxeye
The thoroughly exuberant, 295-cover Ave
Mario (bigmammagroup.com), in Covent Garden,
also claims Tuscan heritage – “inspired by an
idyllic day in Florence” – but its over-the-top
menu, like those at sister restaurants Gloria and
Circolo Popolare, comes from all over Italy. Enjoy
the ride.
High-profile chefs from around the world
continue to make a splash by the Thames:
Argentinian chef Fernando Trocca has opened an
outpost of his famous Buenos Aires restaurant
Sucre (sucrerestaurant.com) in Soho, installing a
“parrilla” grill and a wood-fired oven, hot on the
heels of fellow Latin American chef Santiago Lastra,
whose Mexican fusion menu at KOL (kolrestaurant.
com), in Marylebone, has already won awards.
Two more familiar names to London diners
are also opening new outlets in the capital. Jason
Atherton’s Mediterranean terrace-inspired Café
Biltmore (lxrhotels3.hilton.com), in the Mayfair
hotel of the same name, offers wood-fired
pizza and robata-grilled fish, while the Galvin
brothers’ Galvin Bar & Grill (galvinrestaurants.
com), housed in a handsome old dining room on
Russell Square, features a classic grillroom menu
laced with their distinctively French savoir-faire.
Swedish chef and TV star Niklas Ekstedt has
opened Ekstedt at the Yard (ekstedtattheyard.
com) in the new Great Scotland Yard Hotel,
WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE FOR
GREAT SERVICE IN LONDON? I really
like Clarke’s, on Kensington Church Street.
Sally Clarke is a delightful chef, I love her
dishes, and the service is perfect.
AND HOW IS CHARLIE’S, YOUR NEW
RESTAURANT? Actually, we’ve brought
back the trolleys. We slice beef Wellington
at the table, for example. It’s a bit of
theatre, and our diners appreciate it.
WHAT’S ON THE TROLLEY TODAY?
Salmon en croûte: well, it’s Friday!
Legendary front-of-house Jesus Adorno
was maître d’ at Le Caprice for many years
before moving recently to Charlie’s, at
Brown’s Hotel. roccofortehotels.com
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Hackney
A short walk along the Regent’s Canal from the lively bars, cafés and restaurants
of Broadway Market, Café Cecilia (cafececilia.com) is ex-River Café and St John
chef Max Rocha’s first solo venture. His breakfast menu features kippers with
brown butter and capers and – betraying his Irish heritage – Guinness bread with
boiled eggs and Coolea cheese. Lunches are more Franco-Italian in inspiration:
expect porchetta and mustard baps, mussels with cider and pain grillé, or salmon
with zucchini fritti and beurre blanc.
Bermondsey
Chef Robin Gill and wife and business partner Sarah first made their names
at The Dairy, in Clapham, where their imaginative, impeccably sourced and
cooked menus won them many plaudits. Now ensconced at Bermondsey Larder
(bermondseylarder.com), just south of Tower Bridge, with – among others –
Pizarro and Café Murano as neighbours, the emphasis is very much unaltered.
Gill’s celebrated aged raw beef with bone marrow and parmesan is still on the
menu, as is the potato and rosemary sourdough with chicken fat butter.
Brixton
Nigerian-born Joké Bakare cut her culinary teeth hosting supper clubs,
persuading her to enter – and win – the annual Brixton Kitchen competition.
In August last year, she opened Chishuru (chishuru.com) in Brixton’s bustling
Market Row, showcasing her native West African cuisine (Filipino restaurant
Sarap, a previous winner, is a neighbour, as is the original Franco Manca). Expect
lashings of shito (spicy Ghanaian chili-and-shrimp paste), as well as goat
ayamase (a Nigerian stew) and ekuru (Yoruba stewed beans).
Peckham
A South London hotspot for great dining, Peckham is home to Thai favourite The
Begging Bowl, modern bistro Levan and the South African-accented Kudu, which
now has a sister restaurant just south of the borough. Kudu Grill (kuducollective.
com) majors in fiery “braai” (open grill) cooking: a whole black bream, for
instance with zhug (Yemeni hot sauce) butter roti, or T-bone with beer-pickled
onions and treacle bordelaise, washed down with an all-South African wine list.
© BUVETTE
Haggerston
Just west of Hackney, Haggerston is now a gastronomic destination in its own
right, especially its railway arches, which house both chef Sebastian Myers’s
Planque (planque.co.uk) – offering modern French food and a well-stocked
cellar – and The Sea, The Sea (theseathesea.net), a fishmonger-cum-chef’s
table that promotes the idea of ageing fish before cooking it. As demonstrated by
Portuguese chef Leandro Carreira, the results are persuasive: bag one of the 12
seats and feast on skate crackling and savoury toffee, and razor clams, roasted
yoghurt and onions.
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Shoreditch
Five years ago, Edson and Natalie Diaz-Fuentes were forced to close Santo
Remedio, their much-praised Mexican restaurant in Shoreditch, after a
disagreement with the landlord. They decamped to London Bridge, to a bigger site
and great reviews – now they are back. Santo Remedio Café (santoremedio.
co.uk) is the couple’s “ode to the bustling cafés of Mexico City,” and the food is,
characteristically, as joyous and colourful as the décor. Feast on pork belly tacos
with chicharrón and tomatillo salsa, with a margarita or two on the side.
Crouch End
There is a dream team behind bistro de quartier Les Deux Garçons
(les2garconsbistro.com) in Crouch End: Robert Reid, formerly head chef at Marco
Pierre White’s three Michelin-starred The Oak Room, and Jean-Christophe Slowik,
ex-patron of L’Absinthe in Primrose Hill. The menu is a Francophile’s dream, too –
coquilles Saint-Jacques with smoked bacon and herb butter, perhaps, or soupe à
l’oignon gratinée; then confit de canard with Puy lentils, and baba au rhum to finish.
Clerkenwell
The new Sessions Art Club (sessionsartsclub.com) restaurant, on the lofty
fourth floor of a Clerkenwell Green townhouse, boasts food as stylish and relaxed
as its surroundings. Ex-Polpetto chef Florence Knight’s menu is chic but unfussy
– grilled mackerel with datterini tomatoes and capers, clams with riesling and
crème fraîche, pork belly with fennel and orange.
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Westminster. Expect fire with your food, and
some punchy flavours: Smoked venison heart,
flamed mushroom with lobster, and hay-smoked
mallard, for instance, with flatbreads from his
wood oven. Meanwhile, Sven-Hanson Britt
has finally opened the long-awaited Oxeye
(oxeyerestaurant.co.uk), in the Embassy Gardens
development at Nine Elms. Britt’s exciting,
ambitious, rus in urbe menu (with distinctly
New Nordic flourishes, although, despite his
name, Britt is from Hampshire) features produce
from his own Derbyshire farm, as well as foraged
herbs, seaweeds and fruits.
From new-wave minimalism to old-school
maximalism: the mighty old behemoth that is
Langan’s Brasserie (langansbrasserie.com) has
embarked on a new lease of life. Its thoroughly
refurbished three floors will offer breakfast, lunch
and dinner, with an Anglo-French menu featuring
everything from sausage and mash to Beluga
caviar, via steak Diane and Dover sole meunière.
ESSENTIALLY NEW
Even the most attentive of gourmets may have
missed some of London’s openings from 2019.
Since many of them probably blew their opening
PR and marketing budget two years ago, only to
be forced to close a few months later, it might be
helpful to point out some of the establishments that
might have slipped under the gastronomic radar.
There is Maison François (maisonfrancois.
london), for example, on the site of the old
Green’s, in St James’s, although – judging
by the buzz from the banquettes – word has
already got out: it’s a handsome, high-ceilinged
brasserie de luxe with much more than
steak frîtes on chef Matthew Ryle’s perfectly
pitched menu, and a wine list the size of an
BEART
NATIONS LEAGUE
From top: Light Indian cuisine
from Pali Hill; Tagliatelle al
tartufo from Il Borro
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ABOUT TOWN
Pierre Koffmann
HAVE LONDON’S RESTAURANTS
IMPROVED SINCE YOU STARTED COOKING
HERE? Hugely! It used to be impossible to get
great produce; now it’s much easier. And there
are lots of good small restaurants now. In the
1970s, you had to dress up and go to The Ritz
or The Savoy if you wanted something good to
eat. There is much more middle ground now.
HOW DOES LONDON COMPARE WITH
PARIS? There is so much more breadth here,
cuisines from all over the world. In Paris,
there are a few Italian and Spanish places,
and Japanese, but Chinese food, for instance,
is mostly rubbish.
WHERE HAVE YOU ENJOYED EATING
RECENTLY? The West African menu at Akoko,
in Fitzrovia – spicy, but nothing too hot! Santo
Remedio has great Mexican cuisine. A. Wong
for Chinese. And Perilla, in Newington Green
– I’ve never had a bad meal there.
Former Michelin three-starred chef Pierre
Koffmann now co-produces a weekly online
restaurant column with ex-Bloomberg critic
Richard Vines: koffmannandvines.com
FOOD AND DRINK
From top: The Painter’s Room at
Claridge’s; champagne and oysters at
Le Magritte Bar; Los Mochis’ crispy
Californian mini tacos
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JUSTIN DE SOUZA
© THE BEAUMONT HOTEL
T O P
T I P P L E S
The Painter’s Room
Perhaps London’s most stylish new place for a
pre-prandial martini, the art deco-themed Painter’s
Room at Claridge’s features a bar sculpted entirely
from onyx, while artist Annie Morris’s centrepiece – a
colourful stained glass mirror – is flanked by her
playful murals. As well as the classics, the cocktail
menu features lighter drinks: try the cognac and
tonic, flavoured with oolong tea, or the Almost A
Bellini, with pineau des Charentes, rosé and peach.
claridges.co.uk
Rondo Holborn
A collaboration between restaurateur Will Lander
(The Quality Chop House, Clipstone, Portland) and
ex-St John chef Chris Gillard, Rondo, in The Hoxton
Hotel, Holborn, offers all-day drinks at its bistrostyle
bar. Go for great cocktails (the Hox-Bee, for
example, concocted from vodka, honey cordial and
soda) and a supremely well-chosen wine list (Lander
is the son of wine guru Jancis Robinson); nibble
on pork and duck rillettes with pickled radishes, or
perhaps crispy pig’s cheek with roast shallots and
watercress. thehoxton.com
The Lowback
The cocktail list at the bar in Hawksmoor’s new
Canary Wharf steakhouse, in an eco-friendly
floating pavilion, owes a little to their recent New
York opening. It’s a joint effort from Hawksmoor’s
drinks supremo Liam Davy and NYC bar manager
Adam Montgomerie, and features martinis chilled
to -15 degrees Celsius, an exuberant range of
champagne cocktails, and the Pecan Godfather
(peanut butter bourbon and oloroso, served over a
big block of ice). The 120-cover, 9m-long bar also
boasts two waterside terraces with another 60 seats.
thehawksmoor.com
The Red Room
The newest bar at The Connaught, The Red Room,
takes its theme in part from the venerable vintages in
the cellars beneath. Even its eight signature cocktails
each contain something grapey: champagne paired
with quince and tonka cordial in the Perlage, perhaps,
or Armagnac, beaujolais, and vine leaf cordial in the
bar’s Red cocktail. Louise Bourgeois’ “I Am Rouge”
hangs in pride of place over the fireplace, and the
marble trolley glides effortlessly through Bryan
O’Sullivan’s sleek interior. the-connaught.co.uk
Le Magritte
The new bar at the Beaumont Hotel, just north of
Grosvenor Square, has a distinctly old-school, Euro-
American feel: an example of the eponymous Belgian
artist’s trademark paintings featuring a man in a
the bowler hat hangs behind the burgundy leathertrimmed
bar, stocked with an extensive range of malts,
ryes and bourbons, while the bar menu includes
cheeseburgers and Reuben bagels. Cigar aficionados
will love the 1920s-style terrace with its rattan
armchairs and lush greenery. thebeaumont.com
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THE CHEF
Angela Hartnett
HOW HAS THE LONDON FOOD SCENE
CHANGED SINCE YOU’VE BEEN
COOKING HERE? For the better! I think
London is up there with Tokyo and New
York, perhaps even ahead of Paris. It’s
one of the best cities in the world for food
right now.
WHERE DO YOU LIKE TO EAT ON A
NIGHT OFF? Pip Lacey, my old head
chef at Murano, opened her own place in
King’s Cross a couple of years ago called
Hicce. It’s really good.
WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD
TO EATING IN THE NEXT FEW
MONTHS? I’m really excited about
AngloThai, from the people who opened
KOL and Casa do Frango. Chef John
Chantarasak is a real talent and it’s great
to see him getting a permanent home.
Angela Hartnett is the chef/proprietor of
Murano, in Mayfair, and Café Murano,
with sites in Covent Garden, St James’s
and Bermondsey. muranolondon.com
© GALVIN BAR & GRILL
encyclopedia. Save room for the lavishly laden
dessert trolley.
Meanwhile, in Knightsbridge on the ground
floor of the Bulgari, Sette by Scarpetta
(settelondon.co.uk) is another hotel restaurant
with a New York pedigree. On the ground floor of
the Bulgari, Knightsbridge, it is a London version
of Manhattan’s popular NoMad Italian, with a
separate entrance on Knightsbridge Green. The
kitchen’s elegant and fragrant interpretation of
spaghetti with tomato and basil is reason enough
to visit. There’s also a very smart bar for a negroni
or two.
There’s a cool bar, too, at Los Mochis
(losmochis.co.uk), Notting Hill Gate, stocked with
a huge range of small-batch tequilas, mezcals,
and sakes. The food follows suit: a similarly heady
fusion of Mexican and Japanese, with tostaditos
and tacos jostling with sashimi and maki rolls on
the inventive, Californian-tinged menu.
Arros QD (arrosqd.com), the paella specialist
on Eastcastle Street that opened in 2019, bears
the initials of three Michelin-starred chef Quique
Dacosta. His less buttoned-up London outpost
has a recently revamped menu that includes 10
different paellas, as well as Cornish tomahawk
steaks, tomatoes dressed with ajo blanco, and
chargrilled iberico presa (pork shoulder) with
Jerusalem artichoke.
More evidence of the trend for light, inventive,
modern Indian cuisine can be found at Pali
Hill, ex-River Café chef Avinash Shashidhara’s
cheerfully kitsch Fitzrovia restaurant. His menu
draws inspiration from India and beyond:
Flatbreads are smothered in wild mushrooms,
chilli, Tuscan truffle, and fontina; pork spare ribs
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Modern Irish restaurant, Daffodil
Mulligan, right; the kitchen at Arros
QD, below; grilled cauliflower steak,
Lincolnshire Poacher pea crumb, and
walnut sauce at Galvin Bar & Grill, left
are bathed in jaggery and garlic. Round off your
meal with a cocktail in Bandra Bhai, the downstairs
“smugglers’ bar.”
On the other side of Oxford Street, just off
Soho Square, one of London’s most famous old
restaurants, The Gay Hussar, has been transformed
into Noble Rot Soho (noblerot.co.uk). Taking its lead
from the Bloomsbury original, there is an enticing
Modern European menu – overseen by Stephen
Harris of the much-lauded The Sportsman, in Kent –
and an even more beguiling, Old World-heavy wine
list, with more than 40 bins offered by the glass.
In late 2019, over in Shoreditch, one of the
London restaurant scene’s biggest characters
Richard Corrigan opened Daffodil Mulligan
(daffodilmulligan.com), a love letter to the Dublin of
his youth. Bentley’s and Corrigan’s, his two Mayfair
restaurants, could hardly be described as stuffy, but
Daffodil Mulligan is deliberately less formal: there is
Corrigan’s peerless soda bread; copious oysters; beef
short rib on toast; chargrilled brill with smoked crab
and clams… and, naturally, lashings of Guinness,
as well as a downstairs bar where the craic can
continue late into the night. Sláinte!
THE
RESTAURATEUR
Ruthie Rogers
WHAT WAS LONDON LIKE FOR FOOD
WHEN YOU FIRST OPENED THE RIVER
CAFE IN 1987? You couldn’t buy good
anchovies or olive oil, and nobody knew what
pappa al pomodoro was, but gradually things
changed – cheaper airfares helped – and
people started to learn how to appreciate
culture through food.
© DAFFODIL MULLIGAN
THE RIVER CAFE HAS BEEN A NURSERY
FOR MANY CHEFS: WHAT MAKES YOUR
RESTAURANT SUCH FERTILE GROUND
FOR BUDDING RESTAURATEURS? I think
respect for ingredients is really important. All
our staff prepare them together in the morning,
for example. When they go, I hope they take
that ethos with them. And I never mind them
leaving, as long as they keep cooking. I’m
going to our old chef Max Rocha’s Café Cecilia
soon, and I’m very excited.
© ARROS
ON YOUR HIT PODCAST, RIVER CAFE
TABLE 4, YOU ALWAYS ASK YOUR
CELEBRITY GUESTS FOR THEIR FAVOURITE
COMFORT FOOD. WHAT’S YOURS? My
favourite answer to that question was
Michael Caine’s. He said, “It used to be roast
potatoes, now it’s caviar!” But mine would
have to be our spaghetti with tomato sauce –
with plenty of butter stirred in at the end.
The River Cafe also has an online shop:
shoptherivercafe.co.uk
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ART OF
IMPROVISATION
A trio of private collections in Berlin
juxtapose astonishing works of art
with gritty architectural spaces that
tell the story of the city itself
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TRANSFORMATIVE
COLLECTIONS
Few global cities have the awkward, ethereal charisma of Berlin. Things in the German
capital are rarely what they seem, and this provocative stance extends to art spaces,
for which the city has become justly renowned over the past decades. Three private
collections are particularly notable, offering up iconoclastic mixes of sturdily practical
architecture and aesthetically daring works of art. There are few structures more
impenetrable in Berlin than former telecommunications bunker that houses The Feuerle
Collection just south of Potsdamer Platz along the River Spree. The passion project of
collector Désiré Feuerle, he allows visitors only in small groups, and everyone must
leave their mobile phones and cameras at the door. The full-immersion experience
is completed by a lack of traditional gallery texts, leaving visitors to experience the
audio installations as well as the Khmer figures, ancient Chinese furniture and striking
modern contemporary works at their own pace – and in their own way (there are
intro texts and on-site mediators in case visitors seek more traditional experiences).
There is a similar lack of texts at the Sammlung Hoffmann, an idiosyncratic former
factory that owners, Erika and Rolf Hoffmann, opened up for guided tours just once a
week by appointment in 1997. The idea, explains Erika (Rolf passed away in 2001),
is to show visitors how contemporary art can be part of life rather than gazed at
with museum-like reverence. Visitors, however, will have to hurry: Erika has donated
the collection to the Dresden State Art Collections, and the Berlin site will only be
open through 2022. The third of the German capital’s most remarkable spaces is
the Boros Collection, which contains a bit of everything in its iconic Mitte location.
Another concrete bunker from World War II, the Reichsbahnbunker was designed for
railway passengers to shelter from attack, but over the years it has also been a Soviet
POW camp, tropical fruit warehouse and site of hardcore 1990s raves. Advertising
magnate Christian Boros purchased the building in 2003 and has proceeded,
alongside his wife, Karen, to create one of Europe’s most compelling contemporary
art sites, spread across multiple storeys. Here, too, visits are reserved for small groups
and private tours are available – the best way to experience the one-of-a-kind site.
thefeuerlecollection.org; sammlung-hoffmann.de; sammlung-boros.de
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Untitled, 2009, by
Zeng Fanzhi in The
Feuerle Collection
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The handsome exterior
of the Boros Collection
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Katja Novitskova’s Pattern
of Activation (2014) at the
Boros Collection
FACING PAGE
The Incense Room of
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ABOVE
Cristina Iglesias’ Pozo XII (Desde
dentro) at The Feuerle Collection
FACING PAGE
From top: an untitled work by
He Xiangyu (2017) at the Boros
Collection; Yngve Holen’s Vujà dé
(2015) and Butterfly (2016) in
another concrete-frame room at
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THE LAST WORD
PATRICK CANTLAY
The golfer and NetJets Ambassador on life away from the course
TRAVEL
Sun worshipper or thrill-seeker?
An ideal holiday, for me, consists
of spending time with friends
somewhere the weather is nice
and relaxing. I love spending time
in Lake Tahoe and have had great
trips there throughout my life with
family and friends.
ACCOMMODATION
Grandes dames, luxe design, or
eminently private? This really
depends on why I am travelling –
when I am on the road weekto-week
on Tour, I prefer renting
a home, so I can house my
team and maintain consistency
with cooking, schedules, etc.
This makes everything far more
convenient and, in some ways,
makes me feel “at home” since we
are on the road so often. However,
when I go on vacation I enjoy
finding a boutique hotel, that will
have a more low-key feel to it.
ARTS
Still life or live performance? I would
always choose a live performance,
and my preferred types of shows are
classic rock along with a few modern
rock bands. One of my favourites that I
have seen recently is Greta Van Fleet.
TRANSPORT
Fast lane or cruise control? I am
fortunate to have a great partner in
Lexus, and having driven most of
its vehicles, the comfort of its larger,
stylish sedans fit my life best.
HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Good book or big screen? I enjoy
watching movies in my free time,
a lot of my downtime is spent
reading. I am always asking for
recommendations from people in
different industries and I prefer
non-fiction.
DRINK
Chilled champagne or a cold beer?
Cold beer – Pacifico is my go-to!
FASHION
Tailored suit or smart casual? You
can’t beat a custom-tailored suit from
Hugo Boss.
OFF-COURSE ACTIVITY
Social media or the quiet life? I
prefer to keep a low profile and enjoy
more private time with my friends
and family, when time permits.
FUTURE PLANS
Expansion plans or build on what you
have? Right now, I’m fully focused
on playing my best golf and believe I
have a long career on the course still
ahead. From a young age I always
loved golf course design so I could
certainly see that being something I
pursue after my on-course career.
FOOD
Top names or hidden gems?
When I travel, I love to ask for
recommendations from people
in the area. A lot of times this
leads me to places off the beaten
path and some fantastic local
restaurants that end up being
some of my favourites.
ARCHITECTURE
Classical or modern? Whether at
home or in cities I’m travelling
to, I am drawn to the classic
Spanish-style architecture. I love
the look of white buildings and
red-tiled roofs.
JULIAN RENTZSCH
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