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Highland Park MIDWINTER SOCIAL at The Old Truman Brewery

By Adam

Last night some of the team enjoyed an evening with Highland Park Single Malt Scotch Whisky, at The Boiler House in The Old Truman Brewery for their Midwinter Social. The evening was to celebrate an important time of year in the Nordic calendar, Winter Solstice, which marks the shortest day of the year. What does […]

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Silent Pool Gin Garden

By Michelle Connolly

Silent Pool Gin Garden Hoxton Hotel Shoreditch Taking over the Hoxton Hotel’s indoor garden with an inspired life-sized interpretation of it’s own beautiful blue bottle is Silent Pool Gin. Award-winning Surrey Hills crafted gin is sharing it’s vision with the world through a selection of delicious cocktails and curated brunches where gin-infused salmon is top […]

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Swingers Golf Review

By Adam

8 Brown’s Buildings (Between St Mary Axe and Bury Street) London EC3A 8AL T: 020 3846 3222 What started as Shoreditch pop-up has now found a permanent home. The chaps behind the hugely popular crazy-golf venue Swingers have been working on a new site which has been developed over 18 months and is now hosted in […]

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The San Pellegrino Young Chef of the Year UK & Ireland Regional Final

By Michelle Connolly

Entering the Waitrose Cookery School you could feel it was already buzzing with energy. While there were people milling around the front, at the back it was all go – the sounds of a busy kitchen letting us know we were in for a fantastic evening of food. A beautiful spread was laid out by […]

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All aboard the SS Atlantica

By Michelle Connolly

It was a balmy evening as we boarded the imposing Silver Sturgeon, transformed for the evening into the SS: Atlantica, resplendent in our fancy 1930’s gowns. Ok, perhaps not quite resplendent, but we were looking forward to a rather spectacular evening nonetheless. We were treated to the itinerary of a 1930’s ship, greeted as we […]

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Berlin in a nutshell

By Michelle Connolly

Berlin is a truly modern and diverse city with a rich and interesting heritage. As Germany’s capital city it celebrates freedom for all – the freedom of creativity, the freedom of self-expression and the freedom to enjoy your passions, whatever they are. It is recognised worldwide for its important contribution to classical and contemporary architecture […]

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A dapper evening at Kensington Roof Gardens

By Robert Etheridge

There’s something about the beginning of summer, the scent in the air that lingers, dappled sunshine and lighter evenings that signals that the best things are around the corner. Of course, this is the time that London truly comes out of its hibernation and chrysalises into its prime, but the steely grey of the city can leave […]

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Cheers to London Beer Week

By Phil Hawkins

Some things deserve a day to celebrate whereas others get longer, and we agree that when it comes to beer, seven days is the perfect amount of time to truly appreciate the amber nectar and the joy it brings. That’s where London Beer Week comes in. Currently in full swing and running until Sunday 28th […]

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Cocktails in the City – Eight new gems

By Michelle Connolly

We managed to do a whistle-stop tour of the most exciting cocktail collaborations this side of Spring – make sure to head down to your local Cocktails In The City bar to try them out. With participants from all corners of London you can be assured to find something to tickle your fancy… Coq d’Argent […]

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Blogger’s Breakfast at The Hospital Club with The Dapper Chapper and Mode

By Michelle Connolly

After two full-on days at LC:M, Sunday was the perfect time to introduce a welcome interlude in the form of our Bloggers Breakfast with The Dapper Chapper and Mode Media. In the beautiful surroundings of the Hospital Club Covent Garden, right at the heart of the action, a delicious spread was laid out for the guests. Smooth […]

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Penfolds 2015 Collection

By Michelle Connolly

Penfolds 2015 Collection www.penfolds.com Dapper Chapper had the pleasure of attending the launch of famed Australian winemaker Penfolds Collection 2015 in the beautiful surroundings of Somerset House recently, and it was superb. The venue was an inspired choice, the vaults underneath Somerset House were reminiscent of an elegant cellar, and their entire collection were available […]

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London Cocktail Week

By Michelle Connolly

No Cocktail Week would be allowed to pass without Dapper Chapper popping by to see what’s going on, and it was a real treat. First of all we spent an evening at The Art Of The Old Fashioned with Woodford Reserve. Twelve different Old Fashioned cocktails from sweet to savoury to spicy, running the gamut […]

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San Pellegrino and Theo Randall

By Michelle Connolly

Here at Dapper Chapper we are a little biased in our opinion that London is one of the greatest cities on the planet: steeped in history, surrounded by stunning landmarks and some of the finest cuisine in the world. Well last weekend we experienced all of the above on a balmy summer’s evening at the […]

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Kettners Champagne Afternoon Tea

By Adam

Afternoon gents! We do like a touch of class here at DC, and it doesn’t really come much classier than Kettner’s. We’ll start with a little background on our chosen venue and some pretty handy facts to drop into conversation at the table… Originally opened in 1867 by Auguste Kettner Napoleon III Chef – thankfully […]