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Elliott Grover, new executive chef at 45 Park Lane

Elliott Grover has been appointed executive chef at 45 Park Lane, overseeing the culinary direction of the hotel, including Wolfgang Puck’s famed restaurant, CUT at 45 Park Lane.

Elliott began his career at Le Caprice at 16, became sous chef at Scott’s in Mayfair and was then appointed head chef at Hix Soho. In 2018, he became head chef at The Ned and most recently was executive chef at the Duck and Waffle.

With a strong knowledge of seasonal produce, Elliott is further developing CUT’s menu to celebrate locally sourced ingredients with an emphasis on supplier relationships.

“I am over the moon to be working alongside one of the world’s greatest chefs, Wolfgang Puck,” says Elliott. “And I could not be more excited to be bringing my experience to 45 Park Lane.”

The Beverly Hills Hotel is devoting all of 2022 to the 110th anniversary celebration of its opening, with a range of special activities and offerings for guests and locals.

These began by asking guests to pen ‘love letters’ to the hotel on specially designed letterhead, which went on display in the hotel in May and will later be archived as part of the property’s rich Hollywood history.

Other celebrations include the $1,912 McCarthy Salad, named in honour of guest and polo player Neil McCarthy, who in the 1940s ordered a very specific list of ingredients – including lobster and caviar – for his salad, hundreds of which are now sold each week at The Beverly Hills Hotel. The celebration version, paired with a bottle of Dom Pérignon, costs $1,912 and is served in a commemorative bowl made by Bernardaud, master of French porcelain since 1863, which guests will then get to take home with them.

Special cocktails will be available in the Polo Lounge to celebrate the anniversary and guests will be able to book a manicure and nail design based on the hotel’s famous aesthetic.

Other events include a film season at the pool showing movies shot on location at the hotel, and an exclusive exhibition of images of one of the hotel’s most famous regular guests, Elizabeth Taylor, by photographer Bert Stern.

The hotel opened in 1912 prior to the founding of Beverly Hills itself, and the city grew up around the famous Pink Palace. To this day, the iconic property remains at the heart of the star-studded Hollywood community.

“Hollywood was built around our hotel and so was the city of Beverly Hills,” says John Scanlon, who joined as general manager only recently from 45 Park Lane. “Our guests enjoy knowing that when they walk up our red carpet, they are walking in the same steps of virtually every movie star that has ever lived. This is something that simply cannot be replicated.”

Le Meurice team pops up at

Taste of Paris food festival

Chef Amaury Bouhours and his team at Restaurant Le Dalí at Le Meurice headed outside for a very special event in Paris’ diary in May, with their very own pop-up restaurant. They took part in the Taste of Paris, a gastronomic street food festival held over four days at the ephemeral Grand Palais to promote high quality gastronomy to the public, and used the occasion to highlight Le Meurice’s ongoing culinary excellence.

The Spa at Coworth Park welcomes heritage spa brand Germaine de Capuccini

Dorchester Collection’s luxury country house hotel and spa Coworth Park has welcomed a new range of treatments by prestigious Spanish beauty expert Germaine de Capuccini. For more than 50 years, Germaine de Capuccini has been responsible for some of the most important breakthroughs in skincare technology and the brand remains one of the world’s most important to this day, holding true to its original values of professionalism, quality, innovation and integrity.

Treatment choices by Germaine de Capuccini now include the bespoke ‘Elements Inspired Massage’, based on traditional Chinese methods with one of five active aromatherapy oil blends; and the ‘Mediterranean Candle Massage’, a warming body massage with choice of aromatic Mediterranean-inspired candles.

“The collaboration with Germaine de Capuccini came through a shared value of providing a bespoke experience to our guests,” says spa director at The Spa at Coworth Park, Teresa O’Farrell. “We are so pleased to have a renowned brand with a rich heritage available for our guests to enjoy.”

Germaine de Capuccini’s managing director, Clare Dickens, adds: “We are absolutely delighted to partner with The Spa at Coworth Park, a stunning, multi-award-winning spa, with a progressive outlook in terms of health and wellness. It’s a beautiful property and it’s a principled brand with an ethos that aligns with ours.”

Hotel colleague enjoying a free make-up lesson from Club 10 experts

It’s a busy time at Hotel Principe di Savoia, with a range of recent innovations for both employees and guest. As part of its commitment to celebrate diversity, the hotel recently hosted an event for all employees on immigration with diversity and inclusion consultant Valentina Dolciotti. The event was followed by a photography exhibition on the hotel’s ‘Rainbow Wall’ covering more than 100 years of immigration in Italy.

“Italy has always been the at the forefront of internal and external migratory flows. Over the centuries we have left our country, we have moved, we have returned and we have welcomed,” says Paola Iemmallo, area director of people and culture. “Knowing our past, as migrants, offers us the opportunity to look at the world with fresh eyes and to understand what is going on today on a global level: Italy was a country of emigration and is now a country of immigration.”

Another special moment for colleagues occurred on International Women’s Day in March, when all employees were treated to a make-up class by two therapists from the hotel’s Club 10 Fitness & Beauty Center therapists.

Hôtel Plaza Athénée wins Michelin star

Just nine weeks after opening in January, Jean Imbert au Plaza Athénée restaurant was awarded its first Michelin star. Inspired by the great traditions of French gastronomy, chef Jean Imbert sought to recapture the splendour of its culinary art with recipes that shaped the golden age of gastronomy across the world, whilst remaining deeply modern.

The Michelin Guide recognised the restaurant not only for its creativity, but also for its “precise and warm service”, underlining the importance of a flawless partnership between the kitchen and dining room.

Chef Jean Imbert, who is also executive chef at the hotel’s iconic Le Relais Plaza brasserie, as well as courtyard restaurant La Cour Jardin, proudly shared the accolade with his team: executive chef Jocelyn Herland, assistant head chef Mathieu Emeraud, restaurant director Denis Courtiade, executive pastry chef Angelo Musa and pastry chef Elisabeth Hot, as well as François Delahaye, general manager of the hotel and chief operating officer for Dorchester Collection, and all the teams at Hôtel Plaza Athénée.

Chef Jean Imbert and the team celebrate winning a Michelin star

Some of the Andy Warhol photographs that went on show at Hotel Bel-Air

Andy Warhol showcases New York nightlife and Hollywood glamour at Hotel Bel-Air

Guests at Hotel Bel-Air and locals alike recently had the chance to discover dozens of never-before-seen Andy Warhol images from the James R Hedges IV Collection – the largest collection of its sort in private hands in the world. A prolific collector since Warhol’s death in 1987, Hedges has acquired an impressive selection of Warhol’s photos, including hundreds of Polaroids, photo-booth strips, screen tests, silver gelatin prints and more.

All Andy Warhol photos on display at Hotel Bel-Air were taken by the artist in the last decade of his life and included celebrity portraits, Hollywood stars, Studio 54 moments and still-life images. The show, which was open to the public in the lobby of the hotel, provided a unique view into the artist’s mind and day-to-day life, as well as a heavy dose of glamour.