Wednesday 14 December 2011
-Ish London Dry Gin
It's your turn to break the rules. To strike out at morality and the bourgeois customs. To push conventionalism aside and explore the world of the forbidden, of the unconfessional.
Welcome to the -ish side of life. Welcome to Britain´s Fetish.
-Ish Gin
www.ishgin.com
Coldpress Juices
Coldpress is 100% fruit juice with a clean, crisp and just off the tree taste.
In 7 gorgeous flavours the hardest part is choosing which one to have!
www.cold-press.co.uk
Tuesday 22 November 2011
The Monkey Biz
Not only is it hilarious.. its hearwarming and fun to read. Check it out!
TheMonkeyBiz.co.uk
Sinitta's a Star!
Our friend and Client Sinitta is doing so well in 'Im A Celebrity' on ITV at the moment- we are very proud of how she is overcoming all her phobias! We are throwing her a party at Zebrano on Ganton Street w1 THIS Thursday to celebrate.
Come and show your support and lets make her Queen of the Jungle.
Monday 14 November 2011
Sinitta Enters The Jungle
We our so glad our little secret is finally out!
Please support her and make her Queen of the Jungle!
Follow her and us on twitter for up all the Im A Celeb gossip
@sinittaofficial and @HandmadeUKPR
Wednesday 26 October 2011
Caroline Monk does Big Brother Spooktacular
Friday 21 October 2011
New Talent at Handmade
New Talent At Handmade
Star of TV and Stage with 15 worldwide top ten hits to her name. Gave her the credentials to have worked on the X Factor as a mentor. She is now a respective business woman with the development of talent platform website Attinis.com.
For press enquiries please contact
Jason@handmade.uk.com or Kiefer@handmade.uk.com
London Lifestyle Awards 2011
Preparations for the awards started back in February and we have been working hard for all the nominee’s ever since.
On the day of the awards Team LLA headed down to the River Bank Plaza. Job one of the day was goody bags!
We had an amazing team of interns helping us to make up 500 goody bags for all our guests. The lovely Boohoo.com kindly provided us with bags and our star team of interns made a glam production line to fill them to the brim with treats.
After a spot of lunch which included a bucket full of chocolate, sweets and crisps the girls were put into ‘teams’ that included Celebrity team, Goody Bag Team, Team AV and Trophy team.
The rest of the day consisted of sound checks with our host Greg Burns, and celebrity run through of the awards and presenters with the celebrity team. We had to ensure everything was perfect.
When every detail was prepared and perfected it was time to chill and get glam! (Whilst eating pizza!) Nine girls getting ready in one room makes for A LOT of hairspray and bronzer!
At 6.30pm all teams took their places ready for awards to start. Guests and celebrities started to ascend into the hotel lobby and were escorted up to the Thames suite for a cocktail and champagne drinks reception… ready to be seated for a mouth-watering 3-course dinner.
Once everyone was seated; dinner was served. Guest tucked into a Tomato & Basil tart with goats cheese to start, followed by Oriental Five Spice Duck Breast with noodles, vegetables and a sweet chilli jus, topped off with a chocolate and raspberry tart with vanilla cream for dessert.
Once dessert was eaten, our host Greg Burns took the stage…It was show time!
After all the awards had been presented to all our deserving winners it was party time, Contemporary Pianist Clifford Slapper was accompanied by the Hackney Heroine Pauline Pearce who sang her heart out to Wonderful World, followed by a DJ set by Rusty Egan who set the tone for the after-party.
Once guests had grabbed their goody bags they bundled into cabs to our official London Lifestyle Award After Party in the heart of Soho at Zebrano Ganton Street where they danced until dawn to celebrate the City we love.
Team LLA finally called it a night at 3am and were back in the office bright eyed and bushy tailed at 9am ready to start planning next years event.. With the help of bacon sandwiches and a few alkaselters to hand.
The Winners 2011
Congratulations to all our winners and runners up of 2011.
Green Contribution to London
WINNER: Barclays Cycle Hire
Runners Up
Go Green Car
Green Tomato Cars
London Fashion Retailer of the Year
WINNER: Bolongaro Trevor
Runners Up
Mark Powell Bespoke Tailoring
Jeffery West
Lucy in Disguise
London Coffee Shop of the Year
WINNER: Benugo Café and Deli
Runners Up
Bar Italia
The Haberdashery
London Hotel of the Year
WINNER: Sanctum Soho Hotel
Runners Up
The Dorchester
Rafayel Hotel and Spa
London Cultural Attraction of the Year
WINNER: Victoria and Albert Museum
Runners Up
St Paul’s Cathedral
Regent’s Park Open Air Open Theatre
London Sports Attraction of the Year
WINNER: MINT Polo in the Park presented by Captive Minds
Runners Up
Lords Cricket Ground
Urban Golf
All England Lawn Tennis Club
London Health and Fitness Facility of the Year
WINNER: The Third Space
Runners Up
River Wellbeing Spa
Soho Gyms
London Live Music Venue of the Year
WINNER: Hootananny
Runners Up
The o2
Dover Street Restaurant Jazz Wine Bar Club
London Theatre Show of the Year
WINNER: The Lion King
Runners Up
Wizard of Oz
Mamma Mia
London Hairdresser of the Year
WINNER: Errol Douglas
Runners Up
MACS Salon
Stuart Phillips
Ian Carmichael at Royston Blythe
London Restaurant of the Year
WINNER: Searcys Portrait Restaurant
Runners Up
Quo Vadis
Aqua Nueva
London Concierge Company of the Year
WINNER: Quintessentially
Innerplace
Bon Vivant
London Bar of the Year
WINNER: McQueen
The Hoxton Pony
Artisan & Vine
London Club of the Year
WINNER: PUBLIC
Merah
The Roof Gardens
London Member’s club of the Year
WINNER: Home House
Morton’s Club
Eight Members Club
Outstanding Contribution to London
WINNER: Christopher Moran
Really Useful Group
The o2
London Beauty Salon and Spa of the Year
WINNER: Taylor Taylor London
Independent MindBodySoul
MACS Salon
London Personality of the Year
WINNER: Caroline Monk
Nick Ede
Zoe Griffin
Daniel Priestly
Thursday 1 September 2011
London Lifestyle Award 2011 Tickets on Sale NOW!
The second London Lifestyle Awards will be held October 6th 2011 at the Riverbank Park Plaza.
500 people attended last year’s award which was a fantastic eclectic list of celebrity, press, celebrated industry figures and the public. This year will be no different with the great and the good attending… Fear not we have reserved 150 tickets available to the public. Follow this link to purchase tickets for the 2011 awards ceremony
After the massive success of the inaugural London Lifestyle Awards 2010, voting has now opened for the Lifestyle Awards 2011 and you can be part of it! To contribute and have your say, simply vote for your favourite lifestyle business or personality. Whether you’re one of a group of friends hanging out in Soho, a Saturday visitor who loves to check out the latest exhibition, or even if you’re not a born and bred Londoner but couldn’t bring yourself to leave this magnificent city, now is your time to prove your love for the businesses and people who help to make London the best city in the world.
Like most of us maybe you can’t make it through the morning without your daily dose of caffeine from your local coffee shop? Or maybe you’re a keen fashionista who buries themselves in the rails of this season’s style at your favourite store? Or even just the night owl who can’t survive the weekend without a trip to one of the best bars or clubs that London has to offer.
Now is the time to vote for that great lifestyle business, that makes your life in 'The big smoke' more relaxed, cultured, happier, tastier, funnier, sexier, hotter and simply MUCH more amazing.
Take a look at the categories and vote HERE and say thank you by voting for those special businesses. Then tell them all about it next time you visit them. We bet they love you right back. Spread the love and love London as much as we do.
Zebrano Beach Party
Last weekend we brought the Caribbean sands to the 'shores' of central London with our annual Zebrano beach party in the heart of Soho.
The Handmade team spent months of planning to ensure this special event went off with an almighty bang! This year we decided to turn up the temperature with a steamy 'Love Island' theme.. equipped with sharing cocktail buckets and plenty of Love heart sweets!
Our bank holiday weekend started at 6am on the morning of the 26th.. we huddled around drinking strong coffee, rubbing our eyes and waiting for the 5 tonnes of sand to arrive at Ganton street. When it arrived, the real work began, shovelling all that sand into the bar was no mean feat! After hours of hard work, the final decorations were put in place and the party could begin!
To reward our hard work the Handmade team stayed to celebrate with some yummy Zebrano food and a few of the Love Island sharing cocktail buckets. The whole 4 day bank holiday was a roaring success once again and the Beach Party lived up to its 'legandary' name tag.
We are already counting down the days until next year..
Only 359 days to go.
Wednesday 1 June 2011
Spotlight on Jeffery West
The brainchild of Mark Jeffery and Guy West is the brand that has been seen on everyone from Mickey Rourke to Leonardo DiCaprio all from humble beginnings at a shoe market in Northampton.
Having won the London Lifestyle Award in 2010 for ‘Best Men’s Fashion Retailer’ the brand is going from strength to strength with some exciting collaborations and partnerships coming up to mark the anniversary of their 25 years in the shoe trade.
“We have several exciting projects coming up such as collaborations with Heston Blumenthal, Morton Motorbikes and Mark Brazier-Jones. the creator of bespoke furniture, lighting and functional art.”
Twitter.com/JefferyWestUk
Thursday 26 May 2011
Jean-Pierre in Bella Magazine
Jean-Pierre, Reshape Coach and rapid fat loss expert, had a fantastic double page spread in Bella Magazine this week.
As one of our top clients, Jean-Pierre’s 15 years of experience as a self employed personal trainer has most certainly paid off. Pierre's techniques are martial arts based, integrated with Thai boxing. He shares some tempting top tips that we can all engage in:
“Sleep is more important to keep your metabolism revved up because you produce a growth hormone when you sleep which burns fat. Aim for at least 7-8 hours. Eighty per cent of fat burning occurs while you sleep.”
Pierre believes that health and fitness goals work hand in hand with career and life goals and many high achievers simply don't take care of their health. He says that people can change their lives by reshaping their bodies and mindsets and his overall target is to make sure there is not a single overweight high achiever working in London.
The 'Bella' article contains great advice which we can all put to practice from the comfort of our own homes. Pierre suggests using your whole body as one unit for maximum results: “This is called functional strength training – it makes your whole body work harder so your strength, fat loss and metabolism will all be boosted.”
For Jean-Pierre's incredible words of wisdom, get your claws on Issue 22 of Bella Magazine or visit his website at: http://www.reshapecoach.me.uk .
Wednesday 25 May 2011
The London Lifestyle Awards Magazine is out and coming to a London letter box near you!
After a lot of sweat and blood we proudly present the London Lifestyle Awards magazine!
Covering our awarding categories – the Archant Life and London Lifestyle Awards contributors can finally pat themselves on the back and celebrate!
Over 300,000 magazines will be printed and circulated around London so make sure you put the kettle on and enjoy London and it’s lifestyle.
Special thanks go to the creator of the London Lifestyle Awards – Jason Gale, committee member Akashia Hoosein, Emily Pain, Archant Life’s Sharon Kirby, Mark Kebble and Olivia Wakefield, Personal Trainer – Jean – Pierre De Villiers and BBC’s London’s Joanne Good
Wednesday 27 April 2011
Our "personality" clients
Handmade UK understands the value of individual talent and thus represents a range of exceptional men and women as well as successful businesses. Take a look at a few of our newest clients and their websites!
(http://danielpriestley.wordpress.com/)
Jean-Pierre De Villiers: founder of RESHAPE: Personal Training and Lifestyle Coaching—a fitness program helping high-achieving individuals find effective and fun ways to lose weight and improve their mindsets with strength & body conditioning, Thai boxing, Cross Fit training and more.
(http://reshapecoach.wordpress.com)
(http://www.foyassociates.com/)
Nigel Gifford: the Grand Master of Adventure and author of The Adventurous Traveller
Friday 25 March 2011
Celebrate your IPAD 2 with a cocktail
The long awaited IPAD 2 launches today at 5pm, and what better way to celebrate your new gadget than with a cocktail at Zebrano Bars!! Show us your receipt for the latest must have gadget and they will give you a FREE cocktail... Now that has to make you the coolest kind on the block.
Monday 14 March 2011
Career in hand now it’s time to find YOUR love
A month has passed away since St Valentine's day. Research shows that because of our busy lifestyles and focus on careers we don’t have time for love... Many of us aren't content and feel lonely unless we have that someone special raising the debate, especially for the ladies, of what’s more important career or love and if we should be following our hearts for true happiness...
Well worry no more! The experts have found that men LUST after an independent professional woman, and with Foy Associates, the bespoke specialist service for those looking for the real thing not just casual dating, you can now have the best of both worlds.
Tuesday 1 March 2011
London Lifestyle Awards 2011 - Nominate today!
Thursday 17 February 2011
Mychelle's Baketique now on twitter!
Wednesday 16 February 2011
Platform gets a mention in BBC Olive Magazine this month.
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Jason Gale continues his regular slot on BBC London tonight.
Friday 11 February 2011
Labrinth shoot in Zebrano out in ES Magazine today.
Jason Gale will be speaking about Triumphant Events today.
Thursday 10 February 2011
Handmade UK attend OK! and Famously Fit party.
Some of the Handmade team headed to Embassy Club last night to attend the OK! Magazine and Famously Fit party, celebrating the launch of Active Harry's campaign against child obesity. We took along our client, JP - celebrity personal fitness trainer, and we all had a great night, Emily and JP even got papped!
Wednesday 9 February 2011
Latest new client, Nigel Gifford OBE, is trekking to the North Pole to skydive.
Nigel Gifford OBE is the Grand Master of Mountaineering and at 64 has no fear and no plans to retire any time soon. In April he will be, along with a team, trekking up the North Pole to skydive!
Check out the latest on his website www.nigelgifford.co.uk.
Monday 7 February 2011
Win a night out for 2 at Zebrano Ganton Street courtesy of MTV's twitter competition.
MTV’s new series, My Super Sweet World Class is all about the most extravagant and over-the-top parties the world has ever witnessed.
But what is it that makes a party?
If YOU were throwing a massive party, which 3 ingredients would make it World Class?
From red carpets to celebrity stylists, let us know by taking part in SUPER TWEET WORLD CLASS all this week!
Tweet us your three key party ingredients followed by #mtvsupertweet and the person who submits the best recipe will win a night out for two at London’s Zebrano Club on Ganton Street.
Your prize will include dinner for two with a bottle of wine plus a cocktail each afterwards in their club AND hotel stay.
To inspire your party essentials, an example tweet might be: @mtvuk New dress, Justin Timberlake and Cocktails! #mtvsupertweet
So head over to twitter.com/mtvuk to take part… http://www.mtv.co.uk/shows/my-super-sweet-world-class/competition/super-tweet-world-class-what-are-your-world-class-party
If YOU were throwing a massive party, which 3 ingredients would make it World Class?
Tweet us your three key party ingredients followed by #mtvsupertweet and the person who submits the best recipe will win a night out for two at London’s Zebrano Club on Ganton Street.
To inspire your party essentials, an example tweet might be: @mtvuk New dress, Justin Timberlake and Cocktails! #mtvsupertweet
Friday 4 February 2011
Labrinth photoshoot at Zebrano.
Did you spot Labrinth in Soho this week? He had a photoshoot at Zebrano Ganton Street, check it out in ES Magazine on Friday 11th February. Labrinth is signed to Simon Cowell's record label and is the first non-talent show signing in six years. It was a pleasure to work with him on this photoshoot, a really nice man!
Thursday 3 February 2011
Win £200 with the Zebrano facebook competition.
Every month Zebrano are running a Facebook competition with one lucky winner winning a £200 drinks tab, comepltely FREE! All you have to do is tag yourself in one of their Facebook photo albums! You name will then be added to our free prize draw, with a winner chosen on the last day of each month. Get tagging!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000064637333&ref=ts
Tuesday 1 February 2011
New client win - MyChelle's Baketique!
We are delighted to announce that our newest client is Mychelle's Baketique, situated in the stunning Hotel Rafayel and run by the lovely Michelle Husserl. Cupcakes galore - expect expanding waistline for the Handmade UK team from now on! :)
Check out their cute website, www.baketique.com.
Monday 31 January 2011
Handmade UK new client Daniel Priestley featured in the FT this weekend.
New client, Daniel Priestley, author of 'Become a Key Person of Influence', was featured in an excellent piece in the Financial Times this weekend. Read the article here http://www.triumphantevents.co.uk/downloads/FT-310111-article.pdf
and if you plan on being successful grab the book for a read!
Friday 28 January 2011
Soho Bingo Winner announced!
Zebrano have announced the winner for Soho Bingo - congratulations to Dave Hillier who has won a free worth £2,000!...jealous! Dave correctly snapped all 24 descriptions around Soho including the 'Peter Cook Plague' which is on Zebrano Greek Street's wall! Well done Dave, can't wait to see the party pics!
Wednesday 26 January 2011
The London Lifestyle Awards 2011 will be partnering up with View London.
The successful collaboration of View London with the London Lifestyle Awards 2010 has rolled over to this year's ceremony also! We are delighted to be working with View London again.
Monday 24 January 2011
SOHO BINGO starts today!
You can win a FREE party for yourself and 40 friends worth a whopping £2,000.
Zebrano bars (www.zebrano.uk.com) have created bingo cards with a bit of a twist...instead of numbers, these bingo cards host descriptions such as 'a man walking a dog' and 'a boris bike'. The idea is to take pictures of all the descriptions on the cards and the first to go to either Zebrano venue and show all the images to a member of staff will win the free party.
It's not that easy though...there are a few "unique" descriptions, one example being 'a person dressed up as an emu'. As stated in the terms and conditions, on the Zebrano website, this has to be the "Zebrano Emu" which will be 'released' and walking around Soho on Friday 28th January so keep a look out for the more odd descriptions.
Clues will be sent out over social networking sites Facebook and Twitter throughout the week so keep checking in regularly.
Thursday 13 January 2011
Bingo comes to Soho....
It is your mission to take pictures of all of the descriptions on our new Soho Bingo Cards. The first person to get to either Zebrano and show a member of staff all the images will win the exclusive party!
Soho Bingo cards are now available at both Zebrano bars and will soon be:
• Available to download from our website, www.zebrano.uk.com
• Delivered to Soho offices by the Zebrano promotional team
Wednesday 12 January 2011
Celebrity trainer, JP, blogs...
http://reshapecoach.wordpress.com/
Monday 10 January 2011
Facebook Competition at Zebrano Bars.
Thursday 6 January 2011
JP's Reshape Lifestyle YouTube Channel.
http://www.youtube.com/user/ReshapeLifestyle
Wednesday 5 January 2011
Jason Gale continues his regular slot on BBC London.
If you missed it catch it on BBC iPlayer now. His next appearance will be on Tuesday 18th January from 10pm so make sure you tune in.
Saturday 1 January 2011
New Year's Eve!
Happy New Year to all x