The Diary: The Long Summer Lunch at Blenheim Palace

Last Friday, a glittering host of guests headed to the Oxfordshire countryside for a long summer lunch in collaboration with Bicester Village...

As the August sun shone over the Italian Gardens at Blenheim Palace on Friday, a selected group of VIP guests were treated to a private luncheon hosted by Gentleman’s Journal and Bicester Village.

To kick off the Wilderness Festival weekend, guests enjoyed an indulgent shopping experience and bespoke treatments by Tom Ford Beauty at Bicester Village, before being chauffeured by BMW to Blenheim Palace, where they were wined and dined. In the breathtaking verdant surroundings of one of the world’s most iconic palaces, guests enjoyed Veuve Clicquot Brut and Rose Champagnes and AIX Rosé wine accompanied by butterflied leg of lamb, skewers of chicken and chorizo with lemon salsa and a variety of sumptuous salads followed by a glorious dessert table served in the neighbouring orangery.

The Gentlemans Journal Summer Lunch with Bicester Village
Maisie Williams and Reuben Selby

Maisie Williams and Reuben Selby

Emma Louise Connolly

Emma Louise Connolly

Tess Ward

Tess Ward

Dougie Poynter and Maddy Elmer

Dougie Poynter and Maddy Elmer

Amy Jackson

Amy Jackson

Sabrina Percy

Sabrina Percy

The Gentlemans Journal Summer Lunch with Bicester Village
Alex Coleridge and guest

Alex Coleridge and Margot Hauer-King

Lily Travers, Isaac Carew and Annabel Woodhams

Lily Travers, Isaac Carew and Annabel Woodhams

Sam Way

Sam Way

Eric Underwood

Eric Underwood

Leo Suter and Lily Travers

Leo Suter and Lily Travers

Josh O’Connor and Margot Hauer-King

Jake Hall and George Spencer-Churchill

George Spencer Churchill and Camilla Blandford

Sarah Lovegrove

Jasper Ford, Rafferty Law and Jack Brett Anderson

Ellie Bamber

Tuppence Middleton and Tuesday Hope

Ride along behind the scenes on the Gentleman’s Journal ‘Race to Bicester Village’

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