How to host

How to host

According to the people who really ought to know

Mike Tyson once said that everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. What he didn’t mention is that everyone thinks they’re a good host until someone’s face gets in the punch. Hosting is a fraught and delicate art. It can end marriages and start wars. It’s why Gentleman’s Journal has enlisted the help of a dinner party’s-worth of confidantes to pull together your cut-out-and-keep guide to faultless function-throwing, no matter the occasion. Do hope you can make it.

Patrick Johnson, founder of P. Johnson