Boisdale
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Randolph Leonard Spencer-Churchill crowned Cigar Smoker of the Year 2025
Randolph Leonard Spencer-Churchill has been named this year’s Cigar Smoker of the Year, taking the top honour at the Boisdale Xerjoff Cigar Smoker of the Year 2025 Dinner & Awards, held in partnership with Santa Rita in London. He succeeds last year’s winner, Piers Morgan. The announcement was made during a sold-out gala at Boisdale of Canary Wharf,…
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The Boisdale UK Cuban Robusto Championship 2025
As you might know, I’m always up for taking part in cigar competitions. Whether I’m actually any good at them is another matter entirely 😬😄. If you’ve been keeping up with this blog, you might have noticed me sharing my experiences at the Cigar Smoking World Championship. This event focuses on the art of slow…
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The Cigar Smoker of the Year 2024 award goes to… Piers Morgan
That’s right, Piers Morgan has just taken home the top honour at tonight’s prestigious Santa Rita Cigar Smoker of the Year Awards 2024, hosted at the iconic Boisdale of Canary Wharf in London. Piers is a British broadcaster, journalist, and television personality known for his bold opinions and sharp interviewing style. A prominent figure in…
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The House of London Cigar Smoker – a conversation with Oris Erhuero at Oris’s Sanctuary
Alright, so this isn’t my usual kind of post, but I wanted to share something I’ve done that’s totally out of my comfort zone – my very first video/podcast interview collaboration. It’s out now – read on for more details! When I meet readers of this blog, they often ask why I don’t post much…
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Cigar Smoking World Championship UK Final 2024 – A report!
The past few weeks have been crazy bonkers! I’ve attended more cigar events recently than I ever imagined possible, with a highlight being the Cigar Smoking World Championship UK Final. Last year, I visited about one cigar venue per month. This year, that’s increased to attending one cigar venue or event per week, and in…
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Boisdale’s cigar terrace at Belgravia
I love smoking cigars at different cigar venues across London! Did you know that I’ve managed to track down 43 locations to exclusively smoke cigars throughout the capital, including 22 cigar ‘sampling lounges’ and 21 ‘cigar terraces’? So far, I’ve visited 32 of those and have just 11 more to go! My goal is to…
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Bolivar Regentes 2021 Limited Edition cigar
UK, we have a brand new Cuban cigar to try out! It’s the Bolivar Regentes Limited Edition 2021 cigar. It’s being distributed by Hunters & Frankau (via Habanos S.A.), the U.K.’s official distributor of Cuban cigars, to our local cigar merchants up and down the country. It was first announced a couple of years back at the virtual Habanos…
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I attended the Cigar Smoker of the Year Awards Dinner 2022
After years of wanting to go, I finally got to attend my first Cigar Smoker of the Year Awards Dinner 2022 and wow, what a night! The event, founded in 2013 by Bosidale (deemed as one of the best British restaurants in Central London with live music, food, whisky bars and cigar terraces), has become one of the world’s…
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Boisdale’s cigar terrace at Canary Wharf
At the start of the year, you may have seen me post about the Cigar Club LDN event that I attended at Boisdales in Canary Wharf, London. Well, that night, I didn’t get the chance to visit the Boisdale’s walk-in cigar humidor, as it was so goddamn busy! A month later, I found myself back there. This time…
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Cigar Club LDN Anniversary Party at Boisdales, Canary Wharf
Last month whilst I was reflecting on 2021 and looking forward to 2022, I made the following statement: “If 2021 was all about getting a better understanding of what cigars are out there, I’d love 2022 to be the year where I finally meet some of the cigar community in real life.” A quote from…