All Entries in the "Butler Secrets" Category
How to Pack a Suitcase – The Butler Way
Learning how to fold clothes for storage in a wardrobe or shelved walk-in clothes-room is not always the same as folding clothes to pack into a suitcase so as to avoid creasing of the clothing. A crease is formed when clothes are folded over on themselves so the secret in how to pack a suitcase [...]
Easy Chocolate Pudding! Best fast choccy pud!
Is it just me? But I think we all have to be able to create at least ONE superior pudding, don’t you? It also has to be easy to do and has to leave nothing to chance so that it’s the same every time. Here’s my favorite:
What is a Valet?
Jeeves, as in ‘Jeeves and Wooster’ by P.G. Wodehouse, was in fact not a Butler per se. Rather he was Bertie Wooster’s Valet, a ‘gentleman’s personal gentleman’. In other words Jeeves focus was solely on the immediate requirements of his employer and not on that of a household.
Top Cigar Humidor Tips
The most important tip to know and care about, when looking to choose a cigar from any humidor, is the time you have available in which to smoke it. In fact it’s downright rude to select a cigar badly…
Classic Champagne Cocktails
While we all know that there are dozens of champagne or sparkling wine cocktail recipes out there but a Butler or bon viveur only needs to know the classics. So in spite of Ms Lily Bollinger’s opinion that,“…champagne should only be mixed with atmosphere.” here are the Butler’s top 5…
