Three and half years ago I headed to The Dorchester a single girl, the next day I left the luxury London hotel a married woman. The Dorchester will always be my favourite hotel for that very reason – it’s where I got ready for my big day, where we had our wedding reception and where we spent our first night as a married couple.ย 
And that beautiful Grand Dame is all dressed up for the festive season. A glittering facade and several elaborately decorated Christmas trees are the welcoming view…
Inside is the floor to ceiling tree with a dazzling star at the top – like always the beautiful hotel sticks with tradition, no upside down tree here!
The cutest little sweet shop is well guarded by to soldiers…
And a gingerbread replica of the hotel stands proudly in the lobby -8,000 pieces of gingerbread and 200 pats of butter have gone into this!
There’s not one but about ten Christmas trees lining the lobby, all beautifully decorated by in-house florist Philip Hammond. Honestly, if you’re not in the festive spirit yet, come to The Dorchester and you will be instantly!
If you ever stay at hotel, I highly recommend a visit to The Dorchester Spa. I personally think it’s the most beautiful spa in London and it was the gorgeous location for our night of festive fun.
The Spatisserie is my favourite parts, it a beautiful mirrored room with pink accents, the perfect place for a luxurious afternoon after your treatments. But today the Spatisserie had been transformed to a florist’s work shop for a festive wreath-making class with Philip Hammond.
Fuelling up on Champagne Laurent-Perrier and mince pies (scones for me), Lauren, Giulia and I took to our stations to start constructing our wreathes.ย 
Fortunately the real hard work had been done for us as the base had already been constructed – Phil recommends using blue spruce pine as it has a good shape and lasts a long time. Having done two wreath classes Christmas last year, I know there’s no real rules! But I was pleased to see we were sticking to tradition with red baubles and organic embellishments.ย 
We started by preparing our decorations, threading the oranges, pine cones and baubles with wires…ย ย ย 
Before we started attaching everything bit by bit. Art was never my strong point but I was quite proud of how it came together, I made sure that there weren’t too many gaps and there was an even coverage of the embellishments.
And here are the finished masterpieces! The scent was gorgeous too, I love the Christmassy smell of oranges and pine cones.ย 
After all our hard work we headed upstairs to The Bar, for a festive cocktail or two. It’s an utterly gorgeous bar and one of my favourites in London – ordering aย Dorchester Bellini with Prosecco, fresh mango and bergamot rosolio I only had time for a quick drink and had to say no to the amazing looking bar snacks as I had a dinner to get to.
As always my time at the Dorchester passed by like a dream! It was quite possibly my favourite festive night in London ever, Lauren and I text each other multiple times the next day to discuss how wonderful it was!!
A huge thank you to The Dorchester for having us and for a truly magical night!
We were guests of the hotel for this wonderful festive evening.
