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Mr Fogg’s Apothecary: Launching in June 2022!

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NEW VENUE ALERT! We are thrilled to share some very exciting news across the group, including the launch of our latest addition to The Mr Fogg’s Collection – Mr Fogg’s Apothecary! Find out more HERE.

Located on Brook Street in Mayfair, this new Victorian cocktail bar will be home to a collection of tinctures, tonics and remedies from around the world, all in the form of delicious cocktails served in medicinal bottles. Book any night from Wednesday 1st June HERE.

    

In other Mayfair news, we have recently reopened Mr Fogg’s Secret Garden with a stunning summer makeover, transforming it into a tranquil Mexican hacienda-style hideaway behind Berkeley Square. Complete with outdoor heating, a retractable roof and vibrant flower displays, book an outdoor table from Wednesday to Saturday HERE.

Over in Fitzrovia, discover our newly-transformed, wisteria-filled Treehouse upstairs at Mr Fogg’s House of Botanicals, featuring a floral-inspired cocktail menu to match. To book a Treehouse table from Thursday to Sunday, click HERE.

Inception Conference & Annual Staff Party 2022

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Inception Group gathered as a company at The Leicester Square Theatre for the first time since January 2020 for our company conference, followed by a belated Christmas Party! Co-founder, Charlie Gilkes, reflected on a very challenging two years navigating Covid and the vision for the group, before Operations Director, Robin Kay, set out our company values and commitments and the Directors answered in a Q&A session. Afterwards, we all partied the night away at the brilliant Percy’s on High Street Kensington.

Inception Group Away Day 2021 – Brighton & Hove

By Inception Group

From 18th to 20th October, Inception Group’s head office, venue managers and head chefs escaped London for a seaside getaway to Brighton and Hove, celebrating in true Inception style at the stunning Rockwater.

Divided into groups of three, each day consisted of a morning breakfast conference followed by lunch, an afternoon on the beach and dinner with plenty of drinks in between!

The company trip was the perfect opportunity to bring colleagues back together and the team returned to London feeling refreshed and ready to tackle the busy Christmas season ahead! #IGAwayDay2021

 

Cahoots & Maggie’s: Winners in London Lifestyle Awards 2020!

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We are extremely proud to announce a DOUBLE Inception Group win at the London Lifestyle Awards 2020, with Cahoots winning Best Bar of the Year and Maggie’s winning Best Late Night Venue of the Year! After a very difficult eighteen months, we could not be happier to receive this uplifting news, and it’s truly wonderful to see London coming back to life!

A very well-deserved congratulations goes to our wonderful teams, for their hard work and dedication in getting our venues back up and running. And lastly, a huge well done to the team at Mr Fogg’s Society of Exploration, who had also made it to the Top Ten Bars of the Year. Celebrate with us and book a table at Cahoots, Maggie’s and Mr Fogg’s Society of Exploration!

Announcement: The London Gin Club, reopening September 2021!

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After a very tough year and a half, we’re delighted to be sharing some very GOOD NEWS!

We are very excited to have signed a 20 year lease on the iconic Soho institution on Great Chapel Street – The London Gin Club! After founding it in 2012, Julia Forte and Vicky Fisher successfully ran the bar for seven years before sadly being forced to close in 2019, due to severe damage caused by Crossrail. Whilst they remain freeholders, it’s the first time they’ve had tenants in the 88 years of their family owning the building!

Now that the Crossrail damage has been repaired, we are thrilled to announce the grand reopening of The London Gin Club in September 2021, largely as we knew it before. Stay tuned to find out our reopening date soon…

Freedom Day: We are Back!

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We are delighted to at last have the green light to return to business much closer to normal. All our venues will be fully open from July 19th and we can’t wait to welcome people back, even to get a drink from the bar again! Explore our eleven London sites HERE.

Maggie’s, our 1980s nightclub, has had a complete refurbishment and is reopening at 12.01am on Monday 19th July (i.e. this coming Sunday night) with its brand new look! Think outlandish new cocktails, mind-blowing retro lighting, a bigger drinks bar covered in cassette tapes, and MORE 1980s vibes. We’re making up for lost time and opening every night for the first week, before returning to our Thursday-Saturday opening days. To be one of the first back on the dance floor, book a table or guestlist spot HERE.

All our unique spaces at Bunga Bunga are fully open for celebrations, with everything from the relaunch of Singo Bingo and our Club Bunga at Battersea, to our new season of nightly shows at Covent Garden, including SingalongaBunga Thursdays! With a heatwave on its way, our Mr Fogg’s Secret Garden in Mayfair is a great new addition to the group. The perfect spot for a summer party, it will also now be open on Sundays from August onwards! Book a table at any of our venues HERE.

With events back in full swing from July 19th, join us for private drinks, hearty lunches, tipsy teas, immersive dinners, gin tastings and more across the Mr Fogg’s Collection, Cahoots, Barts, both Bunga Bunga’s and Maggie’s. From small gatherings of 10 people to parties of up to 450 guests, explore our venue hire options HERE.

We will, of course, continue with enhanced hygiene and safety measures throughout the venues, but we can’t wait to get back towards how things were before March 2020!

Cahoots pops up at London Cocktail Week with Bombay Sapphire

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From Monday 3rd October to Sunday 9th October Cahoots appeared down the Central Line at Old Spitalfields Market with Bombay Sapphire gin. Cahoots created a bespoke Cahoots vintage cocktail train at the London Cocktail Week Village with their scoundrels on hand to keep guests well hydrated.

The menu was inspired by the adventures of the Famous Five by Enid Blyton, featuring cocktails such as The Captain heads to the seaside! Made with Bombay Sapphire, Bombay Bathwater Brew, Blue Curacao, lemon topped with Fentiman’s tonic; The Captain solves a mystery! Using star of Bombay Sapphire, Amer picon, Kamm & Sons and Martini Fiero and The Captain meets a tropical stranger! Bombay Sapphire, Limoncello, Grains of Paradise, Pomegranate, pineapple and lemon.

Bunga Bunga #SaveOurStripes campaign succeeds…for now!

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You may have noticed Bunga Bunga has hit the headlines recently in The Daily Mail, The Sun, The Times and many other papers in Europe, while also featuring on the BBC and ITV news. Well after an overwhelming amount of support in the local area, from over the UK and in Italy we have been allowed to keep our current exterior until the end of Euro 2016 when it shall be repainted.

Mr Fogg’s Safari Camp pops up at Taste Of London

By Mr Fogg's, News

Mr Fogg’s was proud to pop up once again in London, this time the household of Phileas J. Fogg erected a Safari Camp in Regent’s Park for the world’s greatest restaurant festival with a British-colonial style tent filled with globes, maps and a taxidermy collection from various safari’s in Africa. Guests at the festival enjoyed World Class libations and a separate gin & tonic tent where a specialty barman from Mr Fogg’s Gin Parlour imparted his knowledge on the fine art of concocting the perfect gin & tonic with several flavoured tonics and botanicals.
We look forward to returning to Taste Of London in 2017!

Photos from the launch of the Safari Camp can be found on Mr Fogg’s Facebook page.

Peter from Mr Fogg’s Residence wins The Galvin Cup

By Inception Group, Mr Fogg's, News

Inception Group and Mr Fogg’s are very proud to announce Peter from Mr Fogg’s Residence has won The Galvin Cup. The Galvin Cup is a internationally respected competition whereby the UK’s top mixologists go head to head in a bid to be recognised as the best shaker in the land! Competitors mixed cocktails for a panel of expert judges and Peter was crowned winner.

More information on The Galvin Cup can be found here – http://thegalvincup.co.uk/