Crowning GLORY

The north-London home of Jeremy King and his wife Lauren Gurvich King is supremely suited to elegant entertaining.

- BROOKE THEIS

Something the restaurateur has done on countless occasions during his more than five-decade-long career. While this is the first time for BAZAAR, all around him on the walls of his living-room are likenesses captured by his many artist friends, including an etching plate by Lucian Freud, a painting by David Bailey and a sixfoot work by Tom Phillips. PJ Morton's cover of "How Deep is your Love?" plays from the speaker system, and the cockapoo Theodoranicknamed Teddy-reclines on the cream deepseat sofa.

After a few snaps have been taken, Jeremy is joined by his wife Lauren Gurvich King, a multi-hyphenate in the lifestyle sphere, whose talents comprise real-estate development, interior design and luxury-brand strategy. Both are clothed in immaculate tailoring, their posture conveying an air of "We mean business".

This has been a busy year for the couple. Since the dissolution of Jeremy's legendary hospitality empire Corbin & King-which encompassed institutions such as Colbert, the Wolseley and the Delaunay, and shaped London's dining scene for decades-following a wrangle with its majority shareholder in 2022, the industry has been rife with anticipation that he would be plotting his next move. And so he was: a big one. In March, he opened Arlington on the site of his former iconic Piccadilly hotspot Le Caprice, where Diana, Princess of Wales, Mick Jagger and David Hockney were regulars.