Cigar Roller Tour

[PoohBore]

I emailed Hunter and Frankeau about their cigar roller tour recently and the reply said -

We have a number of events taking place around the country, including shows such as the Royal Bath & West outdoor show which at the moment would probably be the closest to you. This is taking place from the 27^th ? 30^th May.

The roller, who is from the Partagas factory incidentally, will be also be demonstrating his skills at Shave & Costa in Reading, the Segar and Snuff parlour in Covent Garden, London and La Casa in Teddington, all taking place in June.

We will also be present at the Goodwood festivals in Chichester, both the Festival of Speed and Revival, July 3^rd ? 5^th and September 18^th ? 20^th.

More events will be announced when details are finished, such as Cigar dinners etc, but there are events planned at Havana House in Windsor on 24^th June, Rochester on 18^th July, and our Summer Cigar Party on 16^th June.

Let me know if you need anymore information, I will try and get the schedule on the website this week, we have our new site launching in 2 weeks time also.

So has anyone been to one of the events and are there bargains to be had ?

I have a friend at the bath and west show today so will she come back with some bargains ?

[nicwing]

Some Herfing opportunities here.....

I might look for the Rochester and London gigs

[Pantomimehorse]

Segar and Snuff parlour is as big as the cupboard under my stairs so not sure how they are going to fit a cigar roller in there, is there any idea when they will be there though? as I work 2mins away I might pop over and have a look.

[PoohBore]

If it helps my friend has seen the guy at the Bath and West show today and he is small !

She used her feminine wiles and got 2 specific cigar sizes rolled for me. Apparently he doesn't normally roll requests.

I knew the v neck top and push up bra would come in handy.

[PoohBore]

Updated list of dates

I had an email from Stephen Davis of Hunters and Frankau asking me to pass this on.

"Armando will be at the Segar & Snuff parlour on June 12^th and 13^th, he usually rolls outside the shop as was quite rightly pointed out, the shop is very small! He will be there from 10am to 4:30pm.

A few more dates have been added to the schedule, he will be at TomTom in London from June 23^rd -27^th, and at the Davidoff shop in St. James? from the 6^th to 11^th July."

He's going to sign up as a member this week.

(Perhaps he could arrange some group buys at special discounts for us !)

[RhiannonBW]

I wonder if he'll be at the dinner at Simpson's on 9th June? I need a very, very special cigar rolled!

Rhiannon x

[nicwing]

I wonder if he'll be at the dinner at Simpson's on 9th June? I need a very, very special cigar rolled!

Rhiannon x

Whicn dinner is this Rhiannon?

[Pantomimehorse]

cool thanks for the info will pop over and have a look on the 12th

[Pantomimehorse]

Pooh how much did he charge your friend with the errrm nice frontage?

[RhiannonBW]

Whicn dinner is this Rhiannon?

Simpson's Restaurant in Birmingham. Just copied this over from the H&F website:

Simpson's Restaurant, Birmingham, 9th June 2009

Simon Chase will be hosting an evening of Cigar tasting at Simpson's restaurant in Edgbaston, Birmingham on the 9th June. As ever, this always proves to be very popular, the excellent food on offer from Simpson's matched with the very finest Havanas presented by Simon means you will have to be quick if you wish to attend. For more information please call Tel: 0121 454 3434.

Tickets are ?125. Simpson's is the best restaurant in the Birmingham area, it's really upped its game since the local restaurant competition hotted up with the opening of Glynn Purnell's, so whilst it might seem expensive I think it will be value for money.

Rhiannon x

[PoohBore]

Pooh how much did he charge your friend with the errrm nice frontage?

She got them for a tenner each. Theyre 6 inch long torpedo shape about a 50 ring gauge.

[Dyfs]

Simpson's Cigar Dinner

So, any report back from the dinner? How was it, and did you get that very, very special cigar rolled?

[RhiannonBW]

Hi Dyfs

The dinner was amazingly excellent, as I suspected it would be, and worth every penny. Simpson's completely spoiled us and the wine flowed freely all evening. The food was pretty special too. As I'm a vegetarian I had a different menu, but the meat eaters had to be restrained from licking their plates, the food was so delicious. Simpson's staff looked after us wonderfully. We were sat in a beautiful summer house, very cosy, and were able to smoke at the table as we were outdoors, though protected from the weather. There were three cigars offered, a Trinidad (sorry can't remember the size), a Gloria Cubana (again can't remember the size), and a robusto rolled by Armando. At the moment I'm unable to drink or smoke, so I couldn't take full advantage of the hospitality, but I am looking forward very much to enjoying my cigars, which are now sitting in my humidor. I did have a couple of draws on hubby's cigars and they were excellent. Andreas, who owns Simpson's, is a very keen cigar smoker and keen to get people along to enjoy good food, good wine and good cigars. His staff are also knowledgable about cigars and some have had specialised training. The event started at 7.00 p.m. and I'm quite sure everyone would happily have sat there until 3.00 a.m. if it hadn't been a work night! We eventually left Simpson's at 12.45 a.m., so we definitely got our money's worth!

Simon and Patrick from H&F were wonderful hosts, Simon's knowledge about cigars is awesome. There were also some very good special offers on the night, though unfortunately we couldn't take advantage of them. (Almost half price for a box)

Basically I can't express how good an evening it was in mere words. As I said to my husband when we returned home, "Even though I was sober, that was a very, very wonderful and enjoyable evening."

Rhiannon x

[PoohBore]

The roller in action at the bath and west

The man in action

[Pantomimehorse]

just got back from the roller in Covent Garden, it worked out ?13 for a rolled cigar or if you spent ?18 in the shop the freshly rolled was only ?2 so I of course went in and spent ?18

gonna give it a blast after work