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Chopard invited their to valued clients to a treat at the Cannes Film Festival and I had the task of helping to document this memorable trip. Our 3-days trip ended up with about 1500 photos of which the bulk of them were of the guests but I won’t post them on the blog to respect their privacy.

Renowned makeup artist Clarence Lee & hair stylist David Gan were among the entourage to make the guests look their best.

Mattias, high-end jewelry designer team head, was our hospitable host and made sure we were well taken care of.

We were treated with sumptuous spreads of food every meal.

I even gave a crash course on photography and here’s what one of the guests took of me while relaxing along the beach. Not too bad

I’m no food expert but this lobster tasted fabulous!

Here we are preparing to leave for a fund raising fashion show for the Elton John AIDs foundation in Monaco.

The drive from Cannes to Monaco took an hour and a half and we met the prince of Monaco at the entrance to the show.

The Monaco Grand Prix was scheduled on that weekend, and while we would not be in Monaco on that Sunday due to impossible traffic, we were lucky to see some of the F1 drivers play their part for charity by strutting their stuff on the catwalk.

One of the fund raising items was Elton John’s Piano, which was autographed by many other celebs like Norah Jones as well.

It was a nice and cool night in Monaco and we ended up at about 11pm to head back to Cannes.

Next day was shopping day as the guests split up into small groups to visit their favourite labels.

And lunch again.. (note: I’m definitely going to put on weight going at this rate).

We were also invited to one of the Movie Premiers, a whole horde of visitors come to Cannes every year to catch glimpses of celebrities as they walk down the red carpet.

Photographers lined the sides as well shouting to get the attention of guests and celebrities to pose for them.

We visited Saint Tropez the next day, known for it’s nice beaches. However it was drizzling and we just strolled along some of the shops.

The guests were also treated to a private viewing by Chopard of their collection.

Dinner was absolutely fabulous!! Again I’m not the best food critic but I was working in a top F&B consultancy a few years back and the level of service and attention to detail definitely impressed me.

The crab risotto was heavenly.

And each of their dishes had very interesting presentations, like ‘The Snails’ which were served in an eggshell container.

The most interesting dish was probably ‘The Strawberry’ which was served within a sugar ball.

They would then pour the sauce which melts part of the sugar ball and then top it off with ice cream. Yummy..

It was a good break from my daily routines, not having to bring tons of equipment around to do Live Printing, Projection etc.. and it was great fun with wonderful company. And yes.. being stuffed with food and more food! Writing this on the plane now on the way back to Singapore touching down at 7am and I’ve got a talk to give at 11am. Should get some sleep… Ciao!!

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