Greetings from 45 Park Lane - the newest Dorchester Collection hotel. It sits next to The Dorchester and its all 45 bedrooms and 1 penthouse suite overlooks Hyde Park.

I have really missed filming in London but I am here now for 5 days! Whoo-hoo!

SO - the hotel ... opened on September 1st 2011 ... is VERY different from the Dorch ... it's very cool ... dark lines ... chrome ... plush carpets & furniture ... Brit Art (Hirst, Sir Peter Blake etc) ... lovely chandeliers ... quite Art Nouveau ... lovely comfortable beds ... B&O hardware ... touchscreen controls ...

The signature restaurant is CUT of Wolfgang Puck fame ... the Exec Chef is a fabulous LA dude - David McIntyre. We cooked an outstanding lobster dish for a Culinary Travels episode ...

We also filmed with the gorgeous Vanessa Cinti ... sommelier ... who found a bottle of my favourite red from Oregon - the Joseph Drouhin ...

Yes - I like this hotel ...

My arrival at 45 PL

With the totally adorable Ania .... and David

David McIntyre - CUT

With the lovely Vanessa Cinti - Sommelier