Kylie Gillies and Jodi Gordon forge partnership, Behind Celebrity Lines

Kylie Gillies and Jodi Gordon have forged a new, on-the-road partnership in a week the A-team spent Behind Celebrity Lines

What are Kylie and Jodi up to?

IT MAY be freeeeeezing in many parts of Australia, but it didn’t stop famous faces from getting out and being seen. Here are what some of out better known celebs have been up to:

Jodi and Kylie become revheads

In remote Tasmania, car brand Infiniti unveiled its first ambassadors in Australia to help launch the new QX80 luxury four-wheel drive — the largest one on the Aussie market.

Infiniti has been in Australia for just three years and its most famous brand ambassador is Daniel Riccardo. The Infiniti crew decided to give its first local ambassadors, Seven’s Kylie Gillies, Jodi Gordon and chef Adam D’Sylva, the first cars to test out.

The troika were announced as brand ambassadors in the scenic Pump House Point in central Tasmania at a dinner cooked by D’Sylva, who owns the well-known Coda and Tonka eateries in Melbourne. D’Sylva, Gillies and Gordon drove their new cars from Launceston to Hobart, via Cradle Mountain.

Eva Longoria charms the specs set

Eva Longoria arrived in Australia to take up the role of ambassador and star judge for Specsavers’ Spectacle Wearer of the Year competition — a nationwide search for the country’s most ‘confident’ and stylish glasses wearer.

The award-winning actor and philanthropist officially launched the competition today at Centennial Hotel, Sydney, with the support of Australian fashion and spectacle designer, Collette Dinnigan.

Longoria showed off her own confident spectacle style as she called on Australians to enter the competition, by accessorising her stunning Collette Dinnigan Josette dress, made from French lace and silk, with striking Collette Dinnigan frames from Specsavers. Stylish glasses wearers are invited to enter the competition now by submitting their best spec-selfie at: loveglasses.specsavers.com.au.

Awww shucks, it’s Back!’

Sydney’s favourite oyster festival is returning to The Morrison Bar and Oyster Room in August.

The Morrison Bar and Oyster Room held their annual Oyster Festival launch event, in preparation for the official start on August 1.

Internationally awarded executive chef Sean Connolly worked with The Morrison to host a line-up of exciting oyster activities and an enticing feast.

Guests at the launch were educated on the best way to shuck oysters, and were given the opportunity to taste the various types, while sipping on Chandon champagne, oyster cocktails and different kinds of Scotch whisky, curated by whisky ambassador Sean Baxter. Oysters and whisky? That’s a new sensation.

There will be over 20 types of oysters on display throughout the festival from across the country, including the most prolifically grown Pacific oyster, the Sydney rock oyster and uniquely giant Jurassic oyster. Guests included Sean Connolly, Fraser Short, James Wicks, Nicola Cerrone and Sean Baxter. For more information or to book, visit www.themorrison.com.au

Mumm goes even more bubbly

The House of Mumm champagne launched the re-release of a limited quantity of magnums of the celebrated Mumm Cordon Rouge Millésimes of 1985, 1990 and 1996. Some very impressive champagnes were unveiled by the Mumm ‘Chef de Cave’, Didier Mariotti.

Uncorked at an intimate dinner and tasting at Café Sydney, the wines were previewed for the only time in Australia.

The entire collection included magnums of the best vintages from the last 30 years that have been kept in perfect condition in the cellars at Mumm in Reims, France enabling the champagne house to track its oenological history.

“At Mumm, we are lucky to be able to source pinot noir grapes from some of the best Grand Cru vineyards across Champagne, thanks largely to our incredible vineyard holding established by the visionary René Lalou nearly 100 years ago,’’ said Monsieur Mariotti.

In Australia, the Collection du Chef de Caves is now available in magnums from some of the country’s top restaurants nationally. In Sydney it will be available at Icebergs Dining Room and Café Sydney; in Melbourne at Vue de Monde; and in Brisbane at Gerard’s, Esquire, Blackbird and Wine Emporium.

Singing from the Montblanc Top

Montblanc showcased its international 15/16 collections to a selection of key media and influencers at a ‘Black and White’ breakfast.

Hosted by managing director, Leon Mervis, general manager, Randall Foote and Swiss fine watch trainer and consultant, Julien Miribel, the event was hosted at Doltone House in Pyrmont.

With a vast selection across all product categories including timepieces, writing instruments and leather goods, Miribel talked through the technical and intricate detailing behind the art of Montblanc’s watch making.

Originally published as Kylie Gillies and Jodi Gordon forge partnership, Behind Celebrity Lines