Liberal leader Matthew Guy parties with George Calombaris at Bar Bambi

Victorian Liberal leader Matthew Guy has been seen partying with embattled celebrity chef George Calombaris.

Matthew Guy was the not-so-secret guest at the launch of Bar Bambi. Picture: Karon Photography

While ScoMo was schmoozing his conservative lapdogs at a secret city location on Thursday night, Matthew Guy hung with the er, real people at the launch of Bar Bambi.

“By gosh, I’ve never seen so much surgery in one room in all my life” commented one politician at the rollcall of socialites wearing cutouts, so we may taken some poetic license there.

Matthew Guy was the secret star guest at the Bar Bambi celebrations down AC/DC Lane after Russian brothers, bar tsars Nick and Daniel, got their groove back after just five years in the pipeline.

The Liberal Party leader was there supporting the return of business back to the CBD and ushered onstage by compere Wog Boy Nick Giannopoulos, who roasted everyone from Tim Smith, to Christian Petracca and his eyebrow.

“It is about Melbourne, it’s about rebuilding and about getting back to making our city the most liveable city in the world again because that’s what we were and what we are going to be again,” Guy said to the elated and applauding crowd of Melbourne AFL honchos, powerbrokers and real estate and hospitality figures.

Later he was seen powwowing with table mate George Calombaris who simply smiled broadly when we congratulated him on his rumoured My Kitchen Rules gig with Channel 7.

Matthew Guy has a laugh while table partner George Calombaris works the room. Picture: Mark Stewart

Hugs with the Sooshi Mango comedians who kept us all from going mad in lockdown as Guy pressed the flesh.

Bec Judd danced away in her shimmering plunger of a jumpsuit as Bobby Fox crooned while Guy had Friday closure for preselection nominations surely on his mind.

All eyes are on the seat of Kew where would-be treasurer David Davis, who is a close friend of Tim Smith, has suddenly put his hat in the ring against early front runner and Josh Frydenberg ally Jess Wilson.

A difficult position for Guy with a middle-aged white man challenging a well credentialed female candidate.

Dumped leader Michael O’Brien is facing two challengers in his seat of Malvern.

Elsewhere, Forest Hill MP Neil Angus, will face a fight from former candidate and close friend of Guy, Nick McGowan. Angus finds himself in the strangest position, unable to attend his local school, let alone kiss a baby, because he has refused to get the jab.