TALES OF CHALET LIFE 1

The first in a series of tales chronicling the more unusual, entertaining side of life working in a luxury ski chalet.....

A particularly demanding client had rather demanding children who were fussy eaters. So fussy, in fact, that one would only eat food of a certain colour at each meal time -- everything had to be green, say, or red. The other would only eat food of a certain shape, so everything on her plate had to be cut up into little stars or crafted into teddy bears. Needless to say, the highly experienced chalet chef in question rose to the challenge admirably.

"Vegetarian? Pah. Gluten-free? Easy peasy. Fussy kids? Bring 'em on," he said, pleased to have added yet further to his culinary skill-set.

Condé Nast Traveller's '10 best ski chalets in the Alps'

The latest (October) issue of ultra luxury travel magazine Condé Nast Traveller features a major piece on 'The 10 best ski chalets in the Alps', selected and written by our very own Belinda Archer, editor of The Chic Chalet Guide. They all, also, appear in The Chic Chalet Guide of course. Go and buy a copy now, or wait until we can provide you with a link.

In the meantime, check us out for more of the 'best' chalets in the Alps.
www.chicchaletguide.co.uk

Verbier chalet wars

Went to a great reception on Friday with Verbier Exclusive, a new chalet operator in Verbier which is opening a brand new chalet hotel in December called No. 14. It is setting its sights on CK Verbier and Richard Branson's The Lodge as its main competitors, aiming to be cheaper than both but offer the same gold standard level of service. It is even using the same interior designer as put together Sir Richard's pad. We are looking forward to visiting it early in January and providing you with a full review. Should be interesting to see if it manages to deliver on its promise! In the meantime, you can check it out here: http://www.verbierexclusive.com/no14.htm