Table Talk

At Home with Sophie Perkins

The very best hosts have it down to a fine art: from setting the table to impress to gathering a good mix around it. Every other month, join us in the homes of some of the greatest tastemakers as they lay the table and chat to us about the ingredients behind the perfect night in.

From a leading lady in fashion for our first edition to the beautifully beguiling world of Sophie Perkins in our second instalment, she’s the co-mastermind behind historic home renovations including Aynhoe Park in the Cotswolds and now Elizabethan mansion Parnham Park in Dorset. Here she shares not one but two dressed-to-impress tables for early autumn and talks to Rebecca about what hosting means to her…
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"How lucky am I, that I get to walk from my home, through my garden to The Parnham Restaurant. All the food here is a celebration of food we’ve loved from our travels and we bring all that together here using local produce be it from our garden or the hand-dived Lyme Regis Dorset scallops."

Table Talk

At Home with Sophie Perkins

A known host with the most, Sophie shares two table designs for early autumn, styling with her own treasures, foraged finds and carefully chosen pieces from the Rebecca Udall collection: a classical setting in a vaulted stone entrance hall and a harvest table in the Parnham Restaurant glasshouse. 

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