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LIFE & TIMES
THE SANTA RITA BOISDALE
CIGAR SMOKER OF THE
YEAR AWARDS 2024
Towards the end of a magni昀椀cent evening with Tamer Hassan, Cigar Smoker of The Year 2017; Ray Winstone, Cigar Smoker of the Year
2023; and Piers Morgan, Cigar Smoker of the Year 2024.
The 13th Boisdale Xerjoff Cigar Smoker of the Year &
Awards was, as always, consummately hosted by Tom Parker
Bowles at Boisdale of Canary Wharf.
Notable awards not mentioned in the gallery include: Jordan
Hillman, who collected the Cigar Spirit of the Year for the
Tomintoul Cigar Malt; Cigar of the Year, presented to Ken
Silverio for the E.P. Carrillo Encore Majestic; Churchill
Cigar of the Year to Sean Croley of Hunters & Frankau for
the Romeo y Julieta Wide Churchill; Best Cigar Newcomer of
the Year to Lewis Seymore for the Casa 1910 Revolutionary
Cuchillo Parada; and 昀椀nally, but not least, Blue Curran of
The Emory, who won Cigar Sommelier of the Year.
Other previous winners attending included James Cosmo
and Kelsey Grammer. Friendship, 昀椀ne cigars, and exquisite
wines from Santa Rita were enjoyed throughout the evening,
mingling beautifully with the sensational scents of Xerjoff.
Jack Churchill lights up a Davidoff Grand Cru Robusto
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