The Annual Cigar Smoker of the Year Awards returned to the stage at Boisdale of Canary Wharf, on Sunday 3rd December. For the fifth time this illustrious event for cigar fans celebrated iconic cigars, producers, writers, terraces and smokers. Hailed as one of the biggest exports to Hollywood from the East End of London, acclaimed actor Tamar Hassan was crowned the Zenith Watches Cigar Smoker of the Year 2017.<\/p>\n
The award was presented to Tamer by last year\u2019s winner \u2013 US star of the screen and stage, Kelsey Grammer. The prize was an engraved Rose Gold Zenith El Primero Cohiba Edition Watch. In his acceptance speech Tamar Hassan spoke of his lifelong fondness for the Cuban stick which he shared with \u201cmany smokers big and small with the biggest of them all, dear friend and mentor the great Bob Hoskins\u201d.<\/p>\n
220 guests of the evening including BBC presenter Andrew Neil, James Cosmo, Mark Hix, Nancy Dell\u2019Olio, Nigel Farage and Made in Chelsea star Stephanie Pratt on arrival received one of each of the five cigars, nominated for Cigar of the Year 2017 including the Romeo y Julieta Short Churchill which took the win. The British canap\u00e9 reception featured the multi award winning English sparkling wine Jenkyn Place Vineyard, Brut, 2013 from Hampshire. The sumptuous dinner comprised of Hebridean shellfish accompanied by the outstanding Alpha Domus, The Wingwalker Viognier 2014, Hawkes Bay wine, New Zealand and the main course of grass fed dry aged Aberdeenshire fillet of beef \u201cWellington\u201d, perfectly complemented by The Chocolate Block 2015, Boekenhoutskloof, Swartland. Bringing together cigar enthusiasts and celebrity cigar smokers, the esteemed evening harnessed Boisdale\u2019s uniquely eclectic style, hosted by Tom Parker Bowles and Boisdale founder Ranald Macdonald with entertainment from Natasha Hamilton of Atomic Kitten.<\/p>\n
Boisdale of Canary Wharf couldn\u2019t have been a better venue in which to host the event as it offers the most comprehensive choice of handmade cigars of any restaurant in Europe. Boisdale has nurtured close relationships with suppliers over the years, enabling the opportunity for customers to sample old and rare Havana cigars in this unique destination for cigar enthusiasts.<\/p>\n
Zenith Watches Cigar of the Year<\/strong> Davidoff Cigar Terrace or Cigar Lounge of the Year<\/strong> Puro Prestige Cigar Writer of the Year<\/strong> The Cigar Retailer of the Year<\/strong> The Cigar Producer of the Year<\/strong> Zenith Watches Cigar Smoker of the Year<\/strong> Boisdale Lifetime Achievement Award<\/strong> Photo: Boisdale of London<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For the fifth time the illustrious Cigar Smoker of the Year Awards celebrated iconic cigars, producers, writers, terraces and smokers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[53,49,2808,44],"tags":[3245,1384,4578,1985,1297],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18338"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWINNER: Romeo y Julieta Short Churchill
\nNominees: 92 Rated Daniel Marshall Red Label Cigar Box-Aged 1Year, Davidoff Winston Churchill The Late Hour Robusto, Joya de Nicaragua Robusto, AVO Heritage Short Robust<\/p>\n
\nWINNER: The Garden Lounge at The Corinthia
\nNominees: The Arts Club, Alfred Dunhill, The Garden Room at the Lanesborough, The Bulgari, The Churchill<\/p>\n
\nWINNER: Nick Foulkes
\nNominees: Dean Pullen, Tobias Gorn<\/p>\n
\nWINNER: Havana House
\nNominees: Cigars Unlimited, Havana Cigar Exchange, Segar and Snuff Parlour, Robert Graham Ltd<\/p>\n
\nWINNER: Davidoff
\nNominees: Joya De Nicaragua, Hanbanos, Alec Bradley, Macanudo, Regius, Daniels Marshall<\/p>\n
\nWINNER: Tamer Hassan
\nRUNNER UP James Cosmo
\nNominees: Andy Garcia, Alexander Armstrong, Sam Torrance, Steven Seagal, Jim Belushi<\/p>\n
\nWINNER: Edward Sahakian<\/p>\n