Back to business

Time we got back to the frivolous gossip, I think. Sadly, I deleted my juicy titbit from Live8 by mistake. I'll have to try and recover it later. As for the Cateys, a few other morsels have filtered down to me. One of the middle-aged men left panting over Nicola Benedetti appears to have been Robin Hutson, former owner of Hotel du Vin, whose wife remarked: "I never knew you were so interested in classical music." Also spotted at the awards, Bill Toner, the bouffant-haired former Aramark boss. He was overheard complaining, "I've never been seated so far back before." Ah, never mind, Bill. And it seems superchef Rick Stein is a bit of a party animal. He moved on to the trendy Embassy Club in Mayfair and was still going strong at 2pm, according to my rodent spies.