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Longines Masters’ ‘VIP Masters Club’ - Michelin-Star Dining, World Class Showjumping and Glamorous Ringside Corporate Entertainment
05th February 2016 Hong Kong
After Los Angeles and Paris, the prestigious Longines Masters Series returns to Hong Kong and rolls off its red carpet from February 19 to 21, 2016, as a highlight of the annual corporate entertainment calendar. The Asian leg of the Grand Slam Indoor of Show Jumping is a major ‘must-go’ sporting and social event and promises a unique experience combining spectacular sporting action with the world best riders and horses, luxury lifestyle and entertainment under one roof. 
Now into its fourth sensational year, the “6-star” showjumping international has become the place “to see and be seen” – and the VIP Masters Club - a glamorous ringside enclave of Michelin-star gastronomy, fine wines and champagne, and exciting sporting action at the AsiaWorld-Expo arena. 
For corporate entertainers, the chic 3-day spectacle from February 19-21 is a prestigious opportunity to delight and impress clients and associates.
Hong Kong music, movie star and Longines Ambassador of Elegance Aaron Kwok will be in attendance at the Longines Masters of Hong Kong to watch the Longines Grand Prix on Sunday February 21. Aaron Kwok is a big fan of equestrian sport and has never missed the Longines Masters of Hong Kong. He has attended all three previous editions of the event. 
The hottest tickets in town are for the unique experience of ringside dining tables at the VIP Masters Club by two Michelin-starred Chef Yves Mattagne creating a series of exquisite menus for the event.   Guests can taste the refined cuisine as while eagerly watching their favorite horse-rider combinations speed over a 1.60 m course. A selection of fine wines and Champagne by Antoine Moueix Propriétés and Champagne Barons de Rothschild are paired with the menus for guests enjoyment. As promised, the Longines Masters of Hong Kong is so much more than Show Jumping !
 
Yves Mattagne is Chef Patron of one of the best restaurants in Belgium, the 2 Michelin star Sea Grill in the centre of Brussels.
At his celebrated gastronomic flagship at the Radisson Blu Royal hotel, Chef Mattagne is famed for premium seafood complemented by classic rich French sauces and exotic ingredients. 
He replicates his much-lauded gourmet cuisine over 3-days at the Longines Masters of Hong Kong 2016, presenting top notch delicacies and freshest seafood from caviar and lobster to oysters, crab, foie gras and truffle on four different menus.
Champagne, fine Bordeaux wines and souvenir photos are also included in the VIP packages. 
“For three days a year, the VIP Masters Club by 2 Michelin-starred Chef Yves Mattagne is the most exclusive and prestigious club in Hong Kong, and indeed all of Asia,” said Fabien Grobon, Managing Director of event founders EEM.
“No better example of the event’s ‘glamour factor’ was the celebrity turnout In Los Angeles, on the first-leg of the intercontinental series on the road to Hong Kong, with Hollywood out in force in a star-studded VIP gallery including director Steven Spielberg, Bill Gates, Bo Derek, rock and roll legend Bruce Springsteen, James Bond girl Denise Richards, Big Bang Theory super star Kaley Cuoco, action star Jean Claude Van Damme and many more.
“At the second leg In Paris, we had European royalty, dignitaries and famous actors.
“And the final leg in Hong Kong is always a social hub for the region’s elite, as well as top CEOs and tycoons from all over the world. There really is no more impressive place to renew or make top connections.”