\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tA silky cocktail by Agostino Perrone using Belvedere 10 Vodka.<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Agostino Perrone\/Belvedere<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tBelvedere commissioned him to produce three photographs for the \u201cMartini Icons\u201d show, which is on until June 20. His martinis will also be served at Maison Assouline\u2019s Swans Bar during the show. <\/p>\n \n\tOther images on display is a black and white shot of the Royal Ballet and Opera; a woman on a spiral staircase holding a drink and a self-portrait of the photographer himself. <\/p>\n \n\tPerrone, a charming, dapper Italian, said the secret to his martinis is to keep stirring.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThe martini cocktail is really my life because it has given me the opportunity to interact with people and learn about them. It\u2019s how I started to work in hospitality. When I was working abroad, I loved the fact that I could interact with people and learn from them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tAgostino Perrone with a martini using Belvedere 10 Vodka.<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of Agostino Perrone\/Belvedere<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tPerrone compared cocktail making to photography \u2013 highlighting that both occupations require precision, attention to detail, and the creation of a \u201cmoment.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIt\u2019s about seeing everything around you \u2013 where we put a napkin, the garnish, and the degrees of the cocktail glass,\u201d he said, adding that with his photography, \u201cthere are moments that spark my attention and I want to capture them,\u201d he added, referring to a photograph of two friends with their backs to the camera.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LONDON \u2014 It\u2019s likely that any drinker who\u2019s lived in London will, at some point, have tried a martini by Agostino Perrone, director of mixology at the Connaught Bar since 2008. He\u2019s made more than 25,000 martinis in his lifetime \u2013 some with olives and others with a lemon twist. Last week at the launch of his \u201cMartini Icons\u201d exhibition at Maison Assouline, he made them with fermented peaches and Belvedere 10 vodka. Perrone isn\u2019t just a master of the bar. He\u2019s also a student and a photographer, studying customers and passers-by and capturing them on his Leica camera. A silky cocktail by Agostino Perrone using Belvedere 10 Vodka. Courtesy of Agostino Perrone\/Belvedere Belvedere commissioned him to produce three photographs for the \u201cMartini Icons\u201d show, which is on until June 20. His martinis will also be served at Maison Assouline\u2019s Swans Bar during the show. Other images on display is a black and white shot of the Royal Ballet and Opera; a woman on a spiral staircase holding a drink and a self-portrait of the photographer himself. Perrone, a charming, dapper Italian, said the secret to his martinis is to keep stirring. \u201cThe martini cocktail is really my life because it has given me the opportunity to interact with people and learn about them. It\u2019s how I started to work in hospitality. When I was working abroad, I loved the fact that I could interact with people and learn from them,\u201d he said. Agostino Perrone with a martini using Belvedere 10 Vodka. Courtesy of Agostino Perrone\/Belvedere Perrone compared cocktail making to photography \u2013 highlighting that both occupations require precision, attention to detail, and the creation of a \u201cmoment.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s about seeing everything around you \u2013 where we put a napkin, the garnish, and the degrees of the cocktail glass,\u201d he said, adding that with his photography, \u201cthere are moments that spark my attention and I want to capture them,\u201d he added, referring to a photograph of two friends with their backs to the camera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"A](\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SILKY-POUR-by-Agostino-Perrone.jpg?w=200\")
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