Leading Ladies Lunch at MASTERS EXPO 2021

The Leading Ladies Lunch 2021, powered by Breitling, is the networking lunch for leading ladies. It took place last Monday at pop-up restaurant M* at MASTERS EXPO, marking the sixth consecutive edition. This is the most distinguished annual gathering for female CEOs, entrepreneurs, visionaries, celebrities, influencers, top athletes and newsmakers.

The Leading Ladies Lunch 2021, powered by Breitling: the networking lunch for real leading ladies, took place last Monday in pop-up star restaurant M* at MASTERS EXPO. For the sixth time in a row. It is the most charming and influential annual event for female CEOs, entrepreneurs, visionaries, celebrities, influencers, top athletes and newsmakers. The entire restaurant was taken over by women, even the kitchen. The only female Michelin star chef in the Netherlands held the culinary sway during lunch: Margot Reuten*. She did this together with chefs Jarno Eggen** and Edwin Kats **+*.Text: Mical Joseph
Image: Goedfolk @ MASTERS EXPO 2021

The only female star chef in the Netherlands

Carsten Klint, host and curator of the unique culinary pop-up concept Restaurant M*, was the first to welcome the ladies, after which afternoon organizer Tamara Gijrath addressed the ladies: 'What is a leading lady anyway? The leading actress, in short, we are the protagonist of our own lives," she said. She spoke about the second generation of Gijrath who have now entered her and her husband Yves' company: 'We are a family business. Seventy percent of companies in the Netherlands are family businesses: the cornerstone of the economy. It asks us as parents to think even more about our responsibility with regard to the world we will soon leave behind. That is why we have chosen to make a three-year commitment with EarthToday to spread an important, sustainable message. Consumers and companies can protect square meters of nature via EarthToday and receive a 'proof of protection' for this. For every € 1,20, 1 square meter of nature is protected and the nature conservation organization involved also protects an extra square meter. 'In the kitchen was the Netherlands' only female Michelin chef: Margo Reuten. Jarno Eggen** served beetroot risotto with caramelized pumpkin seed, apple and garden herbs as a starter. Chef Edwin Kats *+* cooked Noble Kitchen Style: red cabbage, miso, Shiso Purple, Nashipeer and Noble Style with white cabbage, Macadamia, in puff pastry with sour cream. Reuten provided dessert: passion fruit with caramel, dark chocolate, brittle dulce chocolate and a hazelnut sauce. The ladies of Pasta e Basta provided the musical accompaniment for the afternoon.

Mercedes had invited twenty of her closest female relations to the table. Breitling not only provided their own relations with a wonderful afternoon. They also provided a unique one feel and touch of the latest collection of Breitling watches. The watches were wheeled in on classic trolleys.

Be there for each other

Financial expert and top entrepreneur Annemarie van Gaal spoke about how to deal with each other in times of corona: 'Give a woman in your life a compliment or a small personal gesture every week, this can mean so much more.' The lunch was attended by, among others, CEO of GASSAN Kitty Leeser, trademark law lawyer Christine Noordzij, journalist May Britt Mobach, Olympic champion Inge de Bruijn, entrepreneur Susanna Klibansky, author Jessica Durlacher, director of Piet Boon Karen Meyn, Corendon's Günay Uslu, documentary maker Nada van Nie, photographer Paulien Huizinga, AFAS Live director Birgitte de Winter, stylist Monique des Bouvrie, artist Micky Hoogendijk, Director of hotel The Grand Amsterdam Emmy Stoel, socialite Leontine Borsato and entrepreneur Denise Boekhoorn. Choices by DL gave each lady a bracelet with her own initials and artist Stella Molenaar captured all the ladies in her own way. Especially now, because all beautiful and unique moments are so rare.

The Breitling chocolates caused great hilarity after dessert: who got the golden chocolates? Kitty van der Sluis, managing director of Babor Cosmetics Netherlands, was the lucky one. This Leading Lady not only received the famous packed goodie bag, like every guest, but also went home with a Breitling watch. After lunch, all the ladies walked together onto the exhibition floor, where the goodie bags were handed out in the Mercedes stand.

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