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No. 07
Published
October 2026
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14 stories
The Cover Story · Food & Hosting

The last great dinner party

Private chef Lena Hallstead on why the best meals never happen in restaurants — and what her regulars keep coming back for.

Maya Okafor·October 14, 2026
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An intimate dinner party scene with candlelit table
Léa Armand
Pro of the Month · October
Floral designer · Bridgetown, Barbados

Léa Armand

“A good arrangement has to breathe. If it looks finished on Monday, by Thursday it's dead. I'm building something that wants to keep growing.”

Léa Armand opened her studio in a converted warehouse in Bridgetown three years ago with four weddings on the books and a half-broken cooler. Today her waitlist runs nine months deep, she teaches a sold-out monthly workshop, and her brand of untamed, seasonal Caribbean work has become shorthand for a certain kind of island event.

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We asked twelve pros on the platform how they actually price their time — and what they wish they'd known at year one.

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