By Karen Kirk
CHEERS TO 2025
After hustling through the holidays, it’s finally time to celebrate for the last time in 2024 when the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve. I hope it has been a wonderful year for all of you and you’re looking forward to discovering even more reasons to celebrate together in 2025.
This New Year’s Eve, I thought it might be fun to say goodbye to 2024 and celebrate the start of the New Year with a sparkling Champaign Bubbly Party. Symbolizing merriment and joy, bubbly is everyone’s favourite beverage for special occasions including ringing in the New Year. Keep your bubbly party simple by setting up a convenient self-serve Champaign Bubbly Bar on the island or dining table in the kitchen and invite your guests to pour themselves a chilled glass of bubbly, delight in some tasty treats and enjoy each other’s company while anticipating the excitement of the final countdown to midnight and the beginning of a new year.
Here are a few quick and easy ways to make your party POP! Cheers to 2025!
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Decorate the bubbly bar with multiple champaign buckets filled with Thermador’s Diamond Ice and a variety of bubbly choices for your guests to choose from. Play your favourite New Year’s tunes, dim the lights, and add some candles or fairy lights to set a festive mood. Think about including an effervescent non-alcoholic choice for guests who prefer to abstain while still enjoying a glass of New Year’s fizz. Set up a photo area with themed props and a sparkly backdrop for your guests to take memorable photos.
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With enough space to hold up to 92 bottles, you’ve been stocking up your Thermador wine refrigerator all year just for this moment, so let the party begin! Offering two or three zones to ensure your wines are stored at the optimum temperature and ready to serve.
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In the new Wi-Fi enabled Thermador French Door Bottom Freezer there’s plenty of room to store, chill and freeze everything you’ll need to make your party an unforgettable gastronomical experience.
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Mix it up and use a variety of pretty trays, flutes and coupes when serving bubbly and mingling with guests.
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Display and serve appetizers and sweets on your best trays. When space is tight, get creative by stacking pedestal cake stands on top of each other to save space. It can double as a centrepiece with the addition of decorative seasonal touches. Your guests will appreciate crudités served in unique individual glassware.
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No indulgent New Year’s Eve Champaign Party is complete without decadent chocolate to savour with a refreshing glass of bubbly.
Storage Tip:
Most of us are gifted chocolate over the holidays. It’s good to know that although it is best stored in a cool dry place and eaten at room temperature, you might find that you need to store some of it for longer than 24 hours. To prevent odours from being absorbed by the chocolate and to keep it from oxidizing and losing its flavour store it in the refrigerator or freezer for up to several months it in an airtight container.
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No need to fret about cleaning your stemware. The ultimate entertainer’s dishwasher, Thermador’s Star Sapphire® offers advanced glass care with Crystal Protect® Water Softener System and exceptional capacity for 18 wine glasses.
