Bagatelle Montauk: Inside The Hamptons Edition Release

Bagatelle Montauk | 500 West Lake Drive, Montauk, New York

Photography by Aimee Albright + Guest

The Hamptons Edition was never going to be released quietly.

On July 19th, Issue 0002 — Where Style, Sea + Status Collide — was celebrated at Bagatelle Montauk, in partnership with a house that has spent two decades proving a dining room can be both a kitchen and an occasion. French Riviera cooking, set on the water at the marina, in a room that builds as the light goes down.

Leading the kitchen for the evening: Jimmy De Almeida, Executive Chef for Bagatelle in the United States.

The table was set by people who understand the season. The house cocktail was an Ocean Breeze — Aspen Vodka with St. Germain, cucumber, ginger + lime. Minuty Prestige 2025 in rosé. Tonnino’s Grillo, from Sicily, in white. Giovanni Volpe Superior sparkling. And from Tartufo d’Istria, truffles that needed no translation.

The covers stood on easels along the terrace. Guests read the edition under Minuty parasols while the light went over the water.

This is what The Members Collective is built around — not a guest list, but a room where the people making the season are in it together.

Because an edition is a document. A night like this is the proof.

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The Hamptons Edition release was hosted in partnership with Bagatelle Montauk. Minuty, Tartufo d’Istria, Giovanni Volpe, Aspen Vodka + Tonnino Wine + Featured Artist Joanna Steidle were event partners.

Photography by Aimee Albright + Guest. Shot on location at Bagatelle Montauk at Gosman's Dock