A broker fest is how one diner described a lunchtime gathering of familiar names at one of London’s longest-established restaurants.

Shipbroker Gulfstar continued a recent annual tradition of bringing together a range of brokers, several specialising in the demolition market, for lunch — this time at classic Italian eating place Sale e Pepe in Knightsbridge, London.

Braemar ACM, Galbraith’s, Eggar Forrester, Gibson and Hartland Shipping were all represented among the 25 sitting down to dine.