Claudia Winkleman enjoys a rare outing with husband Kris Thykier as they head to the star-studded Chiltern Firehouse 10th anniversary fancy dress party.

Claudia Winkleman enjoyed a rare outing with husband Kris Thykier as they joined a host of stars at a star-studded party to celebrate Chiltern Firehouse’s 10th anniversary on Thursday.

The Strictly Come Dancing presenter, 52, enjoyed a break from her hosting duties to head to the stylish event with her 24-year-old husband.

Showing off her signature sense of style, Claudia opted for a sleek black velvet jacket and white button-down shirt, paired with leggings and knee-high boots.

Keeping with the event’s masquerade theme, she and Kris sported matching masks as they headed to the party.

Chiltern Firehouse made sure to celebrate their anniversary in style, with stars including Ellie Goulding, Sienna Miller and Lily Allen in attendance.

The Strictly Come Dancing presenter enjoyed a break from her hosting duties to head to the swanky event with her husband of 24 years.

Showing off her signature sense of style, Claudia opted for a sleek black velvet jacket and white button-down shirt, paired with leggings and knee-high boots.

Claudia once again joined Tess Daly as host of Strictly Come Dancing 2024, and last week viewers were left stunned after she made a surprise announcement on Sunday’s show.

As the contestants who had moved on to the next round sat on the blue sofa in the ‘Clauditorium’, presenter Claudia dropped a huge bombshell about what would happen next week.

She revealed that during the third week of the competition, which is the theme of Movie Week, professional dancer Gorka Marquez and her celebrity partner Dr. Punam Krishan would do the series’ first partner-choice routine.

Introduced to the program in 2018, Couple’s Choice allows the professional and their partner to perform a freestyle routine that is not limited to a particular style of Latin or ballroom dance.

However, fans were shocked by the announcement, given that the pairing choice usually doesn’t come until later in the series.

Turning to Gorka and Dr. Punam, Claudia revealed, “Gorka, you two are making the first couple choice of the series.”

Gorka, who has been dating former Strictly contestant Gemma Atkinson for six years, responded: “What we are doing is the first time.” “This style of dance has never been done before.”

Refusing to reveal more, the other contestants shared their joy with a flurry of gasps.

Keeping with the event’s masquerade theme, she and Kris sported matching masks as they headed to the party.

Claudia once again joined Tess Daly as host of Strictly Come Dancing 2024, and last week viewers were left stunned after she made a surprise announcement on Sunday’s show.

However, not everyone was happy that couples were allowed to be chosen so early in the competition, and some viewers took to X to express their frustration:

‘No. Absolutely no need to choose a partner in week 3 #SCD #Strictly’

‘The choice of couples is just a blank canvas to hand out high scores and save someone. It needs to be discarded. #strictly’

‘Choice of couples in the third week. Ridiculous. #Strictlycome dancing’

The partner choice category was first introduced in series 16, where couples were originally given the option to choose between three different styles of dance to perform: contemporary, theatre/jazz and street/commercial.

Those three styles were used until Series 19, where partner choice became a freestyle dance and was no longer restricted to a specific dance style.

Also on the results show, viewers were also left stunned after Olympic swimmer Tom Dean was the first celebrity to be eliminated from the dance competition.