Edmund Rolston and Matt Lamming of Valley Butlers
So you’ve got the perfect party all lined up: all you need now… is a topless butler. Edmund Rolston (L) and Matt Lamming (R) are the founders of Valley Butlers, and they tell Chloe Tong about satisfying groups of women and serving at sex conventions.
HK Magazine: Where did you get the idea to buttle toplessly?
Matt Lamming: It’s big in the UK. Loads of places have it but not many here. I thought it was a niche worth getting into.
Edmund Rolston: A lot of our friends have come here to play rugby. They are very charismatic people and in-between jobs, so they get good money from this. As cringe-worthy as it may sound, we obviously have to interview them first, go through protocol and make sure they are in good shape. The service falls flat if a fat guy turns up!
HK: What sets you apart in the topless butler world?
ER: How we differ from others is that it is not just good shape that we are after. We are quite strict with how much charisma they have. If we see that they are likable guys, and can handle a good party or corporate event, then we will put them on our books.
ML: You have got to be outgoing. A hen party can get quite out of hand. You can’t be a shy guy to be a butler.
HK: Does topless buttling affect your relationships?
ER: Neither of us have girlfriends so maybe it has subconsciously affected our relationships. But I don’t think so. We had a couple of people who had issues with their girlfriends, saying “Look, my girlfriend is not really happy with me doing this anymore.” But then, there are guys who had new girlfriends when they’ve been on our books. It’s not really an intimate thing: it’s more like a corporate service that we provide.
HK: What’s the strangest request you’ve ever had?
ML: One of our guys went to Macau, for a kind of sexual show. It had a few interesting… devices on display.
ER: It was a sex convention. We thought it would just be a corporate event that he had to be working at. He was wandering around with different contraptions. But most of them are just hen parties!
HK: Do clients ever get a bit grabby with your butlers?
ER: Occasionally hen parties can get out of hand, but we are quite strict with the clients and the people on our books: we don’t support any of that stuff.
HK: Do you ever get aroused when you’re surrounded by women who are ogling you?
ER: It’s honestly pretty clean fun. If you ask other guys that have done more jobs than we have, maybe their answer will be yes.
ML: Or if you ask the women at the hen parties as well…
ER: Maybe it’s more likely that the women are aroused than our men. It’s a hen party!