James Packer has been rebuilding his life after a few difficult years.
And the billionaire casino baron was looking relaxed as he left a star-studded dinner at Matsuhisa restaurant in Aspen, Colorado, on Saturday night, hosted by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos.
A-list celebrities gathered in the Rocky Mountain town restaurant – where an exclusive cover costs about $250 per person – as they were spotted leaving the restaurant together.
James, 57, dressed casually in a navy blue jumper that sat close to his slimmed down form.
The former Crown Resorts chairperson added a pair of blue jeans and sneakers that matched.
Packer made his way down the stairs from the upmarket eatery where he appears to be a regular during the Christmas period.
James Packer (pictured) has been rebuilding his life after a few difficult years. The billionaire casino baron was looking relaxed as he left Matsuhisa restaurant in Aspen, Colorado on Saturday night
Other guests, including Ivanka Trump and Kevin Costner, were spotted outside the upscale Japanese-Peruvian restaurant.
Ivanka, 43, stunned in a chic western-inspired brown suede dress, fit with a thick boho belt, tall brown leather boots, a tan shearling-lined leather jacket, and a brown leather clutch.
Her husband, Jared Kushner, also 43, was all smiles next to the blonde beauty as he sported a simple navy button down, black pants, black sneakers, and clutched a grey coat in his hand.
Kevin Costner, 69, also showed up to the swanky dinner, as the Yellowstone star donned tan pants, a black shirt, tan jacket, a fringed scarf, and a grey moustache with a goatee.
American film producer Brian Grazer, 73, was also present.
Matsuhisa has an extensive menu filled with an array of food and alcoholic beverages, including a $900 champagne bottle, and a $1,350 bottle of rose champagne, according to the restaurant’s menu.
The restaurant also offers a large sushi selection, including sashimi that costs up to $28. It also serves multiple meat dishes, including $60 lamb chops.
Matsuhisa also offers Omakase – ‘a tasting menu from the heart’ – that includes an eight course menu that ‘features Chef Nobu Matsuhisa’s signature flavours’ from an ‘expert kitchen,’ the website detailed.
The 57-year-old dressed casually in a navy blue jumper that sat close to his slimmed down form. The former Crown Resorts chairperson added a pair of blue jeans and sneakers
Packer made his way down the stairs from the upmarket eatery where he appears to be a regular during the Christmas period
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The special tasting menu is served family style for parties of seven or more and costs $175 per person.
The restaurant also offers guests an array of sake – Japanese rice wine – options, as one bottle costs $670, according to the menu.
There are several Matsuhisa locations across the US and even the globe, with three in Colorado, one in Beverly Hills, California, two in Greece, a location in Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, and another in Cyprus.
Packer appears to have a new lease on life after going public with his new girlfriend Renée Blythewood at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
The n billionaire, who started dating the American model near the end of 2023, said he is now ‘looking forward to the future’.
After fleeing his home country to escape the shadow of his late father media mogul Kerry, he said in July that life is starting to look up.
‘I’m doing OK. Better in some ways than others, but overall can’t complain at all, and am looking forward to the future,’ James told The Daily Telegraph.
The father-of-three also spoke about his fluctuating weight and admitted it remains a ‘constant struggle’ for him as he addressed his recent weight gain.
Other guests, including Ivanka Trump (left) and Kevin Costner (right), were spotted outside the upscale Japanese-Peruvian restaurant
James said he found it tough to lose weight when he was taking medication for his bipolar disorder, which he was diagnosed with in 2016.
But the businessman attempted to wean himself off the medication and adjust his lifestyle by quitting sugar, smoking and drinking, and going on ‘long walks’.
While that helped him shed the kilos down to 110, James said he is ’embarrassed’ to admit he started eating sugar again in February because he ‘loves it so much’.
‘This time it’s not the medication — I’m off nearly all of those — I just need to be more disciplined. I love sugar so much!’ he admitted.
‘I am going to address my weight again, but, to be honest, weight for me is a bit of a constant struggle.’
It comes after James went public with girlfriend Renée in May when they were spotted at the star-studded Cannes Film Festival together.
In photos shared to Instagram, Renée smiled alongside the mega-wealthy businessman as they posed for a picture with a group of friends on the red carpet.
The pair reportedly enjoyed a string of low-key dinners together during their time in Cannes, while Renée is said to have joined James on his luxury yacht.
Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos had also been present among the group of friends
The lavish yacht had reportedly been moored off Antibes, France, for the week after travelling over from Barcelona for the esteemed film festival.
Renée, who shares son Levi, 16, with a former partner, carved out a successful modelling career for herself at the young age of 10.
Packer revealed earlier this year that ‘money is not a guarantee of happiness’ but having it is better than the alternative.
‘I would prefer to be rich and unhappy than to try and be poor and unhappy,’ Packer, said in the promo for an interview to be aired on Channel Seven show Spotlight.
Packer appeared emotional when talking to the Seven interviewer.
He also revealed he lives part of the year on the yacht, named IJE after the initials of his children, when he fled Sydney after inquiries into the operations of Crown casinos in Melbourne and Perth.
Packer told the Daily Telegraph in July he has houses in America, Mexico, Argentina and Israel – along with an apartment in Crown Sydney – and travels between them.
‘I do live a peripatetic life, for better or worse,’ he said.
‘The truth is, my dad’s (media mogul Kerry Packer) shadow became too big for me to live under in .’
Packer appears to have a new lease on life after going public with his new girlfriend Renée Blythewood (pictured) at the Cannes Film Festival in May