Thank Her Grace the Duchess of Bedford for starting the afternoon tea craze in the late 18th century and His Lordship, the profligate Earl of Sandwich, being unable to leave the gaming table, for inadvertently allowing us to devise this relaxing way of making refined merriment suitable for bridal and baby showers, Christenings and any occasion where people want to celebrate informally earlier in the day with the delicate traditions of finger sandwiches, sweet dainties, Champagne perhaps and of course, tea.

This sample spring-summer menu gives you a taste of what we can create for your unique occasion.

Unagi, bacon and basil with spicy red pepper butter
Bleu d’Auvergnes, dried pear, walnut — honey butter
Crab, coconut-cucumber and avocado with sesame butter
Smoked salmon and dill with orange-sherry butter
Fingerling crisps, ham, raisin and carrot — pecan butter
Corn, tomato and cilantro with chipotle butter

Butterscotch ‘double’ crème brûlée
Roast pineapple with passion fruit tapioca and pineapple-Pernod sorbet
Strawberry soup with goat cheese sorbet and white
balsamic syrup

Champagne Tea Tizzy: Sparkling white wine, Earl grey tea, Cointreau, orange zest