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 autumn-winter menu gives you a taste of what we can create for your unique occasion.

Grilled lemon shrimp, Boston and artichoke — harissa butter
Bleu d’Auvergnes, dried pear, walnut — honey butter
Crab, celery and golden beets with walnut-chèvre butter
Smoked salmon and dill with orange-sherry butter
Chicken liver mousse, cornichons and basil —
Sauternes butter
Mushroom, oven-dried tomato and mizuna with truffle butter

Butterscotch ‘double’ crème brulée
Spicy roast pineapple with vanilla-black pepper ice cream
Baked apples with butterscotch sauce and bacon crème Anglaise