So this week I have been part of the local Cambridge Evening News in the form of an article written about the free cake club that I help to host in Cambridge with my new fabulous co-host, the lovely Deepa at LazyGiraffe Jewellery & Food Blog. Deepa has been a huge support all the way through The Secluded Tea Party (She came to my very first tea party) and has also been a follower of this newer project that I have been inv
I’ve been told by a few people lately that there is a very cute little tearoom in Godmanchester, just up the road from me in Cambourne, so it was about time I got down to have a nosy. It was a chilly day, I cadged a lift whilst the mister pootled off to Halfords for car stuff, so I enjoyed a bracing, but sunny walk along the river and enjoyed re-living a few childhood memories of coming here with my sister and dad for ic
I was recently introduced to a local cycling group in Cambridge through a friend of The Secluded Tea Party. Esther, a PR Guru for Duxford Imperial War Museum is a huge fan of all things vintage, cycling and afternoon tea related… A girl after my own heart ; ) Esther voluntarily runs the “Beg Bicycles“ Cycling group in and around Cambridge, with this particular group being about the beautiful and locally made
As you may or may not know, I am a Columnist for the Cambridgeshire Journal Magazine and I was lucky enough recently to be given my very first 4 page article on a tearoom of my choice to review. Naturally, I went for an independent tearoom, Teacake of Shepreth to be precise, as they deserve a visit on any day of the week! As well as being thankful to Alice, my Editor, for allowing me to give this a go, I also want to give
I received an email a few weeks ago from a very polite journalist called Adam asking me if I would be able to help him with a radio documentary he was producing about Afternoon Tea and the history & etiquette of this fabulously British ritual. I agreed to chat and he continued to advise me that it was to be produced for the BBC and would be recorded at Betty’s of Harrogate with a full afternoon tea tier to bribe me.
I’m going to share a recipe with you… With autumn well and truly here and my bike rides in the countryside becoming colder and damper by the week, it’s now time to swap my salads with some warming soups for a good old winter warmer. I don’t want to turn to the wrong sort of comfort food, I’m trying not to eat too much meat or fast foods (or cakes, eek!), so it’s the perfect time to get my b
Today at The Secluded Tea Party, I have a guest blog post from the Chief Scone maker at The English Cream Tea Company, Jane Malyon. Based in Saffron Walden, Jane posts out her fabulous Afternoon Tea Packages to your office or home for any occasion. I have loved every photo she has posted on Facebook & Twitter throughout the summer, especially of her customers enjoying their afternoon tea at the races and on civilised pi
After a very exciting email and phone conversation with a researcher at the BBC One Show offices last Friday afternoon, I was asked to rally the troops and get 4 or 5 Clandestine Cake Club members from our Cambridge club for a filming opportunity this Monday evening. It was all in the name of the Great British Bake Off Final and with Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry planned to be in the BBC One Show studio on the Tuesday (the eve
My name is Miss Sue Flay and I am a bake-a-holic! I am usually found hosting events and activities based around afternoon tea in Cambridge and soon to be London and anywhere in between. I have an infatuation with afternoon tea and all things cakey, I even have a tattoo of a cake on my foot, of which I am not proud of from time to time, due to my new detest for the cake in question haha. However I also, for fun and frolics, hos