Behind the scenes of the Roald Dahl Afternoon Tea

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It takes a lot of (fun) work to come with a special Afternoon Tea like the Roald Dahl 100. One of the great things about a menu such as this, is it brings different teams together to create the magic.

Back in January, a full team got together to brainstorm ideas; General Manager John Wiltshire, Executive Chef Dale Osborne, Head Chef Pip Sandrey, Marketing Director Hannah Berry, Marketing Manager Judy Tse and Bars Manager Luca Missaglia. Over an afternoon the creative ideas and collaboration between marketing, the kitchen and front of house operation began. Read more +

Anthony Garlando takes over Instagram!

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Here at aqua shard we’re great fans of interactive photo-sharing app Instagram, and love seeing the many great images that guests post of their visits as well as sharing our own. So we were very excited when prestigious food magazine FOUR invited our executive chef Anthony Garlando to take over their Instagram feed for 24 hours on Wednesday 18th February to give a behind-the-scenes look into a day in the life of aqua shard.
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Paddington Afternoon Tea

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To celebrate the release of theĀ Paddington movieĀ on 28th November, we have created a limited-edition Paddington Afternoon Tea with new homemade cakes and sweet treats inspired by this quintessentially British character.

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Shard Sunrise mocktails all round!Hamza enjoying his aqua shard first birthday cake!The children from Ben Jonson Primary School with teachers and volunteers

aqua shard first birthday cake for everybody!

To both celebrate our first birthday (we opened on 1st July 2013!) and to canvas expert opinions on our very special birthday cake, we invited some Very Important People for afternoon tea today – twenty-one nine- and ten-year-olds from Ben Jonson Primary School in Tower Hamlets.
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