This book would not have come to fruition without the dedicated work of Céline Hughes, Alison Starling, Steve Painter, and the team at Ryland Peters & Small. Special thanks go to my dad Lee Stone, my sister Von Kay, and my brother-in-law Paul Kay who raised me. Bea’s of Bloomsbury would not have existed without the encouragement and support of Omar Khan; to Colleen Jolly who designed the logo, and Ting Ting Zhang and William Tan for christening the name Bea’s of Bloomsbury; to Kulan Mills who is like an uncle to BOB; to Kristina Johansson who was there from when BOB was just an idea; to Lucy Henry for helping shape BOB in the beginning; to Beth Davies who continues to redefine BOB year after year; to the pastry team at BOB who took care of the roost while I was busy writing; to the front of house staff at BOB who’ve always managed to add great personality to the place even if they won’t let me have coffee!; to Renee Senne who gave me my first break and taught me almost everything I know; to Regis Cursan who taught me everything else; to Shuna Lydon whose generosity of spirit revives a love of pastry in times high and low; to Go Sugimoto whose art and design have influenced BOB time and time again; to Anette Moldvaer and James Hoffmann who have been so supportive; to all of the regulars at BOB who have supported us and helped us to make BOB better for them; to James Shirley, who’s been an invaluable supporter; to Shafeena for her everlasting support; to Andre Dang for his support of the book; to my friends Sarah, Lisa, Terron and Mike who manage to make it there when I need them the most; and finally to my husband Franz Schinagl who has put up with everything and more and I love him for it.
The publisher would like to thank the following people for the kind loan of props used in the book:
For tiles: R.I.M tile & mosaic boutique
Tel: +44(0)20 7376 5820
For plain metallic wallpapers:
Altfield
Tel: +44(0)20 7351 5893
For Florence Broadhurst design wallpapers and fabrics:
Borderline Fabrics
Tel: +44(0)20 7823 3567
For damask fabrics:
Lelièvre
Tel: +44(0)20 7352 4798;
For Tina Tsang cake stands and tea set in the images for the following recipes The Ultimate Afternoon Tea Scone, American Vanilla Buttercream, The Ultimate Vanilla Layer Cake:
Undergrowth Design
For small tile in Sea Salt Caramels image: Peter Ibruegger