15/09/26

PerfectTed celebrates 5th Birthday with free matcha and cake

PerfectTed is celebrating its fifth birthday with cake, matcha and a riverside bash, and everyone is invited! There’s something wonderfully ridiculous about throwing a birthday party for an entire city. But if there’s free cake and matcha involved, we’re certainly not going to complain.

PerfectTed is marking its fifth birthday with a giant, free birthday party on London’s South Bank, and it’s inspired by a rather unexpected fact: September 26 has historically been identified as the UK’s most common birthday. So, on Thursday, September 24, the matcha brand will be taking over Observation Point, overlooking the Thames, for an afternoon of birthday-themed fun. Expect giant cake energy, freshly whisked matcha, giveaways and enough sweet treats to make even the most committed birthday cake dodger reconsider.

The first 400 visitors will get their hands on a free PerfectTed and Lola’s goodie bag, including a pouch of the brand’s brand-new Birthday Cake Matcha. There’ll also be freshly whisked Birthday Cake Matcha lattes to try for free while stocks last, giving guests a first taste before the flavour hits Sainsbury’s on September 28. And if September 26 actually is your birthday? Your luck is officially in.

The first 100 people who can prove they were born on the date will receive a whole Lola’s bento birthday cake plus a PerfectTed birthday gift set containing a matcha bowl, whisk and pouch of Birthday Cake Matcha. That’s a £50 birthday present, without having to cheekily hint to your friends for three months beforehand.

Details:

Date and Time: Thursday, September 24 from 11am - 7pm

Address: Observation Point, South Bank, London SE1 9PP

To book your free ticket, click here.

Written by Stacey Reeves

Photograph courtesy of PerfectTed

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Photography courtesy of David Parry PA Media Assignments.