Homemade cakes, cream teas, Pimm's and £4 pasta dishes are returning to Kew Green as St Anne's Church relaunches its popular Sunday Teas fundraiser.

The weekly event will run every Sunday from 2.30pm to 5pm from 3 May at St Anne's Church Hall, just moments from Kew Gardens.

Visitors can enjoy homemade cakes and scones, local jam, tea, coffee and Pimm's, alongside a seasonal pasta dish priced at £4.

This year's menu has been boosted by former restaurateur Richard Crampton-Platt, who previously ran Café Britaly.

He is returning to cooking a year after closing his restaurant and will prepare a changing weekly pasta special.

The first dish will be rigatoni with asparagus, courgette and pea, inspired by a Florentine recipe with mint and parsley.

Crampton-Platt said: "A year on from closing my restaurant, it feels incredibly special to be cooking for people again.

"Not as my own food business this time, but as a way of giving something back to local people who have done so much to support me."

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The fundraiser supports the pastoral and community work of St Anne's Church.

Giles Fraser commented: "Sunday Teas have always been about hospitality, community, and welcome.

"It is wonderful to see the churchyard full of people on a Sunday afternoon, with cake, cricket, and conversation on Kew Green."

The event also coincides with cricket on the Green and live music concerts beginning later in May.

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