Restaurant ‘charges £10 in cakeage’ if you want to bring your own birthday cake

The ‘cakeage’ phenomenon has began spreading past fine-dining eating places (Image: Getty)

A restaurant is charging diners £10 every for the privilege of bringing their very own birthday cake to a celebratory lunch, in line with a buyer.

TV scriptwriter Ivor Baddiel, brother of comic David, stated he was warned about a ‘cakeage’ price akin to the corkage many unlicensed resaurants levy on diners who carry wine purchased outdoors the venue.

However not like corkage, the place a set price is paid per bottle, the restaurant’s £10 price is charged per head.

This implies a celebration of 10 splitting a single Colin the Caterpillar – arguably the golden normal of birthday meals out – would find yourself paying a whopping £107. (Even Cuthbert followers must shell out £104.99.)

The 59-year-old tweeted: ‘What is that this world we dwell in?’

His brother quipped: ‘I see this has gnawed away at you all night time.’

Mr Baddiel has remained tight-lipped concerning the identify of the venue, though many commenters had been fast to level out that it ‘have to be in London’.

One person confirmed that they had lately been charged £40 to carry a Colin to a ‘posh restaurant’ within the capital.

Mr Baddiel has remained tight-lipped concerning the perpetrator however many suspect it's a London venue

The cakeage price phenomenon started to take maintain within the capital a number of years in the past, however has solely lately begun to unfold past fine-dining institutions.

The very best publicly-known price was beforehand the £9 a head charged by tKaspar’s Seafood Bar & Grill on the Savoy resort, in line with stories in 2015.

Some have backed the development, with chef Andrew Scott writing: ‘You’ve stopped them having the ability to promote dessert to you although, as you’ve introduced your individual?’

Micheal McIvor stated: ‘Charging for bringing in a cake is 100% comprehensible. You’re bringing in a dessert merchandise, which they promote – you wouldn’t flip as much as a pub with a 12 deck of cans… though £10 a head is reaching.’

Mr Baddiel later wrote: ‘Unbelievable, I’ve now been advised by a restaurant I’m going to tonight that I've to put on garments!’

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