EXCLUSIVE: Goop and the Maybourne Beverly Hills to Bring Claridge’s Afternoon Tea to L.A.

The Maybourne Beverly Hills is welcoming back sister hotel Claridge’s for an afternoon tea residency. This time, it’s a partnership with Goop. The service will be held on April 1 and 2 at 2 p.m., fusing traditional English tea offerings with California-inspired treats. Claridge’s executive pastry chef Thibault Hauchard is behind the dessert menu; visitors can expect scones with whipped ricotta, strawberry eton mess, as well as smoked salmon and cucumber sandwiches and “Goop-inspired amuse bouche from Gwyneth Paltrow’s personal recipe collection” — all served on peach and white striped bone China by French porcelain crafter Bernardaud. Hosted in The Terrace, the hotel’s open-air restaurant by the Beverly Cañon Gardens, the experience is priced at $150 a person. Reservations can be made online on OpenTable. “We are delighted to bring the magic of Claridge’s afternoon tea to the West Coast in partnership with our friends at Goop,” said Eugene Leonard, general manager of The Maybourne Beverly Hills, in a statement. “Gwyneth Paltrow and the Goop team have been longstanding friends of Maybourne Hotel Group and we look forward to raising our teacups together in celebration.” For Goop, it’s a shoppable moment; the brand will be selling its goods and beauty collection onsite.    “Goop was founded

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