Butler Jay _ Would you like a cup cake Madam? 

I was one of 2 butlers hired for the afternoon divorce party of a female lawyer in Piccadilly. She'd booked a private room at The London Pavillion for 20 female friends who all came bearing gifts of fun, to lift her spirits. Our job was to dress in our very short butler aprons, add a bit of sparkle for the ladies by showing our toned pecs and bare cheeks and to serve the drinks and cup cakes with charm and panache.

After an hour of drinking and chatting, we butlers were asked to put on Alice in Wonderland hats and offer the cup cakes around to everyone. These cup cakes were a work of art! They were absolutely enormous, piled high with butter cream and a variety of decorations, all beautifully presented in colour matched, ornate ,cut away cake cases. There were 6 trays of them ..... surely 20 ladies couldn't eat all those?. (We made a bet they wouldn't)

But as we offered the trays round again and again it was becoming clear that the guests had an insatiable appetite for these delicious cup cakes. One lady asked if I would just leave her an entire tray! She placed it on the sofa next to her. I went to get another tray to offer round the remaining guests. I was just offering them to a group near the sofa when I noticed a heavily pregnant lady turn white. I quickly said "Are you ok madam? Would you like some water?" But before she could answer she fainted. Luckily I was close enough to catch her as she fell, but it tipped me off balance and I staggered backwards suporting her weight, landing on a vacant sofa seat............well nearly vacant - it was occupied by a tray of cakes which I landed right in the middle of!

I'm pleased to say that the pregnant lady had a lovely soft landing on me and was fine within two minutes of waking up. My bum was totally covered in cream cake, which looked very funny! So many kind, helpful ladies came and helped clean me up too!