Birthday Cakes And Natasha’s Law

Helping customers celebrate their special occasion safely is something we are passionate about at PlayZone. This means protecting people who may have allergies or intolerances.

The birthday cake must be presented to us on arrival along with the ingredients list, we will look after the cake, present it for the candle ceremony and then cut it into portions to be sent away with the party guests. It can not be consumed on our premises in order for us to uphold our policy regarding Natasha’s Law and protect customers who may have food allergies.

Due to the introduction of Natasha’s Law (The UK Food Information Amendment) coming into force on the 1st of October 2021, we have had to implement some conditions for bringing in birthday cakes for parties.

Any birthday cakes, cupcakes or party celebration cakes brought to a party, must be a shop bought cake in a box or a cake by a reputable baker/cake maker with the following information attached:

• Name of the food

• Full ingredients list, with allergenic ingredients emphasised (for example in bold, italics or a different colour)

A supermarket cake will always have an ingredient list on the box. If your cake is made by a baker or specific cake designer, they will by law have to follow the same rules as above and provide the full ingredient list and this must accompany the cake to the party.

Birthday cakes are no longer allowed to be eaten on site. You are more than welcome to do the happy birthday song along with blowing out the candles. Your party hosts will happily help you cut up and hand out the cake.

Homemade cakes, unfortunately, will no longer be allowed to be brought in to birthday parties.

It is your responsibility as organiser of the party to ascertain any allergies that your guests may have and table appropriate action.

Please do not put our staff in the embarrassing situation of having to tell you that you cannot bring you cake into your party.