How do I host the biggest morning tea in Australia?

How to Host

1. Register to host. Pre-register your Biggest Morning Tea for 2022, and we’ll be in touch next year with everything you need to make things easy-teasy!
2. Choose a date. The official day in 2022 is Thursday 19th May, but you can host anytime that suits you in May or June.
3. Have a tea-riffic time.

What does Biggest Morning Tea raise money for?

Why host a Biggest Morning Tea? 1 in 2 Australians are diagnosed with cancer before the age of 85. We want to change that, and we need your help. Your morning tea will help raise vital funds to bring us closer to a cancer free future.

What is Australian morning tea?

In Australia and New Zealand, elevenses is known as “morning tea” and occurs at approximately 10:30 am. Many workplaces organize morning teas for staff to welcome new employees, for special occasions such as a birthday, or simply as a regular event.

How do you host a virtual morning tea?

1. Send an invitation with a link to the online video conference platform you use (Zoom, Microsoft teams etc) to a group of friends or people in your workplace.
2. Email the resources needed for the activity you want to complete.
3. Ask everyone to bring their own morning tea to the meeting!

What is good to serve at a morning tea?

Grains

• Air popped popcorn.
• Pikelets with fruit and yoghurt.
• Fruit or vegetable muffins and scones.
• Fruit damper.
• Raisin bread.
• Mixed sandwiches, wraps or rolls (e.g. egg and lettuce, tuna and tomato and chicken and salad)
• Toasted sandwiches/jaffles with fruit or vegetable fillings.
• Fried rice.

How long has Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea been running?

Since 1994, our annual Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea event has brought together millions of Australians over a cuppa in support of those affected by cancer.

What does tea mean in Australia?

Tea means dinner. For example, your Australian friend might ask you, “Wanna come around for tea at 6?” Your friend isn’t inviting you over to his place just to drink a cup of tea, he means dinner. Ta means thanks or thank you.

Who invented morning tea?

Observance of the custom originated amongst the wealthy social classes in England in the 1840s. Anna Maria, Duchess of Bedford, is widely credited with inventing afternoon tea in England as a late-afternoon meal whilst visiting Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire in 1840.

How do you host the biggest morning tea?

How do I register to host a Biggest Morning Tea? You can register online here or call 1300 65 65 85. Do I have to hold my event on a certain date? The official date for Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea 2022 is Thursday 19th May, but you can host your tea anytime in May or June.

How do you host a morning tea?

How to host a successful morning tea

1. ONE Don’t forget to register.
2. TWO Set the date and send out invitations.
3. THREE Choose a theme and set a scheme.
4. FOUR Cook up a storm.
5. FIVE Share the love on social media.

Can you serve a cheese platter for morning tea?

At a morning tea event, you can mix finger foods, sandwiches, gourmet wraps, hot and cold platters, fruit and cheese, to create a sumptuous array of beautiful foods.

What is high tea Australia?

What is high tea in Australia? High tea in Australia is very much the same as it is back in England. Friends gather at their favourite tea houses at around 4pm to enjoy a delicious pot of tea with all manner of tasty treats and light snacks.

Why is dinner called Tea in Australia?

It combined snacks and a hearty meal and was usually served at about 6pm. This eventually evolved into the lower classes calling their midday meal “dinner” and their evening meal “tea”, while the upper classes called their midday meal “lunch” and referred to the evening meal as “dinner”.

How do you make fun virtual morning tea?

Five tea-rrific activities to try at your virtual Biggest Morning…

1. Game on. Hold an Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea themed game of trivia and ask your guests to donate to your fundraising page to join in the fun.
2. Nailed It! Set a cake decorating challenge for everyone.
3. Raffle.
4. Auction.
5. Crazy Hair Day.