<<< Peter Shakette

Peter comes first in this list because he's the oldest and has the bluest eyes. Born in 1923, Peter began his career with both a morning and evening paper round for almost 31 years. During this time he learnt French at evening class and liked the word "entrepreneur" so decided to be one of those because it sounded cool.

Despite creating the first true ShakeAway-Style MilkShake, Peter is modest enough to share the invention with Rob in case he causes a scene.

Rob Shakette >>>

Although Gladys Knight begged Rob to remain being one of her Pips, Rob decided to give up his showbiz career to help Peter create ShakeAway, forming the Team Of Two to reinvent MilkShakes for the waiting world.

Commuting daily from Las Vegas, Rob has dedicated his life to Blue & Yellow striped paper cups. His doctor says that's fine as long as Rob is happy.

<<< Becky Shakette

Meet Becky, a Business Manager Woman of ShakeAway... sitting in the Office looking Clever, visiting Shops looking Clever or sometimes just looking Clever.

Business Managers have meetings with Rob & Peter talking about business and stuff, and they all behave like grown-ups for a while (sitting around a table saying things like "Uh-huh" and "Interesting" and nodding slowly quite a lot). Becky "pre-opens" new Shops with Carly and is Business Manager of Brighton, so that's very Managerish.

Becky joined ShakeAway after she got tired of being Beyonce's Voice Coach (Becky thought Beyonce's career was building OK and she'd taught her all she knew, and living in LA was actually getting tedious).

Sarah Shakette >>>

Another ShakeAway Head Honcho is Sarah... a typical Shakette... they're bred nice and pretty! And so are the Girl Shakettes.

Sarah is Operations Manager (but doesn't perform operations) and controls the whole of ShakeAway stuff from her desk sat on a throne she made out of old Ice Cream tubs. She sits in Head Office sorting out promos, statistics, central orders and spreadsheets....
how clever is that?
(To be honest, we have no idea,
but she tells us it's clever).

Sarah thinks it's very funny to climb on the counter of a ShakeAway Shop and mess up the Menu signs.
See the photo.
Oh, how we laugh.

Sarah comes from a very important and ancient family background. Her ancestors actually invented the alphabet thousands of years ago. As a tradition each member of her family is only allowed one type of vowel in their first name (therefore, SArAh). She has relations called Adam, Peter, Sandra, Kenneth and Graham

<<< Emily Shakette

Recruited for her grown-up approach to life and her serious business-like image is Training Manager Emily. Give R.E.S.P.E.C.T, OK? OK, you can get up now....

This photo was taken the day that she graduated from the ShakeAway School of Excellence. She passed with a Distinction in the Speed-Opening-Of-Maltesers Test, with a Merit in the De-Pipping-Apples Course and with Honours after her presentation "The Ancient Secrets of ShakeAway Aromatherapy".

For these reasons Emily is Business Manager for Kingston and Croydon, but also in charge of ShakeAway-wide training to make sure all the Shakettes are all equally fab.

Emily has received Happiness Awards from The Ugly, Jealous & Miserable Society of Great Britain and they only give their bouquets out to Very Special People, so if you're feeling fed up track Emily down and she'll cheer you up (unless she's being boss-like and then you may have to wait). One more thing, Emily does have a warning - if you want blonde hair extensions, don't always go for the cheapest.

Carole Shakette >>>

Carole is the cleverest one.
And the scariest.
She is the Admin-Office-Accounts-Bookkeeping Guru who graduated with First Class Honours from the "Thinkovanumbah & Dubblit University for Gifted People Who Can Count".

When Carole isn't adding things up WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE CALCULATOR (or even doing long division.... yes, long division) she could be found in a ShakeAway Shop poking straws through the holes in the cup lids which she finds more calming than Tai Chi (and she doesn't have to wear pyjamas to do it).

Carole is a member of the "Bookkeepers Can Look Sexy" Protest Group whose tactics can involve rushing into accountancy offices, finding a geeky and prim-looking bookkeeper and ruffling up her hair, pulling her cardigan over her head and pinching her calculator until she funks up a bit. This photo shows Carole at her roof-top desk.
Great on a sunny day but she does moan a bit in winter.

<<< Ady Shakette

Business Manager Ady is one of ShakeAway's Longest-Term Shakettes since the first year (1999... it was in the last century!) and he's consumed 843,824 MilkShakes during that time.

This photo is actually taken in Ady's home where he has his own mini ShakeAway Shrine which he stands in on his days off.

Ady was Teenage UK Yodeling Champion and represented Britain in the 1979 European Finals, losing out to Switzerland due to his poor-quality costume (he made his own "Leather Shorts" out of Asda carrier bags, and it wasn't a good look).

Ady is Business Manager of ShakeAway Bournemouth, Southampton and Winchester, so keep your eyes peeled for one of ShakeAway's Old-Timers!

Carly Shakette >>>

Another ShakeAway Boss recruited for her business-like appearance, Project Manager Carly prepares new ShakeAway Shops for opening, plans for Special Events and is Business Manager for ShakeAway Oxford and Reading.

She does all this while carrying a micro camera which is filming her whole life and beaming it live to the South Pole. It is then shown on a huge screen and is for an experiment in which it is believed penguins breed more successfully if they are distracted by something.

If you meet Carly, see if you can spot her camera (you won't! It's SO tiny) but do please smile for the penguins.

Carly was body-double for Shania Twain in her "I'm Outta Love" video and once touched Dot Cotton's wig.

<<< Mike Shakette

Mike ran ShakeAway Bath when it opened in 2003, but actually rejoined us at the end of 2005. He had a short break away from us while he successfully completed his Astronaut Training Course at NASA's Space Centre, living in Houston, Texas for a couple of years. We're glad he's down to earth and back with us! You could find references to Mike on NASA's website.... www.spacecenter.org .

Outside of ShakeAway Mike is always busy pursuing his hobbies. He loves Bourbon Biscuits and is collecting packet wrappers from around the world. He currently has 721 different types but is chasing an Egyptian 1983 issue which is apparently a real collector's item. Please keep an eye out for that for him.

He also does part-time voice-over work for local commercial radio adverts. If you meet Business Manager Mike at his Bath or Bristol Shops, close your eyes when he speaks (to help your concentration) and ask him to say "Our prices will floor you at Carpet City" and you'll be amazed how you will recognise his voice!

Mark Shakette >>>

After an exhausting national theatre
tour playing Truly Scrumptious in
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,
Mark joined ShakeAway to do two roles:
Blokey stuff maintaining shop properties
and secondly to work with and help
Finance Guru Carole when her
calculator finger gets tired.
Therefore rather than being Carole's "Right Hand Man", he's technically
only Carole's "Right Hand Finger".

He earns quite a lot of money each year from music-writing royalties, having written several classical symphonies, film scores and Boney M's
"Hooray, Hooray It's a Holi-Holiday".

Motorbike fan Mark loves everything to do with that subject, and is currently pimping his Vespa by hand-painting it with a mural of Smurf characters.

Please note: Mark is not wearing a mask in this photo.