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.

Rob's favourite pastime is traveling on downward escalators.

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".

Carole is seen here at her roof-top desk. Great on a sunny day but she does moan a bit in winter.

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).

Clearly by her photos here,
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.

<<< 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!

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 several shops, but also in charge of ShakeAway-wide training to make sure all the Shakettes are all equally Fab-U-Lous.

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.

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 wearing a mask in the above photo.

<<< Steph Shakette

Impressed by her great personality, we had to Head-Hunt Steph from her previous career although  initially she was very reluctant to leave the circus. Only when we agreed to put a tightrope in the office (albeit only two feet off the ground - it's got a low ceiling) for Steph to use on her breaks, was she finally persuaded to join us.

Steph once walked around the whole border of Austria for a sponsored walk, and amazingly wore out 26 pairs of flip-flops doing it. However she says she learned so much about herself during the trek that she's now practicing for a cross-Morocco walk in a pair of Wellies (sponsored by Dunlop).

Garfield Shakette >>>

We first met Garfield when he was actually deciding between THREE jobs!
The first was to take the role of the new James Bond before Daniel Thingy did...
the second offer was to replace
Christopher Eccleston in Doctor Who
before David Thingy did...
and of course we all now know
he chose the third offer!

Garfield is a big rap fan and can rattle off all the flavours of ShakeAway MilkShakes in alphabetical order in less than 45 seconds.
He loves it when people ask him to do it. 
Especially on a busy Saturday.
Oh, how he laughs.

He's a generous and kind person and likes to show support with those charity rubber wristbands, but we had to ask him to ease off when he had nearly 80 on each arm and he wasn't able to bend his elbows.

Garfield has never stubbed his toe.

CLICK to read about Garfield behind the scenes
in Youthwise Magazine when he was
running ShakeAway Croydon!

How do Garfield's dreads defy gravity?

Limbo, limbo, Garfield, Limbo...

<<< Laura Shakette

The top pictures are natural portraits of Laura, but when she went to collect her Customer Service Award (middle photo) she put on some special make-up for the event.

"Enthusiasm" is Laura's middle name. Her sister's first name is "Excitable" and is an actress.
Her brothers, however, named "Dullard" and "Dimbo" find it hard to get a job.

Laura's tattoos are unique in that they are done with a concentrated food colouring which means if she gets bored with them she can lick them off.

She has only one done with real ink and that is the ShakeAway Cup on her heel. Shame we're just about to re-design the cup.

Although Laura can speak Mandarin and Cantonese Chinese, she once got food poisoning from a cheap Chinese Buffet and ever since then if she even utters a Chinese word she starts to urge. Once she said "Good morning" to a Chinese friend and got a three-day case of the runs.

Ped Shakette >>>

Natural blond Ped joined ShakeAway after requiring a break from working at the National Amphibian Research Laboratory.
This involved Ped living with frogs and bonding with them in their natural habitat, and he developed a unique ability to actually communicate with Frogs (and, three times, a newt). Communication is made by eye contact in conjunction with sound - if you ever think that Ped is staring at you, he's probably just thinking you have a similar ability and trying to make a connection with you.

Ped can type 405 words per minute
although admittedly they are short words like
it, a, on and at.

This photo is Ped with Ted.
He likes to meet people with names which rhyme with his name and is signed-up to the dating site "Hot Female Teds" hoping to find the perfect partner and creating a couple known as
He-Ped and She-Ted.

Ped is unfortunately allergic to anyone called Nigel.

<<< Dave Shakette

Ex-chorister Dave fortunately has retained his boy's soprano singing voice in addition to his-now masculine baritone after his voice broke. This picture of Dave was taken when he reached top C during a performance, and although we recorded it to play on this web page, it was SO high and perfect that it crashes PC sound cards.

Dave will be happy to demonstrate to you in ShakeAway, providing you do not wear glasses or hard contact lenses as they may shatter.

Although Dave is allergic to green socks, he is very keen on green gloves - a matter which has baffled the medical profession.

Dave loves ShakeAway so much that he smiles when he's asleep. He has never burped and has also never met anyone called Jenny.

CupMan Shakette >>>

It has to be said, we leave the best until last!

All the above might be on the Bosses page,
but ShakeAway's CupMan is truly in charge.

He's also the best looking of the bunch,
and whenever he makes an appearance he has people swooning at his feet
(which are rather large).

He has an engaging personality,
knows everything about MilkShakes,
and is a personal friend of Angelina Jolie
with whom he had an affair
just before she met Brad. 

He loves nice people, likes gentle hugs and handshakes, but also likes his personal space
and has a slight fear being mobbed which
comes from his (now over) friendship with
Paris Hilton (just DON'T mention Britney to him unless you want a loooong story....).