Catering Companies in the UK – The Cream of the Crop
There is no doubt that the UK’s catering consultants are at the very top of their game. Competition within the catering field is fierce, and with such a great deal of event business up for grabs in London, Surrey & beyond, catering companies have to be creative and forward thinking at all times, in both their product and their service. Of course there are hundreds of different kinds of caterer in the UK. Some, such as Absolute Taste or “rhubarb” are large, luxury organisations employing hundreds of staff and operating in lots of different business sectors (such as fixed venues and retail). Others are smaller, more budget and more family run catering companies – companies that are ideal for catering at a small family christening or birthday bash. The very best catering companies in the UK though, are normally based in London. Whilst based there, where the hub of the events industry is located, they often operate further afield and can even cater for celebrity, business and corporate events abroad. It is in this high end celebrity, business and corporate event market that a catering company really needs to up the ante. At a charity and celebrity gala for thousands of people the catering alone can cost hundreds of thousands of pounds, so the variety and scope within the catering industry is enormous. The style of these event caterers, particularly at weddings, birthday parties or charity events, is almost as crucial as the food! In fact, some of the catering consultants based in London have made their food an absolute art form. Picture the scene towering ice laden piles of seafood, dessert tables heaving with miniature cakes and ices, wok stations and sushi bars, oyster boys and caviar girls…anything is possible in the luxury catering industry.
"rhubarb" : 5-25 Burr Road, London SW184SQTel: 020 8812 3200 Fax: 020 8812 3201 Email: info@rhubarb.net Page1
The larger UK catering companies such as The Admirable Crichton or Urban Caprice have very large event catering planning teams, whose job it is to organise all the catering services for an event and finalise all the outside catering arrangements for their clients. Employed on a full time basis they can build up superb relationships with their clients and ensure that their expectations for their birthday or gala dinner are always more than exceeded.
Most good catering companies can work in varying venues too, and of course the UK can provide the perfect choice of those – grand museums and galleries, atmospheric courts and castles, green parks, fairytale palaces and grand public spaces. Other countries simply do not have the ability to take their catering expertise wherever it needs to go, and from that perspective too, the UK catering industry is simply second to none.
"rhubarb" : 5-25 Burr Road, London SW184SQTel: 020 8812 3200 Fax: 020 8812 3201 Email: info@rhubarb.net Page2