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London, England, GB

We are an independent, family-run catering events business covering London, Kent and East Sussex. From street food to sit-down dining, dinner parties to weddings and corporate events – we can do it all.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Providing consultancy services for a range of food and catering businesses, from restaurants and hotels to corporates, venues and events to producers and suppliers. Expertise in new openings and re-launches, as well as.
• Providing consultancy services for a range of food and catering businesses, from restaurants and hotels to corporates, venues and events to producers and suppliers. Expertise in new openings and re-launches, as well as.

Fare Traders Ltd is an innovative and exciting company giving new and emerging food concepts a platform to come to market in a more effective and sustainable way. Our proposition is to bring life back to our fading high streets by repurposing empty retail and restaurant spaces to create short-term popup residencies for entrepreneurs. This is very much a.

London, United Kingdom

• Part of the founding executive team at FoodTech pioneer Yumpingo. Managing business development and client liaison, working with Food Directors and MDs of major restaurant groups and independents to successfully.
• Overseeing customer success
• On-boarding new sites
• Consultancy on menu development
• Operational management… Show more Part of the founding executive team at FoodTech pioneer Yumpingo. Managing business development and client liaison, working with Food Directors and MDs of major restaurant groups and.
• Operational management advice

London & South East

• Responsible for managing and developing catering contracts at large-scale exhibition venues, major special events and high profile cultural & heritage sites and building up new business in these three key areas
• Tendering for and delivering the food offer for successful bids for Royal Ascot, BBC Music Awards, ILM Star Wars launch party, Live Nations Festivals, bespoke events at Olympics sites
• Working with senior management on the strategic direction of the business. Developing food… Show more
• Working with senior management on the strategic direction of the business. Developing food strategy to improve the food quality and delivery of our offer
• Propose, design and implement fixed site re-launches and new concepts, bespoke events and hospitality (creating this as a new brand), and outdoor and exhibition mobile street food operations Show less

London And South East

• Brought in to design, develop and implement bespoke food and service concepts at a variety of client sites: the National Portrait Gallery restaurant, Atelier Cafe in the Royal Academy and Topolski on the South Bank.
• Responsible for overseeing the launches of these sites and on-going development and management
• Developing food concepts and special project events at these sites and other pop-up events such Milk Made on the South Bank

London, United Kingdom

• Running a high volume, top end City restaurant specialising in making the most of quality seasonal British produce, cooked sympathetically.
• Building close relationships with suppliers, farmers and fishermen to maintain an exceptional standard of produce. Emphasising the provenance and breeds of meat and fish and butchering whole carcasses in-house. As a.
• Developing restaurant concept and menu to reflect… Show more
• Developing restaurant concept and menu to reflect changing market conditions and differing needs of customers. Creating new ideas and dining experiences within the concept of the restaurant, from large scale corporate.

• Creating and building a branded food concept to be rolled out across multiple hotel sites as the business expands
• Implementing a top quality food offer, using seasonal and locally-sourced produce, as a central part of the re-launch of the business
• Developing relationships and co-ordinating on site and off site events with key partners such as Mercedes-Benz
• Creating a unique cookery school concept and developing product lines to be sold at external sales outlets

• Managing the kitchen of the 7th floor 150-seater restaurant, handling up to 500 covers per service and turning over £2.6 million per year
• Managing the production kitchen which services the restaurant, cafe, private members and retail areas of the business and other sites within the Tate Catering Group
• Improving and developing the food offer in all areas - from implementing high quality seasonal menus for the restaurant, to expanding the retail offer, to creating speciality evenings… Show more
• Improving and developing the food offer in all areas - from implementing high quality seasonal menus for the restaurant, to expanding the retail offer, to creating speciality evenings and bespoke events for several.
• Responsible for budgeting, cost control and stock management to meet financial targets
• Developing and successfully implementing a business plan to raise profile and increase turnover and profitability Show less

Responsible for opening and re-launching a variety of high profile corporate catering sites including: PepsiCo, Sony Europe and Leo Bennetts.

Working with Head Chef Paul Merritt in menu creation and other kitchen and team management duties