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Catering
Agency View
It's not just venues. Agency Venues
and Event International recently
partnered with caterer Dish, so
what benefits does this offer?
Anita Lowe, chief executive at
Venues and Events International,
said: “As a boutique event agency
we consider every element of our
events, most larger agencies will
simply send a menu to a client and
ask for their choices – we like to
take this a step further and
partnering with a catering company
such as Dish allows us to do this.
“We are able to get under the
skin of our client’s events,
understanding their audience and
objectives tailoring their menus
appropriately. We have made
creative changes such as
bespoke cocktails in brand colours,
logo coffee stencils and fully
themed menus aligning with the
event identity.
“By partnering with a caterer, we
not only gain creative control but
also have an increased input in to
the logistics. We recently organised
an event at a public museum
where access times were a real
challenge, we were able to work
hand in hand with the caterers to
ensure that set-up was
methodically planned, and we
could plan for all contingencies.
Food is such a huge part of any
event; these partnerships allow us
to give it the attention it deserves.”
Case Study
The Tobacco Dock Food Team relished the chance
to create an entire menu dedicated to ethical
eating. The caterers intricately planned and
created a two-day menu which included options
such as raw vegan ‘Snickers-style’ bars, wild
mushroom macaroni with truffle oil garlic bread,
the ‘Lush Dog’ with sautéed onions, Frenchie’s
mustard and harissa ketchup and carrot, pecan
and cranberry cake.
Tobacco Dock Food fed snacks, lunch and
dessert to over 3,000 attendees across the two
days. The conference was organised to showcase
the company’s spring collection as well as profile
their charity activities. The event was for 1,800
Event: Lush
Summit 2017
Duration:
Two days
internal delegates and then the doors were
opened to the public, press and bloggers from
11am each day.
Tim Stevens, managing director of Eventist
Group, commented: “The team at Tobacco Dock
Food embraced the challenge of providing a range
of natural, guilt-free dishes at the Lush Summit.
Hilary Jones, ethics director, Lush, added: “Not
only did Tobacco Dock Food pull out all the stops
to be inventive, flavoursome and vegan with the
food, but it was also served by happy and friendly
staff, which made the whole experience pleasant.
The food seemed to go down really well, and the
choice offered was much appreciated.”
Delegates:
3,000+
Venue: Tobacco
Dock Venue, London
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