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AVON CATERING EQUIPMENT
Birds Farm, Kingdown Rd, Winford, nr Bristol, BS40 8DW Tel: 01275 475 283, web: http://www.avoncateringequipment.co.uk/
• South West’s largest supplier of quality, used catering equipment – from the essential (fryers, fridges, ovens) to the more specialist (slicers, mincers, ice-cream machines). Huge stock is constantly changing, with all equipment guaranteed. Viewing by appointment.
CATERING SERVICES INTERNATIONAL
6 Bladud Buildings, Bath, BA1 5LS Tel: 01225 480239/480240
56 Baldwin St, Bristol, BS1 1QR Tel: 0117 929 4777, web: http://www.cateringinternational.co.uk/
• Two local branches of a Bath-based nationwide organisation recruiting and supplying all grades of catering industry staff to all manner of events.
CHANDOS DELI
121 Whiteladies Rd, Bristol, BS8 2PL Tel: 0117 970 565, web: www.chandosdeli.co.uk
Other branches in Bristol, Bath & Exeter
• Catering arm of the popular deli stores, supplying business lunches, meetings, parties, etc. Antipasti platters particularly good. Place orders up to 12noon the previous day.
CHOCOLATE NIRVAN
PO Box 284, Bristol, BS10 6WX Tel: 0117 950 3825/07800 811431/07762 915192, web: www.chocolate-nirvana.co.uk
• Bristol’s first illuminated chocolate fountain company – good for parties, weddings and corporate bashes across Bristol, Gloucestershire and Somerset, with trained staff to ensure no drowning. All fountains use fine Belgian chocolate with no added oils. Pushers-out of boats might be tempted by their Baileys or champagne fountains.
DA VINCI ITALIAN DELI
33 Wellsway, Bear Flat, Bath, BA2 4RR Tel: 01225 471850, web: www.davincideli.co.uk
• Top-quality Italian fare and full catering service, including business lunches, from this authentic deli famed for fresh-filled ciabatta and baguette menus.
DARLING DELI
Isabella House, The Avenue, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5EH Tel: 01225 835118, web: www.darlingdeli.co.uk
• Great deli with an awesome range of prepared food available as 10-portion servings for party or business catering. Hot choices range from the exotic (Moroccan harissa chicken with peppers and olives) to the straightforward (steak & Guinness pie). Impressive selection of vegetarian platters on the cold menu, and everything’s cooked to the high standard that won them the 2009 Great Taste Gold Award.
DEL SOLE DELI
37 Moorland Rd, Oldfield Park, Bath, BA2 3PN Tel: 01225 481477, web: www.delsole.co.uk
• Authentic, freshly prepared Italian food, with a commitment to sourcing local, organic ingredients where possible. Dedicated catering service offers buffet and dinner party menus.
DINE WITH STYLE
Unit 9, Foxcote Ave, Bath Business Park, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8SF Tel: 01761 439 483, web: www.dinewithstyle.co.uk
• Established by a French chef in 2004, and offering a complete bespoke catering and event management service for corporate events, weddings and private parties. Top-notch food, from French to Asian, including vegetarian and vegan menus. Mind-boggling choice of canapes.
EASTERN EYE
8a Quiet St, Bath, BA1 2JS Tel: 01225 422323/466401, web: www.easterneye.co.uk
• Picked by ‘The Times’ as one of the country’s top Indian restaurants. Full-menu catering service for outside events, from dinner parties to 170-person weddings.
EAT5STAR
Tel: 01225 330555, web: www.eat5star.com
• Popular city-centre sandwich bar also offering outside catering for events (weddings a speciality). Menus include sandwiches and canapes, bowl food, three-course sit-down meals. Additional services include cars, venues, flowers, cakes, photographers, entertainment.
FALAFEL KING HUMOUSIA
6 Cotham Hill, Bristol, BS6 6LF Tel: 07855 337805
• Wholesome range of pittas, salads, dips and those tasty chickpea & broad bean nuggets for meetings, parties or other events.
FANTASTIC SANDWICH CO
63 North Rd, St Andrews, Bristol, BS4 5AN Tel: 0117 942 0470, web: www.fantasticsandwich.co.uk
• Popular sandwich shop that also does lots of buffet selections, including Indian, gourmet and vegetarian. Easy-to-use online ordering facility. Bespoke business lunches and onsite catering available.
FARRINGTON’S FARM SHOP
Home Farm, Farrington Gurney, nr Bristol, BS39 6UB Tel: 01761 452266, web: www.farringtons.co.uk
• Famed for their fresh, locally sourced food, current British Champions of Local Food award-holders Farrington’s are the ultimate farm shop and provide hand-prepared party food and picnics for larger parties.
FEASTING TABLE
27 Conference Ave, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 7LF Tel: 01275 845144, web: www.feastingtable.co.uk
• Highly reputable and versatile catering organisation that can handle almost anything, anywhere - from silver service to finger buffets, cathedrals to boats. Tied in with Averys wine merchants, they even offer wine experts for tastings alongside the meal.
FLINTY RED
34 Cotham Hill, Bristol, BS6 6LA Tel: 0117 923 8755, web: www.corksof.com, www.flintyred.co.uk
• The excellent Flinty Red restaurant (2010 winner of Venue’s restaurant Top Banana) offers bespoke catering for any size of event, drawing on the hundreds of small-plate ‘tapas’ dishes they’ve produced for the restaurant, with sister wine business Corks of Cotham on hand to provide a distinctive choice of bottles to accompany the grub.
FOSTERS EVENT CATERING
Unit 5, Avonside Rd, Bristol, BS2 0UQ Tel: 0117 977 6611, web: www.fostersevents.co.uk
• Nationwide event caterers with their roots in Bristol. Full catering service for all sizes and types of occasion. Extensive menu pack, downloadable from website, with choices from canapes to three-course dinners.
GASTRO DINERS
Tel: 07812 544753, web: www.gastrodiners.co.uk
• On a mission to ‘bring the restaurant to your table’, highly qualified chefs offer menus from fine dining to nosh via BBQ. Can also provide waiting staff and even cocktail bars.
GERT LUSH
9a Regent St, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 4HW Tel: 0117 973 1003
• Fine Bristolian sandwich shop institution offering party catering menus, and a bespoke service including halal, gluten-free and other considerations.
GODWIN & GODWIN
Kensington Warehouse, Kensington Place, London Rd, Bath, BA1 6AW Tel: 01225 337081, web: www.godwinandgodwin.co.uk/bars.htm
• Being in the booze business, with an exceptional warehouse of wines, this lot can provide classy bar services for parties, weddings and large-scale occasions (they did it for the Youth Olympics, among others).
GORDON’S CARIBBEAN CATERING
333 Church Rd, St George, Bristol, BS5 8AA Tel: 0117 902 1474, web: www.gordons01.co.uk
• Outside catering arm of the very popular Caribbean restaurant and takeaway. Heaps of their delicious jerk chicken, saltfish, goat curry and other West Indian cooking staples, with staff services included.
GOURMET DELICIOUS
Brassknocker Hill, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7JD Tel: 01225 723483, web: www.gourmetdelicious.co.uk
• Chef Lionel Meaden will prepare French cuisine for any occasion, while the Angelfish cafe from the canal basin offers set menus to suit all budgets.
GUILDHALL DELICATESSEN
8a Guildhall Market, Bath, BA2 4AW Tel: 01225 427195, web: www.bathguildhallmarket.co.uk/the-guildhall-delicatessen
• The friendly Guildhall Deli crew prepare and deliver business lunches from their enticing range of sandwiches or vegetarian/Italian/Indian prepared foods.
J&S CATERING
15 Rodfords Mead, Hengrove, Bristol, BS14 9UE Tel: 0117 300 9990
• This long-established (20 years) family catering business from Bristol provides onsite catering for Bristol University Sports Centre and can cater for any parties, big or small.
KASHMIR
15 High St, Easton, Bristol, BS5 6DX Tel: 0117 952 0004, web: www.kashmirrestaurant.co.uk
• From tikkas, baltis and shish kebabs to vegetable and side dishes. Can cater for events of any size.
KINDLING COFFEE
9a Claverton Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 4LD Tel: 01225 442125, web: www.kindlingcoffee.co.uk
• Independent coffee shop in Bath, also delivering business lunches to offices, meetings and events.
LA CUIZINE
Tel: 0117 376 3495, web: www.lacuizine.co.uk
• French chef Iza will prepare a menu and arrive at your house to cook a delicious Gallic dinner party meal for you and your friends. She’ll even clean up afterwards. How tempting is that?
MANGIA BENE
5-6 St James St, Bath, BA1 2TW Tel: 01225 336106
• Popular deli that can provide delicious Mediterranean food for lunches or parties. Hire the place for your own event if you want.
OLIVE SHED
Princes Wharf, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 4RN Tel: 0117 929 1960, www.theoliveshed.com
• This Harbourside restaurant can bring the OS experience to a place of your choosing, with eye-catching tapas menus (£5-£19pp) and the option of full service or straightforward food delivery.
PAPA COSTA DELI
67 Queens Rd, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1QL Tel: 0117 929 1600, web: www.papacostadelibristol.co.uk
• From private parties to business breakfasts, this popular Greek family-run deli can bring a flavour of the Med to your event, whatever the size.
PAPADELI
84 Alma Rd, Bristol, BS8 2DJ Tel: 0117 973 6569, web: www.papadeli.co.uk
• This top Clifton deli offers 10 homecooked menus for outside catering, from canapes to cakes and tarts. Fancy a picnic? They’ll do one to suit. Or they’ll come to you and prepare a five-course meal.
PEAR CATERING COMPANY
The Coach House, 2 Upper York St, Bristol, BS2 8QN Tel: 0117 942 8392, web: www.thepearcafe.com
• Top-quality ingredients and a commitment to freshness make Pear Cafe’s sandwiches, soups and salads stand out. Bespoke catering service works with you to create your ideal menu.
SANDWICH DIRECT
112 Rodway Rd, Patchway, Bristol, BS34 5PG Tel: 0117 969 8889, web: www.sandwichdirectbristol.co.uk
• It’s not just sandwiches this lot deliver – their vans bring pasta, fruit, soft drinks, yoghurts and more to offices around Bristol, plus sandwich platters and ‘working lunches’ for meetings and conferences.
STRAWBERRY FIELD
Old Bakery, Old Jews Lane, Bath, BA2 3DG Tel: 01225 339394, web: www.strawberryfieldcatering.co.uk
• Highly professional, experienced catering company that can handle any occasion from private dining and business lunches to big weddings and corporate functions. Menu options include BBQ, hog roasts, chocolate fountains, finger buffets, sit-down dinners.
TAKE FIVE CAFE
72 Stokes Croft, Bristol, BS1 3QY Tel: 0117 907 7502
• The blend of Indian, Thai, Malaysian and other ‘world’ cuisines on the Take Five Cafe menu lends itself easily to vegan and vegetarian eating and is also available for party and event catering. Food, all freshly prepared, uses organic ingredients wherever possible.
TEOHS
28-34 Lower Ashley Rd, St Agnes, Bristol, BS2 9NP
Tobacco Factory, North St, Southville, Bristol, BS3 1TF Tel: 0117 907 1191, web: www.teohs.net
• Teohs’ long-established, family-run pan-Asian restaurants in Bristol also offer a bespoke catering service. Their expertise in Thai, Japanese, Chinese and Malaysian cooking goes into creating original menus of your choice.
THYME
27 Westgate St, Bath, BA1 1EP Tel: 07584 053146, web: www.thymefood.co.uk
• Catering services for events, meetings, etc, using the fresh, flexible menu from their sandwich shop as the starting point.
TIFFINS
151 St Michaels Hill, Bristol, BS2 8DB Tel: 0117 973 4834, web: www.tiffinsbristol.com
• One of Bristol’s finest and most popular Indian kitchens, picked up by Radio 4’s Food & Farming Awards in 2010, Tiffin’s freshly cooked, authentic Gujarati food can be tailored to private events of any size, with plenty of vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options available.
TIKKA FLAME
South Building, Anchor Sq, Canons Rd, Bristol, BS1 5UH Tel: 0117 316 9393, web: www.tikkaflame.co.uk
• The award-winning, healthy Indian and Pakistani food at this contemporary Asian restaurant is available for outside catering for parties and weddings.
TOPLINE CATERING
Hazel Cottage, Knowle Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8QT Tel: 01275 333308, web: www.toplinecatering.co.uk
• Well-established (25 years), highly professional catering company catering for business and private events of any size within a 50-mile radius of their Chew Valley base. Menus tailor-made to suit budget and taste with help from their staff.
WILLIAM’S KITCHEN AT CALCOT
Calcot Manor, Tetbury, Glos, GL8 8YJ Tel: 01666 891240, web: www.williamskitchenatcalcot.co.uk
• While their top-notch, stylish, contemporary food is one of their big attractions, they also offer full event management and planning services, from finding a venue onwards. |
