· The London Kitchen was set up to cater for premium corporate and private clients. The company has a particular strength in awards dinners, and discerning private clients.

 

· The team is passionate about food, and works with high quality suppliers to provide food of exceptional quality and provenance, sourced from across the UK and Europe.

 

· The London Kitchen’s team have worked at some of the UK’s most prestigious venues and events and pride themselves on a personal approach, aiming to deliver the best food with the best service to exceed clients’ expectations.

 

· The company does not do set menus: it provides a bespoke service for every client and event, from meeting clients to understand what they want to achieve and the food they love, to drawing up a menu, to providing staff to serve food and wine.

 

· The team of five chefs and events planners are led by managing director Damian Clarkson, who has worked for some of the biggest names in British catering, event management and party planning, including The Admirable Crichton, Rhubarb Food Design and Mosimann’s.

 

· Before setting up The London Kitchen, Damian was managing director of Red Snapper Events, with clients including the Duchy of Cornwall, Tom Ford, Oswald Boateng, Mercedes Benz, Aston Martin, Wella, and Monsoon.

 

· He has catered events alongside leading chefs Atul Kochnar and James Martin, and has catered for private clients in the UK and the South of France.

 

· Damian’s food has impressed tough critics such as Michael Winner, and he has also appeared on The Apprentice, Noel Edmunds’ show on Sky, and BBC Radio 2’s Chris Evans Drive Time. In 2008 he was ISES Caterer of The Year 2008, and in Tatler’s Must Have list, and was in Events magazine’s Top Ten in 2007.

 

· The London Kitchen supports a number of charities including The Foodchain and Kisses 4 Kids.