Event Catering in Angus

Fox Hat provides unique, high-quality catering and bar service for a wedding or big event and aim to bring something a little different to the table, from inventive canapés, feasting starter platters, to mains that come straight off the smoker! Direct communication they say is one of the ways to ensure a prospective provider knows what you want!

What do you need to know from an organiser in order to provide a comprehensive quote?

Fox Hat don't work to a menu or a price list, we love to create bespoke menus to suit or customers individual wants or needs. So, for us to provide a quote for a customer, we ideally need to know as much as is possible about the event. The basics are always a good start, where and what date the event is to be held, a vision for the catering and a budget to work with. Other details of the event...be it time/timings, amount of guests, specific dietary requirements, are all absolutely fantastic. The more details the better. We can then provide a much more accurate quotation for a potential customer, that will not deviate through time, given extra bits and pieces of information.

What advice would you give to a customer looking to hire a provider in your area of work?

Have a good idea going into a chat with a potential caterer, what exactly it is you are looking for and communicate that to them as directly as possible. That way, the ones you approach will be in line with your wants and be able to provide you with the information that you are looking for. If there are specific requests, then ask about these first up. i.e I work for a lot of farmers because my meaty offerings appeal to farmer/farm shop/barn weddings etc...so I get a lot of requests to use the meat from my client's farms.

Please tell us a little bit about how and why you started the business.

Fox Hat started a long time after a passion was instilled within me. I went to America, after I left Uni, to play rugby and whilst there I worked in a Smokehouse. After 4 years there, I came home and got a proper job, which I was always unfulfilled in. After continuing to smoke for friends, family and my home rugby club on a large scale and watching how the catering at my wedding unfolded...I decided to start Fox Hat in 2017. Since then we have catered some amazing weddings, events for some of the wealthiest people in the country, wrap parties for Outlander TV crew and some amazing street food gigs and festivals. We have a passion for a big challenge and excelling when out of our comfort zones, we will go beyond what is expected to make our clients happy.

Please tell us about a booking you've had through Add to Event, how did it go? Would you recommend us to others?

As a new member of Add to Event, I have not completed any bookings at present, they are all in the coming months. However, since joining, I have cancelled all other event websites, due to how well set up the portal and infrastructure is. It is very easy to communicate with clients and quote menus and represent your brand and ethos without it being very corporate and personality-free. I am really excited to see what AtoE brings my business for the remainder of this year and more to come....