Event Catering in Staffordshire

Westwoods Bespoke Dining was born after the owner, a chef, was increasingly asked to cater for private events. They've gone from strength to strength ever since. Here they share advice and tips on what to look out for when hiring a caterer for your event.

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

In order to provide a comprehensive quote we require the event date, details of event type and cooking facilities available on site with a rough idea of what you are looking for.
As we run on a bespoke basis we can tailor make a menu to suit your requirements tastes and local seasonal produce, with Westwoods everything can be customised.

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

Firstly look for a Chef that can work to your requirements, after all its your event, can they provide dishes that will stir good memories? or dishes that can create new memories all together!
Are they using seasonal produce where possible? Reducing food miles and maintaining high standards should be of paramount importance.
And can they cater for those all important guests with dietary requirements? Everyone is special to us, why shouldn't they enjoy the same standard of food everyone else does?.

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

After spending almost a decade and a half as a chef travelling the country from Cheshire to Cornwall and London to Oxfordshire i found myself being asked quite regularly if I could cater for people's events more and more. Never being one to go into something half-cocked i always found myself reluctantly turning down events.
Eventually in 2015 Westwoods was born and this gave us the opportunity to work closely with clients, our ideal event's are small intimate groups that we can throw our everything into, events as truly unique as you.

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

Although very new to Add To Event we have received fantastic feedback from potential clients and we enjoy a steady stream of enquiries about our services.
What struck us about Add To Event from the beginning was that they are as serious about good service as we are. We were approached by James Perry who praised our work and following on Facebook and took the time to discuss our services at length as well as how Add To Event could compliment what we offer without being "pushy" or intrusive. Although initially reserved given poor experiences with similar platforms I must say we are impressed. I would certainly recommend Add To Event to any event organiser.