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Our Story
Food 4 Festivals are a family owned company, based in Cornwall, but covering the whole of the UK for festival, crew, event and corporate catering. With over 30 years experience of running numerous food businesses, we can assist clients in a professional and friendly manner to achieve a smooth running, on budget, and enjoyable event. With our depth of knowledge and experience gained over the years, F4F have been able to provide catering services to, for example:
Glastonbury Festival crew catering, involving a multiple site operation over 4 weeks.
25 music festivals per year, including backstage, artist and VIP menus.
24 hour catering for Network Rail for railway engineers in remote locations, plus work with The National Grid.
Manchester City Council: crew catering over 5 sites for the Battle of The Somme commemoration.
Bluelight compound catering at Download festival.
Television and film location catering with regular clients including the BBC, Sky Sports, MTV and BT Sport.
With our intricate pre event planning, coupled with excellent customer service, F4F have built a high level of repeat business and satisfied clients.
Meet the chefs
Nigel and steve
Nigel, a baker, chef and barista, started Food 4 Films, now Food 4 Festivals, in 2015, following 35 years owning and running businesses in the foodservice sector. In his early 20s, after studying Business and Finance at college, he realised food was his passion, and set up a bakery, which soon became a group of 5 retail shops, including a busy city centre deli. His areas of expertise, as well as all kinds of outside catering, include wedding catering, farmers' markets, running a guest house, and even developing a large wholesale company, which focussed entirely on promoting and supplying artisan food and drink from the West Country. "The events industry gives me the variety and opportunities to develop and grow as a chef and business-owner. I love it", says Nige.
As for Steve, his career started with a four year classical training at Boodle’s Club in London’s West End He then spent 4 years in Spain, 3 years working under Spanish celebrity chef Alberto Chicote and 1 year as the Head Chef at Club La Costa 5* resort on the Costa Del Sol. In 2001, having gained a passion for travel, he started working on cruise ships and by 2011 was promoted to Executive Chef of the Mariner of the Seas, a luxury Royal Caribbean Cruise ship, managing a team of 150 chefs, a food budget of $1m a month and serving around 14,000 meals a day across 12 restaurants. In 2014 he returned to the UK and relocated to Cornwall, where he started working as a freelance chef. It was by chance that he met Nigel in 2018, with their first job together being MTV Crashes in Plymouth. "Within a few months I was delighted to join the business as a partner; definitely a wise move!"
Founders
Philosophy
Our aim is to be exemplars in our industry, serving great food and deploying best practice. Being based in Cornwall gives us access to some great ingredients- fish, meat and dairy and obviously the famous Cornish pasties.
Our mission is to provide hearty, home cooked meals, served by a smiling, well trained member of our team.
All staff are trained to the required standard for their role, using the NCASS approved training program, and key personnel have advanced training in food hygiene, Covid protocols, health & safety, gas safety and working in CDM controlled environments.
All units are fully insured, safety inspected and hygiene checked on a regular basis and all vehicles are fitted with safety reversing cameras.
