Corporate dining without the corporate feeling
Conference lunches and gala dinners don't have to taste like the room they're served in. How we approach catering for business events.
Corporate food has a reputation, and most of it is deserved. Trays of identical sandwiches. Beige buffet pans. A dessert table that's been out since 10 a.m. It's not because nobody cares — it's because the brief usually rewards predictability over taste.
◆Rewrite the brief
When we take on a corporate event, we start by asking what success looks like for the host, not the room. Is this a 45-minute lunch where people need to keep working? Is it a 200-person gala that has to feel like a destination? The menu changes completely.
◆What works at scale
See the full Indo-Chinese menu
Course by course →- ◆Bowls over plates for working lunches — easy to carry back to a session.
- ◆Two strong mains beats six average ones. Always.
- ◆A signature dessert station — guests remember the close, not the canapé.
- ◆Coffee service that doesn't end at 3 p.m.
“The best compliment we ever got at a corporate gala was: 'this didn't feel like a corporate gala'. That's the whole job.”
