William Morris Gallery - Bottle Lampshades

An interesting addition to the William Morris Gallery Visitor Cafe - red drinks bottles as lampshades!

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Cathedral Visitor Catering

If your cathedral has a refectory, cafe or other visitor catering do you really know who your customers are and more importantly, what they want to eat and drink?

Findings recently published in Attractions Management identified that 6.7 million international tourists visited churches or cathedrals in 2011. In total, 22% of last year's 31m visitors went to a religious site. According to the information, a religious site is most popular among Brazilians (55%) followed by Australians and Americans (49%) and Russian and Chinese (45%).

'So what!' you may be saying. However, have you thought about how your visitor cafe or refectory meets the food and beverage needs of these visitors from different countries and cultures? Cream teas and other favourites are bound to be popular, to some extent, but how appealing and relevant is the rest of your menu?

Click here to see the Attractions Management article.

To undertand more about how you can develop your visitor catering, see our below article, first published in ArtsProfessional magazine, 27th February 2012 or give us a call to discuss further.

Added Value Catering

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Rhodes, Greenwich

Rhodes in Greenwich has all the usual elements you would expect from a bakery such as their well placed oven, combined with a contemporary style and great products. They also have a few stools in the window which are great for enjoying their coffee from while watching the outside buzz of Greenwich!

Note the 'stack' of hot cross buns in front of the oven..

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Decoupage Cafe Furniture

We spotted this interesting looking chair in a cafe in Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro. We couldn't work out if it was decoupage but it's certainly in that style.

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Mad Hatter's Tea Party

Biddy's Tea Room in Norwich is quite unique. If you're in the area you really should pop in to enjoy one of their afternoon teas. However, the decor is equally great! We've seen 'vintage' for a long time, in fact some may so too long but this isn't just the odd 1930's or 1950's chair or standard lamp. Its got to be seen to be appreciated, with everything from the Penny Farthing bike and Mr Fox in the window to the endless tea artefacts, lampshades...

They're good at marketing too - from 'Stitch & Bitch' evenings and Mad Hatter's Tea Parties!

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World's First Cake Hotel

Be quick though as it's only open for one night!

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Railway Station Restaurants & Bars

Following in the footsteps of both King's Cross Station and St Pancras International, London's Waterloo Station is becoming very attractive as a great place to meet, eat and drink regardless of whether you are waiting for a train.

Cabin, located on the new mezzanine level takes it's influence from the Orient Express and provides interesting and relevant food and drink whatever the time of day. Be warned, however, it can get very chilly!

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Workplace Catering

Filmore & Union not only accommodate the public via their Delicatessens and Cafes in York, Harrogate & Wetherby, they also do food deliveries to offices, as well as hosting business breakfasts, lunches and dinners.

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Corporate Hospitality - Cheeseboard

An interesting and different approach to a cheeseboard, provided courtesy of Sodexo at the Catering Consultants Lunch - The Crystal.

Your own cheeseboard with individual small pieces of cheese, including brief descriptions and supplier info. Its a great idea for all types of occasion, including corporate hospitality in the workplace.

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One of our favourite Delicatessens and Cafes in York - Filmore & Union! Great food and design as well as 'dog friendly' too (Our Mr B is not so keen on the last one!). Also available in Harrogate. See Filmore & Union for further details.

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