Cheers for Charlton House

17 March 2011

Charlton House has won a staff catering contract with Fuller, Smith & Turner P.L.C, London’s traditional family brewer and makers of leading premium ale, London Pride. The contract is worth £200,000 in annual turnover and opened on 15th January 2011 when a team of five Charlton House staff began catering for 337 people on site, providing a breakfast, lunch and hospitality services.

Fuller’s has occupied the site at Griffin Brewery in Chiswick since 1845. Charlton House provided a design for a refurbishment of the staff restaurant, The Stables, housed in the brewery’s original stables blocks. A far cry from its Victorian roots, the restaurant will soon feature a theatre bar to enhance customer/chef interaction.
Steve Wishart, operations manager for Charlton House, said:”Breakfast is the busiest time of the day. We start the service at 5.30am to facilitate the brewery workers and draymen. We don’t finish service until after 6pm as we stay open to cater for office staff. There is a real sense of history on site but our food offer is contemporary, healthy food at its very best.”
Commenting on Charlton House’s appointment, Fran Howell, group purchasing manager for Fuller’s said: “It takes a team effort to provide the level of service and quality of product we demand, and there is no doubt that we owe our success to our incredible teams of people throughout the business. We understand the importance of looking after all our employees, which is why we wanted a caterer with the same pride and passion for quality standards.”
Charlton House specialises in staff catering within B&I environments. The company currently holds 80 high profile contracts nationwide.