Robert & Victor started life as a café and sandwich shop. However, since its establishment, the company has grown far beyond those initial boundaries and into a world where it has truly thrives: corporate catering. SME News spoke with founder and CEO of Robert & Victor, Simon Dasnoy to find out more about what makes this catering company tick. Best Corporate Catering Company 2023 - Greater Manchester Based out of Greater Manchester, Robert & Victor seems like a success waiting to happen, at least from our privileged perspective of hindsight. With a focus on using fresh, natural, and local ingredients, there’s a focus on meeting and exceeding best practices here. No shortcuts, just a passion for food. From the outset, Simon makes this absolutely clear, as he explains in his opening comments. “We want to bring you the best food and nothing else. Nature is full of flavour, and our innovative recipes are made to bring you that flavour in every ingredient, with every bite. We aim to source our food as locally as possible, with many of our ingredients coming from around Cheshire and Lancashire. “Finally, we believe food is the best way to reconnect people with nature. As such, we aspire to use only natural ingredients, prepared in store each morning. This means we can prepare tasty and fresh food, without using additives, preservatives, or flavour enhancers. Our food isn’t just delicious, it’s bursting with nutrition.” But let’s take a closer look at what Robert & Victor has become award-winning for – its catering services. The company’s corporate offerings, including mobile bar hire services. This is where the company has scaled to new heights and continues to focus on improving its scalability to deliver better and better catering services to clients. “We’ve scaled the quality and care of our cuisine for work events, conferences, award ceremonies, and more. Our specialities are buffet offerings, breakfasts, canapes, and sandwich platters for meetings and events.” He adds, “I believe we excel in our sustainability efforts, and this puts us a step above our competitors. We are also seeing more and more vegetarian, vegan, dairy-free, and gluten-free customers, too, so being flexible with dietary requirements is a must in the catering and restaurant industry!” It must be said that it’s equally impressive that this growth and evolution has happened throughout and on the back of the COVID pandemic, which saw a period of immense uncertainty throughout the hospitality and restaurant industries. As it stands, today, Robert & Victor is thriving through the hard work the whole team has put in over the last five years. Simon explains, “The world of hospitality has been a difficult one recently because of COVID where most businesses had to close their doors for a while, and even change their business models. We are now thankfully back on track and busier than ever, with some new additions to our offering! We have expanded our event services and now have a mobile bar; can supply event equipment, crockery, cutlery, and furniture; and provide serving staff when required.” “I believe we are a step above our competitors due to our friendly, personable approach to ordering. We are highly reliable and flexible with orders.” Greater Manchester has a number of exceptional eateries, with the north – in general – offering a variety of often overlooked restaurants that truly define the UK’s gastronomic landscape. Robert & Victor is certainly in good company, but its location has also allowed for more freedom for growth. Namely, in its ability to keep costs lower than its southern cousins. “The north is renowned for its friendly welcome, great music, and exceptional sense of humour!” Simon enthuses. “Manchester especially is such an amazing and forever growing city – now the second biggest in the UK, yet we can charge much keener prices due to the lower cost of living than down south. We love our grub up north and massively value taste.” He continues, “Our team are all amazing, hardworking, and helpful individuals with a good work ethic and a love for a good old drink at the end of a long week! When recruiting, we look for honest, reliable, friendly, and approachable staff that can handle the fast-paced nature of hospitality and catering.” As it stands, alongside developing its outstanding corporate catering options, the future for Robert & Victor lies in providing nutritious ready meals for remote workplaces across the UK – an area in high demand. Stay tuned, this is a company to keep an eye on. Company: Robert & Victor ltd Email: [email protected] Web Address: https://robert-victor.co.uk/ Telephone: 0161 637 3031
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