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Third Atelier kitchen in London

We are excited to have opened our third offsite Atelier kitchen at the City of London Corporation’s Guildhall. This will service our clients across the Square Mile.

Latest Atelier kitchen

This latest ‘Atelier’ kitchen gives us another central base. Boosting us capacity and reducing logistic complexity and travel time. Adding to our existing Atelier kitchens in Millbank and Canary Wharf. As part of Atelier, we assign a dedicated chef to each contract serviced through the offsite kitchens.

Guildhall site

The kitchen and its brigade of 16 chefs at the Guildhall site will initially produce around 500 main meals and 2,000 hospitality covers per day. It will also have the possibility to double this capacity later in the year. It is part of the group’s wider plans to have a total of five offsite kitchens across London to boost capacity.

The approximately 4,000sq ft site already has a functioning kitchen, and we have invested £40,000 in further improving the infrastructure. It will be overseen by Ljiljana Pavicevic, head of operations, executive chef Adam Jemal, and commercial account director Nick Wallace Jones.

Tailored menus

We launched our first Atelier offsite kitchen in Millbank in January 2023. The dedicated chefs in each contract ensure menus are tailored to clients’ needs. Using their knowledge of culture and preferences to create personalised dishes. By attending client sites and events, they build strong relationships with both clients and customers.

Increasing demand

The increasing demand we have seen in the capital reflects growth in jobs in the City. With 678,000 people now working in the City of London and more than 25% increase in jobs in the City recorded between 2019 and 2023. Atelier kitchens not only cater to this increase in demand, but are creating new jobs for chefs and foodservice professionals in the heart of London.

Angus Brydon, MD of BM Caterers, said: “Our Atelier concept stands out, as evidenced by the launch of our third Atelier kitchen, with plans to expand to five by the end of 2025. As a boutique caterer, BM takes pride in offering bespoke, tailored solutions. Assigning a dedicated chef to each client location ensures a seamless and top-quality staff dining and hospitality service. The possibilities are limitless. We are excited to introduce our fourth kitchen in St Paul’s to meet the high demand.”