When it comes to catering for your event, you want to pick the right team. The team that know how to get the job done and to exceed all expectations. In short, you want The A-Team… Unlike the 1980’s hit show, we exclusively deal with event catering food! With a mixture of knowledge, experience and ideas, when you’ve been doing this for a combined 40 years, you better believe we know what we’re doing.
Compromised of a crack team with time spent in global brands, foreign countries and local award winning establishments, it’s hard to not fall in love with us… even if more than a little bit. Together, we have fun, we practice common sense and enjoy discovering new ways of piecing together menus for each an every occasion.
Discover more about us below.
Alex is our leader! Fearless decision maker, entrepreneurial, driven and gastronome to boot! West Yorkshire born and bred, Alex has been a driving force of The Yorkshire Catering Company, there simply wouldn’t be a team without her. Having spent years in the corporate side of Asda, learning all about the food management process and how supermarkets work, a change was on the way.
Alex began catering events from her garage and in a few short years built The Yorkshire Catering Company. Then there was the Yorkshire Deli and now, there’s The Mill… we’ll let you know more about The Mill in the not too distant future. A gastronome at heart, Alex has spent years learning about different cuisines, building her knowledge and qualifications in event catering as well as getting all the experience you could imagine for all types of events… seriously there are some events we can’t even talk about here.
In what is a relatively short space of time, Alex has been recognised by the local business community and The Yorkshire Catering Company has picked up contracts with the NHS, HS2, Taylor Whimpey, Hunter’s Estate Agents, Total Fitness and many many more.
Alex is the head, the leader the person we turn to for inspiration and some good old chuckles along the way – which is really useful when you consider you will speak to Alex for your events, along with our Zowie; as Alex puts it, let’s put a face to the name and show people what the Yorkshire Catering Company can do!
James is a Yorkshire boy through and through. His experience is something a little further afield. Bred in Yorkshire, he was attracted to the bright lights of… Rome. The eternal came calling, in fact, he is the only lad from Yorkshire who speaks Roman with an Ilkley accent. Italy to Adelaide, Australia back to Leeds and culinary college ensued. From here, James took off and worked up from line cook to Sous chef to assistant night sous chef in the Joey Restaurants Flagship, Joey Bentall One.
James then got the call… Phoenix! Here he ran his own sandwich company, Between Two Slices. Whilst out in the USA he was in invited to LA to open the first Joey location in California. A Ski season (or two) in the French Alps followed back with a call to come home, James has been crafting delicious dishes for our sister company The Yorkshire Deli at our Leeds Victoria location.
His imagination and playfulness is something we love at The Yorkshire Catering Company. There are few with the eclectic style he has. That’s obviously why we love him!
