Crown-owned catering firm, Kudos has been awarded a seven-year deal worth £8m with The Mermaid, an events venue in London's Blackfriars.
The Mermaid features a 600-seater auditorium, River Rooms and Queenhithe, plus a large white box breakout space.
The new contract will see Kudos work with The Mermaid to introduce a brand new range of innovative food concepts and menus for meetings, weddings and events.
Kudos landed the deal after a highly contested tendering process involving a host of large and small catering companies.
Alicia Duncan, General Manager of The Mermaid, commented, “We are elated to be working alongside Kudos to offer our clients a brand new catering experience.
'The Kudos team are extremely talented and their menus are both inspired and creative – something we pride ourselves on as a venue. Vowing to do things differently in 2016, we felt that it was time for a change and Kudos is a perfect match for us.”
Jon Pryce, Managing Partner of Kudos, said, “I’m absolutely thrilled to have been given this opportunity. The team has put so much hard work and effort into both creating an innovative and engaging tender and building a strong relationship with the venue, so this is a well-deserved win in my opinion.
'The venue has fantastic aspirations and a desire to offer the conference and events market something unique and we are excited to be playing a major part in this.”