Company of Cooks has won three contracts worth in excess of £100m. The caterer, which focuses on the visitor attraction market, has extended its current contract with the South Bank Centre for a further ten years.
Company of Cooks has operated four fixed sites at the arts venue since 2007 and the new deal takes its partnership to 2023. It has secured an additional deal with the South Bank Centre, a ten-year contract to cater at the Topolski Gallery. Company of Cooks will deliver a 5,000 square feet day cafe and night cafe bar, planned to open in October.
The third new contract win is a three-year deal with The Royal Academy at 6 Burlington Gardens, with an undisclosed value.
The company has, however, decided not to re-tender for its existing business at Greenwich Park and Regents Park, which it said was down to its desire to remain independent and to work with like-minded partners. “We own all our equity, not subject to venture capital investors or corporate owners like our immediate competitors, and we intend to continue to do so. We must be stringent in our selection of what partnerships to pursue,” said Mike Lucy, founder of Company of Cooks.