Food Van Hire in Perth and Kinross

The Famous Kitchen is based in Perth and supplies any event that needs good Scottish food served with a good attitude! And it is stylishly served from a trendy retro airstream van. Here they share top tips on finding the best suppliers for your event.

What do you need to know from an organiser in order to provide a comprehensive quote?

To allow us to provide a meaningful quote we would generally need the following. What date and time the event is on, the type of event, estimated number of guests ( useful to know the number of children) and where it is being held. Also useful to know the price band that they are looking at and an idea of the scope of service..i.e. just food, or with drinks and sweets. All of this will enable us to provide the potential customer with a relevant quote.

What advice would you give to a customer looking to hire a provider in your area of work?

I will state the obvious by looking at the reviews that they have received. I also think it is important to arrange a face to face meeting with the provider as this lets you get a feel for the whole thing and it is important to like the people that will be cooking and serving you and managing the event. Ask where the food is sourced from... good food comes from quality sources.

Please tell us a little bit about how and why you started the business.

I had been in the catering business ( food to go ) but wanted to create a special look. That is why I invested in the retro Airstream that I operate from. It is funky and unusual and has the "wow " factor that is brought to your event. We would like to think that the quality of our food matches the quality and style of our operation .. and we have not disappointed so far. Using local Butcher's produce is important to us...we have a relationship with them that counts for a lot.

Please tell us about a booking you've had through Add to Event, how did it go? Would you recommend us to others?

It has been great. We have had such a variety of events from private parties to corporate. Some of them are one-off events but there are some that are annual events and we have already been booked in for next year. We do share Add to Event details with other providers as more choice makes for more customers. We did the "Bloody Crime " festival in Stirling as an appendage to the catering in the actual venues. We are back at this next year and we expect to be used more as we are going to be in their program and hopefully people will remember us from last year. Met some very interesting people at that one! All part of the Add to Event "success in that it has such a variety of types of events.