The Little Kitchen Company

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  Julia Holla

  LKC were incredible to work with from start to finish. They have worked with us on a really short notice, which we really appreciated! The food and service were both amazing, everyone loved the food, we've had a really tasty and varied selection of sandwiches, pastries and desserts across the two days we've worked in Winchester.

  15-05-2023
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  Nicola Moss

  We had a relatively last minute change of plans for our daughter's wedding reception. I found the Little Catering Company quite by chance on a Google search. We wanted to do most of our own catering and this appeared to provide just what we needed. They were very prompt in replying to my query and were available for the date we wanted. As they are fairly local to us, we were able to visit the premises and discuss menu choices. Bella was very helpful as we needed gluten free and no pork for 75 people, we added some lovely desserts, chose the braised shoulder of lamb as a change from the more usual chicken and collected it all the day before the wedding. The instructions were spot on for preparation, our helpers had no problems delivering it to our buffet table, beautifully presented and perfectly moist. Everyone enjoyed it very much and we had comments like 'this is the best lamb I have ever had'. The price was extremely competitive and the portion sizes were great - we had enough for seconds and thirds. Our daughter wanted to be as sustainable as possible so a local company with good food that would all be eaten was just the thing. Thank you again to Bella and the Team.

  08-05-2023
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  Noreen McGovern

  Little Kitchen recently catered for our staff appreciation awards event and they were great. The food was fantastic - delicious and well presented. They also ran a bar on the evening with a great selection of drinks on offer. Mainly though I want to say thanks to the staff, every one of them was attentive and friendly - have already booked them for another event and would high recommend!

  29-04-2023
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  Katherine Rabey

  Excellent wedding catering. The Little Kitchen Company catered for our wedding last summer. The food and service were perfect. The team was very flexible with menus and were able to come up with a vegetarian main course that was ideal for us, as well as catering for some tricky dietary requirements. On the day, Lyndsey and the team did a fantastic job - we had so many compliments on the food, but best of all was that the team let us as bride and groom enjoy our day, and if they had any questions at all they asked the bridesmaids. That was so highly appreciated - thank you! The only caveat is that we didn't feel the pricing was completely transparent. We had several meetings in the run-up but ended up with quite a few things being added on after the quote stage which we felt could have been considered earlier. In fairness, we had some specific requirements for the venue so this may have been difficult for the team to anticipate. At the end of the day, this didn't take the shine off the fantastic service and we had a great experience with the Little Kitchen Company - definitely recommend!

  29-04-2023
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  Amelia Riviere

  The team were quietly very efficient and the really important element ... the food was absolutely delicious. Thank you for making the event go so well.

  29-04-2023
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  James Brown

  29-04-2023
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  nikki wright

  I arranged a retirement party for the senior partner of a local solicitors for approximately 90 guests and used The Little Kitchen Company for the catering. Vicky and her team were exceptional. Each and every member of the team were exemplary – polite, attentive, professional and an absolute credit to their business. The photos do not do justice to the buffet that was provided and I have had so many messages about the quality and variety of food. I would not hesitate using them again and recommending to anyone who had an event however large or small. Well done everyone!

  29-04-2023
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  Info sassandedge

  Absolutely fabulous. Made everything totally painless, the food was fantastic and the team delightful. Would use them again without hesitation.

  29-03-2023
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  Brett Wyndham

  Extremely good service and communication throughout from Catherine when enquiring with The Little Kitchen Company. Great food and would highly recommend!

  29-03-2023
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  Beth Dale

  As LKC work in partnership with my wedding venue, I was requested to use them as my caterers. 5 stars for the service, the team were first class, professional, well organised and made sure everything was perfect. It really was perfect and I would like to take this opportunity the thank LKC and the team that the day ran incredibly smoothly and my guests were happy. I am grateful for their hard work and efforts on one of the hottest days of the year it is very much appreciated. Well done! Poor communication: Communication in the run-up to the wedding was poor starting with a cancelled photo call. LKC response to this is “The cancelled phone call was due to her son being run over that day, it wasn't appropriate for anyone else to take the call as she was managing your details at that point”. I have spoken to 4 different people since then! It took 2 weeks to rearrange a follow-up call. LKC response to this is “this had to be rearranged which I understand was inconvenient for you” the truth is it took 2 weeks because I had to work around their limited availability, I work full time, have a 2-year-old, and was organising a wedding plus it was my hen do that weekend and now I’m left feeling to blame The call took place, it was disturbed due to having to change media four times, the environment was not appropriate for our call with multiple people in the back group and signal problems. It would have been good to have received a list of questions before the call as I was ill-prepared. LKC response to this is “Sadly we don't have huge office space and our meeting room was already booked out that day; we always prefer a face-to-face meeting” I was not offered a face-to-face until I complained. On the call it was agreed that the function sheet would be sent that evening, so that I could fill in the missing information. I did not receive this, the day after our call I emailed the outstanding detail. I further emailed to make sure this had been received, 2 and a half weeks later I got a reply saying she had been on leave. Food and wine tasting were not offered: If you are happy not to understand the presentation style or taste of the food and wine from a catering company then this is not relevant, I was not comfortable paying £5,000 on this basis. LKC response to this is “Tastings are not included as part of our Chesil offering - I may have said previously that not every client wants or needs one and so as it's an expensive element of the lead up to the wedding to add to every client's bill, however we are now discussing including this and costing for it in our quotes going forward as an optional payable extra.” The complaint: I was stressed and panicked at this point, I complained and was offered a face-to-face meeting which did resolve most things and I was given a bottle of each of the wines to taste. Further to this we also did do a complimentary starter tasting session, the main and dessert courses were not allowed. I would not have chosen our starter however we were in a position less than 2 weeks before the wedding that we needed to make a choice. A takeaway meal: My 102 Grandmother who lives locally could not make the wedding day, thoughtfully I wanted a wedding meal to be delivered to her so she could feel included. LKC response to this was “We unfortunately wouldn't be unable to deliver food to your Grandma as the team will be busy on-site with you on the day.” No alternative was suggested, but further to my complaint we did manage to agree that an individual portion would be available the day before for me to collect. The food: The main course was delicious however did not look how I expected, it was described as ‘slow roasted sirloin of beef, dauphinoise potatoes, baby vegetables, red wine and thyme jus’, it would have been better described as a roast dinner. As I had not seen or tasted it beforehand, I was left a bit disappointed although I do love a roast dinner, the attached photo shows the menu photo which I presumed was our main vs the reality. The dessert was the best part, who doesn’t love profiteroles?

  29-12-2022