We have had the absolute pleasure of working with Scott & his team for a number of years now. Nothing but great laughs when we are working together. Scott has kindly answered a few questions about his services and what they offer.

What is the story behind Scotts Catering Services?

Scott’s Catering has been trading for 12 years now, Scott’s is managed by Scott himself but run his his amazing team, and without them we wouldn’t still be operating today. Some of our staff are young and only worked with us for a year or so and others have been on this great adventure with me and have been by my side for many many years.

My personal background is a young boy who failed at school goes to college to become a chef, Two years later I left and started working at the Old Course Hotel in St Andrews. Big job for such a young and naive kid, still only 17 years of age.

Over the next 15 years or so I had the pleasure of working in some amazing establishments, from the Old Course Hotel St Andrews, Grosvenor House Hotel Park Lane London, Old Manor Hotel Lundin Links, Balbirnie House Hotel Markinch, Craigsanquhar House Hotel Fife, Fairmont Hotel St Andrews.

Once I was done working long hours and no family life, I decided I wanted a change in direction, and got a job lecturing hospitality at Forth Valley College in Falkirk and Stirling.

As the next 10 years passed, I realised there was something missing from my life. I missed the buzz and excitement of the commercial kitchen, so while lecturing during the day in the evenings I found myself doing small private dinner parties, which grow into bigger events and then to weddings, Balls, Students Events, Sporting events, and to be honest all kinds of event.

So I decided then to move into the outside catering business full time as the demand was so great.

As the business grew I started purchasing some cutlery, crockery, glassware etc, to help event organisers keep costs down and to make it easier getting it all under one roof.

12 years later we are now in our 5th premises and we continue to grow.  With that, our event knowledge is so much better, our delivery is much smoother, our staff are much more experienced and with over 300 different products to hire for your events, our package is much more complete.

 

What services do you offer?

We offer a one stop shop, with over 12 years in the outside catering business.

We can offer –

Designated Event manager to oversee your event from first meeting to Event Day

Tasting service of menu prior to the event.

Full tour of our premises, showing you all our products and how we operate

Full set up / dressage of the venue and break down at the end.

Event management and front of house staff on the day

Full kitchen team of qualified chefs, porters and logistic staff

Canape receptions, Grazing tables, full dinner service, Evening buffets

Full caterhire available to compliment your event

Most important of all – we only do one wedding a day, you are our main priority for today.

What is your style?

Due to our skills and knowledge we can offer several styles.

3 course plated food menu with a Scottish / French Influence

Family Service – sharing boards / grazing boards / Host The Roast

Street Food Market style Dining

Where does your inspiration come from?

At Scott’s we try to use local produce and suppliers where possible. Food is such a fashion and by the time an event comes around that crave can have already passed. We very much like to listen to our couples and create something around them, while we have many food menus and ideas on offer its so much easier working with the couples and creating something that works for them.

What has been one of your favourite dishes to make?

It’s not about one dish but maybe the style of Cooking, I personally love the street food market theme we can create at Kinkell Byre.

All the stalls are built around the food options on offer, and all the guests get a great dining experience with a twist. Just the faces of the guests as they walk into the food court area is memorable.

Why do you like working at Kinkell Byre?

That’s easy, Everyone at Kinkell has one goal, and that is to make the day the best it can be for all couples. We all get on well and work hard to achieve the same goal, we help out where needed and no one is not prepared to help support each other.

Do you have any advice for couples planning their day?

Everyone should have a checklist.

I would advise all couples to start as early as possible. Find the suppliers you connect with best and who you know will deliver what you’re looking for on your big day.

Don’t be frightened to ask your suppliers lots of questions, Make sure they know exactly what you want your day to be like

How do couples book you and what is your process?

Our process is simple.

Once we have discussed the big day and agreed on quotes etc we send out the agreement papers which couples read, sign and return with the non refundable deposit of £500.

Quotes may change as couples do change their minds on things, or numbers increase or decrease.

Due to the position we are in now with Covid all deposits paid are transferred to a new date if we have to reschedule.

 

It is always an absolute pleasure having Bespoke cater weddings at Kinkell Byre. Kelly and the team really do put the couples best interest at heart and will cater to any of your needs! Kelly has kindly answered a few questions about Bespoke and what inspires them to do what they do.

What is the story behind Bespoke Catering?

We are a small family run business that puts its clients at the heart of everything we do. We have two main parts to our business. The wedding side and the TV and film side where we have been fortunate enough to cater for some really amazing productions including, Outlander, Jurassic World, Outlaw King, and The grand Tour.

What services do you offer?

We offer a fully bespoke catering service designed around you. We also offer on the day event management, crockery and glassware hire and everything else that is needed to bring the day together.

What is your style?

We don’t have a set style and because we haven’t put ourselves in a certain catering category, this allows us so much creative freedom when it comes to designing our couples menus.

Where does your inspiration come from?

Our inspiration comes from our couples, we genuinely believe in getting to know our couples, and never know what we will be serving until we know who we will be serving. From individual dishes to entire events, every experience we create is truly unique, because each of our couples are unique

What would you say is your favourite dish?

I love tasting menus because there isn’t one single dish that is my favourite. Creating a journey and an experience through a tasting menu brings me so much happiness!

Why do you like working at Kinkell Byre?

Kinkell Byre is an amazing space, it really is the perfect blank canvas venue to start creating your dream day. It also has a large kitchen space which is such a treat when it comes to plating up your meal and because there is more kitchen space it does allow up more flexibility on what we can do and achieve in the space.

Do you have any advice for couples planning their day?
Make sure you plan the day you want, not the day you think you should have or your friends and family think you should have but the day that represents you as a couple!

How do couples book you and what is your process?

Everything we do is super flexible, and we will work with your food loves, ideas and budget to create the perfect dining experience for you and your guests. No matter your ideas we would love to hear them! Your wedding should be all about you, and we are here to help support that anyway we can!

To get things started we will send you our menu inspiration guide to help give you a feel for us and the flexibility you have working with us. Then once you are ready we will start working on a personalised proposal and quote for you.

 

 

Lazy Sunday are the epitome of fine dining and grazing tables. They offer exceptional service on the day of your wedding and make sure everything runs smoothly. Kasia from Lazy Sunday has kindly answered a few questions to give you a better understanding of what services they have to offer

Tell us a little about Lazy Sunday?
Lazy Sunday feeling is all about sharing generous and simple homemade food. We want our guests to eat with their eyes first! Our motto is “we make everything beautiful”.  What this means is: “beautiful to look at it and beautiful to eat “. We love to create the most relaxed ( but organized ) atmospheres and make your wedding one to be remembered! However,  it’s not about us – it’s all about our lovely couples and the way they want to create their beautiful day . We are there to step in to help make it all happen!
What services do you offer and what is your style?
Whenever you are planning a wedding, birthday or any other celebration we can offer one of our fabulous and nicely styled up grazing tables which would definitely have a wow factor!
What is your favourite dish to make?
Many fantastic sharing dishes like;  Salt dough Perthshire  shoulder of lamb with Persian lentil salad, Sumac spiced cauliflower heads with herbs,  pomegranates, yummy Pavlova with orange curd and caramelized apples. These are all perfect for any celebration.
Why do you like working at Kinkell Byre?
Every time we come back to Kinkell Byre it is always a joy. Fantastic views, great space, lovely staff that are always very helpful. We have many happy memories at Kinkell Byre and cannot wait to make more.
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