We are committed to promoting good eating: delivering local professional catering services for business and private functions in the Hampshire, Berkshire and Surrey areas, one-to-one cookery tuition and specialist food-related publications.
Our attitude? We hate paper plates. We hate plastic knives and forks. We especially hate boring menus with nothing more exciting on them than coronation chicken or vol au vents.
If this is what you want, please don’t call us!
What we do offer is a complete service with fresh home prepared food of the highest quality.
Vibrant Menus
Whether you want a hot self-service buffet or a full four course formal meal, we have a wide repertoire of delicious dishes that we expertly co-ordinate to suit your tastes and event. Take a look through our Gallery to see a selection or select the type of event you are organising from Our Services to see complete sample menus. All of our food is freshly bought and prepared on the day of your event to guarantee you a mouth-watering meal.
Complete Service
We don’t want you to worry about anything, as we believe the host of any event should enjoy spending time with their guests, not panicking about the catering! We therefore offer a complete service through from personalised menu design through to the clearing up. We prepare your food for you fresh on the day, deliver it at a convenient time, present it artistically, then return at the end of your event to clear away, so there’s no washing up either. We can also offer professional waiting staff to serve your guests and take care of all the organisation, so you are free to socialise.
Skilled Experts
All of our food is home cooked by skilled caterer Kathryn McGill. Kathryn has been the Operations Director at Tilsmere for over 10 years, prior to which she had a 20 year career as a specialist Food Technology teacher. As well as hand preparing all of our dishes, Kathryn also offers cookery tuition to students of all levels on a one-to-one and small group basis. If you’re interested in improving your own cooking skills, click here to find out more.
Food Publishers
At Tilsmere, we’re passionate about good food. That’s why we also operate as a specialist food publisher to share our recipes and enthusiasm. Our bestseller is The Tilsmere Cookbook, which features recipes frequently requested by our clients. We are also pleased to announce the release of our latest book Save Your Stomach: The Tilsmere Student Cookbook, by Kirsty McGill. Specially designed for students living in shared accommodation, Save Your Stomach features handy tips to cook cheaply, cleanly and nutritiously. For further details of our publications or to make a purchase, please visit our publishing website.
Local Suppliers
Tilsmere uses Reeves Butchers in Yateley exclusively for all its meat requirements because they, like us, are passionate about quality of product and service.
Keep Up To Date
You can find out what we are cooking at Tilsmere and receive updates about our services in a whole range of ways:
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Your Event
If you would like Tilsmere to cater for your event, arrange a free consultation session with us by calling (01252) 879 827 or by emailing catering@tilsmere.com and we will see what we can do to help!
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Click here to buy the Tilsmere Cookbook