How to cater for a multicultural workplace

Most workplaces are more diverse than their lunch options. When a team spans many cultures, catering is a chance to make everyone feel considered, and to let people share the food they grew up with.

Start with the people, not the menu

Before choosing dishes, collect dietary requirements and allergen information from the team. Vegetarian, vegan and halal needs are common, and it is much easier to plan them in from the start than to add them at the end. When you book with us, dietary needs are gathered beforehand, so the menu is planned around the team from the start.

Let the chefs lead the menu

The most interesting office catering comes from people cooking the dishes they know best. Our chefs cook food from their own cultures, from Greek and Thai to Indian, Korean and Ukrainian, prepared the way they would make it at home. That means a team lunch can travel the world in a single buffet, and every dish comes with a story people can ask about. See what we offer on our catering page.

Pick the right format

Different days need different formats. Individually portioned lunch boxes suit busy days and mixed schedules. Chilled or hot buffets work for team lunches. Sharing platters and canapés suit networking events and celebrations. For regular feeding, our daily workplace meals bring a rotating selection of global lunches to the office.

Make it about more than lunch

Food is one of the easiest ways to bring cultures to the table at work. A menu that changes across the year, or a team meal built around a festival like Lunar New Year, Eid or Diwali, turns an ordinary lunch into something the team talks about. If you want to go further, our food and drink workshops let the team cook together instead of just eating together.

To plan catering for your workplace, send an enquiry with your date, group size, venue and dietary needs, and we will come back to you.