Thomas The Caterer

Award-winning bespoke wedding catering with 100% custom menus tailored to your tastes and story. Using locally sourced ingredients, our theatrical food presentation creates unforgettable experiences for guests. Includes free menu design session and tasting events.

Artistically arranged grazing tables featuring artisanal cheeses, cured meats, and seasonal accompaniments. Designed for interactive guest experiences with visually stunning presentations that complement wedding themes.

Full-service mobile bar solutions with expert mixologists and custom cocktail menus. Includes premium spirits, wines, and soft drinks with themed bar setups to match wedding decor.

Interactive tasting sessions allowing couples to sample menu options before finalising selections. Includes chef consultations to refine dishes and ensure perfect menu creation for wedding day.

Handcrafted gourmet pies featuring seasonal ingredients and traditional recipes. Available as main courses or canaps, with options for meat, vegetarian, and vegan dietary requirements.

Award-winning chef and founder with 15+ years' experience in wedding catering. Recognised by Theo Paphitis and multiple industry awards, Thomas specialises in creating theatrical food experiences that tell couples' unique stories.

Experienced head chef with expertise in bespoke menu creation and event execution. Known for attention to detail and ensuring seamless service delivery, having worked on over 200 weddings since joining the company.

Dedicated client coordinator managing customer relationships from initial consultation to event completion. Specialises in dietary requirement accommodations and ensuring smooth communication throughout the planning process.

Yes, we regularly work in surrounding areas and sometimes further afield. Check our availability for your specific location through our online form.

Yes, all menus are 100% bespoke. We create unique dishes based on your preferences, dietary needs, and wedding theme during free menu design sessions.

Use our online availability checker by entering your wedding date and contact details, or call us directly at 0116 3260 529 for immediate confirmation.

Yes, we accommodate all dietary needs including vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, and allergy-specific requirements with specially crafted dishes.

Full-service catering includes menu design, tasting events, on-day staff, equipment, and 100% satisfaction guarantee with dedicated coordinator support throughout planning.

We recommend booking 12-18 months ahead, though we can accommodate shorter timelines. Check availability immediately to secure your preferred date.

We booked Tom as our wedding caterer at Willow Marsh Farm, and it was the best decision. The food was simply amazing, and we had so many compliments. Multiple guests said it was the best wedding breakfast they'd ever had. Before the day, we went to two testing events, where we were able to try a range of options before finally deciding on our menu. We used one of the canaps we tried on our final menu because it was so good.

We loved how Tom created the menu based on a questionnaire we filled in, and he came up with ideas we wouldn't have even thought of that we loved.

Callum and the team were also really attentive on the day, and all emails were responded to promptly. If you need a caterer, definitely book Thomas the Caterer - you won't regret it.

This is THE premier wedding caterer. We were lucky enough to have Thomas the Caterer as our caterer for our wedding in August 2024. From the moment we started our journey with them, we were put at ease. They helped us along the way with seemingly everything. A few months before we were invited to a tasting of our wedding menu. It completely blew us away. Everything was perfect and we couldn't wait to see it replicated for almost 100 guests.

When it came to the wedding day, the food was equally, if not better! A special mention must go to Callum, who ran everything on the day and beforehand so well. He's the main reason everything ran so smoothly.

Thomas and the team when completely above and beyond at our wedding in May 2024! As a vegan with a meat eating fianc it was really important to me to cater to different diets, and still have a fun and tasty menu. With a teepee wedding, I needed a caterer that would be on hand during the day so that we wouldn't need to worry. Lynsey was on hand throughout the process to refine our menu, assure us with any queries and offer us tasting evenings etc. to keep us involved.

Everyone couldn't stop saying how delicious the food was - the pies really do live up to the hype! The team were fantastic on the day, and I couldn't recommend them enough. Thank you for making our wedding amazing :)

Fantastic food & brilliant service! Tom & the team created a wonderful bespoke menu for our wedding day including mouth watering canaps and a delicious wedding breakfast. This was perfect for us as we werent too keen on having a super traditional wedding breakfast, so went for a sharing tapas style starter, pulled pork & macaroni cheese main, then a chocolate delice for dessert! All our guests loved the food, we had so many lovely comments!

We also love how organised the team at TTC were throughout the process, especially when it came to dietary requirements and checking in with us on the lead up to the wedding. Thanks to the whole team for the amazing part they played in our wedding, Sophie & Will

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to Thomas, Lynsey, Callum & all the team from myself and my husband, Dan for creating our beautifully, delicious menu for our special day. It was so perfect for our festival style wedding and went so well with our vibe for the day. We loved trying the menu that Thomas had created specially for us back in November & really enjoyed meeting him & having him cook our menu for us.

We were so excited for our guests to share it with us on our wedding day. We've had so much fantastic feedback on all the food from the day & wanted to pass that onto you. It was all so good and tasty. We can't wait to get all our pictures from our photographers as they will have some great pictures from all the delicious food. This is normally something that I would get but I didn't have my phone with me on the day.

From our first telephone call with Lynsey we knew you were the perfect caterers for our special day. Everyone has been so helpful, friendly and accommodating throughout the whole process and we've loved working with you in the build-up to our wedding. Thank you once again for being such an important part of our special day and creating a beautiful menu and delicious food for me, my hubby and all our guests.

Sad it's all over but got so many amazing memories to look back on. Would highly recommend Thomas the Caterer for any special event as they will certainly wow your guests with their amazing menus and food.

Sorry we're so late in saying thank you, but we just wanted to say the biggest thank you for the catering you did at our wedding in December. We had the pie, mash & peas, Street food style in the boxes and it was nothing short of incredible! Everyone raved about the quality of the pies, and you guys were so friendly and helpful at every stage of the process but in particular on the day itself.

The service and the quality of food both surpassed our expectations. I would recommend you guys to everyone, I don't think you could find better quality, service or price anywhere else. Thank you so much again

Thomas the Caterer were amazing at our wedding in September. The team really made it special with everyone going the extra mile to help. So many of our guests have commented on how nice the food was (the beef for the main and evening pie in particular) and the friendliness of the waiting team. Thank you so much - we wish we could enjoy the food all over again!

STREET FOOD SENSATION
We wanted a relaxed, fun and informal wedding which is why we chose street food options from Thomas The Caterer. We were really looking forward to the food, especially after going to a taster night at The Old Cow Shed and loving every.single.dish. It's hard to choose what to have when you want everything on the menu but we settled with a couple of crowd pleasers and a nod to our favourite trip to Thailand.

All of our guests said how yummy the Thai Curry, Fish n Chips and Nachos were and they loved that they could go and get a variety of grub whenever they fancied instead of the traditional 3 course sit down meal. The flavours and portion sizes were perfect and a really reasonable price. Everyone in the team was friendly, energetic and kept us all happily fed and hydrated all whilst miraculously keeping the place tidy.

Even the backstage staff were awesome, well organised and catered to every request we had. A well *olive* oiled machine who kept the whole process stress free and fun. Thank you to everyone at TTC and hope to see you soon!
Lu & Ry x

Thomas and team catered our wedding in May this year and we couldnt be more happy! They created a sharing feast for all our guests - specific to our tastes and had some really creative ideas! Meals were presented beautifully and we had feedback from so many guests how delicious the meal was! Callum the front of house manager was so organised, happy to answer all our questions whenever needed and made everything run smoothly on the day.

They also accommodated moving dates during the Covid pandemic and were more than generous in accommodating us reducing our numbers as well. Huge thanks to the whole team for helping to make our wedding day so special! Xx

Thomas and his team were outstanding from start to finish! We initially met Thomas via FaceTime as we lived in New York so couldnt meet face to face, immediately after we got off the call we knew we wanted to book him for our wedding. The menu Thomas created for us was perfect and there were so many compliments from our guests on the day. The whole team were so great to work with, whenever we emailed over a question we got a reply straight away.

They all worked so hard to give us an amazing day and the food was incredible. Not your average wedding food!! We were so glad we found Thomas the Caterer and would highly recommend! Love James and Becky Taylor

Amazing food, amazing people and excellent service! We had Thomas and the Team cater our Wedding, and they did an amazing job. Here's a few pics of the cheese and pork pie cake they created

Thomas and team opt to get to know the bride and groom, and then prepare a bespoke menu for you. They were really helpful with questions and details and covered everything we needed! They were brilliant on the day, and even showed some of the very young guests where the food was coming from. They also handled the bar and waste removal, helped with the cake and effectively made alterations to bring the price into budget! We love Thomas The Caterer!!

From start to finish, Thomas and his team were amazing at delivering a wedding breakfast that was us down to a tea! We talked through all our favourite foods and Thomas created a menu across all different cuisines for our day. Everyone at our wedding commented on how amazing the food was from Asian canaps, to an antipasti board, to pork belly & finally a chocolate trio of desserts. The service on the day was outstanding. We cant recommend enough!!

Thomas the Caterer provided the food services for our wedding this July. They were extremely accommodating to what we were looking for in our food service and throughout the process of deciding the menu, Thomas was extremely helpful and enthusiastic about the ideas we wanted to implement. On the day of the wedding, all the provided catering staff were friendly and enthusiastic and were all on hand to make sure every one of our guests had a great time, and had enough to eat and drink. I couldn't recommend them enough as the whole experience was truly fantastic and built upon what was already a special day.

I first met Thomas about four years ago when he catered a family party for me - a BBQ, in the rain in November - nothing was too much trouble and everyone LOVED the food. I've shot a number of weddings and events in my job as a photographer subsequently that Thomas and his team have catered for and the food continues to be out of this world, and they're such a knowledgable and friendly team to boot. If I get married again I wont hesitate to have Thomas cook my wedding breakfast, I've eaten a LOT of wedding food and he really is the best around.

Why did why choose Thomas the Caterers? First things first, there was no set menu, being food fans this appealed to us massively as we got to create our very own menu, full of all our favourite foods, and after we'd sat down with Thomas to design the menu boy did we fill it full! 3 canapes, 4 different starters served sharing style, 1 tasty main course and 3 dessert options, we were in wedding menu heaven! Packed off home with some incredible brownies for the evening we were over the moon to have found Thomas and his team.

It didn't stop there, we were invited to several tasting events which we went along to and throughly enjoyed, we loved and continue to love the Thomas Times newsletter alongside various little touches which came through the post. Closer to the time we chose to sample our menu prior to our wedding day, we are so SO glad we did this. Not only did it give us chance to sample our gorgoeus food twice, but we were again reassured with our choice of wedding caterer.

The whole process was made easy with Lynsey answering any queries we had. As our wedding day approached Callum got in touch, without a shadow of a doubt Thomas the Caterers were one of the most professional, and organised wedding suppliers we had (alongside Mambo Bars). The day before everything was set up, Callum and team couldn't have been more helpful, and even set our table places up on the day as we couldn't do this beforehand.

Nothing was too much trouble for the team, Thomas was brilliant and he makes everything feel super personal. Your not buying wedding catering, it's more like buying into a little foodie family. We can't wait for another excuse to need catering!!

We couldnt have dreamed of a better menu than the one Thomas created for us. The food was absolutely amazing and exactly how we had imagined it. Everything from the day we met Thomas to our wedding day was flawless, fun and funky! Not only was the food awesome, he is the nicest guy you will ever work with and nothing was too much trouble for him to do for our day. He went from Thomas the caterer to Thomas our Friend.

Hi Thomas,

We just wanted to say thank you for your amazing catering at our wedding. EVERYONE commented on how wonderful it was, I think we converted them all to venison too!!! You provided us with the menu we dreamed of and it was better than we could ever have imagined. Your staff were also brilliant, especially Mary. They were there whenever needed and disappeared into the background at other times.

All were friendly and a great asset to your business. Mary was fabulous, setting the tables and being on the ball throughout the day checking with us as the day progressed. Nothing was too much trouble. You were also great as I am sure you know!!! You have been very easy to work with and, again, nothing was too much trouble with questions answered and problems solved (watermelons!) with your usual cheery demeanor.

You helped to make our day everything we wanted it to be and the best wedding ever according to many of our guests! We are so pleased we found you and we are sure your business will be a major success.

Emma and Stuart

Mari and I had the best possible weekend, and we would like to thank you for not only the gorgeous food but also the service. The food was exceptional nobody was disappointed, and many said it was one of the best wedding meals they have had! You will definately be getting a reccomendation from us.