Event

PLANNING THE PARTY

Whatever the occasion, large or small, immaculate planning is the essential foundation of a successful party. Janie will collaborate with her client from day one in order to achieve the result you desire. She will be able to help on every aspect of the party:

    Menus
    Budgets
    Drink requirements
    Staff
    Tableware and linen
    Decorative schemes and flowers

MENUS
Janie works hard to personalise her menus to meet your requirements, but will always ensure that her ingredients are of the best quality and absolutely fresh.

Canapés to suit every type of drinks party – champagne reception, formal or informal cocktail party
Buffets for corporate functions or at home
Dinner party menus for parties large and small, a formal celebration or something just for friends – good food without a fuss
Tapas and mezes, and salads galore for al fresco summer parties
Children’s parties
Everyday food with flair for families on holiday

Janie thinks in colours as well as tastes so menus tend to be devised with their sense of colour in mind. Having worked abroad, it is the palette of continental markets and Mediterranean produce in the sun, with the cool accents of fresh herbs, that has been a rich source of inspiration.

That emphasis on market freshness also plays a crucial part. Janie is stringent about using fresh ingredients, and her menus have been developed to use the season’s best produce, English and European ingredients. It follows, then that menus change from month to month.

BUDGETS
Janie will tailor her service to meet not only your taste requirements but also to work with the constraints of your budget. She believes strongly that it should be possible to offer stylish food with the best ingredients on a variety of budgets.

Janie’s menus illustrate that she is true to her word – simple, honest food can be stylish, eye-catching and delicious in the right hands.

If you ask Janie to look after all the different aspects of your party, you can be confident that your original budget discussions will look at the complete picture – there won’t be expensive last-minute panics or surprises.

DRINK REQUIREMENTS
Expert advice can be given on wine and/or champagne to suit your party.

Janie can acquire the wine of your choice from select suppliers.

Equally, however, Janie is receptive to a client’s particular preferences and is happy to adapt her plans regarding food to those wines, as necessary.

Personalised mixed juices and smoothies are a great favourite, too, at the moment – and great for children’s parties, too.

And there is a great cocktail list for you to browse through – and very cool bar staff!!

And buckets of ice!

STAFF
Janie can arrange young and vibrant waiting and bar staff, as necessary. Chic and charming, smart, always on hand and yet unobtrusive, they will be an essential part of the smooth running of your party.

TABLEWARE AND LINEN
Janie can arrange crockery, glass, cutlery and linen; there is no need to rush around in circles trying to think of everything.

Beautiful, confident and clean-lined rather than loud and overdone, cool and chic rather than fiddly and over-detailed, Janie‘s table settings display her background in design and styling.

FLOWERS
Having explored with you what might be appropriate flower-wise to complement both the occasion and her own dishes, Janie can source beautiful flowers whether exuberant and dramatic or restrained and simple to add an elegant decorative flourish, the finishing touch.

“What i think looks really stylish is big bunches of herbs with simple candles as a table setting”

THE PARTY
Flexible, experienced and capable, Janie is happy to discuss pretty much any type of function you may have in mind:

Champagne/cocktail reception
Birthday party – whether for 6 0r for 200.
Product launch, literary lunch, press bash, wrap party.
Office party.
Art and Design events.
Informal summer buffet or barbecue party.

She is also a food stylist- worked with Jamie Oliver . Worked on some magazines and Sainsburys too.