Catering near Kingston Hospital

The Kingston Hospital and Norbiton area is roughly six miles from our kitchen at 16 Ashburnham Road, Richmond TW10 7NF, and well inside our free-delivery radius. We deliver to a named person at an agreed door — we do not deliver into clinical areas or wards ourselves.

Almost every booking here is a staff or community one: a department lunch, a study or training day, a retirement or leaving do, a long-service celebration, a charity fundraiser, or a family party thrown by someone who works there. Those bookings live and die on timing, so we work around shift changes and handovers rather than a nine-to-five delivery slot.

To be straightforward about it: we are not an NHS-contracted or approved hospital supplier, and we do not provide patient or clinical catering. What we do is deliver hot Indian buffets to teams and families in the KT2 area, with the paperwork any organiser or venue will ask for.

Catering that fits a shift pattern

Most catering companies quote a two-hour delivery window and expect everyone to be free in the middle of it. That does not work for a department where half the team eats at 12:30 and the other half at 14:00. Chafing units hold a buffet safely and pleasantly for a couple of hours, so we set up for the earliest sitting and the line is still worth eating for the later one. If the gap is longer than that, two smaller deliveries usually beat one big one — we will say so rather than sell you more food.

Diets in a mixed staff team

A hospital team is about as mixed as a room gets. Every buffet goes out with a vegetarian and a vegan line that stand on their own, gluten-free options where asked for, and dish cards naming the spice level and the allergens. Our kitchen is nut-free as standard. We cannot promise a zero cross-contact environment, so anyone with a severe allergy should be named at quote stage and we will write their dish out separately.

Collecting instead of delivery

If a car is easier than a delivery slot, you can collect from our Richmond kitchen by arrangement — about fifteen minutes from the hospital. Trays are sealed and hot-packed for the journey, and we will tell you honestly how long the food will hold.

What we do not do

• Patient or clinical catering of any kind.
• Cooking on site — no tandoors, gas burners or open flame at your building.
• Free or donated catering, including for charity days. Fundraisers still need a budget behind them.
• Claiming approvals, contracts or certifications we do not hold.

Book a team buffet

Send the date, the time people will actually eat and rough numbers through the quote form, or call 020 8332 1339. Need the paperwork first? The documentation pack has the hygiene rating, allergen labelling and sourcing statement in one place.

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