Events

Events portfolio.

The Chapman Holmes Catering and Special Events team stages a vast array of events each year, from private weddings to large scale corporate and public events. The following are just a sample of the events we've handled in our many years of operation.

Royal Visits
Chapman Holmes Catering and Special Events team have catered for virtually every member of the Royal Family over the last 20 years. We are the only catering and events company on the “Queen's Award” supplier’s accreditation.

Product Launches and Awards Dinners
Our portfolio of launches and award events include International Car Launches, National Vodka Promotions, Bentley Motors and Manchester Evening News Awards, to name just a few.

Office and Factory Openings
Our list of openings span from a seven-day luncheon, catering for 600 delegates for Leyland DAF, to an official opening for Barclays Bank, where we created a gourmet seafood banquet for 200 VIPs.

National Roadshows
We've done roadshows for E.M.I., Allied Bakeries, PC World, HMV, Jaguar Cars, Kingsmill Bakeries and more.

Corporate Events
The corporate events we've managed range from the "It's a Knockout" family day for 3500 staff at Bristol Myers and Sqibb, to catering for the Ministry of Defence for five days entertaining at the Farnborough International Airshow.

Public and Sporting Hospitality
Public and sporting hospitality is another of our specialities. At the seven-day World Fire Fighting Games in Sheffield we catered for more than 10,000 covers. We attained the three-year contract for Cheshire Polo, World Round Table in Chester, serving 4,500 covers over four evenings. For Skill City for the Prince's Trust, we handled catering over four days with 80,000 visitors and 6000 hospitality covers.

Conferences
Local government, pharmaceutical, banking and finance companies have all use our expertise to create fabulous nationwide conferences.

Activity Days
We've handled activity days for Manchester City Council, Coutts and Co, and the Ford Motor Company, among others.

Private Events
Each year we cater for hundreds of private events from fine dining dinner parties to exclusive celebrity weddings.

Queen's Award
Chapman Holmes are the only catering and events company on the “Queen's Award” supplier’s accreditation.