the Midlands-based, award-winning wedding caterers for couples who love their food.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 Peter Terrington 
 
2024-07-09
 
 
  
I would give 6 out of 5 stars if I could.

Kemp & Kemp catered our wedding for over 100 day guests, plus extras in the evening, and it was perfect.

Right from first contact through to the food itself, everything was excellent. Richard and Karen run a brilliant operation, with excellent communication, helpful checklists, and plenty of suggestions for local suppliers for anything else you might need on the day.

Chatting with Karen about menu selection was a joy, and she expertly guided us through the best combinations for our tastes and for those of our guests with allergies or other dietary requirements.

Our chosen canapés (1 meat - roast beef in mini Yorkshire with horseradish; 1 fish - smoked salmon croute; 2 veggie - red pepper tart, and asparagus with quail egg) were as pretty as they were delicious, and exactly what a canapé should be - tasty and easy to eat whilst standing and chatting.

For the Wedding Breakfast itself we opted for sharing boards for each course, which is a lovely way to help your guests to interact with one another throughout the meal. Our chosen starter platter was a range of delicious, Mediterranean-style dips, with a tomato and mozzarella salad, and baked halloumi. Our main course was outstanding stuffed and rolled porchetta, with bowls of white bean salad with thyme, roast cauliflower and broccoli in chilli and garlic, and baby roast potatoes, all of which complimented one another brilliantly. The sharing boards of desserts (dark chocolate and orange mousse; tarte au citron; fruit salad with ginger; sticky toffee pud)were also a real hit. The portions on each course were incredibly generous and the food perfectly cooked. Our guests absolutely raved about it all (and they included more than one retired professional chef).

Our evening food was tapas. Again very generous portions, and totally delicious. The mushrooms in sherry sauce were one of the most yummy things I've had in a long time. It was pure greed on my part to come back for seconds, but I certainly wasn't the only one.

All-in-all I cannot find fault with Kemp & Kemp Catering, and completely understand why they are so popular.
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 Carly Griffiths 
 
2024-07-05
 
 
  
Wow! Thank you Kemp and Kemp for our amazing wedding day food! Absolutely delicious. The waiting staff were brilliant and served our food to suit our relaxed flow. The head chef was so lovely and always checked in to see that we were happy! Richard and Karen were very efficient and always replied to my emails promptly. Amazing catering company! Carly & Adam Astle
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 Philippa Venables 
 
2024-05-23
 
 
  
Catered my wedding and it was a smash hit! The team were friendly, helpful and professional and the food was widely complimented. We were under quite a time pressure to get 120 people fed and on to the reception and they rose to the challenge. We got done and out of the venue bang on time. Delicious food and a great experience all round
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 David Wray 
 
2024-04-13
 
 
  
Kemp & Kemp did a fantastic job of catering for our wedding of ~90 guests in a manor house venue. We loved the food, as did all the guests, and Richard and Karen were so incredibly organised it made things really easy for us ahead of the event as well as on the day.

With such a huge menu to choose from at the outset, it was very helpful to chat things through with Karen on zoom and get a reduced menu from which to make our (hard) decision! We had initially been thinking of sharing-style food in order to cater for a range of tastes, dietary requirements, and get conversation flowing, and the Kemp & Kemp menu has great sharing options for all three courses. In the end we opted for sharing-style starters (2/3 were vegan) and sharing boards of mini-desserts (2/4 were vegan) and all elements of these were exquisite. Really tasty and beautifully presented; there was also plenty of it, which was one of my personal concerns with sharing food - I was reassured before we made our menu choices and needn't have worried at all!

Our main was individually plated, mainly because of the experience at our tasting evening - we just happened to really like a specific meat and a vegetarian option that were shown at this event. The tasting evening itself displayed a good variety of food from their menu and I must say the sharing joints for carving at the table were also delicious! Inevitably, all of the options from our 'short' list couldn't be shown at the tasting, and we ended up choosing dishes almost exclusively that we had eaten at this event, which I think goes to show the quality of the food - very convincing!

Richard was front-of-house for our wedding and was meticulously prepared and has a great manner with guests and the couple; he is hugely enthusiastic about everything - from the pouring of champagne at the taster session to the slicing of the cake on the day - and we always felt we were in really safe hands. He guided us on the day to opt for outdoor drinks reception due to last-minute good weather, using his extensive experience, and we always felt everything was running smoothly. All aspects of our discussed requirements were attended to and everybody was raving about the food.

Catering is always going to be one of the biggest single expenses at a wedding but we felt that the meal and service we got was good value for money. I also liked that the chefs came to introduce themselves to us on the morning of the wedding and they also touched base just before leaving the venue; the whole team were really on the ball. Thank you very much, Kemp and Kemp!
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 J D (JD) 
 
2023-12-18
 
 
  
Hanbury Wedding Barns -
Kemp & Kemp -
We first met Richard and Karen back in October 2022, our first impressions were just WOW. From the moment we met them both, they really welcomed us in and showed us their incredible food. Along with showing us, we we're able to try a variety of different nibbles on the day, all absolutely incredible. We then communicated over email for many months, with Richard and Karen being extremely helpful. We visited their tasting session at Hanbury and we're simply blown away at how incredible their dishes are. If you want first class service, first class food, these guys are who you need. We cannot thank and recommend Kemp & Kemp enough, on our wedding day, they we're so smooth, organised and professional. Their preparation, professionalism and overall perfection, made our wedding day simply amazing, we thank you. All of the dishes, were extremely beautiful, our guests, some of which work in the catering industry, commented on how incredible nice the food were. Beautiful, mouth watering beef, to rich and zingy apple crumble, it was all absolutely perfect.

So, Richard and Karen, from James & Michelle, a HUGE thank you!!!
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 David “Dave” Walker 
 
2023-11-14
 
 
  
We hired kemp & kemp for our wedding at the beginning of September, the wedding breakfast was lovely, although my wife and I did not receive the desserts. But the starter and main were good. The evening food is where we had the main problem, we order for 101 evening meals from the "evening meal" section of the menu, only to find we did not get what we had ordered, only two types of bowl food were served. Not the other 2 or 3 types, and definitely not enough for all the guests. We then emailed to find out that the "bowl food" items were only meant to be a "couple of forkfuls" not anything substantial.
On top of the fact when we got our quote we were told there was a price increase, which was extremely unexpected. I would only recommend if you had the wedding breakfast, not the evening food. And to top it off they were not very helpful and come across as rude with their customer service. Disappointed is an understatement.
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 Claire 
 
2023-09-24
 
 
  
We approached Kemp & Kemp with the idea of a wedding breakfast inspired by our favourite Indian restaurant, which we wanted served in a relaxed sharing style. Karen created a fantastic menu to this effect - it felt far more like we were working with real foodies than a traditional wedding caterer where you can just pick Menu A or Menu B and that’s your lot.

Food can definitely make or break a wedding and we are so happy that ours was a standout element of the day; our guests were raving about the food. Karen and Richard were super easy to deal with in the run up to our day, and we then received brilliant service from their team on the day.
Huge thanks and highly recommend.
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 Lucy Taylor 
 
2023-09-14
 
 
  
Delicious wedding food, great efficient service and good communication throughout the arrangements prior to the day! Would thoroughly recommend!
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 Lauren 
 
2023-09-14
 
 
  
Kemp and Kemp were absolutely fantastic. From arranging delivery of linen etc, to the way the day ran and the after care, I cannot fault them at all! We had a vegetarian wedding which we were originally concerned about putting on as a lot of our guests eat meat, but we had so many comments on how amazing the food was meat was not missed!!

The staff who attended on the day were all friendly and polite, the service ran perfectly and the chef was so lovely, taking the time to come and find us after service to check we were happy. Plus note- chip butties as evening food were a revelation! Everyone loved them particularly our American guests. Karen and Richard are lovely to deal with, I would have no troubles recommending them as your wedding caterers… I only hope we have cause to use them again one day ourselves!
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 Billy Cliffen 
 
2023-08-25
 
 
  
We used kemp and kemp for our wedding and I'd thoroughly recommend. The food was absolutely delicious. Ottelenghi style, big tatsy meals, full of flavour and well presented that went down very well and lots of comments from guest. It's not just about the food though, K&K lists for planning prep really helped and their attention to detail is what I needed for my DIY wedding. Finally, the staff were excellent and friendly and worked so hard. Our front of house/manager was Grace and she was superstar, helping out with so much, even in the build up, and making sure we felt looked after.