Artful Cakes

 Company of Cook's Atelier at the Royal Academy's Burlington Gardens with superb cakes

 Chocolate Cashew & Salted Caramel, Florentines and Rumbles

 Apple & Two Seed Almond Cake, Sticky Buns and Lamingtons

Rhubarb & Ginger and Red Velvet

Great Layout

Company of Cooks' Brewhouse Cafe servery at Kenwood House has four tills, does great business and is worth a study of how to bust queues in a tight space.  All the kit is mobile so rapid conversion to a function space is possible.

Lavender Lemonade

Company of Cook's Herbfest on the South Bank has displays of herbs plus notes of what food and drink items they can all be used in.

A Truly Fresh Sandwich

Bravo to Company of Cooks for being able to say that their sandwich bread is baked today.  Not even Pret can say that.

Upside Down at the Opera

Pineapple upside down cake at the Royal Opera House.  Pastry ace Claire Clark is working for caterer Company of Cooks with good results.

 Blackberry and apple cheesecake tarts plus Eccles cakes

Salads on the South Bank

High quality and well presented boxed salads by Company of Cooks at the Festival Hall on the South Bank:

• Ham Hock and Pearl Barley salad with Mustard
• Rare grilled Salmon, Broad Bean, Pea with minted Mayo
• Broccoli, Quinoa, Feta, Lentil & Toasted Seeds

Festival Sandwiches

Company of Cooks' impressive South Bank operation in the Festival Hall has simple, yet effective sandwich presentation.  The three types of bread (Granary Bloomer, White Tin & White Bloomer) and labelling assist the homemade and high quality image.

Cake on the South Bank

Company of Cooks' gluten free and spelt cakes plus 'sticky buns' on the South Bank

Got a Gooseberry?

Gooseberry and Elderflower cheesecake at Company of Cooks

Gooseberry & Elderflower Cooler at Tate Modern

Flatbread on a Flatplanet

I have long been a fan of flatbread and its possibilities.  This Soho operation - Flatplanet - is a winner.

One of the really good cafe operators, Company of Cooks, uses flatbreads to produce nutritious, freshly prepared flatbread pizza for kids at its Kensington Gardens Playcafe.

Vital bit of kit: conveyor oven