It’s been a groundbreaking summer for KERB Caters. In June we fed over 18,000 people across 30 different venues creating over 350 jobs for our traders. From a summer party inside the Natural History Museum, to a three day market in Somerset House’s courtyard celebrating 50 years of Black British creativity for Generation Get Up – on the weekend of 20-23rd June we fed over 6,000 guests across 9 events. Highlights from two of these special ones below.
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
Summer Party 🎈Feeding 750 guests under the big blue whale. Bian Dang Taiwanese bao, praline Le Choux buns, Tongue n Cheek ox heart burgers – and it’s the first time that street food traders have set up to serve food in there.
Welcome canapés and drinks in the courtyard (photobombed by a T-Rex)
Post dinosaur shock comfort
Beetroot sliders from Nazari
Bian Dang sui mai dumplings before the main event…
Tristan’s pillow-steam Taiwanese bao 😍
Chowing down
Sophia from Nonna’s Gelato! Got the babysitter in while she scooped those hand-churned cobnut classics
Hank’s Cajun battered shrimp tacos (and T-rex back again, bombing)
Behind the scenes: freshly delivery Le Choux buns ready for tray service, lemon meringue
Vegan red Thai curry from Greedy Khao – Grandma’s recipe’s nearly as old as those arches…
Old against the new
GENERATION GET UP AT SOMERSET HOUSE
Celebrating the launch of Get Up Stand Up Now exhibition at Somerset House – 13 African and Caribbean traders lining the courtyard and beautiful colours against the stone-washed walls
Diving in with Moyo London’s lamb chops, Nigerian honey beans, green chilli spinach stew and side beef patty.
Tieyan @jollofmama, serving up spicy suya chicken jollof with us – look out for her on inKERBator Batch No.9
KERB Alumni, Vinn Goute! Back for one weekend with their goat curry and a show-and-tell coco der mer (world’s largest coconut).
The Flygerian Sisters, Jess and Jo
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Cally Munchy suya steak jollof with kelewele, Nyrigonga pepper hot sauce and Ebeneezer’s house made Shi-Tuan chilli oil – still one of our favourite dishes on the kerb.
DJ set from Green Tea Peng
Guest trader: Denai Moore from Dee’s Table – musician with a side hustle of vegan Jamaican street food and supperclubs (check out her stuff)
OTHER LANDMARKS:
- Our first event off UK soil – we took 3 traders to Osea Island to cater a three day conference in March:
Mexican Fried Chicken, Tongue ‘n Cheek, Mother Flipper
- Three inKERBator graduates ‘took flight’ into the catering world – Smoke and Bones, The Gnocchi Shop and Curry on Naan Stop all won their first private event jobs.
Meriam @smokeandbonesuk’s vegan tandoori jackfruit canapés We Work at Troxy
- We rolled out a reusable cup scheme on KERB Bars. (Following on from #KERBPactLunch initiative at our markets)
Sam Mason serving them at Jam on Rye 2019
KERB Bar partners, Four Points brewed our first KERB Caters batch!
We watched while they got bottled
- We became an official venue partner of Alexandra Palace – and cater our first event there in August.
Here’s to more this summer! #KERBCaters
