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Atlas Event Catering will provide high-end corporate and private event catering from a 3,000 sq ft commissary kitchen. The applicant has managed catering operations for events of up to 2,000 guests across four countries and holds Level 4 food safety certification. Investment of £210,000 covers kitchen equipment, two refrigerated vans, event equipment inventory, and working capital for six months.

Atlas Event Catering projects 220 events in year one with an average contract value of £3,200, yielding revenue of £704,000. Food cost is managed at 31% through seasonal menu engineering and volume procurement agreements with three wholesale suppliers. The business will employ 14 full-time staff and maintain a pool of 30 trained event servers. The innovation lies in a modular kitchen system designed by the applicant that enables fine-dining quality at scale without traditional venue kitchen dependencies, enabling events in non-traditional spaces such as warehouses, rooftops, and outdoor venues.

Fourteen full-time roles include an executive chef, pastry chef, three commis chefs, two event coordinators, logistics manager, two drivers, three prep cooks, and an office administrator. A casual server pool of 30 provides flexible event staffing, with each server averaging 45 engagements per year. Total annual labour spend is £412,000 across permanent and casual workers.

Capital investment flows into UK commercial kitchen equipment manufacturers (£78,000), vehicle suppliers (£52,000), and local construction firms for kitchen fit-out (£44,000). Annual food procurement of £218,000 is split across regional wholesale suppliers, with 25% allocated to local farms under a seasonal sourcing commitment. Atlas Event Catering's modular kitchen concept enables events at 40+ non-traditional venues annually, generating secondary economic activity for venue operators, florists, entertainment providers, and event hire companies. Each event generates an average of £8,500 in total spend across all suppliers, with Atlas's catering representing 38% of the total event budget.