Dorset Wedding caterer wins big at national awards

Dorset-based wedding caterer Beales Gourmet has picked up the Best Caterer award at The National Wedding Industry Awards, held at London's Café de Paris.

The awards celebrate the very best wedding suppliers from around the country and attracted more than 400 guests on the night. Having won the regional South West Best Caterer award in November 2018, Beales Gourmet was put through to the national finals where judges voted them the top wedding caterer in the country.

The awards are based on feedback from actual customers, and then scrutinised by a panel of judges made up of industry experts. Managing director Tony Beales and commercial manager Justin Cohen collected the accolade on stage.

Tony commented, “You'll never know how much this means to our whole team. This recognition on a national level is just incredible and we're genuinely proud to fly the flag for Dorset. We're immensely lucky to have arguably some of the country's best produce growing all around us, so we just use these to make delicious dishes served by a friendly team to delight our customers. We really must thank our wedding couples for scoring us so highly – these awards are so important to us because they are based on actual customer feedback!”

The venue run by Beales Gourmet, The Italian Villa at Compton Acres, winners of the regional South West award for Best Venue, was also a national finalist.