MITIE, the strategic outsourcing and asset management company has been appointed to provide the catering, front-of-house and cleaning services to the newly re-opened Irish Club.
The Irish Club has recently re-launched following the sensitive restoration of its Blackfriars premises, and the new design marries stylish interiors with proud reminders of Irish provincial heraldry. Its chic new central location and revitalized menu is set to re-establish the Club as the stylish and tasteful meeting venue of choice that it has been for the past 59 years.
While MITIE’s food service team will be bringing a new menu, the front-of-house team will provide the benchmark for Irish hospitality in the Capital.
Alongside the new tastes that MITIE will be bringing to the menu, the Club’s Irish stew, a dish that is still viewed by many as a classic measure of a good chef, will continue to figure prominently on the menu. The bar will function as the Club’s central hub and will be devoted to providing quality service and tantalising the most sophisticated of palates with a host of fine wines, whiskeys, beers and porters from selected Irish and other distillers and brewers.
Robin Hay, Managing Director for MITIE’s food service ingredients commented:
“We are delighted to bring our services to the Irish Club and be a part of the Club’s long tradition as an outstanding venue for socialising and high quality food. The opening of new Irish headquarters promises to bring a new and exciting chapter for MITIE and to the Club’s well documented contribution to London fine dining.”
Charles Vernon, Executive Manger for The Irish Club added:
“The Irish Club is excited by this new venture with MITIE and whilst there will be new and innovative changes to the menu the Club’s Irish roots remain a strong influence in the food served. The Club’s reopening will re-establish it on the London social scene for many more years to come”
Membership of the prestigious Irish Club is open to all who are Irish by birth or descent, or the spouses of those who are. Applications are subject to approval by the Council which is made up of experienced members who are elected annually. Prominent among the Club’s distinguished Vice Presidents are Liam Neeson and Seamus Heaney.
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For further information, contact:
David Revis, Investor Relations and PR Manager, MITIE Group PLC
T: 020 7034 7306, M: 07979 702465, E: mailto:david.revis@mitie.co.uk
Notes for editors
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