Save Your Bacon belongs to a close-knit collective of hospitality based companies.

The Culinary Collective Group is made up of individual businesses, each designed to service a distinct part of the hospitality industry. From cutting-edge contract catering and show-stopping event production to the culinary prowess of our expert chefs, to those handpicked unsung heroes – the health & safety boffins, legal eagles, financial experts and procurement professionals who are the keystone in any hospitality business.

This unrivalled network and end to end approach has led to us working with some of the world’s biggest brands. They trust us to deliver precise solutions tailored to their exact needs. Be that feeding 9,000 META staff, 3 times a day, every day, across each of their 4 London sites or exceeding the stylish expectations of renowned fashion houses Stella McCartney and Burberry through exceptional event production. It’s in our DNA.

Our collective experience, resources and expertise are now at your service, ensuring you have the access you need, precisely when you need it.

Welcome to the family – where insight and innovation are steeped in strategic thinking, operational excellence and commercial acumen.

Expert Hospitality Agency

Save Your Bacon is London’s newest Hospitality Agency. We might be the new kids on the block, but our expert team brings a wealth of experience to the table. Led by Chef Mark Broadbent (Meta Caterer & Bread & Honey CEO) and a coop of London’s finest, we here to help businesses thrive not just survive.

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Meta Contract Caterers

We’re not your typical contract caterers. Our team, directed by Celebrity Chef Mark Broadbent is well known for providing delicious, seasonal menus for the biggest name in tech - Meta UK

Many of our Chefs and Front of House employees have trained and worked in some of London’s finest establishments, which ensures that our client experience is of the highest standard.

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Chef Mark Broadbent

Mark has enjoyed a food-obsessed career spanning three decades - cooking in five star hotels, one and two Michelin Star restaurants and exclusive Private Members’ Clubs. His passion for seasonality, provenance, style, substance & of course taste, are the cornerstone of everything he does.

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bread & honey

Curators of Gastronomy

Based in West London and directed by chef Mark Broadbent, our passion for food and hospitality has made us the event and catering choice for clients such as Adobe, Stella McCartney, Burberry and Condé Nast who value substance as well as style. 

Most catering and events companies start with pretty staff or edible flowers, but we start with exceptional food and build an experience that complements that.

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For the last decade our sister company, Common Grind, has served as the exclusive contract catering partner for META UK across multiple iconic sites in the heart of London. Mark’s gastronomic expertise and Culinary Team transforms each location into a haven of flavour - a seamless fusion of exceptional catering and cutting-edge corporate culture.

How We Operate…

Common Grind: META

9,000

Mouths are fed at META everyday, 3 times a day, across 4 London sites

5*

5 Star Food Hygiene rating at every Meta office site

99%

Our Health & Safety Score across all Meta office sites

Testimonials:

  • "My sincerest thanks for gracing us with your culinary talents, professionalism and friendly faces at our London offices. Being spoiled with your culinary delights has been a leading perk at META, and an impressive challenge to my self-discipline to not have dessert at every meal. Congrats, today you won. Grateful that we are lucky enough to experience this as part of our daily life at work."

    — META EMPLOYEE

  • “The culinary team is simply amazing! Being a pescatarian myself, I'm always so impressed that we have seafood most days and am always spoiled for choice with all the delicious vegetarian dishes. It is so impressive that the culinary team meets the demands of so many people while running such a big, complicated, yet smooth operation. The kitchen here is as inclusive as it comes.”

    — META EMPLOYEE

  • "To the entire London Culinary team, today’s lunch was out of this world. Thank you for everything you do, from the super friendly and warm customer service, to the efficient arranging of queues so we could get the delicious food quickly! And that white chocolate raspberry cream puff was something I never knew I needed until now."

    — META EMPLOYEE

  • "Just want to share my deepest thanks to the entire culinary team who day after day work to deliver a tasteful full experience with salad, hot meals, dessert that stretch to deliver a broad, inclusive and culturally diverse menu. You do a very fine job to a tough clientele and manage it as best as possible. I know I am not the only one who come to the office mainly because your great work."

    — META EMPLOYEE

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Bread & Honey Events

From LFW catering to Adobe’s Christmas Party, we start with exceptional food and build an experience that compliments that. Take a look at some of our food highlights over the years…

  • "The food was delicious! Our client loved it, especially those brownies!"

    — MCSAATCHI

  • "Smooth & easy..."

    — PHILLIP LIM

  • "The standard of food has been just excellent. The quality & service, outstanding!"

    — NIKE

  • 'The menu is one of the best I've seen this year.'

    — AA GILL, TABLE TALK: SUNDAY TIMES, REVIEWS THE BLUEBIRD DINING ROOMS

  • 'Mark is... able to cook with precision and extract maximum flavour from the souvenirs of his, mostly European, rovings.'

    FAY MASCHLER, EVENING STANDARD, REVIEWS WILD WORLD