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Cannes Lions Festival Catering

Inspiring Creativity is at the heart of both Cannes Lions Festival and the chefs at Cannes based catering company Red Radish. The Lions advertising Festival caters for professionals who love to debate, learn and be inspired; it is where the greatest industry honours are handed out; where those pushing creative communications forward are celebrated and hopefully crowned champion. We like to think of ourselves as creative chefs putting together inspirational and imaginative parties which is why we love it when the creatives hit town. Cannes Lions is the favourite festival  of Red Radish, but just please don’t tell the film folk we said so!

This year’s Lions Festival dates are 17 – 23 June 2012 and just like Red Radish it will be based around Cannes and the world famous Palais des Festival.

Crew Catering

We love a nice crew and artist catering event and with London and the UK still buzzing from the Queen’s magnificent Jubilee party and the brilliant concert arranged by ‘surely-soon-to-be-knighted’ organiser and Take That front man Gary Barlow, we are chomping at the bit to get started at our next location which is this years Hampton Court Palace music festival which starts on Thursday and where we will catering from our specially erected Red Radish Marquee for the likes of Frankie Valli and the boys from up the junction, Squeeze. Lucy packed up her catering equipment and flew back to London on Saturday where she has been busy shopping and putting the final touches to her menus and no doubt planning a thousand jobs for me to do.


The festival organisers PWR events in London have been planning this musical feast alongside their countless other festivals and events and we are sure it is going to be even more successful than last years brilliant event. We are looking forward to a few weeks in London where we are intent on making sure that PWR and their crew of technicians and staff are just as well fed as our superstar  and music business clients!

Italian Catering on the Côte d’Azur. Delizioso!!

We just wanted to share this delicious Italian taster menu that Red Radish have been asked to put together for a London based Advertising Agency catered lunch at the 2012 Cannes Lion Festival starting  on June 17th. Chef Lucy has been busy planning and will be cooking this great food for Agency staff and their 20 lucky guests up at a rented castle in Cannes. It promises to be one of the best lunch parties at this year’s #lionsfestival and just one of the many special catering events Red Radish have been involved with organising at the Palais des Festival in Cannes. Buon appetito!

 

 

Italian Eight Course Taster Lunch

Bruschetta of Tomato and Basil

Hand-Dived Scallops with Pea and Broad Bean Puree & Parma Ham

Carpaccio of Beef with 36 Month old Parmegino Regiano, Balsamic Reduction and Wild Roquet

Blue Lobster Linguine with Parsley, Red Chilli and Lemon

Tuscan Fish Stew with Clams

Milk-Fed Veal with Lemon and Roasted Rosemary Potatoes

Pannacotta with Wild Summer Berries

Trio of Italian Cheeses – Cambozola, Pecorino and Basajo

Expresso Ristretto with Biscotti di Prato

Limonchello di Capri

Red Radish – The best ‘Restaurant’ on the French Riviera.

Was Chef Lucy that mean? Of course she wasn’t and it is safe to say that the clients absolutely loved the food and as they enthused at every dish, Lucy and I marvelled at how easy it was to load the dishwasher as our wonderful private clients sent back eight courses worth of totally empty plates.  The Provençal villa they had rented was magical; the table spectacular and needled to say ‘Chef Lucy’ and Red Radish had come up trumps once again with the catering. Yet more delighted Red Radish clients with the added bonus (for me) that as part a recently implemented new drive (by me!) to keep our cooking standards at the same gastronomically high levels I had managed to enjoy at least a spoonful (or three) of every delicious course and all in my official capacity as Chef’s assistant and taster.


The drive back along the A8, looking out to Cannes was a joy and before we knew it we were back at Villa Aurita (our French Riviera Bed and Breakfast) sipping a glass of our favourite rosé on the terrace from UK owned winery Chateau Léoube. It had been hardwork but we had enjoyed every minute of it. Boy oh boy do I love my job (and Chef Lucy!)

Check out our Provençal taster menu here.

The Joy of Running a Catering Company in Provence

I absolutely LOVE food and the great thing about running a catering company between London and the French Riviera is that Chef Lucy (as she now likes to be called after watching too much Gordon Ramsey!) constantly gets an excuse to cook with the very best ingredients available, whilst I just hang around the kitchen in my capacity as the official ‘Red Radish Taster’. I was therefore obviously delighted when a client looking for a private villa chef recently Googled ‘French Riviera Catering Company’ and ended up contacting Red Radish about creating them a ‘French Taster Menu’ for a birthday party at their beautiful rental villa in St Paul de Vence.


The thought of eating I mean serving such delicacies as Pan-Fried Fois Gras and hand-dived scallops in their shells set my taste buds tingling to almost Philharmonic proportions.  It was as much as I could do to concentrate whilst typing up Lucy’s delicious taster menu as she constantly and rather meanly reminded me not to get too excited because the catering was for a clients birthday party and not actually for me. That’s right; I could choose the wine, walk around the wonderful Forville Market in Cannes picking the best produce money could buy, but I was not actually going to be allowed to sit down and enjoy any of it! Surely she could not be that mean, could she?

Why not find out here….

Private Villa Catering Taster Menu

This is just one example of an eight course taster menu that we recently created for a private catering client who had rented a Provenςal holiday villa in Saint Paul de Vence. Our Chefs work in private villas and homes between Monaco and St Tropez and catering like this is nearly always much cheaper than eating the same menu (if you can find it) in any French Riviera restaurant, plus you really can go to town with some wonderful French wines and Champagnes. Red Radish are Cannes based but happy to travel all over the French Riviera or the Var – get in touch today for a free quotation.

Eight Course Taster Dinner Party

Spicy Tomato Gazpacho Shots

Sweetcorn pancake with Pan fried Fois Gras

Hand-Dived Scallops with Pea Puree and Smoked Bacon Velouté

Pan Fried Sea Bass with a Saffron Mussel Sauce

Fillet Steak with a Mushroom Gratin
served with Beetroot Crisps and Roasted Baby Carrots

Roasted Vanilla infused Rhubarb Cream Brûlée

Handmade Chocolate Truffles

A trio of Cheese with Chutneys

Catering Company between Monaco and St Tropez

Our busy French Riviera Catering season has already started and this year is looking to be busier than ever for Red Radish. As well as catering for our usual private villa clients we have some great wedding parties to cater for over the coming months. Our Cannes based chefs will be working on various different events and parties in glamorous French Riviera locations like Cannes, Monaco, Mougins and Saint Tropez. We are looking forward to trying out some great new Provençal recipes on a cross section of projects including corporate events,  cocktail parties, canapés receptions and a few French Riviera style weddings along the way.

In the meantime we are busy getting ready to head off to Hampton Court Palace this coming weekend where we are feeding the crew and artists on a two week project. Stars like Katie Melua, James Morrison, Squeeze and Frankie Valli are just a few of the artists who we can’t to meet, and who will be sampling some great Red Radish food.

The #1 local Cannes based Catering Company.

This a quick list of tasty Canapés we will be delivering into Cannes on a daily basis during the 2012 Film Festival. As an established Cannes based catering company we can of course supply waiters’ waitresses or hostesses but these canapés are also designed for easy delivery and service by your own crew or staff. We also have various buffet catering options if you are looking for something a little more substantial for your Cannes party, film launch, event or reception and you can see by our testimonials that Red Radish never fails to deliver on quality, service or price.

We usually recommend a minimum of four or five canapés per person per hour but obviously this depends on a multitude of things including the size of the nibble and the hour at which your party begins. We always try to offer a good variation and combination of tastes and would suggest a minimum of five different canapés for the event we will be catering. Prices start at around €1 per canapé depending on quantity.

As well as great food we can also supply and deliver the rental and hire of wine, water and Champagne glasses, plates and cutlery, napkins, table cloths, and larger items such as tables and chairs. Needless to say that we can also deliver the wine and Champagne to fill up the glasses too!

Red Radish hope you have a great festival and we look forward to seeing you at the Cannes Film Festival!

Apple Sausage Pigs in a Blanket *

Sweetcorn Pancake with Avocado Salsa

Rolled smoked salmon crêpe with dill and cream cheese

Filo pastry baskets with sesame chicken and Satay *

Gingered chicken cakes with lime and mango mayonnaise

Skewers of Mozzarella and Cherry Tomato

Parmesan & Rosemary shortbreads with roast cherry tomato and feta cheese

Pea and mint volute shots

Mini Tarte with Goats Cheese & Caramelised Onions

Vegetable Spring Rolls with a Soy Dip

Crab and Sweet Chilli Canapé served in a Shot Glass *

Pissaladiere (Provencal Onion Tart)

Spicy meatballs with paprika tomato sauce

Salmon and Dill Mini Fish Cakes

Pork or Chicken Satay with Peanut Dipping Sauce

Prawn skewers in Parma Ham

Crispy Duck with Spring onion and Pancakes *

Cinnamon Duck & Mango Chutney on a Prawn Cracker

Lemon Marinated Tortellini with Basil and Sundried Tomatoes *

Tartlets of Rare Roast beef with Crème Fraiche and Wholegrain Mustard*

Catering & Delivery to Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival hits town on May 16th and Red Radish already have four parties to cater for. A couple of large canapés deliveries will mean that Lucy and our chefs will be busy in the kitchen getting everything prepared and ready for these large catering delivery into the Palais du Festival. As well as this we will be renting glasses and catering equipment along with providing some great waiters, waitresses and hostesses for a couple of othere events.


We love Cannes and everything about the Film Festival and although it promises to be very busy we are still able to help with any last minute deliveries of either food or equipment.

If you need a caterer then call us on +(0)6 86 79 56 84 or send an email to [email protected]