food & fun

What food & fun does

food & fun VDA GmbH is a privately held German catering company founded in 1989 by Evelyn Göbel and headquartered in Neuss, Germany. The company specializes in B2B catering for industrial trade fairs, exhibitions, and corporate events across Germany, serving enterprise clients such as Siemens, Daimler, Volkswagen, Vodafone, Canon, Wilo, Weidmüller, and Schüco. Its core service is individualized, project-based catering — explicitly marketed as having no ready-made packages — with each event treated as a unique engagement.

The company's operational backbone is a satellite kitchen model: it maintains production facilities at 15+ major German trade fair venues (including Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Köln, Leipzig, München, Nürnberg, and Stuttgart), enabling fresh on-site food preparation and direct execution at client booths. Service delivery leverages the company's own equipment (commercial kitchen, cold storage, and event equipment) supplemented by an on-demand network of collaborators for staffing. The go-to-market is direct enterprise sales with no intermediaries; revenue is generated on a per-event basis with no public pricing.

The firm operates with a deliberately small core team (1-10 employees) led by CEO Evelyn Göbel and General Manager Rudolf Brickenstein, positioning itself as a flexible, low-overhead alternative to large-scale caterers. The company is founder-owned with no disclosed institutional investment, no funding rounds, no M&A activity, no patents, no certifications, and no technology platform beyond its operational website. It maintains a LinkedIn presence and a bilingual (German/English) website for marketing and lead generation.

Name

food & fun

Legal name

food & fun VDA GmbH

Website

https://foodandfun.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

food & fun Catering is a German B2B catering company founded in 1989, specializing in individualized catering for industrial trade fairs, exhibitions, and corporate events across Germany. It serves enterprise clients such as Siemens, Daimler, and Volkswagen through a satellite kitchen network at 15+ major trade fair venues.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Catering Services

NAICS

Caterers (722320), Food Service Contractors (72231)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Concessions, Pop-Ups & Temporary Foodservice for Events (THAHAKAL)

Keywords

• Trade fair catering
• Corporate event catering
• Booth catering services
• Event management services
• On-site food production

Headquarters

HQ city

Neuss

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices15 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Event Catering Services: Project-based catering services for trade fairs, exhibitions, and corporate events. Customized culinary solutions delivered on-site at client venues across Germany.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

food & fun delivers full-service catering for trade fairs, exhibitions, and corporate events across all major German trade fair cities, with on-site food production from satellite kitchens located at each Messe (trade fair) venue. Each assignment is treated as a singular event with individualized menu design, executed at the client's booth or event location using the company's own commercial kitchen, refrigeration, and event equipment, complemented by a flexible collaborator network.

Product overview

food & fun is a catering company founded in 1989 by Evelyn Göbel, offering full-service catering for trade fairs, events, and corporate functions throughout Germany. The core offering consists of custom catering services with individualized menu design, supported by satellite kitchen operations at trade fair venues and comprehensive event management. The company produces food locally at each venue using its own equipment (commercial kitchen, refrigeration, supplies) and deploys service personnel as needed. Services span trade fair catering, event organization, food preparation, decoration, and technical support, all delivered through a small, flexible team focused on professionalism and creativity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Trade Fair Catering Specialized catering service for companies exhibiting at industrial trade fairs across Germany; food is prepared in food & fun's on-site satellite kitchens at each Messe venue and served directly at the client's booth, with individualized menu design for each event.
• Corporate Event Catering Full-service catering for corporate events, company celebrations, and special occasions, designed to transform each event into a personalized atmospheric experience with individualized food and beverage offerings and professional on-site service.
• Event Management Services Comprehensive planning and execution service covering the full event lifecycle for catering assignments — from initial planning and organization through quality control and on-site execution — including kitchen, technical, and decoration coordination, delivered personally by the food & fun team using its own equipment and an extensive collaborator network.

Named customers10 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Dussmann Group: Large German integrated facility services and catering provider serving corporate, institutional, and event clients across Germany. Comparable as a broader German foodservice incumbent with overlapping B2B catering capabilities.
• Sodexo: Global foodservices and facilities management company with significant event and corporate catering operations in Germany. Comparable as a broad incumbent with overlapping capabilities in event catering.
• Aramark: Global foodservice and uniform services company operating across multiple verticals including corporate, sports, and event catering. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering overlapping B2B event catering services.
• Compass Group: World's largest contract foodservice company with extensive European and German operations serving corporate, event, and institutional clients. Comparable as a broad incumbent with diversified B2B catering capabilities.
• Apetito Catering: German catering and food service provider with operations across institutional, corporate, and event catering. Comparable as a German-based broad foodservice player with overlapping B2B catering offerings.

Direct peers

• Hofmann Menü: German catering and food service company with a strong B2B focus on corporate and event customers. Comparable in its German mid-market enterprise customer orientation.
• Marché International: International catering and hospitality group specializing in event, trade fair, and venue catering across Europe. Most direct comparable given its similar focus on high-volume event catering at exhibition venues.
• Feinkost Käfer: German premium catering and event hospitality company serving corporate clients, trade fairs, and high-profile events. Comparable for its individualized-service positioning and German blue-chip enterprise customer base.
• Kofler & Kompanie: Premium German event and trade fair caterer serving corporate and exhibition clients. Closely aligned to food & fun in niche, customer type, and individualized-service model.

Emerging players

• Party-Service Peter Paffhausen: Smaller German event and party catering company serving corporate and private clients. Comparable as a niche German event catering operator with overlapping service offerings to corporate and exhibition clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/food-and-fun-catering

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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