Olive's Kitchen

What Olive's Kitchen does

Olive's Kitchen is an award-winning independent caterer based in Bury, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. Founded in July 2020, the business operates from a single location inside The Fusilier Museum, a Grade II listed building on Moss Street, where it runs a café serving breakfast and lunch to the general public six days a week. The core products are freshly prepared seasonal dishes — soups, one-pots, sandwiches, salads, and pasta pots — made daily without preservatives, stabilisers, emulsifiers, or additives, and offered through dine-in, phone-order takeaway, and a kids' menu.

Beyond café service, Olive's Kitchen provides external catering and venue hire at the museum, leveraging three distinct event spaces: the Minden Suite (up to 100 dinner or 150 theatre-style, with bar and AV), the Gallipoli Room (Victorian-era, up to 22 for private dining), and the Normandy Room. The business serves a mix of individual consumers for café and takeaway, and event/corporate clients (conferences, weddings, private dining, celebrations) for venue hire and catering. GTM is direct-to-consumer and direct-to-business, with reservations taken online via a table booking form or by phone, and event enquiries handled by phone or web contact form.

The company has no disclosed funding, no parent company, and operates with approximately 7 employees. It relocated from Bolton Street to The Fusilier Museum in November 2022 and received a Gold award from The Bury Catering Awards for Health & Sustainability in March 2022. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and customers are directed to contact the business for quotes on catering and venue hire services.

Name

Olive's Kitchen

Legal name

Olive's Kitchen

Website

https://oliveskitchen.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Olive's Kitchen is an independent Bury-based caterer operating a café, takeaway, external catering, and venue hire service inside The Fusilier Museum, serving individual diners and event/corporate clients across Greater Manchester.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Catering Services

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Caterers (722320)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

All-Day Dining Restaurants (THAFACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Full-Service Catering (Off-Premise) (HSACAGAA), Venue & Banquet Hall Catering (THAFAIAC)

Keywords

• Independent catering services
• Café and restaurant
• Event venue hire
• Healthy food service
• Corporate event catering

Headquarters

HQ city

Bury

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Service: Customers dine in at the café at The Fusilier Museum, ordering from the menu for breakfast and lunch. The restaurant is open 6 days a week.
2. Takeaway: Food is prepared for collection by customers who phone in advance to place orders.
3. Venue Hire and Catering: Full catering and event space hire services at The Fusilier Museum. They provide flexible event space, catering and bar services for private events including weddings, conferences, and corporate functions. Spaces include the Minden Suite (up to 150 theatre style), Gallipoli Room (up to 22 for private dining), and Normandy Room.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Olive's Kitchen is an independent caterer that operates a public café at The Fusilier Museum in Bury, serving freshly prepared breakfast and lunch six days a week from a menu of soups, one-pots, sandwiches, salads and pasta pots. It also offers phone-ahead takeaway, external catering services, and event space hire within the museum across multiple distinct rooms for weddings, conferences, and private dining. The offering combines a consumer-facing hospitality service with a B2B event venue and catering operation in a single Grade II listed location.

Product overview

Olive's Kitchen is an award-winning, independent healthy caterer operating as a single-location café and catering business. The offering comprises dine-in and takeaway food services (menus for adults and children), external catering for events, and venue hire at The Fusilier Museum. The venue includes multiple event spaces (The Minden Suite, The Gallipoli Room, and The Normandy Room) available for conferences, private dining, and celebrations. Table reservations can be made online or by phone.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Café Dine-In Service Public breakfast and lunch service offered six days a week at the café inside The Fusilier Museum in Bury, featuring freshly prepared soups, one-pots, sandwiches, salads, and pasta pots, with a kids menu and a fully accessible dining area for individuals, families, and walk-in guests.
• Takeaway Collection Service Phone-ahead takeaway service allowing customers to order freshly prepared soups, one-pots, sandwiches, salads, and pasta pots for collection from The Fusilier Museum.
• External Catering Service Full catering service provided for events at The Fusilier Museum and external locations, offering freshly prepared seasonal menus tailored to weddings, conferences, corporate functions, and private celebrations.
• The Minden Suite Venue Hire Contemporary event space at The Fusilier Museum accommodating up to 100 for dinner or 150 theatre-style, with a separate bar area usable as breakout space, plus staging and AV equipment included in the room hire rate or day delegate packages.
• The Gallipoli Room Venue Hire Victorian-era private dining and meeting room at The Fusilier Museum featuring mahogany panelled walls, a feature fireplace, and chandeliers, suitable for board meetings or private dining for up to 22 guests.
• The Normandy Room Venue Hire Self-contained event space at The Fusilier Museum with high ceilings and natural daylight, suitable for smaller meetings, private dining, and intimate celebrations.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The Fusilier MuseumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2022In November 2022, Olive's Kitchen relocated to The Fusilier Museum, partnering with the museum to provide flexible event space, catering and bar services for any occasion. Olive's Kitchen operates the café and catering services within this unique Grade II listed building, which serves as both a public dining venue and a venue hire location for events including conferences, weddings, and private dining.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Baxter Storey: Major UK contract caterer serving workplaces, venues, and events. Overlaps with Olive's Kitchen's external catering arm at a much larger scale, sharing customer base in corporate events and conference catering.
• CH&CO: Large UK hospitality and catering company serving venues, corporate events, and cultural attractions. Comparable business model to Olive's Kitchen's venue-based catering but at significantly greater scale and geographic reach.
• Bill's Restaurant: UK casual full-service restaurant chain offering seasonal, locally sourced menus. Comparable casual-dining format and seasonal menu philosophy, though at significantly larger footprint and brand recognition.
• Compass Group UK & Ireland: Largest UK contract caterer operating across workplaces, venues, and cultural sites. Overlaps with Olive's Kitchen's event and venue catering at vastly greater scale, but same underlying B2B event food service category.

Direct peers

• Searcys: UK heritage-venue caterer operating restaurants and event catering inside historic and cultural venues (galleries, museums, churches). Comparable because both operate catering inside notable buildings and pursue the same venue hire + in-house food service combination.
• Rhubarb Food Design: UK event caterer focused on premium hospitality and bespoke menus for weddings, corporate events, and private dining. Closely comparable to Olive's Kitchen's external catering and venue hire offerings, with similar event-driven revenue model.
• The Collectives: Independent UK café and event catering operator with multiple heritage and unusual venue locations. Closely comparable model combining café service with private events and venue hire.
• Daylesford Organic: UK farm-to-table café and farm shop brand built around seasonal, locally sourced, organic ingredients. Highly comparable value proposition to Olive's Kitchen's 'fresh, seasonal, local, no additives' positioning.

Others

• National Trust Venue Hire: Offers venue hire and event catering across historic UK properties. Shares Olive's Kitchen's positioning around Grade listed heritage venues for weddings, conferences, and private dining.
• English Heritage Events: Operates catering, venue hire, and events across historic UK heritage sites. Comparable in combining heritage-venue hospitality with food service, though English Heritage is a charity rather than a private operator.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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