Taste Film

What Taste Film does

Taste Film is a UK-based experiential entertainment and hospitality company founded in 2016 by Amy Fernando, a former Film Studies teacher. The company's core product is a multi-sensory cinematic dining experience in which guests at partner venues watch a feature film while being served a multi-course tasting menu (typically seven courses) that is synchronised to on-screen scenes. Events are hosted at partner venues across three UK cities — Parlour Kensal Green, The Refinery CityPoint, and The Moniker in London, The Anthologist in Manchester, and Patina in Edinburgh. The film portfolio spans Pulp Fiction, Moulin Rouge!, Chef, Mamma Mia!, Snatch, The Parent Trap, Monsters Inc., Jaws, Pretty Woman, Friends, The Simpsons Movie, and Ratatouille, indicating a content library that can be re-staged across recurring seasonal programmes.

The business operates a hybrid B2C/B2B model. Consumer revenue is generated through direct ticket sales on tastefilm.co.uk, with tickets released 1-3 months ahead of events at 12pm GMT, supported by a waiting list for sold-out shows and gift-card distribution via FeverUp. Pricing is not publicly disclosed but offers alcohol and non-alcohol packages and bespoke group bookings for parties above eight. On the B2B side, Taste Film designs and produces bespoke immersive brand activations, private screenings, and corporate events, with full-service delivery covering concept, menu design, film licensing, production, ticketing, and catering. Notable enterprise clients include Universal Pictures (You, Me & Tuscany UK release), Disney+/FX (The Bear Season 2 UK tour), Le Creuset (Wicked collection launch), and Babybel (Stranger Things: The Hellfire Club activation).

The operating model is asset-light and partner-dependent. Taste Film does not own venues, maintains a small in-house team of fewer than ten people spanning partnerships, marketing, creative, operations, production, and culinary leadership, and outsources scale to partner restaurants. Marketing is concentrated on organic social channels (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn) and an email newsletter ("Become a Taster"), supplemented by influencer collaborations and earned media coverage. No external funding has been disclosed; the company appears bootstrapped and founder-controlled.

Name

Taste Film

Legal name

Taste Film

Website

https://tastefilm.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Taste Film is a UK-based experiential entertainment company that pairs film screenings with multi-course tasting menus at partner venues across London, Manchester, and Edinburgh, selling tickets directly to consumers and delivering bespoke immersive brand activations for film studios and consumer brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Immersive Dining Experiences

NAICS

Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110), Caterers (72232)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Food Festivals & Culinary Events (Ticketed Tastings, Pop-ups) (THAJAGAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Event Catering (Weddings, Social, Private Parties) (THAFAIAB), Corporate Venues & Location Rentals (Hotels, Ballrooms, Unique Venues) (MPAGAHAO), Cocktail Experiences (Mixology Classes, Cocktail Tours) (THAJAGAG)

Keywords

• Immersive dining experiences
• Cinematic dining events
• Film-themed tasting menus
• Experiential brand activations
• Private dining events

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Consumer Ticket Sales: Direct ticket sales to consumers for immersive cinematic dining experiences. Tickets are sold through the company website with various pricing tiers including alcohol and non-alcohol options.
2. Corporate and Private Events: Bespoke immersive brand experiences, private screenings and exclusive events for clients, teams, or VIP guests. Services include concept, menu design, full production, ticketing, film licensing and catering.
3. Brand Partnerships and Sponsorships: Partnerships with film studios and consumer brands for branded immersive experiences, product placement, strategic sponsorships, and marketing collaborations. Examples include Le Creuset x Wicked and Babybel x Stranger Things.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Taste Film operates ticketed immersive cinematic dining experiences where guests watch iconic films while eating multi-course (typically seven-course) tasting menus served course-by-course in sync with on-screen scenes. The company produces themed events built around films such as Pulp Fiction, Moulin Rouge!, Chef, Mamma Mia!, Snatch, The Parent Trap, Monsters Inc., Jaws, Pretty Woman, Friends, The Simpsons Movie and Ratatouille, hosted at partner venues across London, Manchester and Edinburgh. In addition to consumer ticketing, Taste Film designs and produces bespoke private events, brand activations and partnership experiences for film studios and consumer brands.

Product overview

Taste Film is a single unified product: an immersive cinematic dining experience combining film screenings with multi-course tasting menus. The core offering consists of ticketed events at partner venues across London, Manchester, and Edinburgh, where guests enjoy 7-course menus inspired by specific films served in sync with on-screen scenes. Additional offerings include private corporate events and brand partnership activations for studios and consumer brands.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cinematic Dining Experiences

Quantifiable outcome

• Instagram competition with Disney+ UK generated 8K likes and 2K+ comments for The Bear activation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Disney+ / FXcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Disney+ and FX partnered with Taste Film for The Bear Season 2 launch, including exclusive preview screenings for press and influencers, and a UK tour to Cardiff, Manchester, and Glasgow.
• Universal PicturescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversal Pictures partnered with Taste Film for the UK release of You, Me & Tuscany, hosting a premium influencer screening at Selfridges Cinema with a 7-course Taste Film menu inspired by the film and Tuscan cuisine.
• Le CreusetcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerLe Creuset partnered with Taste Film to launch the Wicked limited-edition collection with a cinematic dining experience that brought the magic of Oz to life, with dishes served in Le Creuset cookware.
• BabybelcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerBabybel partnered with Taste Film to launch Babybel Hellfire (a limited-edition spicy cheese inspired by Stranger Things) through an immersive experience including themed food, puzzles, live performances, and a screening of Stranger Things.
• London on the InsideminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCompetition partner for Le Creuset x Wicked activation, welcoming consumers to join content creators for Taste Film screenings.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Fever (FeverUp): Fever is the global experiences marketplace that distributes Taste Film via gift cards. Comparable as the discovery and demand-generation platform for the same category of immersive experiences, and a partial distribution competitor because it also produces and curates its own immersive events.

Emerging players

• Spitalfields / Taste of London Food Events: Taste of London operates ticketed food and drink festivals and culinary events featuring chef-led tastings and pop-ups. Comparable to Taste Film as a ticketed, multi-experience culinary event business in the UK even though the format is larger-scale festival rather than paired film-and-F&B.
• Pop-Up Screens: Pop-Up Screens runs outdoor pop-up cinema events across the UK with food and drink add-ons. Comparable to Taste Film because it commercializes film-screenings alongside food/beverage, although it does not deliver multi-course themed dining menus.

Direct peers

• Gingerline: Gingerline runs multi-course immersive dining events in London that pair theatrical storytelling with curated food and drink, sold directly via ticketed events. It mirrors Taste Film's event-driven, story-led F&B model and competes for the same London experiential diners.
• Secret Cinema: Secret Cinema produces immersive, ticket-based experiences that wrap film/TV IP in elaborate themed environments with costumed actors, narrative, and food/drink. It is the closest direct competitor to Taste Film because both sell ticketed film-themed immersive events to consumers and operate in the UK market.
• Inamo Restaurants: Inamo operates London restaurants where interactive table-top technology and projected visuals accompany the meal, plus a chef's-table experimental dining concept. It is comparable to Taste Film as a technology-augmented, themed dining experience provider targeting experiential diners in the UK.
• Bompas & Parr: Bompas & Parr is a London-based culinary design studio producing immersive food and drink experiences, installations, and brand activations. Comparable to Taste Film because it sells ticketed immersive culinary events and brand-partnership activations at the intersection of food, theatre, and marketing.
• Alcotraz London: Alcotraz runs immersive, ticketed cocktail experiences in London where guests are cast as inmates and served bespoke drinks by actor-wardens. Like Taste Film, it monetizes themed experiential nights combining beverages with immersive storytelling and is sold principally through Fever-style distribution.
• Cahoots London: Cahoots is a London immersive cocktail bar themed around 1940s post-war underground speakeasies, with costumed actors and theatrical service. Comparable to Taste Film as a ticketed, theatrical F&B venue that monetizes themed storytelling alongside drinks.
• ABQ London: ABQ London runs immersive, paint-and-sip cocktail experiences where guests create graffiti art while drinking themed drinks in a themed setting. Comparable to Taste Film as an immersive, ticketed London experience that pairs an activity (art) with food/drink and themed decor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/tastefilm
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/taste-film
• Instagraminstagram.com/tastefilm
• TikToktiktok.com/@tastefilm

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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