Two of Lexington’s top chefs have been shortlisted to receive awards for the prestigious Craft Guild of Chefs Awards 2013.
Rob Kirby's first cookbook is number 8 in The Independent's list of 10 best children's cookbooks, published on their website today.
Lexington Catering is taking part in London’s Biggest Bake Sale at Leadenhall Market on Friday 15th March to raise money for Comic Relief.
On Thursday 14th March 2013, apprentices from Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen Restaurant working in partnership with Lexington Catering’s Chef Apprenticeship Scheme, Lex School of Talent, will be put to the test at London’s Borough Market.
At this year’s Hospitality Show at NEC Birmingham 21st – 23rd January, Lexington Catering’s apprentice chefs, Louise Roberts and Kimberley Walsh, stole the show in the Junior Restaurant Plates category with two Gold and two ‘Best in Class’ between them.
Fundraising Success for Lexington's Year of CSR initatves
Lexington Raises £10,000 for Ben Jonson Primary School!
Lexington’s Chairman, Tim West, has been recognised by industry peers with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the second annual FSM Awards on Monday, 26th November.
Simon Merrick Named LexChef Winner 2012
LexChef 2012 Champion Crowned
Thursday 15th November sees Lexington’s prestigious annual competition, LexChef, now in its sixth year, take place.
On Thursday 20th September 2012 Lexington held a charity fundraising evening for its LexingTEN charity partner, Ben Jonson School.
We are delighted to announce that Lexington Head Chef, Matt Jaynes and Chef de Partie, Laura Hodgskin, won gold at the annual Association of Catering Excellence ‘Ready Steady Cook’ challenge on Thursday 20th September held at Imperial College, London.
Lexington has committed to making food for their customers even healthier by signing up to the Departments of Health’s ‘Food Pledges’, aimed at reducing the amount of salt added to food.
Lexington Catering Awarded ISO14001 Accreditation
On Friday 18th May a team of 20 Lexy staff volunteered their time and donned their trainers and sports kit to take part in this year’s Community Games as part of Business in the Community’s nationwide Give & Gain Day 2012
At the prestigious World Gourmand Cookbook Awards ‘Cook with Kids’ by Rob Kirby, Chef Director at Lexington Catering was awarded ‘Best Fundraising & Charity Cookbook 2011.’
On Thursday 1st March, Simon Merrick, Sous Chef at Royal Bank of Canada, lead a team of four Lexington Client Support volunteers assisting food charity FareShare for the day.
Lexington Announces 2012 Community Charity Partner
Lexington's bespoke let's energise range is now calorie counted.
On this day in January 2002 Lexington was born! Founding Directors Mike Sunley, Katharine Lewis and Rachel Lindner set up Lexington to provide delicious food and drink to people at work with a real determination to “do things differently”.
‘Cook with Kids’ by Rob Kirby, Chef Director at Lexington Catering, has won the UK award for 'Best Fund Raising Book, Europe' at World Gourmand Cookbook Awards.
Carl Williams, Head Chef at Man Group, has been named Lexington’s chef of the year at their fifth annual chef competition, LexChef 2011.
David Steel and Helen McCaffrey, project leaders on Lexington’s bespoke healthy eating range ‘Let’s Energise’, won the Innovation and Marketing Award at the inaugural FSM awards which took place at the Royal Garden Hotel, London, on Monday 21st November.
Rob Kirby quoted in Friday's Evening Standard
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Seven Finalists to Compete for Title of LexChef 2011
To capture and celebrate the launch of Chef Director, Rob Kirby’s, first recipe book ‘Cook with Kids’, Lexington has launched a pod cast.
On Friday 7th October, Lexington had the great honour to cook for the world famous Ferran Adria of El Bulli fame at the London Business School.
Lexington Chefs Carl Williams and Daniel Moore represented Lexington at the annual Association of Catering Excellence ‘Ready Steady Cook’ challenge on Thursday 22nd September.
In conjunction with the Children’s Hospital School at Great Ormond Street
Tim West and Mike Sunley on their Sunday Times award-winning company (FSM Sept 2011)
Supporting Give and Gain Day, Friday 24th June
Lexington Catering are celebrating after being named as the '11th Best Company to Work For 2011’ by Best Companies and The Sunday Times at a prestigious awards evening held on Thursday 24th February, at Battersea Evolution.
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Lexington Catering is helping its clients and their staff to start 2011 as they mean to go on by introducing their ‘let’s energise’ food range, making delicious, super healthy, high energy and nutritious food even more accessible.
In celebration of the festive food season, Rob Kirby, Chef Director at Lexington Catering, teamed up with the John Lewis Foodhall from Waitrose at Bluewater on Thursday 9th December to host another sell out festive cooking demonstration.
Aaron Slimming, Sous Chef at Man Group Sugar Quay, has been named Lexington’s chef of the year at their fourth annual chef competition, Lex Chef 2010.
Russell Scanlon joins the senior team
** UPDATE Due to bad weather, this event has been postponed to Thurday 9th December , 6.30-8pm**
John Lewis Café bar, Bluewater
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Investors In People Award
Lexington sets its sight on even brighter future
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Our Lexington Culinary Team scooped 2 gold medals in the La Parade des Chefs restaurant competition on Wednesday at Le Salon Culinaire at Hotelympia.
Lexington are delighted to announce that Rob Kirby will be providing another cooking demonstration at the new John Lewis Food Hall in Bluewater on Thursday 10th December.
Chef of the Year Announced...
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Mike Sunley and Tim West talk business with EP's Chris Sheppardson
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Lexington becomes a Sunday Times top small company to work for 2009 and a Best Company of 2009
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Try Chef Director, Robert's fish finger sandwich. . .
Catersearch - 2nd December 2008
Matt Jaynes named as Lexington Catering’s LexChef 2008
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Rob Kirby and his team bring local favourites to the Chef Conference
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Lexington adds to chef team as it pursues growth
Representatives from the Mutton Renaissance Campaign were keen to dispel the myth that mutton is a sub-standard alternative to lamb when they gave a one hour 'Pasture to Plate' demonstration.
Business and industry caterer Lexington is aiming to achieve £10m turnover for the first time in 2008, boosted by a slew of new contract wins.
Lexington Catering held its first ever Chef competition at the Westminster Kingsway College on Thursday 22nd November.
Caterer & hotelkeeper Lead Story October 2006
Jay Rayner takes on the caterers. The Observer’s food reviewer casts his critical eye over staff restaurants.
