About us

Our Story

Taverna Catering is a genuine Italian family business, founded by brothers Giordano and Francesco. They grew up in Rome, with a Sicilian mother — a home where Roman and Sicilian cooking met, and food was the centre of everything. That mix of cultures is still in every dish we serve.

At eighteen, the brothers moved to England and worked their way up through hospitality — the kitchens, the service, the logistics of running a flawless event — learning the trade from the ground up. In time they set out to do for themselves what their parents had always done in Rome, where the family ran food businesses of its own: a traditional family kitchen, built on recipes passed down through generations.

They brought their mother's recipes to London, and Taverna Catering grew by word of mouth into one of the city's most-booked caterers. Their parents have since left Rome to join them full-time, so it is a true family affair — Mamma Simona leads the kitchen as Head Chef, cooking the authentic recipes handed down from her own mother; Papà Gianluca is Head of Logistics, keeping every event moving; and Giordano and Francesco run the events side, with a close team of chefs, event managers, waiters and bartenders alongside them.

That family standard is why teams at Google, Meta, Amazon, Deliveroo, Octopus Energy and Revolut book us again and again, and why we have catered more than 1,000 events with a 5.0 rating from around 169 reviews. We cook across cuisines — Italian, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern, Pan-Asian, Mexican and Indian — with vegan, halal and gluten-free options built into every menu. From a Tuesday office lunch to a 500-guest summer party, we bring the kitchen, the team and the standard to you, right across London and the home counties.