Suzanne James Caterers

26/10/2026

One room, two very different moments and a whole lot of planning behind the scenes.

When planning a wedding, it's easy to focus on how beautiful everything will look. But have you considered how the space needs to work throughout the entire day?

This gorgeous autumnal ceremony at the Horniman Museum and Gardens is a perfect example.

With its rich seasonal tones and beautifully understated styling, the room was ready to welcome guests for the couple's vows. But once the ceremony was over, that very same space needed to be transformed for the wedding meal.

And that's where careful planning makes all the difference.

From the initial seating arrangements and guest movement to coordinating suppliers, managing timings and allowing enough time for the room turnaround, every detail needs to be considered well before the wedding day.

At Suzanne James Caterers, our role goes far beyond preparing and serving exceptional food. We work with our couples to plan the logistics of their celebration, making sure the different parts of the day come together seamlessly.

Because while your guests might remember the food, the atmosphere and the beautiful setting, what we want you to remember is how wonderful it felt to simply enjoy your wedding.

Planning your wedding at the Horniman Museum or another beautiful London venue?

Want it all taken care of? Talk to us.

Horniman Museum and Gardens
DJ for ME
Black Saucers
Marquee Magic Event Hire Ltd
Elysium Event Planning
Fiona Kelly Photography

Majestic W**e
Small B**r Brew Co.

18/10/2026

We firmly believe the last course deserves just as much attention as the first.

Vanilla panna cotta, raspberry jelly, summer berries and a shortbread biscuit.

Rich and creamy, sharp and fruity, with a little buttery crunch from the shortbread. Everything on the plate has a reason to be there.

Because a good dessert shouldn’t leave your guests wishing they’d stopped at the main course. It should be the plate that arrives and somehow everyone suddenly finds a little more room.

And if it happens to be the last thing they eat before leaving your event, make it something worth remembering.

We think this one does the job rather nicely 😍

17/10/2026

One of the things we love about Small B**r Taproom is just how much you can do with the space.

For this setup, vibrant green, warm ivory and deep orange were brought into the industrial brewery setting, creating a wonderful contrast between the raw character of the venue and the richness of the table.

From Black Saucers Tableware we carefully selected the tableware to the florals, linens and smaller finishing details, nothing needed to match perfectly. It simply needed to work together and it did.

It is a lovely example of why you shouldn’t feel restricted by your venue when choosing your wedding colours or styling. Sometimes the unexpected combinations are exactly what bring a space to life.

Small B**r already has plenty of character. The fun part is deciding what you’re going to add to it.

Planning your wedding here? We’d love to help you create a celebration that feels completely your own.

14/10/2026

…for everyone to eat well, enjoy themselves and for the event to keep flowing.

Sounds simple enough, doesn’t it?

Bowl food is one of our favourite ways to make that happen at a corporate event. It sits perfectly between canapés and a formal sit-down meal: substantial enough to satisfy, but relaxed enough that nobody has to stop what they’re doing.

The networking carries on. The conversations keep flowing. The atmosphere doesn’t disappear because everyone has suddenly been asked to take their seats.

Seen here in action at the beautiful Mall Galleries, where the food became part of the event rather than a pause in it.

If you’re planning a corporate event, we can help you create a menu and style of service that works with the experience you want your guests to have.

09/10/2026

Sometimes the simplest combinations are the ones that really deliver.

Heritage tomatoes, creamy Italian burrata, basil oil and micro basil.

A beautiful, fresh starter where the quality of the ingredients does all the talking. Nothing unnecessary, just flavours that work wonderfully together and a plate that looks every bit as good as it tastes.

And remember, this is only the starter.

If you’re planning an event and want a menu your guests will be talking about long after the plates have been cleared, come and have a conversation with us.

05/10/2026

When you're hosting 300 guests, how you serve the food matters almost as much as what you serve.

For this corporate event at the beautiful Mall Galleries the brief called for something that would keep guests fed and looked after without interrupting the reason everyone was there in the first place — to talk, connect and enjoy the evening.

Our team served a combination of canapés, bowl food and drinks throughout the event, giving guests the freedom to move around the gallery rather than stopping everything for a formal seated meal.

It's one of the reasons we love this style of catering for larger corporate events.

Great food still gets its moment, but the event never loses its flow.

And with 300 guests in the room, that takes plenty of planning, preparation and a very good team behind the scenes.

If you're planning a large corporate event in London, we'd love to talk about making the food and service work seamlessly around it.

01/10/2026

Our cheese wedding cake post clearly struck a chord, so we thought we would share a few more of our favourites.

There is something rather wonderful about a cheese wedding cake. It can be a real feature of the day, it gives guests plenty to enjoy and, most importantly, it can be completely personal to the couple.

These are three different cheese wedding cakes we have created, each with its own character and presentation.

Because we never think a wedding menu should be about following a formula. Your food should reflect you, your tastes and the kind of celebration you want to have.

And if that means swapping traditional sponge for a beautiful tower of cheese, we are absolutely behind it.

If you are planning your wedding and starting to think about your menu, we would love to hear from you. Make a wedding enquiry and tell us what you are planning — we can take it from there.

30/09/2026

28/09/2026

We thought it was probably time for a little reminder that Suzanne James still very much retains her title as the Canapé Queen.

A title earned over many, many years of creating tiny mouthfuls that manage to pack in an enormous amount of flavour.

These were served at a recent event at the beautiful Mall Galleries, and are exactly why we will always have a soft spot for a good canapé.

They welcome your guests, accompany that first drink, keep everyone happy while conversations get going and give people their first little taste of what is still to come.

And when you notice guests casually positioning themselves in the path of the next tray, you know you’ve done your job properly.

The crown remains firmly in place.

26/09/2026

An indoor BBQ spread of dreams, created in collaboration with Fabulous Fifty Seven.

Sometimes you know exactly what you want your event to feel like. You have the people, the food ideas, the styling and all the little details planned out, but there is one important piece missing: the right venue.

And that can make all the difference.

Fabulous Fifty Seven gives you the space and flexibility to bring those ideas together, creating somewhere that feels like part of the event rather than simply somewhere to hold it.

For this celebration, we took the BBQ indoors and created a generous spread for guests to gather around, enjoy and graze on throughout the event.

This is what we love about working together. The venue, the catering and the atmosphere can all be considered as one, making the whole process of planning a celebration feel easier and far more exciting.

If you are planning a party and want somewhere that can help bring the whole vision together, Fabulous Fifty Seven might just be the missing piece.