Back to the floor for Bartlett Mitchell catering boss

Catering is hard graft but some catering bosses really dig it and find the boardroom simply doesn't provide the thrills of the staff restaurant.

Word reaches Kitchen Rat that one such individual is Ian Mitchell, co-founder of Bartlett Mitchell.

Such was Ian's enthusiasm to "get back to the floor" he recently took a week off to help out friend Lena Björck, managing director at high-end event caterer Inn or Out.

The event caterer was providing corporate hospitality at the recent Farnborough International Airshow and Ian rolled up his finely tailored sleeves to help out, returning a week later to Bartlett Mitchell exhausted by sated.

While Ian enjoyed the dynamism of being back on the shop floor, sources have confirmed that Wendy Bartlett, the other half of Bartlett Mitchell, will be maintaining a strictly strategic role within the industry.

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