Testimonials
Happy, well-fed and promptly served cast and crew make a production run smoother - even if everything else is against you a good meal makes it all seem so much better!
Don't forget to have a look at our Sample Menu page for examples of the kind of fare which we can provide for your production.
Here are a selection of comments from letters which we have received:
“I'm not usually one for sending hero-grams at the end of the shoot however there are occasions when I believe they are appropriate and this happens to be one.
As I mentioned to Buzz and Chris on Thursday when we were up to our necks in the rain and mud at Bowlhead Green it has been an absolute pleasure to have J&J International with us on this fourth series of "Foyle's War". I have had nothing but praise for your location catering over the nine weeks of our filming and I am very grateful for all your efforts on behalf of Greenlit Rights Limited.
Buzz and Chris have been a delight, always cheerful and it seemed they knew each and every member of crew and cast within moments of arriving on location at Barrowhills for our first day.
Many thanks for all your help.”
“Now that filming "Extras" has come to an end, I would like to thank you for all the hard work you have put in. It has been a very happy production from my point of view and I hope that you have enjoyed working on it as much as I have.
I hope to see you again soon, but in the meantime thanks again for contributing to a successful shoot.”
“This is just to thank you so much for all your help with our work on "Alien Autopsy".
We have just finished shooting now, (although there is a short shoot in the U.S. which will finish in September.) Everything went swimmingly and the props seemed to please the director, (which is, of course, all that matters...)
I particularly appreciated how you helped out with freezing gizzards, cooked kebabs at the last minute and generally kept us happy and well fed every day! You were stars - thank you!”
“On behalf of all the cast and crew of "The Swap", I would like to thank yourself and your colleagues at J&J International for providing an excellent service throughout our shoot.
The amount and quality of food was superb - no matter the time restrictions suddenly placed upon the chefs.
Once again, a very big thank you.”
“Buzz, Chris & Rita kept us well fed and watered at all times. I know I can speak on behalf of the cast & crew when I say we were thoroughly pleased with the meals served to us each day. As you know Downham can be a bit tricky at times, so it is always reassuring to know that one thing we can always rely on is catering.
Thanks very much again!”
“I've used J&J at a number of my police memorial receptions and they did very well. British film crews eat the crews of any other country under the table. Or more accurately under the dining bus, because that's where they sit.
On arrival at 6.30am my crew ate a full English breakfast - bacon and eggs, hash brown, toast, marmalade, baked beans, black pudding, haddock, sausages, bubble and squeak, tea and coffee. Then a morning break, then lunch. For tea some fairy cakes, sandwiches, jam rolls - I could go on. All this marvellous food for the extraordinary low price, including J&J travelling with their kitchen, of around £15 per person for full breakfast, morning break, a generous lunch and a big tea. That's less than one portion of bizarre lamb at the Dorchester.
- Micheal Winner”
“Quoting Winner's Dinners (Sunday Times)
A few days earlier I ate delicious lamb in the car park of Holland Park. I was directing a commercial I starred in and wrote for the insurance company esure. It was filmed in streets bordering my house.
The crew base was the Holland Park car park where J&J, "caterers to the film and television industry" set up their portable kitchen. Clyde Lane, son of John, cooked us a terrific lunch. It included soup or various starters, then fried plaice, pasta, roast lamb with roast potatoes, a veggie dish and one of the most excellent steamed treacle puddings ever.”
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