Touch of Taste's financial year ended on the 29th of February and for the second year since becoming part of The Concerto Group, we have seen a great increase in business.

Touch of Taste have catered for almost 250 events at venues such as Billingsgate, a 2012 Olympic site, under railway arches, at stately homes such as Warwick Castle, West Wycombe House and in historic buildings, such as Eton College and The Bodleian Library, not to mention the many marquees in green field sites.

Particular highlights for us have been a party at Lismore Castle, County Waterford, as well as being chosen to cater for the luncheon to celebrate the official opening of The Diamond Light Project by Her Majesty The Queen, and a picnic for 4,500 guests at Warwick Castle, but the most rewarding of all is hearing directly from our clients' who have enjoyed our catering.

This year we have plans to improve the quality of our china, cutlery, glassware and display equipment that we use for canapés and buffets. We want to be able to offer our clients the best quality and variety of choice to compliment our food.

We have also spent time and a great deal of effort in producing our new menu design. For a week, under the guidance of our Head Chef Mike Green and second chef Johnny Parke, Touch of Taste have had all their full time and free lance chefs working in teams to design new dishes, cooking them off and compiling new menus for 2008.

Their hard work culminated in a tasting attended by staff, suppliers and invited guests from our sister company Create, when over 70 new dishes were tried and critiqued.

We will be sending out these new menus to clients' within the next few weeks but as a taster here are some of our favourites to whet your appetites: