Testimonials
Comments during 2025
Dear Emily,Thank you to you and your team for your outstanding service last week at Dad’s service. The event went really well and as always people loved the food that you served. The tastiness aside I wanted to thank you for managing everything for me and for thinking ahead and planning the whole thing. Your efficiency was much appreciated.
Best wishes
Dear Jane and Emily,
Thank you both and your team for everything you did last night. Canapés and dinner superb and you were so kind and thoughtful fitting around us… The food was stupendous and MUCH enjoyed by everyone and your magic with the washing up hugely appreciated!
Jonathan had a wonderful time.
Huge thanks to you both
Thank you for making Saturday a truly wonderful day… honestly I have not heard one thank you that hasn’t mentioned the food, it was just utterly delicious and you made everything so seamless, just can’t thank you enough. Thank you so much for allowing the girls to help, it’s something they will remember forever, just heaven… they loved it so much. So thank you!
Hi Emily, I am sending you a quick email to let you and your mother know how happy we were with the delicious food and the very pleasant service. We will definitely keep you in mind for the next “gathering”.Best wishes
Dear Emily and Jane,Thank you and your team for catering for Mum’s wake so beautifully. My mother was an excellent hostess and a skilled chef so we were particularly thrilled that the food you produced was food to be proud of. Many, many of the mourners commented on how exceptionally attractive and flavourful the canapés were ( a fact reinforced by everything being consumed!)
Your whole team were charming and professional leaving us relaxed and able to circulate without a thought as to filling glasses etc.
Thank you very much.
Best wishes
Dear Emily and Jane
Thank you both so much for everything that you did for us on Friday. Everyone commented on how delicious all the food was (the arancini was especially mentioned!!) and how both my parents would have been absolutely delighted with it all. All your staff were also very efficient and charming – in all a special send off for my father. I know that you had other commitments so thank you so much for fitting us in.
Best wishes
Dear Jane and Emily
Thank you both SO, SO much for the amazing food you did for us yesterday- and for sorting out serving it to everyone and the drinks too. I don’t know how you do it time after time – I knew we couldn’t do it without you and I was proved completely right! I have had some really lovely comments from people who came as to how delicious and fantastic it was too.
Also for coping with me and the key crisis!
Once again huge thanks for everything- you, as always made the difference – very much appreciated.
Take care
Dear Emily
Virginia and I were over the moon with our party on Saturday, so well arranged by you and your team. Everything was so well prepared, not only the delicious canapes, chicken and salad, but the desserts as well. Your staff are hugely proficient, friendly and helpful.
We have received many compliments about the cuisine and the service. It all went very well.
We’ll remember the tradition of 10 year occasions, and shall look forward to next time.
With many thanks and best wishes
Hi Jane and Emily,
I hope you’re both well and aren’t feeling too exhausted after yesterday!
I just wanted to thank you both for your help again this year – I overheard some good feedback, which is always great to hear! Thank you to the rest of your team as well – it was scorching yesterday, and they were all fantastic, so do thank them for us.
Do let me know if you need anything else from us at the minute, but thank you so much for your help again.
Have a lovely rest of your week.
Best wishes,
My Dear Emily and Jane
I am so sorry not to have been in touch earlier to say the most enormous thank you for the amazing catering job you did for our party last weekend.
We have had so many letters from friends saying how absolutely fantastic and delicious the food was, especially the canapés which were a huge hit with everyone. For most they were the best they had ever tasted.
You really excelled yourselves, not only with the food but also with the delightful staff who were a joy. Jem did a fantastic job with the drinks and all the other waiting girls were so efficient and friendly. You certainly have the most amazing team.
After you had left, the kitchen and outside areas were immaculate with nothing to show you had been there. We had a few family stayed on for the evening when we managed to finish up all the left overs you had so kindly stored for us, which was great. We just can’t thank you enough for looking after us with such care and attention to every detail.
Many, many thanks once again for the most amazing party and we look forward to seeing you again in ten years time for our joint 90th (if we are spared!)
With best love
Comments during 2024
Dear Emily, I just wanted to write this evening to say what a wonderful job you and your team did for us today – it was all absolutely perfect, and we have had many very appreciative comments about both the food and the service. We were so grateful for the way you just came, did everything without troubling us, and cleared everything without fuss, leaving us just to enjoy entertaining our guests and then flopping down afterwards. Throughout we felt that we were in very capable hands! The food was absolutely delicious – first class, and so attractive and beautifully presented. The service was impeccable – both attentive and discreet. We really enjoyed the day, and we have been very appreciative of your contribution to its success.
Hi Emily, I just wanted to officially say thank you so much for being such a great catering company. We were so impressed with you and your staff and the food was all absolutely delicious, as stated by many.
Dear Emily, Many thanks for Saturday, it was a special day for us and you, your mother and all your team contributed greatly. Lots of compliments on the food and the service.
Emily
It was a special day for us and you, your mother and all your team contributed greatly. Lots of compliments on the food and the service!
Thanks and hope we didn’t keep you too late !
Regards
Dear Emily,Just wanted to say what a brilliant job you all did. Lots of compliments on the delicious food, smiley smart girls, all very helpful and efficient. Many thanks, it wasn’t an easy day for me but you helped make it a great success.
Comments during 2023
Dear Janie and Emily.I cannot thank you for your wonderful food,everyone has been raving about it,and all your hard work.Thank You,thank you.
Please keep in touch and come and see us.
Much love
Dear Emily
A huge thank you from both of us for giving us all such a wonderful lunch on Sunday. Every thank you we have had has said how absolutely delicious the food was and they are right – it was! Also everything was served out so seamlessly and efficiently. And I can’t thank you and the girls enough for doing so much clearing up. It made it all so much easier for us – I just hope you weren’t too late collecting your son….
We thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing in the end!
I paid the invoice yesterday so you should have received that now.
Thanks so much again.
Best wishes
Comments during 2022
Fabulous in every way! We booked Jane and Emily to cater for our wedding after we had to postpone our big day twice during the pandemic….and we are so glad that we found them! Delicious canapes and a wedding breakfast for 160, executed in the most friendly, relaxed, professional, efficient way. The guests have also repeatedly waxed lyrical about the food! Beyond this, Emily and her team kept glasses topped up…with fizz or elderflower , during a testing heatwave, without faltering! We had a few guests with strict dietary restrictions and I was so taken aback at the care and level of detail that Emily went to to ensure that they were fine. A very kind team indeed and no stone left unturned when it comes to the planning detail. Amazing “after party” clear up too which we weren’t expecting! We were so delighted with the menu that we have asked Creative Cooks if we can book them again to recreate our wedding menu as a special dinner for two! A very lovely company to work with – we cannot recommend Emily, Jane & team enough! Thank you to you all!
Dear Emily, I just wanted to write this evening to say what a wonderful job you and your team did for us today – it was all absolutely perfect, and we have had many very appreciative comments about both the food and the service. We were so grateful for the way you just came, did everything without troubling us, and cleared everything without fuss, leaving us just to enjoy entertaining our guests and then flopping down afterwards. Throughout we felt that we were in very capable hands! The food was absolutely delicious – first class, and so attractive and beautifully presented. The service was impeccable – both attentive and discreet. We really enjoyed the day, and we have been very appreciative of your contribution to its success.
Comments during 2021
“Hi Emily, Thank you so much for what you, Jane and the team did for our two events last weekend!The food and the smiley helpers all received a huge amount of praise from guests and you all made hosting the wedding so low stress and enjoyable. Please could you thank everyone who helped out.
The happy couple made it to the Bahamas and are very happy indeed!!
Again, thank you so much for a very professional and happy event, can’t wait to use you again!!.”
“Dear Jane and Emily… I just wanted to write and thank you all for your hard work in both preparation and delivery of yesterday’s event.The food was spectacular and your staff were absolutely amazing. I can’t even tell you how many comments I’ve had praising both (the canapés were a particular favourite of everyone).
Nothing was too much trouble for your lovely staff and the hall looked absoluted beautiful.
Thank you for making the event everything I hoped it would be!.”
“Dear Jane and Emily… Wow… thank you for everything yesterday. Lunch was truly delicious and it all seemed to go so perfectly.You and your team were brilliant… from briging us canapés to keeping us in touch with what was happening; it could not have gone better. So a huge huge thank you to you all.
I thought the marquee looked amazing and it really was for us the most magical day and I wish we could do it all again.”
“Dear Emily… Firstly, we would like to thank you and your team wholeheartedly for such delicious food and service on the day. We have received many compliments about the canapes and lamb especially.A personal thank you too for all your hard work in getting the day sorted with such a tight turnaround. Your responsiveness certainly helped make our lives easier during a very stressful time in those two weeks leading up to the wedding.
Thank you so much.”
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Comments during 2018
“Jane – we can’t thank you enough for all you and Sarah and everyone did to make both our parties such a success.The canapes were superb, Lamb excellent and not to forget the puddings!
We were so relaxed, knowing that you and your team were always there.
We had a wonderful party and many letters of praise from friends.
Thank you all so much.”
“Thank you all so very much for the superb food at the wedding. It really could not have been better.Superb Canapés and melt in the mouth Beef. Everyone has been talking about the food and its been mentioned all the thank you letters!
I was in the catering business myself for 25 years and so really do appreciate how much effort goes into such a smooth-running show, especially when the reception lie and speeches go on much longer than planned!
It was such a happy day and your contribution to it was massive. Your wonderful staff were excellent, so helpful and charming.
Thank you again so very much for such excellence.”
“Firstly, can I thank you, Jane and the whole team at Creative Cooks who helped make what was always going to be a good party a fabulous party. We had so many compliments about the food and service on the night and even more when people have written to thank us for the party. The food was truly outstanding and we were looked after so well by the team. They also did a fantastic job clearing up so I had an easy morning the next day!Many thanks once more.”
“Jane and Sarah, Once again very many thanks for a lovely weekend. We have had so many glowing letters about the food which was delicious!Thank you also to your Staff who were charming.”
“Thank you to you and all your staff for all your hard work last Sunday. It was enormously appreciated and as a result the party was a great success. Everyone is saying how amazing the canapés were!”
“Just wanted to say Thank You so much for such wonderful food at my party. So many lovely comments from our Guests who obviously thoroughly enjoyed everything from fabulous canapés to the meltingly tender Lamb and the Trio of Raspberry Desserts.You and your Staff provided an excellent service and helped make the evening a great success!”
Some of the comments from our guests:
“Jane and her Team were fabulous as ever – delicious eats ad dinner charmingly served”
“The food was definitely the best I’ve had… The canapés were to die for!”
“I even un-vegetarianised myself so I could eat the Lamb!”
“Creative Cooks were the caterers for our wedding on 12/5/2018. It is very difficult to summarise how amazing they were as caterers. The following are just a few points that I have picked out but I would unreservedly recommend these caterers.Firstly the food was outstanding!! The menus that they offer have an amazing array of choice with brilliant canapés and considered starters, mains and deserts. Everything that I tried at our tasting was delicious. The food on the day was beyond anything that we could have hoped for. So many of our guests have complemented it on the day and afterwards. Not only did it taste great but it looked great too.
Secondly, Jane and Sarah are so helpful. They reply promptly to emails and are easily accessible over the phone too. They also clearly have so much experience with events and so can guide you on almost every aspect of the day from timings, table cloths, table size, cutlery, plates etc to how to best cater for your guests in terms of number of courses and quantity of food. They have loads of helpful tips that can also lower costs which is brilliant as it shows they are keen to get it right for you, not just encourage you to have the most expensive option.
Thirdly, in the run up to the wedding I was made to feel that all my questions were important-no matter how stupid they were. It meant that I could feel reassured that the day was going to run smoothly.
Finally, on the day the waiting staff that creative cooks employed were brilliant. They were friendly, professional, attentive and helped the day run without hitch. Everybody’s food was served hot and beautifully presented. The bar staff were brilliant too.
For my husband and I, food was one of the most important aspects of the wedding reception and I am so glad that we chose Creative Cooks as they delivered above and beyond in every aspect.”
“Thank you once again for the considerable effort that you all put into the catering for our wedding on the 12th.As we said on the day, we were delighted with the meal and could not have asked for better fayre on our special day. We heard so many comments from our guests saying it was the best meal they had tasted at a wedding.
We will certainly remember you and your contribution to such a memorable occasion.”
“Hampshire has a great may Caterers and therefore there is lots of competition. We have lived here for a long time and Jane is our first choice for any party that we might have.
We have just had a wedding for our Daughter which included a reception with canapés, both hot and cold and a three course dinner followed by Cheese. The next day we had a drinks party for 200 with Hot and Cold Canapés. It was quite outstanding on both occasions and we had so many compliments.
The food choices she offers are excellent, beautifully presented and served (Her Staff are First Class, friendly, helpful and very presentable). She is a very good Cook as well!!
One thing that stands out for us about Jane is her approach to the planning and preparations beforehand. Nothing is too much trouble. She is flexible and accommodating and she ever stopped trying to make everything perfect and just the way we wanted it! It really was such a help.
As you can tell we are big fans! She made a huge contribution to the success of our wonderful wedding weekend and we are thrilled that we made the right choice.”
Comments during 2017
“I don’t know how to tell you how wonderful you made my wedding. It’s hard to believe it unless you saw it for yourself, the mountains and mountains of letters and calls that all shout about the amazing food. Truly. And quite rightly. It was breath taking and everyone was blown away by it. Utterly incredible.On top of that was how you looked after my wonderful mummy. You really did and because of your kindness and attention to detail, all matched to her taste, she was a very happy mother of the bride!
And as far as R and I are concerned? Well R just kept saying “wow” over and over, and I had the happiest day of my life being spoilt by all your gorgeous staff who were so sweet!
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.”
“Thank you again for doing such a great job at the wedding.Now we are back from honeymoon people keep getting in touch saying it was the best food they’ve every had at a wedding!! All thanks to you!!”
“You all have been marvellous and you and Jane were so nice to work with. It made it so much more doable for me to have you both behind me. You have had many compliments and all the worries I had about glasses always filled and food always there and delicious were taken care of. Thank you both so so much.”
“Thank you so much for doing such a great job for us all getting everything sorted for us and as ever, all your wonderful food and incredible organisation.We so appreciate everything you helped with at such a difficult time.
Thank you so so much again to you and all your team.”
“Thank you so much for the Fabulous Food!Everyone has been saying it was the best ever!!
Thank you sooooo much for organizing it so wonderfully for us.”
“WOW!!! That was the best party!! We all loved every minute… the welcoming smells, every mouthful, the presentation… EVERYTHING!!
What a production… what a team… Brilliant!!”
“Thank you so much for making our drinks party such a success. Everyone who came remarked on how delicious the food was and it was wonderful to be able to relax and leave everything in your capable hands.Your Staff were wonderful and several guests mentioned that their glass was refilled so discreetly that it seemed to be happening automatically – well that was their excuse!!
We both enjoyed ourselves so much which was, in no small way, due to you.”
