Events

Creating a memorable corporate brand event starts long before the first guest arrives. The way you design a food experience shapes how your clients, colleagues and guests feel about your brand. It tells a story about your standards, your personality and the way you look after people.

We are Four Gables, a luxury food experience and catering company based in Ashtead in Surrey, we use a personal approach to get this right: bespoke tasting experiences. These tastings help corporate clients, couples and private hosts curate an entire food experience that feels seamless on the day, whether the event is a brand launch, a corporate gathering, a leadership away day or a private celebration.

Rather than asking you to choose from a brochure, our team invites you to join us on our smallholding near Ashtead Common, where we have converted a beautiful and spacious Shepherd’s Hut into a private dining room. Together, we will taste, test, refine and design your menu so that by the time your guests arrive, you know exactly what to expect and the dining experience truly reflects the ambience and brand story you wish to tell.

What is a Four Gables tasting experience?

A Four Gables tasting experience feels like a private restaurant created just for you and your event.

Arrive at our farm located within Ashtead Common and then step into our light filled, Shepherd’s Hut. It feels intimate and relaxed, but everything on the table and in the kitchen has a purpose.

We treat each tasting as a bespoke event in its own right. There isn’t a standard set menu or a one size fits all format. Instead, we design the tasting around your brief. From the moment you arrive, you start to see how the food, styling and service could look and feel for your occasion.

Why our tastings help you curate the perfect event

We put a huge amount of effort into every tasting. Before you arrive, we review your brief in detail and consider:

1. Brand choices and colours
2. Themes and styling ideas
3. Your guests and the atmosphere you want to create
4. Dietary requirements

If you are planning corporate event catering, we think about how to reflect your brand identity through flavour, presentation and service. If you are planning a private celebration, we explore how to weave in your story and personality. The tasting gives us time to:

1. Meet you face to face and build a genuine connection
2. Understand what matters most to you and your guests
3. Map out how the event will run from welcome drinks to final course
4. Show you how we work as a team on the day

This way, the tasting becomes a creative collaboration, not simply a menu selection exercise.

What you can expect from your tasting with us

Every tasting experience is individual. We design each one around you and your event, so no two tastings are ever the same. However, you can expect some key elements, during your tasting, we will help you:

Understand what you can expect from the Four Gables team
You see how we cook, present and serve. You get a clear sense of our style and how we look after guests.

Create a completely bespoke menu
We develop and refine ideas with you until the menu truly fits your event.

Decide on food service styling
We talk through how the food will be served on the day. That might be plated, shared, passed canapés or a combination. We help you choose a service style that supports your timings and your guest experience.

Shape the table scaping and overall look
We explore linens, serve ware, glassware, crockery and cutlery so that each element of your table design works together. For a corporate brand event, we might use subtle references to your brand colours. For a private event, we might focus on a softer, celebratory look that suits your venue.

What we usually serve at a tasting

The tasting menu is generous, so you can make confident decisions. A typical tasting with us might include:

Cocktails
We welcome you with cocktails that reflect the tone of your event. Together, we decide how you want your guests to feel from the first drink.

Wine pairing and tasting conversation
We talk through wine options with you and taste different pairings for each course. We then agree which wines will best accompany your menu and how to structure drinks service for your event, whether corporate, private or a wedding.

Ten canapés, narrowed down to six
We often serve around ten canapés so you can explore different flavours, textures and styles. Together, we refine the selection to six that feel perfect for your event. This process works particularly well for corporate brand events where every detail needs to feel purposeful.

Your menu designed around your taste
We prepare a your menu for you to try, tailored to your preferences and your brief. This may include alternative dishes for each course, so you can compare and choose your final line up.

As we move through the tasting, we listen carefully to your feedback. We adjust flavours, seasoning, presentation and accompaniments and suggest alternatives where helpful. Our aim is that you leave feeling excited and fully reassured that your guests will rave about the experience.

From tasting to event: Joining the dots

The real impact of the tasting shows on the day of your event. Because we have taken the time to plan together in person, you know exactly how the food will look, taste and feel. You can focus on your guests and your content, and trust us to deliver the experience we have created with you.

If you are a corporate client looking for a luxury catering company or a partner for corporate event catering, that confidence is vital. It means the hospitality supports your objectives, whether you are hosting clients, senior leaders or partners.

If you are planning a private celebration, the tasting often becomes one of the highlights of the planning process. It is relaxed, enjoyable and creative, and you see your ideas turn into real dishes in front of you.

We bring this thoughtful, personal approach to everything we do, from small private dinners to larger corporate events in London and beyond. Each tasting is our chance to show you who we are and to design something that feels truly yours.

Ready to design the food experience for your next corporate brand event?

If you want your next event to feel cohesive, generous and completely on brand, start with the food. A Four Gables tasting experience gives you space to explore ideas, test flavours and build a menu that tells your story.

The team at Four Gables partners with you from the first cocktail in the Shepherd’s Hut to the final course on the day itself.

Your guests will remember how your event felt. The tasting is where that feeling begins.

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Planning a corporate event that truly impresses your guests is a bit like engineering a supercar. Every detail matters, timing is everything and from the outside it all needs to look elegant and effortless.

We are Four Gables, a luxury food experience and events company based in Surrey, we work with iconic brands across London and the South East to deliver bespoke corporate food and drink that feels considered, elevated and completely on brand.

Ferrari asked us to turn a five day, high profile test drive event into an unforgettable hospitality experience. Across 500 guests, a dolce vita inspired Italian menu that changed every single day and a rolling schedule of 1.5 hour test drive slots, our team delighted guests from the first Italian coffee buzz at 8am to the final “Ciao” at 6pm.

The brief: iconic corporate hospitality to match a luxury supercar brand

Ferrari UK chose Balcombe Place, a private country house in West Sussex, for their exclusive event. Over five days, guests drove the latest Ferrari models in this private, beautiful and scenic setting.

Ferrari asked us to create an Italian inspired corporate dining experience that felt as premium and finely tuned as the cars on the drive.

They chose Four Gables as their catering partner because of our track record in luxury food and drink for brand launches, client hospitality and high touch corporate events. As a Surrey based team working regularly in London and the South East, we understood the expectations of an iconic, global automotive brand and we aligned every plate, drink and mouthful with the Ferrari story.

Designing the guest journey: an Italian menu that evolved every day

Our head chef, Stephen Ferrari, led the culinary team and personally curated the Italian menu for this event. He focused on authenticity, luxury and style, with service that could adapt to constantly changing guest groups across the five days.

We started by mapping the guest journey. Most drivers arrived for registration, enjoyed coffee and a first look at the cars, completed their test drive and then relaxed in the house and grounds. We designed the food and drink to flow naturally around that timetable. Serving half indoors and half outdoors also meant the event could flex quickly if the British weather became less than Italian.

Here is a flavour of what we served:

Why brands choose us

The Ferrari Experience at Balcombe Place is just one example of how we approach corporate events for iconic brands across sectors including luxury goods, automotive, finance, technology and professional services. We regularly support:

Brand experience events and launches

Client hospitality at country house venues

Corporate away days and strategy sessions

Creative outdoor events

Staff celebrations, milestones and festive events

Plan your own unforgettable corporate event experience

Whether you are planning a driving experience, a national conference or an intimate leadership retreat, the Ferrari event at Balcombe Place shows what is possible when hospitality becomes a core part of your brand story.

Ready to talk about how Four Gables can elevate your next corporate event?

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Four Gables were delighted to partner with Watches of Switzerland recently, to curate and choreograph a prestigious Rolex showcase event. A celebration where every detail supported the stars of the show: the watches.

The setting was Balcombe Place, an exclusive-use private country house in West Sussex, approached by a long drive and surrounded by countryside calm. The kind of venue that does not need to raise its voice to make a point.

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The brief

Create an elegant, exclusive sales event for Rolex, commissioned by Watches of Switzerland, with three essentials:

• A curated atmosphere that aligned with Rolex’s brand standards and sense of occasion
• A guest experience that encouraged circulation, with watches displayed on plinths throughout the venue
• A canapé-led menu that catered flawlessly for a wide range of dietary requirements, without anyone feeling like they were receiving the “special” plate

In other words: prestige, movement, and precision.

Designing the guest journey

When guests are invited to explore, food has to follow the rhythm of the room.

This evening was designed around circulation. Guests moved through Balcombe Place’s historic reception spaces in a natural flow, pausing at the plinths, reconnecting with hosts, and discovering pieces at their own pace.

Our approach was simple: keep service discreet, keep bites memorable, and keep the experience cohesive. Canapés and small plates were curated and positioned to support movement, rather than interrupt it, so that no one felt anchored to a single spot.

A tasting that set the tone

Before the event, Watches of Switzerland joined us for a tasting experience to shape the menu and the mood together.

This was not just about “what tastes good”. It was about what felt right for the evening’s purpose: the theme of time, the flow between spaces, and the kind of ambience that signals luxury without tipping into formality.

Their feedback afterwards said everything:

“The best tasting experience we had received out of 17 other food and dining experience providers.”

We will take that. Happily.

Dietary requirements, fully covered

With a guest list that included a significant range of dietary requirements, the standard had to be higher than simply “having an option”.

For an event like this, inclusivity is part of luxury. Everyone should feel considered, not accommodated.

We planned the menu and service so that guests with dietary requirements could circulate as freely as everyone else, enjoying food that felt like part of the main experience. No awkward pauses, no spotlight moments, and absolutely no compromise on flavour or presentation.

Planning an elegant showcase event?

If you are creating a brand experience where guests need to circulate, connect, and explore, we would love to help you shape it. From curated tastings and canapé-led guest journeys to seamless dietary planning and premium service, we design food experiences that feel effortless and unforgettable.

Talk to the Four Gables team to start planning your next client evening.

Your guests will remember how your event felt. The tasting is where that feeling begins.

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