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Our Story
Vudu Food was born from the flames of a festival campfire in the 2010’s. Jamie and Katy had been going to festivals together for years and were often left pretty uninspired by the food on offer. They were convinced that they could do better. After years of talking, the idea finally came to fruition in 2014, when Jamie’s brother Tom, a chef with big ideas, decided to leave his job under a Michelin star chef at the Hilton to join forces in creating Vudu Food.
They would combine their wealth of experience in the catering, hospitality, and customer service industries to create the kind of company they would all want to eat at: ethically-sourced ingredients put together with care into a delicious menu, served at reasonable prices from happy people at a good-looking unit.
This collaboration led to the exquisite flavours and unique touches that pervades their menu to this day. Through their signature rubs and sauces, and the beautiful combination of fresh ingredients that makes up their menus, the flavour of Vudu Food is unmistakable.
Since then, Vudu Food has steadily grown from a small street food stall to a multi-faceted company that has units at huge festivals like Glastonbury and the Isle of Wight; has fed the likes of the Pet Shop Boys and Years and Years backstage at Gay Pride; and provides exceptional catering and bars for weddings and private events across the country.
Get in touch to book Vudu Food for your wedding catering, wedding bars, and evening food. Or if you’re interested in having Vudu Food cater at your festival or street food event.
Our Story
Vudu Food was born from the flames of a festival campfire in the 2010’s. Jamie and Katy had been going to festivals together for years and were often left pretty uninspired by the food on offer. They were convinced that they could do better. After years of talking, the idea finally came to fruition in 2014, when Jamie’s brother Tom, a chef with big ideas, decided to leave his job under a Michelin star chef at the Hilton to join forces in creating Vudu Food.
They would combine their wealth of experience in the catering, hospitality, and customer service industries to create the kind of company they would all want to eat at: ethically-sourced ingredients put together with care into a delicious menu, served at reasonable prices from happy people at a good-looking unit.
This collaboration led to the exquisite flavours and unique touches that pervades their menu to this day. Through their signature rubs and sauces, and the beautiful combination of fresh ingredients that makes up their menus, the flavour of Vudu Food is unmistakable.
Since then, Vudu Food has steadily grown from a small street food stall to a multi-faceted company that has units at huge festivals like Glastonbury and the Isle of Wight; has fed the likes of the Pet Shop Boys and Years and Years backstage at Gay Pride; and provides exceptional catering and bars for weddings and private events across the country.
Get in touch to book Vudu Food for your wedding catering, wedding bars, and evening food. Or if you’re interested in having Vudu Food cater at your festival or street food event.
What’s in a name?
From the very beginning, Jamie, Katy and Tom knew they wanted to serve the best barbecue they possibly could. So, they looked straight to the barbecue capital of the world- the Deep South of the U.S.A. Barbecue is as much of a cultural icon to the South, as, say, whiskey is to Scotland, and tea is to England. Of course, just as tea was not actually invented in England, barbecuing was not invented in the South. But it is safe to say the South is where the art of cooking with smoke and flame has been refined into the cultural celebration it is today.
The name Vudu Food seemed like a natural leap, pairing barbecue with another Southern tradition- Voodoo. Vudu Food is our take on the Creole/Cajun barbecue style, with nods to the Deep South and mixed with a British twist.
What’s in a name?
From the very beginning, Jamie, Katy and Tom knew they wanted to serve the best barbecue they possibly could. So, they looked straight to the barbecue capital of the world- the Deep South of the U.S.A. Barbecue is as much of a cultural icon to the South, as, say, whiskey is to Scotland, and tea is to England. Of course, just as tea was not actually invented in England, barbecuing was not invented in the South. But it is safe to say the South is where the art of cooking with smoke and flame has been refined into the cultural celebration it is today.
The name Vudu Food seemed like a natural leap, pairing barbecue with another Southern tradition- Voodoo. Vudu Food is our take on the Creole/Cajun barbecue style, with nods to the Deep South and mixed with a British twist.