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RE: Catering at Rectory Park 7 June 2008
I
just wanted to thank you very much for Saturday nights meal.
It
was excellent and everyone commented on how good it was.
I’ll
definitely be in touch again for the next party.
Brett Jackson
Uppercourt.
Dear James,
We arrived tired and hungry at around 9 pm after a horrendous journey from Devon
because of an accident on the M6. Our meal was efficiently delivered prior to our arrival with excellent instructions and
we enjoyed the first two courses before falling into bed exhausted. We ate at the local Pub (the Crown) the next evening but
although we were encouraged by the chef to have a dessert we had seen our final course and so had no hesitation in refusing
and rushing back to the Dovecote to enjoy an excellent raspberry roulade. Many thanks. We will recommend both Uppercourt and
James Benson any time to all our friends.
Many thanks
Ann Yates
Wellacres Catering
Dear James,
A quick note of thanks for the wonderful
food on Saturday night. It made Jen's party really special and everyone commented on how good the food and service
was. I am sure that your business will go from strength to strength.
Kind Regards
Jon & Jen
Hi James,
Just wanted to say a big thank you to you both from myself and Lisa and the rest of
the ladys of the weekend for making our saturday night so lovely, the food was delicious and the service was excellent. It
was a lovely feeling that no one was having to cook or clear away after and that you'd done it all for us. Thank you very
much for making it very special and elegant.
Many Thanks,
E. Talbot & L. Hollins
Dear
James,
Just a note
to thank you and your team for the fantastic meal we had last Saturday at Upper Court. the food was delicious and the service
brilliant. We were so well looked after and a thoroughly enjoyable evening was had by everyone.
I shall certainly
keep you in mind for future occasions and will not hesitate to recommend you to others.
Many thanks
and best wishes,
A. Van der
Feltz
Delivery
meal at Broadwell Farm 1 March 2008
Dear James,
Thank
you so much for the wonderful food you delivered to us last Saturday, it was absolutely fantastic and made our weekend really
perfect. Everyone was so excited by your delivering our dinner, and it more than lived up to expectations.
My [own] roast the next day could not live up to the previous evening! Thank you so much - it was really brilliant
and we all hope to repeat the experience very soon.
Kind regards
Kathy
Thank you for Saturday night!
HI James
Just wanted to send you a note
on behalf of all of us to say thanks so much for the amazing food you magiced up on Saturday night!
It really was absolutely delicious
and everyone commented on it - despite the slight distraction of the butlers!
Many many thanks and sorry we didn't
eat more of the Sticky Toffee Puddings - they were delicious!
We will certainly recommend you
to others as it was all top notch.
Thanks again
Sally, Wendy, Laura and the rest
of the Hen Party x
4/3/08
Dear James,
We're writing to thank you very much for all the help you gave us before and
during our launch party. Your customer service was excellent and the food was superb. So many people said how delicious the
canapes were as well as the wine. Thank you very much for the recommendation of Three Choirs Cuvee. Thank you also for the
donation for the Old Spot Trust raffle.
If you need any testimonials or recommendations for potential clients, please
let us know!
Kind regards,
Hilary and Caroline,
Vivid
Re: Valentine's Meal
Dear James,
I would just like to thank you for delivering a smashing meal to us here in Cheltenham.
It was delicious. We hope to use you again in the future and I will be recommending you.
Best wishes,
Jude 19/02/08
Dinner at Wellacres Sat 9 Feb
Hello James,
A short note to say how much we enjoyed our dinner at Wellacres House. All the
food was delicious, and the service provided by Gill was excellent. A great birthday evening for my
wife.
Thanks and best regards
Geoffrey
RE: Christmas lunch
Dear James,
We just wanted to thank you, on behalf of our family, for the superb Christmas day lunch at Stourton Manor. It
surpassed our expectations and was professionally served.
Best wishes for 2008.
Muriel Sanderson
Re: Drinks Party
Hello James,
Thank you once again for all the work your team put in yesterday to make our party so successful - lots
of compliments from
our guests on the canapes
with best regards,
P. von Holzing 17/12/2007
Thanks
Dear James,
This is to say thank you, more than I know how, for all the effort
and trouble you went to to help me out when I felt so terrible and overwhwelmed. We have enjoyed your cooking enormously
and are so impressed by the thoroughness with which you carry everything out: the personal delivery, the practical packaging
with clear and helpful instructions - everything made so easy. When one is feeling miserable all that counts 200%!
Please accept our sincerest thanks, to you and to your mother.
Again, please accept our deepest thanks for your generous help
and kindness and marvelous cooking!
Yours sincerely,
Catherine B. Squires 3/10/2007
Re: Meal delivery
Hi James,
Just to thank you for the lovely meal on Saturday, It was
all we anticipated and more! We shall certainly recommend you to our friends and hope to use your services again before too
long!
Kind regards,
Malcolm Watson
Re: Saturday dinner
Dear James,
A
huge thank you to you and your staff for all you hard work and efforts at our dinner party on Saturday evening at Upper Court. I can't believe how easy it all was - you provided fantastic food and were helpful
and completely unobtrusive- we wouldn't have known you were there had it not been for the superb food!
The presentation
was excellent and the quality of the food was unquestionable. Please extend our
sincere thanks to your assistants on the evening who set up and prepared everything, and whom left the kitchen absolutely
pristine with everything cleared away and tidy
when they left.
Benson of
Broadway's hard work made an evening of eating in for ten so totally effortless it truly was as though a restaurant had come
to us!!
I have absolutely
no hesitation in recommending Benson of Broadway and please feel free to give out my contact details should you ever require
a recommendation.
With our thanks
and very kindest regards,
Irene Venning
RE: food for aug 31st and sept 1st
Hi James,
I want to say a huge THANKYOU for the food we had at Foxes Manor
at the weekend.
Gill looked after us so well on the Saturday we can’t
speak too highly of her and we had a wonderful meal. We’ve just arrived back in Newcastle it’s going to be an Indian takeaway tonight!
Thanks again for the food please thank Gill again for
us.
Hope we can do it again sometime.
Judy
3/9/2007
Re: Weekend of 31 August
James,
Just wanted
to check that Gill had spoken to you...
We were all
extremely impressed.
Your food
is great and all of us would recommend your service and use it again in the area.
Thanks very
much
David
3/9/2007
RE: Weekend of 17th August -
Upper Court
Hello James,
What can I say that Jane
hasn’t already said, the food was absolutely fantastic and your staff brilliant - they made us all feel very comfortable.
It really made such a difference to have great food with the people you care most about and being able to be yourself with
great staff who want to look after you.
So once again many thanks
for all the great food that we had over the weekend and for helping make my weekend so very special.
Warmest Regards
Natalie (the hen)
RE: Weekend of 17th August -
Upper Court
Hi James
From all the girls in the Coach
House last weekend, I would like to express our sincere thanks for such wonderful service, food and most of all for being
such a good sport!!! You, and your two staff did well to put up with the sheer noise of us.
Not only that, the food
was absolutely (and this come from everyone) BEAUTIFUL!!! The barbecue food was still being eaten long into the evening
there was so much of it… and such fantastic quality. We were really, really pleased, and it really made the weekend
for our Hen Natalie, she had a fantastic time… and you are partly responsible for that, so we all thank you from the
bottom of our (very drunk at the time, but very sober now) hearts.
Many thanks,
Jane
PS She’s gutted she didn’t
book you for her wedding!!!!
24/8/2007
Re: FW: Weekend catering at
Upper Court
Hi James,
Thank you very much for all
the delicious food, it was fab and we enjoyed every meal. I was wondering if you wouldn't mind letting me have the recipe
for the spinache dumplings with tomato sauce as Kit my 2 year old just loved it!
Thanks again, Kathleen
21/8/2007
James,
Once again your food impressed, and presentation & cooking instructions
were faultless.
We all enjoyed the menu and the food ensured a super dinner party.
Thank you,
V. Svendson
13/8/2007
Re: Golden Wedding
Barry and I would like to thank you for the wonderful buffet meal you served at Oak House for our Golden Wedding.
I enjoyed our discussions beforehand and the menu you then executed was just what we had hoped for. On the day you team was
so efficient and the food looked and tasted delicious. We heard many compliments from discerning guests!
Best wishes.
M. Foster
23/7/2007
Dinner party at Swan House
James,
Thank
you so much for making my parents 40th wedding anniversary such a memorable occasion. Your calm approach to creating
such a wonderful meal meant we could all relax and enjoy their story telling across the decades. I shall be recommending you
to others who are lucky enough to stay at Swan House.
Best, Catrina
(18 June 2007)
THANK YOU
Dear James,
The
Sunday lunch you delivered on 3.06.07 was amazing. There was enough for a family of six to enjoy! [it was for 4 people]
It really made our
holiday start with a bang.
Our two elderly relatives
were captured by it all.
Good luck for the future
and thank you.
S. Jozefowicz (4/6/2007)
Dear James,
Just a few lines to
thank you so much for the excellent meal you provided for us on Saturday.
The Coq Au Vin was fabulous and as for the summer puddings.....mmmmm!
We all had a fabulous
time and will let the people who run Sayres House know how pleased we were with your service.
Kind regards,
J Todd (29 May 2007)
Hello James,
I wanted to send this email
before now, as I wanted to thank you for producing such a marvellous, tasty and thoroughly enjoyable meal for my friend's
hen do on Saturday 12th May. There were lots of oohs, ahhs and mmms at the table!
So thank you,
keep up the good work and I wish you success for the future.
Sorcha. (29 May 2007)
To James,
Martin and I would like to thank you for making our wedding day buffet so beautiful.
I have had nothing but praise for the wonderful food that you provided. I had the roast beef which was delightful.
Thank you once again and we look forward to meeting you again in the future.
M Billings (25 April 2007)
Hi James,
Just wanted to thank you again for all your attention over the week-end, it was
all very delicious and we all enjoyed it, and thank you again for Sunday Brunch, I shall never forget your wonderful pancakes.
Thank you. Best wishes and
much success.
A Cleeton-Watkins (23 April 2007)
Dear James
I would like to thank you for the super food you prepared for us last
Saturday. We all enjoyed everything and the fish in particular was excellent. The instructions were also very easy to follow.
Thank you again.
C Hakham (16 April 2007)
Dear James,
I am writing on behalf of the group to say thank you for cooking such a fantastic meal
at Oak House last weekend. Everybody commented on the fantastic meal and I'm sure you noticed we had a great time! It was
wonderful to enjoy sch a high-class meal in private surroundings so tha we could get up to our mischief with no worries at
all!
You were both very pleasant & courteos and we were thoroughly impressed with how
calm you both were!
We would not hesitate to reccommend your services to anyone else.
Kind regards,
A Eliades & the rest of the hen party (6 March 2007)
WEEKEND
BOOKING 11/12 NOVEMBER, UPPER COURT
“Dear James
I apologise for not emailing
sooner, but I’ve had a very hectic couple of weeks since our idyllic weekend break at Upper
Court a couple of weeks ago (11-12 November).
I just wanted to say, on
behalf of the whole group, how much we appreciated your efforts that weekend. The
food was absolutely divine particularly so since it was created in a kitchen that was not much bigger than a cupboard!
None of us could have anticipated
that the food would be of such high quality and it really made the weekend special and memorable.
We very much appreciated
both your and Suzanne’s very discreet and helpful presence during the weekend which meant that we were able to just
relax and enjoy ourselves.
With many thanks
Best wishes
Jackie
PS Don’t hesitate to ask if you need a further reference, but please feel free to use this email if
you wish. “
(27th November 2006)
THANK
YOU
“Hi James
I just wanted to say a huge
thanks for the catering you did on the weekend of 10th November at Upper Court. The group couldn’t praise you highly enough – they were so impressed with
the way that you managed to cater for all of them with the space and facilities available and to such a high standard.
You really made their break
special.
Thanks again.
Best regards
Tori “ (21st November
2006)
Re: The Vale
of Evesham Food Festival
From the delicious canapes
to your impressive demonstration you shined as a star at the festival! Thank you so much.
P. Bossom (19th Ocotober
2006)
TO
WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
“I recently booked
Benson of Broadway for a small dinner party and found James Benson and his assistants to be very professional, efficient and
courteous.
The dinner James cooked,
chosen in advance from a wide menu, was absolutely delicious. We were particularly
impressed with the local and fresh ingredients used throughout the meal.
At the end of the evening,
my kitchen was left clean and tidy with no evidence of the hard work that had taken place.
I will have no hesitation
in booking Benson of Broadway again and happily recommend James to provide superb home based dinner parties without any hassle.
Valerie Svendsen
Aston Somerville “ (August 2006)
RYEFIELD
RUBY WEDDING
“Hello James
We wanted to let you know
how much we all enjoyed the fantastic meal that you prepared and served to us last Friday.
It made my parents’ ruby wedding anniversary a very memorable one. I
think that we all decided that having your own personal chef is something we could all get used to on a regular basis! I am sure we will be calling on your services in the near future and we will certainly
recommend you to all our friends. Good luck with your new business.
Many thanks, Rachel and Russ
Sutton “ (13th August 2006)
BOOKING FOR 28TH
OCTOBER – RECTORY PARK, FOLLOW-
UP
“James,
The meal was wonderful thank
you. I received many plaudits from the rest of the group on the choice of caterers. I will send a mail to the company that own the house to let them know how pleased
we were with your food.
Many thanks,
Rob “
(2nd November 2006)
THANK
YOU
“Hi James,
Just a note to say a big
thank you for a superb meal on Saturday. Not only was the food first class but
the attention to detail and the services of both Jason and Jaime were brilliant!
I have written to Michael
this morning saying how much we enjoyed staying at Brook House and I have let him know that we would not hesitate to recommend
the services of Bensons of Broadway to all of his guests!
Thank you, and the team once
again – as and when we visit Brook House again, we will definitely be in touch!
Regards
Hazel, Tracy
and the girls”
(17th August 2006)
HEN
PARTY AT BIG COTTAGE FOLLOW UP
“Hi James
Just got back!! – A
few of us stayed on Sunday night too
Just wanted to say that the
food was amazing!! – Absolutely gorgeous and everyone loved it!
Thank you so much –
the Lasagne and BBQ was so easy to set up for us – and so creative and was the talk of the Hen weekend (as well as the
Hen of course!) It was fantastic that all the produce was locally sourced and
the home grown salads were delicious.
I will pass your contacts
to the Hen – as a lot of them work in the food industry and were asking for your details – We really appreciated
everything you did for us – thank you for making the weekend extra special!!
Many thanks
Emma “
(17th July 2006)
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