Te Papa’s ‘ICON’ catering selected as Parliament’s caterer
Te Papa’s ‘ICON’ catering selected as Parliament’s catering provider
Te Papa is pleased to announce that its catering arm ‘ICON Catering’ has been awarded the Parliamentary Service catering contract and will begin providing services from January 2018.
David Stevenson,
General Manager Parliamentary Service, says ICON’s
experience at Te Papa of managing multiple outlets and
catering for large numbers of visitors, events and
conferences were strong components of its winning
proposal.
He says that in addition to ICON’s overall
value for money offering, ICON’s passion for excellent
customer service stood out.
“ICON are uniquely qualified
to provide services to Parliament, given their extensive
experience at Te Papa catering to a high volume of visitors
while also managing multiple cafes and a large number of
significant events. They’ll soon be feeding visitors to
Wellington’s top two tourist destinations”
A key
feature of ICON’s bid is an exciting partnership which
will see Wellington restaurant Logan Brown, acting in
partnership with ICON to re-invigorate Bellamy’s.
As well as day-to-day catering for Parliament, ICON will also operate the new coffee outlet in Parliament’s Visitor Centre, offering food and drinks to visitors touring the Parliament buildings.
Te Papa’s Director-Commercial, Ian Crowe, says this is an exciting opportunity for Te Papa.
“We are very excited to have this opportunity,” says Mr. Crowe. “Parliament and Te Papa have shared values as places that represent and serve New Zealand, and this partnership is a great fit. We will be focusing on delivering a service that reflects us as kiwis and the extraordinary quality of our local and national products and suppliers. We will renew the culinary offer to the Members, staff and visitors to Parliament and flow any profits through Te Papa to support education, culture and our national community.”
The transition to ICON will take
place over the summer break and the existing catering
supplier’s staff will have the option of transitioning to
the new provider, if desired.
ENDS