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Bethan Q ueen B
Having been with Payne & Gunter for over three decades, I like to think of myself as a seasoned pro. However, each event brings a different brief and challenge to the table, which more than keeps me on my toes.
Won't leave home without: My team because without them I can’t do my job. Then there’s my hydrating lip balm so I can always crack a smile when welcoming our wonderful guests.
Memorable event: The Ryder Cup Team dinner, hosted in Cardiff Castle in 2011. As a Welsh girl I was incredibly proud of the amazing local Welsh food on display.
Favourite event type: Large-scale outdoor events with high-end hospitality - when the British weather behaves.
All-time favourite dish: My family’s farm-bred Welsh-mountain rack of lamb.
Team titbit: As a farmer’s daughter I love going home to our family farm, putting on my wellies and getting my hands dirty.
Lucy Lady of logistics
Won't leave home without: Call me old-fashioned but a pencil with a rubber on the end – it’s how I keep up with all the changes.
Memorable event: It has to be my first BRIT Awards. It’s such a privilege that we are still their caterer of choice more than 15 years later.
Favourite event type: Awards dinners are a fantastic way to recognise talent and celebrate people’s achievements.
All-time favourite dish: My husband’s seafood risotto
Team titbit: I had the pleasure of working on the QE2 for two years
Rebecca Events extraordinaire
Won't leave home without: My phone. As we are out and about so much it’s essential to stay in touch, plus it’s a great source of information.
Memorable event: My first corporate dinner in the Whit Tower at the Tower of London. Beautiful, historic and operationally a bit of a tall order.
Favourite event type: Any new event that Introduces me to something a bit different in an unusual setting
All-time favourite dish: As a self-confessed chocoholic, anything with chocolate.
Team titbit: With a degree in Geographical Science I rarely get lost at events and know my way round many a kitchen!
Dave Operations oracle
Won't leave home without: My Leatherman penknife to snag any loose ends and ensure every event is a cut above the rest.
Memorable event: I will never forget the Beckham’s World Cup Party in 2000 that they held in their home.
All-time favourite dish: Duck spring rolls
Team titbit: In August 2017 I cycled from Land's End to John O'Groats to raise money for charity - almost 1,000 miles in under two weeks!
Sean Proposal professional
Won’t leave home without: As the ultimate sales professional it must be my laptop – you never know when a client needs a cost proposal for a last-minute banqueting event!
Memorable event: It has to be the London Olympics 2012 at French ‘Hospitality House’, Old Billingsgate
Favourite event type: Corporate hospitality
All-time favourite dish: Any dish belonging to the tradition of Lyonnais cuisine
Team titbit: I have inadvertently become a spotter of ornamental pineapples in obscure places and as a part-time professional wordsmith, I enjoy writing foodie reviews – I like to think of myself as quite the culinary critic.
Priya Sales & account manager
Won’t leave home without: A bottle of water and an umbrella. I love to drink water – not get covered in it!
Memorable event: Our 20th anniversary of catering The BRIT Awards 2024, which was my first large scale event and it went by in a whirlwind.
Favourite event type: I’m really looking forward to my first summer at P&G as we cater a lot of big sporting events, and I’m a massive sports fan.
All-time favourite dish: Impossible to choose! However, I can be a girl with expensive tastes(!) and beautiful fish and seafood like john dory, lobster and crab always do it for me!
Team titbit: Food is my life – I am a cook and a feeder(!), and I can’t think of anything better than looking after those I love. I’m a Punjabi girl who is married to a Greek Cypriot, so a typical weekend for us can see me turning my hand to a range of classic and nostalgic dishes from our respective cultures, whipping up a bit of eclectic fusion or perhaps creating a dish from a faraway country that has caught my eye! I have a one-track mind and I am always thinking about the next thing I’m going to cook for us!
Zoe Hillman Trainee Operations Manager
Won't leave home without: Sketchers slip-ons, I love the energy and movement in the world of events, but I’ll always do well to bring a comfy pair of shoes to change into afterwards!
Memorable event: The BRIT Awards 2025. Although this was the 21st anniversary of P&G at the Brits, it was my first time working the event!
Favourite event type: Large scale outdoor events. I love the outdoors so any opportunity to work in the fresh air is welcome. I am always mesmerised by the transformation and buzz of the space once everything is live.
All-time favourite dish: I can’t choose between my mum’s strawberry pavlova or my grandma’s cheesecake. Either way I’ve got a tough act to follow in my family!
Team tidbit: Before I joined the graduate program, I was a choral scholar at my university and could have been an opera singer in another life! I now sing in the London philharmonic choir to keep up my love for singing.
E: zoe.hillman@payneandgunter.com
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