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Workforce catering for construction & infrastructure

Great sites run on great food.

Bon Appetit designs, installs and runs on-site restaurants for the UK’s most demanding projects. Fresh food cooked from scratch every day, a welfare offer your workforce will rave about, and a family business that takes the whole operation off your plate.

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  • Turnkey: design, install & run
  • Cooked fresh on site, daily
  • Family-run since 1969
A double cheeseburger with fresh salad on a toasted bun
A Bon Appetit team member serving a freshly made burger at a site canteen counter
Real team. Real site.
On the pass today
  1. 07:00Bacon & egg rolls
  2. 11:45Cape Malay chicken curry
  3. 11:45High-protein bowl HP
  4. All dayBarista coffee & fresh fruit

Cooked from scratch on site

Feeding the workforce for

  • EKFB · HS2
  • Skanska
  • Costain
  • Balfour Beatty
  • Sir Robert McAlpine
  • Lendlease
  • Brookfield Multiplex
  • Berkeley Group
  • BP
  • Bloomberg
  • AstraZeneca
  • NHS
  • Crossrail
  • London 2012

Why it matters

A well-fed site is a safer, happier, more productive site.

Food is the one part of welfare that everyone on your project uses, every single day. Get it right and it quietly lifts everything else, from morale and retention to the numbers in your social value report.

Keep time on site

Hot, fresh food on the doorstep means fewer off-site food runs, fewer late returns from breaks and less time lost on the road.

Win the welfare race

Skilled people choose sites with good welfare. A canteen they rave about gives them one more reason to stay on your job.

Prove your social value

Local suppliers, local jobs, wellbeing campaigns and charity partnerships that show up in your reporting, not just on our menu board.

Feeding Britain’s builders since
1969
People through our doors every week
25,000
Site restaurant visits a year
1.3m
Trained team members
150+

What we do

Turnkey site catering, from first sketch to last service.

One partner for the lot. We design it, build it, staff it and run it, so your team can get on with the job.

Two Bon Appetit team members serving a traditional roast dinner in a bright site canteen

Design & installation

Site restaurants, designed around your welfare plan

From compact welfare cabins to full-scale site restaurants. We plan the kitchen, servery and seating around your layout, then supply, install and sign it all off.

  • Kitchen design & equipment
  • Supply & installation
  • Safe, compliant handover
A chef chopping fresh herbs and vegetables

Daily dining

Breakfast, lunch & grab-and-go, cooked from scratch

Trained chefs on site every day, cooking with fresh, seasonal ingredients: hearty classics, world food and lighter choices.

Two people raising flat whites with latte art

Coffee & drinks

Proper coffee. And a proper brew.

Barista coffee and a decent cuppa, all day. We pour around 250,000 litres of tea and coffee a year.

A spread of plated dishes, salads and dips on a wooden table

Hospitality

Meetings, visits & milestones

Breakfasts, buffets and lunch packages for site offices, client visits and board meetings, ordered online in a few clicks.

Construction workers in orange hi-vis at an outdoor Bon Appetit food event

Events & engagement

Days the whole site talks about

Topping-out BBQs, safety stand-downs, cultural food days and brand activations that bring everyone together.

Not sure what your site needs? We’ll walk it with you and put together a plan.

Book a site visit 020 4517 9314

On the menu

Hearty when it needs to be, healthy when they want it, and never boring. Menus change daily, with themed days that turn lunch into the highlight of the shift.

Our kitchen rules

  • Cooked from scratch on site, every day
  • Fresh, seasonal ingredients bought daily
  • Additive- and GM-free
  • Reduced salt and fat, with low-GI options
  • Vegetarian, vegan, paleo, allergen-free and coeliac diets covered
  • App-exclusive deals and loyalty rewards
A fried egg on thick-cut toast with roasted tomatoes
  • Bacon & egg rollFresh off the griddle, every morning
  • The full EnglishSausage, bacon, eggs, beans, mushrooms & toast
  • Smashed avocado & poached eggs VOn toasted rye sourdough
  • Porridge & fruit pots VGSlow-release energy for long shifts

V Vegetarian VG Vegan HP High protein Full allergen information on every dish.

How it works

Up and running, without the headache.

We’ve opened kitchens in city-centre towers and on remote infrastructure compounds. Wherever your site is, the route to great food looks like this.

  1. 01

    Walk the site

    We visit, meet your welfare and logistics leads, and get to grips with headcount, shift patterns, access and space.

  2. 02

    Shape the plan

    You get a clear proposal covering menus, layout, equipment, staffing, the commercial model and a mobilisation timeline.

  3. 03

    Build & mobilise

    We design, supply and install the kitchen, recruit and train the team, and open the doors on the date we agreed.

  4. 04

    Serve & improve

    Fresh food every day, regular audits and workforce feedback, with a director on the end of the phone whenever you need one.

Start with a site visit

Speak to a director, not a call centre.

Don’t take our word for it

The sites we feed say it best.

So many of the guys say ‘never had this kind of food on site, it’s amazing’ … Nothing is too much trouble and there is always a smile waiting for you.

Sarah DuffinOffice Manager, Skanska · Papworth Hospital project

It’s not often we are privy to such a high standard of site canteen … Your prices are set at a reasonable level and, along with the clean and well-maintained facilities, Bon Appetit have earned mine and my colleagues’ custom.

Dan CollinsEngineer, Whelan & Grant · New Papworth Hospital

One of the points noted was that the canteen facilities on site were excellent and that your guys on site give excellent service.

David BullisEHS Manager, Lendlease · BP building project

Having had several meals over the past few months on site, I would like to congratulate you on the service and fine food.

Neil LinkProject Manager, Major Projects · AstraZeneca HQ, Cambridge
Two smiling site managers holding plates of pie and mash in a busy site canteen

A track record built on landmark projects

  • HS2
  • London 2012 Olympic Stadium
  • Crossrail
  • Westfield Stratford City
  • Elephant & Castle
  • London Underground
  • Gatwick Airport
  • New Papworth Hospital
  • AstraZeneca HQ, Cambridge
  • BBC London
  • BA Waterside
  • 20 Old Bailey
  • The Ludgate
  • Cannon Place

More than a meal

We don’t just feed sites. We lift them.

Construction is tough on body and mind. So our calendar is packed with moments that bring people together, start conversations and say thank you: social value that shows up in your reports and on people’s faces.

Bon Appetit team members with a Mates in Mind banner in a site canteen

Partnership

Mates in Mind

We’ve partnered with the mental health charity Mates in Mind, using the canteen to start the conversations that matter.

A steel band playing in a site canteen while a worker in hi-vis films on his phone

Culture

Cultural calendar days

A Caribbean feast with a live steel band, Cape Malay curry for South Africa day, a proper British roast: a new flavour every month.

Cups of strawberries and cream with a Game, Set, Match sign

Thank-you moments

Strawberries & cream, on us

Served across 14 sites for Wimbledon, alongside free fruit for Mental Health Awareness Week and free hot drinks on World Day for Safety & Health.

A smiling site worker in orange hi-vis holding a plate of fresh food

Healthy eating

High Protein Heroes

Chef-led campaigns that make the healthy choice the tasty one, with protein-packed specials through the toughest months.

A group of smiling site workers in hi-vis with a tray of free pastries

Community

Small things, big smiles

Easter treats, National Pie Week, Random Acts of Kindness Week: little surprises that keep spirits up on site.

Social value

Impact you can report

  • Local suppliers and food partners
  • Local recruitment and training
  • Community and charity partnerships
  • Wellbeing campaigns, tracked and shared
Talk social value

Our story

Family-run since 1969.

Black and white photograph from Bon Appetit’s early days: two people behind the counter of a small café
From the family album: the early days of Bon Appetit.

Tony Manzi opened a single shopfront in 1969. By 1980 there were five restaurants and cafés across central London, and a year later our very first site-catering outlet.

Today Robert and Paolo lead a team of more than 150, feeding some of the biggest projects in the country. We’re still independent, still family and still obsessed with feeding people properly.

A genuinely independent family business: big enough to give you total peace of mind, small enough to truly care.

For brands

Reach Britain’s construction workforce where they refuel.

Our site restaurants are where the workforce eats, drinks and takes a breather. Put your brand at the heart of it, on one site or across the whole network.

Unique visitors every week
25,000
Restaurant visits a year
1.3m
Average dwell time
30 min
  • Naming rights & sponsorship
  • Branded cups, napkins & bags
  • Screens, menu boards & Wi-Fi
  • Sampling & activation days
  • App, loyalty & competitions

Recent on-site activations include DeWalt, Capri-Sun, Mockingbird and Combat Coffee.

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Site workers gathered around a DeWalt tool demonstration gazebo
DeWalt activation day
Two branded coffee cups held up in front of a coffee van and queueing site workers
Two brand ambassadors beside a Capri-Sun sampling display
A chef working a flaming pan in a busy professional kitchen

Careers

Cook for the people who build Britain.

Chefs, catering assistants and unit managers: if you love feeding people properly, we’d love to hear from you. Proper training, a great team and the chance to cook on some of the UK’s biggest projects.

See current roles HR@bonappetit.co.uk

Good questions

Everything you need to know.

Can’t see your question? Call us on 020 4517 9314 and you’ll speak to someone who can actually answer it.

What size of project do you work with?

From single-compound sites to multi-site infrastructure programmes. We scale the set-up, and the team, to your headcount, shift patterns and space.

Can you provide the kitchen and equipment?

Yes. We offer a full turnkey service: design, supply and installation of the kitchen and servery, followed by the day-to-day running of a safe, compliant catering service.

Where in the UK do you operate?

Nationwide. We’re headquartered in London with an office in Birmingham, and we’re cooking on live sites from Buckinghamshire to Teesside.

How do you handle dietary requirements and allergies?

We consult with you before we open, then cater for vegetarian, vegan, paleo, allergen-free and coeliac diets every day, with full allergen information on every dish.

How is site catering paid for?

Every project is different, so we build the commercial model around your workforce, budget and welfare goals, and we’re completely transparent about how it works.

Can you cater meetings and events too?

Absolutely. From site-office breakfasts and buffet lunches to topping-out BBQs and client hospitality. Existing customers can order hospitality online.

Let’s talk

Let’s feed your site.

Tell us a little about your project and a director will come back to you personally.

  • Owner-led: speak to the people who run the business
  • A tailored proposal for your site and workforce
  • A mobilisation plan with clear timings

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