The Red Olive was founded in 2001 by Charlie Thellusson. Charlie's dream was to create restaurant quality food twinned with exceptional service. Nearly 20 years later and nothing has changed, in fact Charlie's dreams have only gotten bigger. The company has changed but the underlying idea is still present - "exceed in excellence" every time.

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The Red Olive began in 2001 when Charlie was catering for dinner parties and small weddings from the "comfort" of his own home. With a growing business and a growing family (3 blonde haired boys to be precise!) Charlie knew that things needed to change. Red Olive, now based in Derby has 5 full time members of staff, a professional kitchen and a fantastic tasting room.

Events Report

Each personalised event is over seen by our Event Managers and team of Service Staff. They are professional, smiley and bags of fun to have around! Your event will run the way that you want it to with no glass left unfilled, no need left unattended. If you love good food then you share our passion.

Helpers Report

We have handpicked a selection of our suppliers who offer brilliant service, interesting products and have a "yes" attitude to all ideas, no matter how wacky! Where would we be without you all?! With fantastic customer service, premium quality products and an excellent reputation we could not recommended them enough!

Reviews (4)

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Robert Goodall

Jul 08, 2020

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Critical: Professionalism
I walked in with "The People's" backing, requested an "oven-ready" pie, and I was told I'd have to wait. In the end they said that all they could offer was a "no-pie" and walk away. I mean really!

Dan Jones

Jul 15, 2019

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Not a company to use I'm afraid as they are happy to take part in shallow Conservative electioneering with the odious Boris Johnson.

Doc Astrov

Jun 03, 2019

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Had the Brexit Special. It was oven-ready with a blue cream sauce. I must ask Chef Boris what his secret salty ingredient was.

Mercia Marina

Jul 12, 2018

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The opening headline can only be SUPERB! We booked Red Olive to take care of the catering for our 10 year anniversary event at Mercia Marina which was to provide high quality reception food, drink and service to more than 200 VIP guests. These ranged from MP's, local Councilors, architects and high profile blue chip businesses.
Red Olive's service was outstanding as they understood the brief and gave expert advice about portions, gave great suggestions on what to serve and made site visits to ensure planning and delivery was on point.
The staff in presentation were amazing and conducted themselves

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