Established in 1989, Felix Unite Catering, now trading as The Food Lab, have served up the most tempting & wholesome culinary selections, in some of the most remote and the most sophisticated of locations. We have garnered a credible reputation and amassed a wealth of experience, in the highly competitive national and international film and stills industry. We have delivered premium on-set or on-location catering and craft, with an emphasis on service-excellence, professionalism and passion.

The Food Lab is also in the business of developing creative menus for a multitude of corporate occasions and large-scale music concerts. We work in close collaboration with you to create and adapt menus to suit your budget and catering requirements for your crew, VIP guests and performers. Our menu's and food preparation styles place emphasis on fresh and wholesome food. Everything that we do is underpinned by our mission to deliver exceptional service, by always paying attention to the finest detail.

The Food Lab is management owned and run, ensuring that our major role players in the business are hands-on, providing complete accountability in a business run by knowledgeable, dedicated and enthusiastic food connoisseurs.

The Food Lab has prepared food in the most remote and most sophisticated of locations. From our premises in Ottery and with our fully equipped Mobile Kitchen Unit we can cater for all kinds of occasions just about anywhere. We have a large selection of menus and these can be adapted to suit your culinary or dietary requirements. For your convenience our prices include all equipment, chairs linen and crockery. Once you have contacted us you can be assured that every aspect of your catering requirements will be taken care of. Having catered for the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Angelina Jolie and Will Smith - our reputation precedes us and several industry references will vouch for our creative, capable and customer focused catering services.

     
     


Our experience in location catering in the film industry has equipped us with the know-how and first hand knowledge of planning our location and menus to suit any location or event.

     
     
 


Food Lab offers location catering for local and international film crews from pre-production, through shoot and to post-production. Our years of experience in this deadline driven business, means that we understand and appreciate the nature and demands of the industry.

     
     
 


Based on our credible track record in the film industry, The Food Lab has had more opportunity to cater for corporate functions. Our versatility and years of experience in catering under some testing circumstances, puts us in good stead to rise to any challenge.

 

 
 
 

““Thank you for the amazing spread your crew put on for our first day of shooting on the Peugeot T72 catalogue job. The lunch was awesome and our clients were really impressed by the variety and quality of the food provided..."
Gigi Potter – Philo Films

 

 

 

IPL FLOAT PARADE 2009

The Food Lab secured catering for all the IPL teams on Thursday 16 April 2009 before the start of the float parade through the streets of Cape Town.

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