I’m dedicated to providing imaginative, flavourfull food for all occasions. From CanapÉ Parties to wedding breakfasts and afternoon teas.

However quirky or simple, my food will make your event special. I’m dedicated to sourcing good quality seasonal ingredients from local suppliers and using small batch high-quality producers.

stella grove

my food

Whether you are after more conventional food pairings or want to discover new flavour combinations, I can create a menu to fit the bill. Taste is a combination of sight, smell and touch and I consider all these senses when I create my food. Catering for special dietary requirements is done sympathetically; where I can, I will often include ‘Free From’ ingredients so that I can serve food options that will work for everyone. Quality and cleanliness are very important to me which is why I am particularly proud to be awarded 5 stars by the Food Standards Agency for my food hygiene rating. Here are some of the occations we cater for: Canapé parties, Weddings, Memorial Services, Private Parties and Tea Parties.

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I just wanted to say

how thrilled we were with Saturday. The food was stunning and your staff were excellent. I had so many guests comment on both of these things on the night and in the time since then. Thank you for preparing such a wonderful meal for our wedding and being such a big part of our celebration.
Best wishes,

Chrissie & Sean, August 2019

A VERY SINCERE THANKS

to you and your team for the excellent way you looked after us on Friday night. An incredible number of friends have commented already on the quality of the food, especially the beef. Also a great thank you to your staff who managed to handle a vast variety of whims from the guests.

Peter and Jan Houchin

DINNER ONCE AGAIN WAS SUPERB

everyone was so complimentary. Each course was delicious and original, the passion fruit with the duck was especially commented on.

Verity Blakeney

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU

and your team for looking after us so well on Saturday night. We have had numerous e-mails commenting on the delicious food. All your team were smiley and polite as well as being very efficient.

East Kent Hunt

WE WANTED TO SAY

a huge thank you for catering our wedding. From the tasting to the day itself, it couldn’t have been a more hassle free and fun experience. The food was wonderful and many people said it was the best wedding food they’d ever had.

Kirstyn and Will

JUST WANTED TO DROP YOU A LINE

to say a HUGE thank you for Saturday. It was such an amazing day and you and your team were fantastic. Everything went to plan and the guests could not stop talking about the food… many said it was the best wedding food they had ever had.

Sophie and Greg

JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS

our deep thanks for all you did to make Sophie & Greg’s wedding celebrations so successful. The food was incredible, the service and discretion of the staff team impeccable and the seamless management and over seeing of events by Marina second to none.

Sue (Mother of the Bride) & Paul

STELLA – WHERE DO I START?

every mouthful of food you provided for Will and Kirstyns wedding was absolutely exceptional and the presentation stunning, from the beautiful trugs to the wheelbarrows. Your ideas and flair put you at the very top and very deservedly. Your skill with flavours and your ‘new’ ideas made each morsel a sheer delight and to be savoured.

Poppy Montgomery (Mother of the Groom)

THANK YOU MOST SINCERELY

for a really delicious lunch and canapés. I don’t think there was one part of the meal that wasn’t commented on favourably by somebody! So many compliments for the presentation of the canapés (which were delicious) and a lovely idea for our ‘Lunch in the garden.’

Arthur and Annie Finn

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CATERING

at our vegan wedding. The food was better than I could have expected and all of our friends were amazed that everything was so lovely without the meat!! To me, that’s the ultimate!! Thanks for your expertise, guidance and making our day truly memorable. Please thank Marina too and everyone that helped on the day.

Vicky and Michael

STELLA CATERED OUR WEDDING

in September 2014. We couldn’t have asked for more — the food was excellent and bountiful, the service low-key but attentive, and every single guest commented on how much they enjoyed the food. Ahead of the day itself, Stella and Marina were extremely helpful in helping us decide on the right menu for the occasion.

Kelly and Matt Stevens

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU

so much for the splendid catering at my party yesterday evening. The food was absolutely delicious and everyone commented on it. The canapés were a perfect way to start the evening and were beautifully presented. The Paella was excellent and just right on a lovely sunny evening.

Jane Carey-Harris

WE JUST WANTED TO SEND

our biggest THANK YOU!!!!! for doing our food for our wedding at Preston Court! It really was absolutely incredible food – absolutely perfect! We had such a wonderful day and the food really made it. You did a fantastic job feeding all our hungry guests and they LOVED it! I can’t believe (well I can!) how many people we have had raving about how great it was and that it was the best wedding food they have ever had. I think people will be talking about that caramel and chocolate tart for months to come! I was completely in a whirl on the day so also thank you for running everything so smoothly and setting up the tables how we wanted.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY

thank you and well done for all your efforts. The food as always was delicious, especially the salmon and ham. They went so well with the wine I had chosen to accompany them. I also wanted to thank you for the extra effort you put in to ensure that the marquee was ready on time, as you may have been aware guests started turning up at 10.45am and I am glad to say that we were ready for them. Please thank and congratulate your team on the wonderful service they provided. Many compliments have been passed to me on the food you served which goes a long way to make for a successful day. I look forward to working with you again on another event.

Event Planner

WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH

From the moment you arrived, it was light hearted, professional and calm, where I noticed perfect instruction from the top. And so it continued. The pleasent ‘girls and guys’ circulated the canape’s beautifully, totally unrushed.We then sat down to your colourful and very delicious main course, beef and salads to share. They were excellent. The pause before dessert, perfect, pistachio and lemon tart with strawberries and raspberry coulis delish! Good ample slices and so yummy! Our greatest thanks.

I can’t thank you enough

for the amazing food you provided for our wedding at Boxley. You were absolutely amazing right from the start and really helped reduce my stress levels with your calmness and reassuring presence. So many of our guests spoke about how much they enjoyed all the food and how beautifully it was presented. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for playing such a key role in making our day perfect.
Lots of love.

Chloe, August 2019

JUST WANTED TO SAY

a massive thank you for Saturday night. The food was very impressive and above my expectations! So thank you, I had lots of lovely complements from my friends too. And the service was great, I really didn’t think about a thing after I sat down. So thanks for helping make my special event perfect!

Julie Oakman

Thank you so much

for making our party such a success. It was such fun and all made possible by you and your lovely team.
Dinner on Friday was the best ever and so beautifully presented and delivered by your smiling staff.
Saturday was utterly delicious and everyone loved it.
Sunday lunch was another triumph with lovely food and so well laid out.

Fiona, June 2019

It is difficult to know where to start

and how to thank you sufficiently for the most perfect weekend at Maydeken in May. Every single part of the catering was just perfect. The fish pies and salads on Friday to the extravaganza on Saturday followed by the delicious quiches to cure all hangovers on Sunday! I have had so many compliments on the food from all out guests, so we know they all completely loved it too!
Your team were amazing too. Each of them was so friendly, helpful, professional and fun. It really meant that Einar and I just had the best day we could have imagined, and it is all down to you.
Hopefully see you soon in Kent.
With All our love.

Alice & Einar, May 2019

We just wanted to thank you

so much for a tremendous job yesterday. The food was delicious and the staff were delightful.
We will try and organise some events so we can use you again but no weddings in the offing yet!
Once again many thanks.

Jan & Henry, September 2018

I cannot thank you enough

for making my 80th Birthday Lunch such a success. All my guests said, ‘they never had such a superb lunch in a private home.’ What a compliment to you, and I entirely agree. You and dear Karen were stars. Very, very professional and not a bit of stress!
With love from.

Caroline, May 2018

a HUGE THANK YOU

to you and your fabulous team. Last night went so well and we’ve had lots of lovely messages. The food was totally delicious, and the cocktails worked brilliantly – also everything was left spotlessly clean which is hugely appreciated! Until the next time!!

Sophie, October 2018

THANK YOU SO MUCH

for absolutely delicious food at our wedding!!
Everyone said how yummy it was! Also, your staff were really great and couldn’t do more to help us and all of out guests!
The day went off without a hitch which was certainly a credit to you and all your advice and hard work!
Lots of love.

Mr & Mrs W Fox, Sept 2017

Hello from Rio! We wanted

to send a note ASAP to say an enormous thank you for what was the most amazing wedding of ALL TIME! Your food was absolutely 1st class / 5* / Michelin * / BRILLIANT!! The Canapes, Beef and puddings were beyond what we could have dreamed of having at our wedding day and your team were fantastic from start to finish. Sending Brazilian love and thanks once again for absolutely everything.

Will & Pam, September 2017

everything you prepared for us

was a delight, not only to the palate, but also to the eye. We had an incredible time with you and your staff. You really made our day very special!

Emmanuelle & Joaquim, June 2017

Judy and I just cannot thank you enough

for the PERFECT LUNCH you gave us all yesterday. The menu was a delight with unusual things beautifully prepared & presented to such a very high standard. Everybody commented how delightful & interesting it all was to have the choices you made. Please do thank all your staff for the very professional way they looked after everybody,…and cleared up afterwards!

Chris & Judy, February 2017

Thank you so much

for the wonderful food at out wedding. Everyone has commented on how delicious it was. You went a long way to ensure our special day truly was everything we could have wanted! Yourself and all your team were absolutely seamless. Thank you so much!
With much love and good wishes.

Emily & Dan, August 2016

Another shoot weekend has come and gone,

this one turned out to be a bit less frenetic, fewer guests and family but very special indeed and it’s your input that is key to making it so special, thank you. On Friday our little party of six loved being in the kitchen, a chefs table environment, enjoying the sights, sounds and smells of you cooking up our delicious meal, you are right the guinea fowl was fabulous, the jus, veg and especially the rosti a perfect flavour, texture balance, you nailed it. Saturday was adventurous, a little different and sophisticated, equally delicious and perfect after our day of being out and about in the countryside. Thank you very much again it is such a special treat to have you come to cook for us, I love it!

Carol, November 2016

It has been very remiss of me

to take so long to thank you and your staff so much for making Lucy and Neil’s special day and our “do” on Sunday so fantastic. The two days were made so much more relaxing knowing we were in such good hands. The food and canapes were superb on both days and we have received masses of complimentary comments (on your behalf!). Your staff were all charming and efficient and we in the family were all able to relax and enjoy everything ourselves in the knowledge that everything was in such good hands.. Please thank them on my behalf when you have an opportunity. I hope that you found everything running smoothly at your end! Weren’t we lucky with the two days? It doesn’t bear thinking about what it would have been like if it had been during that thunder, lightning and torrential rain a few days later. Many thanks again (and also from Lucy and Neil who are now on honeymoon) for looking after us so brilliantly. Every good wish.

Peter, August 2015

I PASS ON EXCELLENT FEEDBACK

ranging from general praise for the food to ‘Stella excelled’, ‘Stella exceeded herself’, etc. Several people also commented on the speed of service !! One gentleman was exceedingly complimentary about speed of service and quality of food. He thought that you had the right audience for an outstanding impression. Everyone continues to rave about your beef plus comments ‘So much better than the standard ham, chicken or salmon’! Well done.

Anonymous, Sept 2015

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU

for the wonderful catering experience you provided on Saturday for the celebration of my deceased wife, Gill. The food was exquisite and was exactly what was required. It was professionally and lovingly created and delivered by your wonderfully helpful and charming team. The guests commented time and time again about the quality of the food and how much they enjoyed it. I will certainly ask for your services again should I require catering for a large group of people and I will most definitely recommend you to anyone who needs a caterer.

Andy, August 2021

STELLA ABSOLUTELY MADE OUR WEDDING

with the most delicious and imaginatively presented food. There was also not even a hint of concern when our best man’s exuberant speech delayed the starters by over an hour! Perfect.

Rob and Anna

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH

It was exactly as we wanted it… and the food was amazing. Also a big thank you to your staff, who were wonderful, friendly and only too happy to help. It was an amazing day, can’t believe it’s over so quickly!!!

Liberty and Mike

YOU WERE GREAT ON SATURDAY

Thank you so much. The Gravalax, the Lamb and the roulade were AMAZING! What a treat it was. you made it such an evening for John and I. So lovely for me as I had some of my oldest friends staying. We have had some lovely letters all commenting how scrummy the food was. It was Mitchelin star! A huge thank you!

Miranda Stainton

HUGE BIG ENORMOUS THANKS

for producing such wonderful food for my party. I know how hard you must have worked and it was so much appreciated. Not only by us but by everyone there that night. We have had some fabulous letters all saying ‘how much they enjoyed the Thai food’. Also my birthday cake was just perfect. You really are a star!

Penny Whittington

WE JUST WANT TO SAY A HUGE ‘THANK YOU’

for the part you played in making her birthday party so special. We were absolutely delighted with the food you produced which was really delicious. Many guests commented on it and as several of them dine in some very smart places, I consider their endorsements huge compliment to you and your team.

David and Anne-Marie Innes

STELLA WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH

From the moment you arrived, it was light hearted, professional and calm, where I noticed perfect instruction from the top. And so it continued. The pleasent ‘girls and guys’ circulated the canape’s beautifully, totally unrushed.We then sat down to your colourful and very delicious main course, beef and salads to share. They were excellent.

Chrissy Berry

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU

and well done for all your efforts.  The food as always was delicious, especially the salmon and ham.  They went so well with the wine I had chosen to accompany them. I also wanted to thank you for the extra effort you put in to ensure that the marquee was ready on time.

 

Marsha Whiteway, Lord Mayor's Office

WE JUST WANTED TO SEND YOU OUR BIGGEST THANK YOU!

for doing our food for our wedding at Preston Court! It really was absolutely incredible food – absolutely perfect! We had such a wonderful day and the food really made it. You did a fantastic job feeding all our hungry guests and they LOVED it! I can’t believe (well I can!) how many people we have had raving about how great it was and that it was the best wedding food they have ever had…

Abi and Adam

A VERY SINCERE THANKS TO YOU

and your team for the excellent way you looked after us on Friday night. An incredible number of friends have commented already on the quality of the food, especially the beef. Also a great thank you to your staff who managed to handle a vast variety of whims from the guests, including what must have been over 50% who wanted drinks other than champagne. Again so very much appreciated all the effort that you all put in.

Peter and Jan Houchin

WE WANTED TO SAY HOW VERY IMPRESSED

we were by your food and service you and your team provided on Sunday. We received so many compliments from our guests on the variety of the canape’s and how beautiful they were presented. The descreet delivery was unobtrusive – you waitresses are obviously experts! Altogether it made a very happy occasion.

Jennifer and Malcolm Davies

STELLA, THANKS SO MUCH

for a fantastic job… you and the girls were wonderful; the food was delcious and the service was impeccable!!

Vicky

STELLA, THANK YOU SO MUCH

for all your hard work on Sunday in such adverse conditions! You came in full of enthusiasm, armed with such trays of prepared goodies – were calm and organised and provided as one friend wrote ‘the best presented canape’s I have ever seen – the floral touches were exquisite’.

Poppy Montgomery

THANK YOU SO MUCH YET AGAIN

for all you did to make Sarah’s wedding such a lovely, happy and special occasion. Your cheerful willingness to deal with all the demands and your effeiciency to acheiving the ‘impossible’ was a real joy to behold. I am only sorry that I have no more daughter’s for you to pander to on their ‘special day’!

Colin Caverhill

I HAVE NEVER HAD SO MANY EMAILS

and pats on the back for a Christmas Party as I have had this year! Everyone without exception enjoyed it. ‘The best food ever’ was one emailed comment – so you have been well appreciated! Stella, it was a most enjoyable party and your food was terrific.

David Hall, Furley Page Solicitors

JUST WANTED TO SAY A HUGE

THANK YOU for the scrumptious food you produced on our wedding day. So many guests said it was the best food that they had ever tasted at a wedding. Absolutely delcious! Especially as the speeches ran on a bit, the lamb was so tender!

Sara and Alex

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU

very much for an excellent wedding breakfast – much appreciated by everyone there. the food was great and the service first class – thank you for contributing to Rachel and Ron’s ‘Big day’.

Ann Barnes

STELLA’S DELICIOUS AND IMAGINATIVE

cooking has made our holiday a joy. Every meal is a masterpiece and she presents the table beautifully. She is extremely conscientious and hardworking. Her talents are limitless, and is an asset to whatever situation she is in. I would recommend her for any occasion.

Dame Joan Collins

STELLA, I JUST WANTED TO SAY

that I have had many complimentary letters about both the food and the service at my birthday party, so I wanted to pass on the thanks to you and your team.

Damian Green, MP

STELLA, YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB

for Tim’s 60th. Not only are you totally professional, you also proved yourself unflappable, a great strength. Your canapés were brilliant and your buffet supper for 110 was delicious. Everything ran like clock work, and people have gone on talking about your chocolate pudding.

Jenny Hulme

WOW, HOW DO YOU WORK SO WELL

as a team – a real group of professionals – great job, well done. We could not of had better food, service or atmosphere!

David

STELLA, I’VE NEVVER HAD

such gorgeous consistent high quality food and service, it was 7 star treatment to have each of our preferences quietly and professionally remembered.

Francesca

WHAT AN EXCELLENT CHEF YOU ARE!

Delicious menus, and the canapés are a dream! Thank you for a memorable gourmet trip.

Jane and Bruce

STELLA’S MENUS WERE IMAGINATIVE

and very intricate. Her standards of cooking were excellent, and she was flexible to change pre-arranged menus to suit our requirements. She has very high standards, well organized and kept the kitchen very clean and tidy. We would have no hesitations in recommending Stella and we would certainly be interested in using her services again.

G C.Beazely

IT WAS AMAZING ON SATURDAY

You did the most fabulous job – thank you very much indeed. The food and the whole thing were just awesome. Thank you hugely. Paul Hollywood said the food was amazing!! High praise indeed.

Laura Plumtre

A HUGE THANK YOU

to you and your charming and efficient team for making a special birthday weekend even more special with the delicious and imaginative variety of canapés, exquisitely presented and seamlessly served – ‘better than anything Fortnum & Mason’s ever produced’ was one of the many praiseworthy and appreciative comments we received.

Nikki Griffith

CONGRATULATIONS!

Thank you for making Saturday so very successful with your fine cuisine, culinary expertise and excellent service, and for Heather’s very efficient and friendly service. All my guests appreciated everything equally so your menu, quality and presentation of the food as well as your organization and management in an unfamiliar kitchen.

Monica Morrison

ONE WEEK ON AND

we are still receiving the most wonderful thank you cards from friends who joined us for Gerry’s 60th Birthday, and they always say; what a fabulous meal! A huge big thank you to you and your first rate and extremely professional team for producing an excellent celebratory lunch, everything was really delicious and stunningly presented, as our chef trained son commented it was ‘nailed’.

Carol Pack

YOUR FOOD WAS AMAZING

lots of lovely letters saying how delicious and beautifully presented your food was. We were all so delighted, so a very big thank you.

Jan Bax

YOU WERE BRILLIANT ON FRIDAY

in every single way. Your food was delicious and looked attractive. The staff were highly efficient and so kind and helpful. We have received may comments about how good the meal was. Thank you for your patience and oh so helpful advice.

Scilla Wright

WE JUST WANT TO SAY

a very heartfelt thank you for the truly spectacular, incredible food you made for our wedding. We can’t believe you pulled off such an amazing menu for so many people off to Perfection! To top it off, brunch was amazing the next day and rounded it all off perfectly. Also, your staff were BRILLIANT!

Simon and Lucy

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