Chef Carl Thomson has spent a decade creating fabulous feasts for guests in five star chalets in the Alps, feeding hundreds of partygoers at events scattered over the fields of Dorset and creating foodie delights in gastro pubs across Wiltshire.

It followed a natural progression when he launched his own Blandford-based catering company, The Dorset Food Co in 2019 to provide catering solutions to weddings and events using food and drink produced, grown, reared and made right here in Dorset.

And of course, being based in Blandford, Carl is able to spend more time with his other passions – his wife Vicki and children, Theo and Matilda.

Carl said: “I love the ability to make people happy with food, bringing people together with food while also meeting the largest most eclectic group of people in and around our community. Our aim and our only goal is to supply the people of Dorset with fantastic, tasty, wholesome food directly from their own doorstep!”

“I’m completely flexible when it comes to menus and meal choices and actively encourage brides, grooms and clients to create their own bespoke menus. Currently we offer a brilliant selection of fantastic food options, some of our most popular options are our Dorset beef burger, our vegan cauliflower and pepper Keralan curry and of course our skin on rosemary and garlic fries!”

During the latest lockdown, Carl decided put down his apron at The Dorset Food Co and volunteered at his local surgery. He said: “I had a lot more free time to keep myself busy so I’ve been volunteering my time at the local GP surgery providing patient transport, picking up prescriptions for Volunteer Dorset as well as being an NHS steward at the mass vaccine clinic in Salisbury.”
Now, as restrictions have started to ease, Carl will be bringing his food truck to Dorset’s myriad of villages for takeaways.”

“I hope over the next few weeks or so as lockdown measures continue to ease that I will be able to get out on the truck and offer limited takeaway food to our local villages. Over the next 12-18 months, small businesses like mine and many others in Dorset, especially those in the catering and hospitality sector will need as much continued support as they can from their local community. If we all continue to shop and support local, this will in turn enable us all to survive and thrive.”

Follow The Dorset Food Co on Facebook & Instagram at @thedorsetfoodco or find out more at thedorsetfoodco.co.uk.

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