Sodexo Live! lands five-year partnership with Lancashire Cricket at Emirates Old Trafford
Claire Morris (Sodexo Live! UK CEO), Daniel Gidney (Lancashire Cricket CEO) and Andy Hare (Sodexo Live! Executive Head Chef)
Sodexo Live! is pleased to announce it has secured a five-year contract with Lancashire Cricket at Emirates Old Trafford.
The agreement includes the delivery of the catering for conference & events as well as match day hospitality.
Sodexo Live! plans to build a strong casual workforce of approximately 150 from the Greater Manchester/North West area, contributing to the local economy and community.
The food will be overseen by Sodexo Live! executive head chef Andy Hare, who will undertake a culinary training programme with Lancashire Cricket’s current chefs.
This will include opportunities for them to train and develop at some of the other venues Sodexo Live! partners with, enabling them to bring back new and exciting ideas, as well as a potential trip to Paris to Lenôtre Culinary School. The school, which is owned by Sodexo Live! specialises in culinary arts, baking, pastry, restaurant management and Sommelier skills.
New items on the menu will have a regional flare including ingredients from local suppliers across Greater Manchester, Lancashire and the North West. Example new hospitality dishes include:
- Tandoori spiced cornfed chicken: Bombay spiced fondant potato, glazed garden vegetables, Maharashtrian butter Masala sauce and coriander oil
- Crispy hake ‘Kyiv’: Panko breaded line-caught fillet of hake, filled with wild garlic, caper and shallot butter, finished with sauteed Ormskirk ruby potatoes and watercress salad
- Baked Keralan aubergine: Tikka spiced vegetables, paneer, Bombay spiced fondant potato, Maharashtrian butter Masala sauce
- Glazed Cardamom & Saffron custard tart: nutmeg Chantilly, yoghurt sorbet, crushed pistachio
Social impact sits at the heart of Sodexo Live! and through its food offering it will make a difference by working with social enterprises such as Change Please and Half the Story Biscuits.
Change Please is a well-established coffee brand that works with the homeless to give them employment and training opportunities to build a better life.
Half the Story Biscuits is similar, where it creates job roles within its bakery for those who have also experienced homelessness.
Working together, Sodexo Live! and Emirates Old Trafford – which has undergone a £75 million redevelopment over the last 15 years - will introduce exciting and diverse menus designed to elevate the dining experience, across both hospitality and conference & events held at the venue.
The teams will work together for the first time at this weekend’s sold out IT20 fixture at Emirates Old Trafford between England and Australia.
We are absolutely delighted to partner with Lancashire Cricket. This collaboration represents a fantastic opportunity to bring our food expertise in event catering and hospitality to one of the North West of England’s most iconic global venues.
Furthermore, we feel incredibly proud to be selected as the club’s first ever Official Culinary Partner in its 160-year history. We thank Lancashire Cricket for putting its trust in us as our Experience Makers plan to deliver a standout service.
We are committed to creating an exceptional stadium experience for fans and visitors, ensuring that every match day and event is memorable for visitors regionally and from across the world. Our team is eager to begin this exciting journey and contribute to the continued success of Lancashire Cricket and Emirates Old Trafford.