A South Wales catering business set up in the depths of the recession and committed to using locally sourced produce, has beaten off competition from major UK and international firms for the contract to operate a staff restaurant and provide in-house hospitality for more than 500 employees at Admiral’s newly opened Newport offices.

Just Perfect Catering, which is based in Bridgend, has also won two other new contracts, both with the BBC, which have helped to create 20 new jobs. One supplying specialist location catering for TV productions and the other, running the restaurant, coffee shop and hospitality catering at the new Roath Lock studios in Cardiff Bay.

The firm was founded in 2009 by husband and wife team Louise and David Owens, who wanted to create a quality catering company using the very best of Welsh produce. The firm now employs more than100 people at locations across South Wales and last year saw turnover go past £2m, an increase of more than a third (37 per cent) on the previous year.

All of their team are required to share Dave and Louise’s passion for food and are trained to understand all aspects of the produce used in the kitchens – following the food chain and meeting the producers. Just Perfect Catering works in partnership with Wales’ leading independent food wholesaler Castell Howell, to ensure that the vast majority (up to 95 per cent) of ingredients they use are sourced from Welsh suppliers.

Brian Jones, director of Castell Howell Foods said: “As its main food supplier, we're looking forward to supporting Just Perfect Catering in further growing its business and in the process firmly establishing itself as a significant player in the catering and hospitality sector within Wales. We’re particular pleased to see their commitment to using Welsh sourced products whenever possible something we’d like to see happening across the Welsh sector.”