Experience matters. So does how you make people feel.
Indulgence was founded in 2000 by Anthony and Jo Robinson.
Anthony’s career began in the kitchens of the Savoy and the Dorchester, before taking him into Michelin starred restaurants in France. Jo brought a background in food marketing and business development, together with a belief that still sits at the heart of the business today: how you feed people says something about how you value them.
That philosophy has shaped everything we have built since.
Twenty five years later, we still believe the best hospitality is personal. It should feel generous, thoughtful and completely authentic to the people at the centre of it. It is why we remain closely involved in every event, from the first conversation to the final detail.
We have never believed that growth should come at the expense of what makes a business special. For us, it means protecting the craft, the relationships and the feeling behind every experience we create.
Every brand needs a symbol that means something. Ours is the artichoke.
It is not an arbitrary choice. The artichoke has carried meaning for centuries. It has long been linked with hospitality and abundance and In the language of flowers it symbolises hope and prosperity.
At the centre of every artichoke; if you peel it back far enough, reveals a heart. Which is, in the end, what every great event comes down to.
We chose it because it reflects how we work. There is more here than is immediately visible. The layers are the preparation, the sourcing, the relationships, the years of accumulated knowledge that go into every event before a single plate leaves the kitchen.
The heart is what we are working towards; the moment your guests sit down, look at what is in front of them, and feel that someone has genuinely cared about the result.
Anthony is still involved in every menu we create. It means every event we take on is one we have decided, deliberately, to take on. It means we have said no to briefs that did not suit us, and that we are glad to have done so.
It also means that when you work with Indulgence, you are working with the people who started it and with a team that has been building its knowledge, its supplier relationships and its understanding of what makes an event genuinely good for a very long time.
Sourcing
We cook from the farms, the waters and the seasons of Great Britain. We have spent 25 years building relationships with the growers, fishmongers and producers we trust and trust matters more than any other criterion when it comes to the raw materials of a meal.
We use biodegradable disposables where disposables are needed. We source seasonally and reduce waste where we can. These are not marketing positions. They are how we have always worked.
Part of something larger
Indulgence is part of The Kitchen & Co Collective.
A family of complementary event hospitality businesses founded over 25 years ago and based in Oxfordshire. The Collective includes embedded venue kitchen partnerships and a hospitality consultancy alongside Indulgence, forming a group that no single-brand competitor in this region can replicate. Explore The Kitchen & Co Collective →