Imagination Food Design

Imagination Food Design is an outside catering company based at the Old Grey club just off Mount Rd in Port Elizabeth and is owned by Dean Dickinson. The Company specializes in product launches, store openings, onsite film crew catering, sushi themed parties, conferencing, canapé parties, fine dining dinners and lunches. High profile finger food and specialized weddings, year end functions, boardroom lunches, picnic baskets, sporting events.

We can cater for anything from private dinners for 20 to parties of up to 2000 sit down.

Our focus is attention to detail and taste. Our team of chefs are passionate about food.

The Owner Dean Dickinson spent seven years working in London and has had the opportunity to cater for some of the most prestigious events in the UK including the British film awards, The Royal box at Wimbledon, The Chelsea Flower Show, the Common Wealth Games in 2002, as well as Celebrate South Africa, catering for 32000 pax over two days. Dean was executive head chef for Goldman Sachs Fleet Street and Development chef for Canapés Direct in London. He was also Executive head chef for Department of Trade and Industries and has spent time working in Harrods Georgian restaurant, amongst others in London.

Some of our key clients include:

• VW Uitenhage KEY Account outside catering new launches VW director’s weakly lunch. Opening of the Auto pavilion Opening new paint shop Hand over sponsor for Freshly Ground Morocco swallows lunches
• Celine Dion concert March 2008 International crew and Celine’s personal catering
• So you think you can dance onsite crew catering
• New Holland Launch of their Earth moving equipment range 2008
• 17 Quarter shopping centre Opening launch 2007
• Kings Court shopping centre Opening Launch 2007
• VW South Africa VIP catering in PE Launch of Audi A4
• Investec Bank various catering throughout the year
• Standard Bank various catering throughout the year
• FNB various catering throughout the year
• Nedbank Marathon 2006
• MTN various events
• Pam Golding Estate Agents 2007 Awards evening held at Maritime motors
• Coega Development Corporation 2007/2008 signing of the aluminum smelter deal lunch
• Opening of the new Coega Offices 2008 attended by the deputy president
• SABC Road show 2006/2007 500 pax Grahamstown
• BASF various catering throughout the year
• BMW launch of new X5 BMW 250 canapé party
• South African Breweries Launch Peroni Beer
• Nelson Mandela bay metro various catering throughout the year
• SA Tourism 2007 Sit down dinner 250 pax 2007
• Official caterers for Iron Man 2007 1800 pax sit down meal