Welcome to Neil Shirt Catering Ltd

CONSULTANCY

Neil Shirt

Neil Shirt has over 25 years of experience in the food and beverage industry. He has worked in some of the most prestigious of restaurants, hotels, food halls and catering companies in both London and Dublin. He has also spent the last 6 years running his own company and comes to the table with a wealth of varied knowledge and skills, enabling him to tackle a broad capacity of projects. His extensive and diverse experience, gives him the skill set to work as professional industry consultant across the board. He has worked on projects that span across mentoring and educating, recipe and menu development, cost and margin control etc, to much larger capital projects from the concept to the opening day and beyond.

Neil Shirt worked with us as an industry consultant over a four month period. He provided consultancy to us with regards to putting together a four day pop up restaurant event, for Brancott Estate Wines, in Dublin and co-ordinated and ensured the smooth running of each evening. His contacts within the industry, and practical knowledge of how to operate such an event, were invaluable. We would not hesitate to engage his catering and consultancy services for future events.

Kerryann Conway – Conway Communications
Neil Shirt was engaged by me to review our entire food operation in Tankardstown, in a consultant capacity, to advise on cost control and ensure efficiency in all areas of food and beverage. I found his advice and clear thinking to be invaluable, bringing a wealth of experience to the table and particularly being a trained chef he understands the nuts and bolts of the business. Neil has an excellent understanding of cost control and margins and helped us at Tankardstown to stream line our operation to ensure profitability. I would have no hesitation in recommending Neil as a consultant to any food orientated business and believe he will make a very valuable contribution.

Patricia Conroy – Tankardstown House
Neil Shirt was an inspiration to us in Arboretum during the radical transformation from Mulberry’s Restaurant to Rachel’s Garden Café. His knowledge, professionalism and strong work ethic, as well as his attention to maintaining margin are qualities that we found admirable. Neil’s skills are not only visible in the food area, but also his attention to detail in front of house and in working with management to maintain salary scales ratio.

Rachel Doyle – Arboretum
We employed Neil Shirt in a consultancy capacity to assist us with the design, operation and recruitment for our café. His brief was to help us to build a business which would deliver top quality food and be profitable. He was an invaluable help, taking the time to understand our ethos and our goals. We worked together very closely on all aspects of the project and found Neil very professional and he delivered on the agreed goals. One refreshing aspect of working with him is that he is not afraid to challenge the status quo.

Bryan Maher – The Garden House