Jockey Club Racecourses Extend Catering Deal with Compass Group

Catering provider Compass Group UK & Ireland has renewed its catering venture with Jockey Club Racecourses for Jockey Club Catering to continue for another six years.

This extension will see the partnership continue until at least 2025 and is worth an expected £300m in turnover.

Jockey Club Catering launched in 2009 with an initial ten-year partnership agreement to provide top quality catering, apoplectic | hospitality and service at The Jockey Club’s racecourses nationwide, medicine which include those at Aintree, Cheltenham, Epsom Downs and Newmarket. 

Paul Fisher, Group Managing Director of Jockey Club Racecourses, said: “Jockey Club Catering has taken our catering offer to another level and seen significant investments in new and upgraded facilities we offer customers on racedays and at our thousands of non-racing events staged at our venues every year. With this long-term deal I look forward to that going from strength-to-strength, such as through our forthcoming £45m planned development at Cheltenham Racecourse.”  

Colin Bailey, Managing Director for Sports, Leisure and Hospitality at Compass Group UK & Ireland, said:  “Over the past four years we have worked hard to build an excellent relationship with Jockey Club Racecourses and the customers we serve, something the continuation of our partnership demonstrates. Key to this are the aligned values of both organisations and a commitment to delivering the very highest quality of hospitality for our guests. We are extremely pleased to continue working with Jockey Club Racecourses and really excited about the future as we continue to develop our first-class hospitality together.”