CH&CO and Vacherin join forces

CH&CO has announced that Vacherin has joined its catering businesses

CH&CO has announced that Vacherin has joined its catering businesses.

Vacherin, based in London’s Hatton Garden, has a turnover of £30m and 45 operations across London working with a range of clients.

Vacherin was founded in 2002 by Mark Philpott and Clive Hetherington and they were joined in 2006 by Phil Roker, who became managing director of the business in 2016. All three owners will continue to be involved and retain a financial interest. Roker will continue as managing director and clients will still be working with the same team.

Clive Hetherington, Vacherin’s executive finance director,said: “Now as part of CH&CO, Vacherin benefits from the support of a larger business to help us address some of the challenges a growing company like ours faces, particularly in areas like technology and systems, and these will help enhance our administration processes.”

This addition to CH&CO Group sees the company expand its portfolio significantly and adds over 600 employees to the wider team.

Bill Toner, CEO of CH&CO, said: “I would like to extend a very warm welcome to Mark, Clive, Phil and the whole Vacherin team. Vacherin has achieved significant success and has been a strong operator in the London market for many years. While it is very much business as usual, this next stage for both Vacherin and CH&CO will be about giving the combined business the resources to perform even more effectively in this very competitive marketplace and sharing innovation and tactics to help us all become stronger and deliver exceptional food and service to our clients.”