Infinite Catering
Our Story
From a restaurant in Greenwich to weddings, corporate events, productions and private celebrations across London, Infinite Catering has been built on food, family, resilience and a refusal to give up.
Before Infinite Catering, there was Island Flavours.
We opened our Caribbean restaurant in Greenwich with one simple ambition to create a place where people could enjoy great food, feel welcome and experience the flavours we grew up around.
It quickly became more than a restaurant. We built a loyal following and a real community around the food.
Where It Started
Behind the scenes, building Island Flavas took everything we had.
Karl was working full time in plumbing during the day then heading straight to the restaurant afterwards. He would change his clothes, jump behind the counter, serve customers, clean down and help wherever he was needed before getting up the next morning and doing it all again.
Shirrel was right there beside him, running front of house, working alongside the kitchen team and helping manage the day to day running of the restaurant.
At the time, Shirrel had been working towards a future in nursing but chose to put those plans on hold to help us build something for the family.
That sacrifice became part of the foundation of everything that followed.
The Turning Point
We had staff around us but when the pressure hit, the responsibility always came back to us.
Then one day, our chefs walked out.
Suddenly there was no kitchen team.
There were customers waiting to be fed and a restaurant that still had to operate.
So we stepped into the kitchen ourselves.
Neither of us had planned to become chefs. We simply did what needed to be done.
And something happened that we never expected.
We realised we could actually cook.
Not just cook to get through a service. People genuinely loved the food.
That moment changed everything.
It taught us that sometimes you only discover what you are capable of when there is no one else there to do it for you.
Starting Again
Eventually, Island Flavas had to close.
That was difficult.
We had poured so much of ourselves into the restaurant that watching those doors close felt like losing part of what we had built together.
For a while, Shirrel was ready to walk away from the industry completely.
Karl understood why but also knew that the experience, knowledge and lessons from running the restaurant could not simply go to waste.
He said:
“We’ve come too far. We’ve learned too much from running that restaurant to let all of this go to waste. Let’s start a catering business.”
And that was the beginning of Infinite Catering.
There was no big launch.
We started again from the ground up.
Home deliveries. Local events. Market stalls. Festivals. Private parties.
Whatever opportunity came our way, we took it seriously.
One booking became another. One recommendation led to the next and slowly Infinite Catering began to grow.
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How Far We’ve Come
Today, we proudly cater for weddings, corporate events, private celebrations, festivals and productions across London and beyond.
That journey has taken us from local events and market stalls to working with West End productions including Tina: The Tina Turner Musical and Only Fools and Horses: The Musical as well as catering at venues such as Addington Palace.
But the part we are most proud of is not simply how far the business has travelled.
It is how we got here.
Infinite Catering was built through long days, difficult moments, sacrifice, lessons learned the hard way and two people deciding that one closed door did not have to be the end of the story.
What We Carry Forward
Our restaurant may have closed but everything it taught us came with us.
The hospitality.
The flavours.
The work ethic.
The importance of looking after people.
And the belief that food has the ability to bring people together.
That is what we carry into every event we cater today.
Infinite Catering is not simply the business we started after Island Flavas.
It is what we built because we refused to let the end of one chapter become the end of our story.
And we are still building.
Planning an Event?
From weddings and corporate events to private celebrations, tell us what you have in mind and we’ll create a catering proposal tailored to your occasion.