Full-Service Catering
Our kitchen, our staff, your room. Chefs on site, servers in uniform, china, glass and linen, and a timed service plan built around your evening. You greet your guests; we handle everything else.
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Covent Garden Market · Serving London since 1987
Fine dining,
wherever you gather.
Full-service catering, drop-off, corporate events and weddings from Chef Mark Kitching and the kitchen at Waldo’s on King — with four venues of our own to host it in.
- Classically trained kitchen
- Our own butcher counter in the Market
- Four venues within a block
- Menus built around your budget
What We Do
Four ways to put our kitchen on your table.
Whether we’re cooking on site for two hundred or dropping lunch at your boardroom for twelve, the food comes out of the same kitchen that serves the restaurant. There is no separate catering menu and no B‑team.
Drop Catering
Restaurant-quality food, delivered ready to serve. Hot and cold platters, individually boxed meals and full spreads set out on your table — arranged, labelled and stocked, with nothing left to do but eat.
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Corporate Events
Breakfast meetings, client lunches, board dinners, product launches and the holiday party. We work to your headcount, your run of show and your budget — and we invoice the way your finance team prefers.
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Weddings
From the rehearsal dinner through to the late-night table. Tasting first, then a menu built for both families — including the vegetarian, vegan and allergy plates that too often get treated as an afterthought.
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Mark Kitching
Chef & Owner
The Kitchen
Thirty years at the same pass.
Mark trained classically and spent his early career in fine-dining restaurants and hotels across Europe, South‑East Asia and the Middle East before settling in London.
He has run Waldo’s for more than thirty years — first as a fine-dining room, then as the bistro and wine bar that now anchors the King Street side of Covent Garden Market. The restaurant took its name from founders Jim and Ingrid Waldle, who opened it in 1987.
He also owns Mark’s Fine Meats, a few steps away in the same market. That means the beef on your plate is prime Angus — Wagyu on request — selected at his own counter, and the seafood is wild and sustainably caught. Very few caterers pick their own protein. Mark has been doing it for decades.
- TrainingClassical, with fine-dining experience in Europe, South-East Asia and the Middle East
- Experience30+ years as chef and owner of Waldo’s
- SourcingMark’s Fine Meats, Covent Garden Market — prime Angus, Wagyu on request, wild sustainable seafood
- KitchenThe same brigade that cooks the restaurant service every day
Tell us what you’re celebrating and what you’d like to spend. We’ll build the menu around both.
Where To Host It
Four rooms, all within a block.
If you don’t have a venue yet, we do. Each of these sits steps from Waldo’s, which means the food travels metres rather than kilometres — and arrives exactly as it left the pass. We’ll walk you through whichever suits your headcount.
Waldo’s on King
The room itself. Book a section or take the whole bistro, with the full wine list at hand and the kitchen a few steps from your table.
Where130 King Street, Covent Garden Market
SettingBistro and wine bar, full kitchen on site
Best forPrivate dinners, rehearsal dinners, buyouts
The Market Event Space
A bright open hall one floor above the market, with room for long banquet seating, a dance floor and a wall of windows over King Street.
WhereUpstairs at Covent Garden Market
SettingOpen hall, long tables, floor-to-ceiling windows
Best forWeddings, receptions, large seated dinners
The Sky Lounge
An open-air rooftop terrace with lounge seating and a view clear across the city — the room for a cocktail hour people talk about afterwards.
WhereAqui on King, directly across from Waldo’s
SettingRooftop terrace, open air, skyline views
Best forCocktail receptions, summer parties, launches
The Lounge Room
A double-height lounge with a bar, a billiards table and deep seating under two storeys of windows. Relaxed, indoors, built for a crowd.
WhereAqui on King, directly across from Waldo’s
SettingDouble-height lounge, bar, billiards, fireplace
Best forCorporate socials, holiday parties, birthdays
From Recent Events
A look at the plate.
Good To Know
Questions we get asked first.
Do you have a set catering menu or price list?
No. Prices move with the market, so we quote each event individually and build the menu around what you are celebrating and what you would like to spend. There is no fixed package and no minimum.
What kinds of catering do you offer?
Full-service catering with chefs and servers on site, drop catering delivered ready to serve, corporate events, and weddings.
Can you provide a venue for our event?
Yes. We can host at Waldo’s on King itself, the event space upstairs at Covent Garden Market, and the Sky Lounge or the Lounge Room in the Aqui on King building directly across the street.
Do you cater for dietary restrictions?
Yes. Vegetarian, vegan and allergy plates are built into the menu rather than added as an afterthought. Tell us the requirements when you send your enquiry.
What areas do you serve?
London, Ontario and the surrounding region. Call 519-850-8666 or send an enquiry to check your event location.
Who actually cooks our event?
Chef Mark Kitching and the same kitchen brigade that cooks the restaurant service every day. There is no separate catering menu and no second team, and the meat comes from Mark’s own butcher counter, Mark’s Fine Meats, in Covent Garden Market.
Let’s Talk
Tell us about your event.
Send us the basics and we’ll come back to you with ideas and a quote — usually the same day. There is no set package and no fixed menu; we build around what you’re celebrating and what you’d like to spend.
What we’ll ask you
- NameRequired
- Phone numberRequired
- EmailRequired
- Type of cateringRequired
- Event addressRequired
- Special requestsOptional
Takes about two minutes · We reply personally