Our Objectives

We have been involved in the catering industry for many years and we understand the strains many venues go through when trying to book staff for events. KACHMI Events are here to provide staff for such occasions.  We are mainly active in London and the surrounding areas and specialise in both retail bars and kiosks, food outlets, hospitality waiting staff & bar staff along with team leaders, supervisors, hosts & hostesses and promotions staff. 

We also have a team of specially selected elite retail supervisors and managers who get to travel around the country working at the venues they love.

The staff are what make KACHMI Events a success and that's why we focus on ensuring the staff are trained and confident in their job role, and above all they actually ENJOY working for us.  After all, its the enjoying of work that helps enforce one of our key sayings; 'a smile is part of the uniform!'

We are not huge, we are not a worldwide, global organisation, instead we are focused on having the right quality, not quantity, of staff to provide superior events staffing.

Family Traditions

The company was originally a family company founded by a father, son and daughter.  The word 'KACHMI' in KACHMI Events derives from the collaboration of the original founders' names; Karen, Christopher & Michael.  It has grown and grown over time and is now a successful staffing agency, particularly active in London and the surrounding areas. 

Both Karen & Christopher had vast experience in the catering industry. Karen had worked in corporate hospitality at venues such as Reuters and The Bank of America in Canary Wharf, along with years of experience in hotels.  Christopher, a successful self employed bars manager, worked around the country at numerous sports & leisure sites, working both hospitality and taking on the booming retail aspects of the business at events such as The Grand National at Aintree Racecourse and The Ryder Cup.  Michael was an Economist and noticed that as the recession arrived, it was becoming quickly apparent that while many industries were suffering, the catering, especially in the sports & leisure industry, still seemed to be holding up well in comparison.  Although people were budgeting and cutting down on many of life's luxuries, eating out and going out still appeared to be something that people budgeted for.  However, the corporate hospitality aspect of the industry did appear to suffer and many managers complained that it was extremely expensive and difficult to find, recruit and train new employees that met their expectations.

As a result, Karen, Christopher & Michael came together and the idea of KACHMI Events was born, with each using their own area of experience and expertees to address exactly this issue. Karen and Christopher carefully started building a file with candidates they personally selected and further trained in the industry that they could refer without having to worry.  Each member of staff was moulded and brought to a certain standard before any venue would be supplied with them.  This is a standard of quality that KACHMI Events still prides itself on today.

In the beginning, bar staff were sent to two racecourses in Southern England, they were checked in, continuously monitored and staff were assessed throughout the day.  The feedback received was that the staff were "visibly happy in their role and comprehensively outperformed many of the 'regular staff'".

It is from there onwards that word was spreading about the quality of staff provided by KACHMI Events.  Karen, Christopher & Michael then started receiving phone calls from different venues enquiring about the availability of one or more members of staff to come and work there too.

Since then, KACHMI Events has evolved into a company with several employees specialising in the following areas:

• Retail Bar Staff
• Retail Food Assistants
• Hospitality Bar Staff
• Hospitality Waiting Staff
• Box Waiting Staff
• Food & Drinks Runners
• Promotional & Cloakroom staff

KACHMI Events has always maintained the high level of standard of its employees to this day and ensures that the staff are equipped with the knowledge and enthusiasm to go and enjoy their day at work. 

Towards the end of 2011, the staff were treated to a night out at The O2 Arena to toast the end of a remarkable year in 2011, which went down a storm and was a just reward for all their hard work.