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About us

We deliver good food – with mind and soul.

Culinary experiences that delight

We are one of Germany’s leading caterers with more than 30 years of experience in the industry. But we don’t rest on our laurels. We always have our finger on the pulse and continue to evolve by bringing sustainable and innovative catering concepts to the market. We see catering as the art of creating first-class culinary experiences every day, ensuring unforgettable moments for each and every guest. To achieve this, we combine artisan skill with passion. Our individual catering concepts are divided between Business Catering and Care Catering and are designed specifically for employees, patients and senior citizens.

Our values are what characterise us and our brand. They are synonymous with everything that is special about Klüh Catering – both within the company and in our dealings with clients.

 

We are: 

KLÜH CATERING FACTS

WHY CHOOSE KLÜH CATERING?

Part of a successful family-owned company:
This facilitates a long-term relationship with a rapid response, dedicated personal support and a sense of responsibility.

A responsible host with almost 30 years of experience:
We can ensure a reliable service thanks to our many years of experience.

Individual concepts:
We provide customised solutions to meet your needs.

A love for freshness, flavour and artisan skill:
Thanks to our passion for customer service, we can serve up something good for you as well – with mind and soul.

Strengthening the region and improving sustainability:
Working with us, you will be fostering sustainable practices in the region.



Branch management takes decisions on site:
You have a direct contact who responds flexibly and supports you. 

Flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths:
We respond rapidly to deliver your customised solutions.

Expert culinary and business support:
We work as a team to achieve quality and cost-effectiveness.

Transparency and measurability:
We report regularly on the actions we take to ensure profitability.

Tried-and-tested processes for your safety:
We ensure smooth-running workflows.

DECENTRAL OPERATING STRUCTURE

Our decentral operating structure gives us a presence throughout Germany via our network of branches, enabling us to respond flexibly to regional market requirements. In this way, we can be closer to our clients and deliver individual support.

Berlin (Hamburg regional office, Schwerin regional office)
Dresden (Halle regional office)
Düsseldorf (Dortmund regional office)
Frankfurt (Munich regional office, Stuttgart regional office)

OUR SERVICES FOR ...

We are constantly seeking out innovations and fresh ideas so that our services can deliver true added value.
Our goal is to increase our guests’ satisfaction and increase the dining numbers at our locations.

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Varied and flexible: We offer a large choice of meals and beverages for your patients in hospitals and rehabilitation centres, considering medical requirements and, of course, dietary needs based on religion and ethnic origin.
It’s your choice: We are happy to develop individual concepts for private patients, taking account of preferred mealtimes. We also offer a larger choice of dishes for each meal.

In Germany, we rank as the top caterer for clinics and hospitals (gvpraxis, May 2024).

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A healthy balanced diet is important for people of all ages. Especially in facilities for the elderly, daily catering is an important factor in improving the quality of life and boosting vitality because a balanced diet promotes both health and well-being. Our individual catering portfolio for residential care homes, homes for the elderly and assisted living facilities delivers many levels of added value.

You will find more information about our catering portfolio here.

 

 

What characterises us is our innovative and sustainable catering concepts, consistently high quality, variety and a deep understanding of our clients’ needs. It is very important to us to be transparent about our products and suppliers and to integrate the latest nutritional findings into our services.


THE THREE PILLARS OF OUR CATERING SERVICES

Our catering services are based on three pillars: culinary skill, sustainability and innovative digitalisation.

Our gastronomic ambassadors 
are responsible for discovering innovative ideas and the latest food trends while retaining popular and proven choices.

Our culinary principles
• Regional suppliers
• High-quality ingredients
• Careful selection of products on the basis of biological and ecological aspects

Creating highlights
An annual calendar of gastronomic highlights to ensure variety

Target group-specific offering
Ensuring that everyone is satisfied with tasty food

Our goal: offering a range of healthy and tasty dishes made from high-quality, regional and seasonal ingredients.

Targeted purchasing policy
As a responsible catering company, our purchasing policy is focused on high-quality, fresh, regional and seasonal ingredients, with a preference for organic and fair trade products. We maintain long-term relationships with reliable and environmentally aware suppliers and perform regular quality controls.

Food preparation
Just-in-time or finished in front of guests 

Targeted process control
• Only run dishwashers when they are fully loaded
• Water temperatures in accordance with HACCP guidelines
• Conscious use of the most efficient cooking appliance
• AI-based sales forecasts and AI waste management
• Reduction or avoidance of food warmer energy consumption

Reusable tableware
Use of reusable tableware rather than disposable packaging

Discover more about our sustainable development.

Our goal: ecologically, economically and socially sustainable development to protect the climate and minimise environmental impacts.

Networked kitchen appliances
High energy efficiency also helps to facilitate the sustainable and effective preparation of dishes

The Klüh Catering app
This is the central element of our culinary offering, providing pre-ordering, a capacity indicator, communication and guest feedback.

Digital solutions
AI-based sales forecasts optimise the purchasing process and digital AI waste management prevents food waste.

Replacing paper
Optionally, we use digital product labelling and identification.

Our goals: the more efficient use of resources, optimised and contemporary guest communication and a contribution to achieving our sustainability targets


Training and development options

Our mass catering solutions impress thanks to our creativity and artisan skills. In order to achieve this, we depend on a perfectly trained team. As one of Germany’s top 50 employers, we focus on identifying the best talents on the market and providing ongoing training and development opportunities for our in-house talents. 

THE KLÜH ACADEMY

In 2014, to optimise our employee training and development, we established our certified Klüh Academy as a complement to our existing offerings. Every employee has the opportunity to attend cross-divisional and specialist seminars.

Find out more here (German only)

THE KLÜH KITCHEN HEROES

We are training new kitchen heroes in the art of creative mass catering by introducing a kitchen specialist apprenticeship that is recognised by the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce. In this way, we are developing versatile all-rounders for the kitchen in order to address the shortage of young talents.

INSTITUTE OF CULINARY ART®

Since 2013, Klüh has been a member of the renowned Institute of Culinary Art® (ICA), a leading training and development organisation for the catering industry. Together with the ICA, we are actively addressing the shortage of skilled labour in Germany and are committed to qualifying and training our employees in both professional and commercial aspects of the industry.

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News and Insights

Current overview of developments and news -
Here we continually share exciting insights
in our cooking pots (only german language).

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