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Garsington Studios Catering Partnership Opportunity for the 2026 Season onwards

Garsington Studios, the headquarters of Garsington Opera and home of a world-class, purpose-built rehearsal and performance studio, is seeking a partner to deliver internal catering services for the 2026 season onwards.

Primarily this will be for cast and crew and mainly between April and July, however there is an opportunity for an experienced and dynamic caterer to work alongside the Garsington team and help build a year round events business.

We are imagining a locally based operator who could utilise The Studios kitchen and café spaces as their base. Whilst the quality of the offer and reputation of Garsington Opera is of paramount importance, we seek an operator who can take ownership of food and beverage. We propose working together to craft a partnership arrangement which will provide internal catering services (paid for by Garsington Opera) and incentivise the caterer to deliver existing and indeed capture new business.

We wish to meet with potential partners in January 2026 with a view to appointing the successful caterer to commence in March 2026.
Within The Studios there is a well-equipped kitchen and servery which can be used by the caterer. There is a combination oven, induction range, refrigeration, microwave, tabling, blast chiller, preparation sinks and a servery.

If this partnership is of interest to you, then please contact Christopher Barber; chris@christopherbarber.me.uk for more information and an initial call to talk through further.

Thank you for your interest in working with Garsington Opera. There are currently no vacancies. For future opportunities please check back as all opportunities to join the Garsington Opera team will be advertised here.

As a seasonal festival, each year there are various opportunities to work at Garsington Opera both on and off the stage in a wide variety of roles. To find out more about how to apply for these opportunities, please see our Seasonal Roles page.

Each year, we offer a week of intensive work experience for a limited number of young people between the ages of 16 and 18.  It’s a great chance to find out how a producing theatre works and to highlight the many career opportunities in producing and making shows, in our case particularly opera.  This year our available work experience week of 13 – 17 July 2026.

This intensive experience covers a full range of departments across the organisation, offering the opportunity to learn how a theatre/opera business works and how all departments contribute to the company’s overall delivery of Opera.  There will be opportunities to shadow various departments: Marketing, Learning & Participation, Company / Artist Management and backstage technical departments.

As part of this opportunity you will:

• Connect with creative industry professionals across various roles in the sector
• Discover the extensive range of career opportunities within a theatre/opera company
• Understand and learn the key skills required in the workplace: listening, speaking, problem solving, creativity, teamwork and staying positive

If you are interested in joining us for a week of introduction in opera, please complete the online form, and we will be in contact in due course. Closing date for our 2026 work experience offering is 31st January 2026.

Apply now