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Now in our fourth year as the exclusive hospitality provider, Dean & McPherson delivers a comprehensive, end-to-end solution for the Melbourne Royal Show.
From hospitality operations and catering to food and beverage coordination, on-site event staffing, vendor procurement, and management, we ensure a seamless and high-quality experience for all attendees. With a focus on innovation, efficiency, and exceptional service, we bring the best in event hospitality to Victoria’s most iconic annual show.
As the exclusive hospitality provider for the Ladbrokes Cox Plate Carnival, Dean & McPherson delivered elevated dining experiences across the event, including the prestigious Legends Lane and high-energy Lawn Party.
We were proud to present experiences ranging from luxury corporate dining to vibrant trackside celebrations, bringing our culinary excellent and seamless service to one of Australia’s most iconic race days.
Dean & McPherson was proud to be the hospitality partner for the 2024 Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA)—the world’s largest annual beer competition.
Renowned for celebrating brewing excellence, the event showcased the highest quality beer and cider from breweries and cideries of all sizes. As the exclusive hospitality provider, we delivered a seamless event experience, ensuring guests enjoyed exceptional food, premium service, and expertly curated pairings that complemented the world’s finest brews.
D & M were the official caterer for the Presidents Cup, 9-15 December 2019, at the prestigious Royal Melbourne Golf Club. The return to the State of Victoria, Australia, marked the third time in the biennial event’s 25-year history.
Dean & McPherson’s carefully curated food, beverage and service was featured throughout grandstands and corporate facilities catering to over 100,000 local, interstate and international visitors, for the world-famous Presidents Cup event
Dean & McPherson; delivering world-class food and beverage experiences at the Moonee Valley Racing Club consistently. 365 days a year.
Servicing 18 multi-purpose function spaces, with trackside and city skyline views, across expansive outdoor expanses; the culinary team delivers menus to suit all appetites. With the flexibility to host a wide range of events, our floor spaces can transform to meet your bespoke requirements and vision. Elaborate gala dinners, to small intimate meetings with City Skyline views, in addition to boardroom functions, multi-day conferences, seminars, exhibitions, awards nights, product launches, corporate functions and outdoor events; our spaces can do it all.
TOTE Bar and Dining will be an aspirational yet unpretentious all-day bar & dining venue.
This is the adaptive reuse of a key heritage asset featuring five unique but connected spaces that link TOTE directly to Tote Park.
Contemporary casual dining is a feature of TOTE and our food is deliciously uncomplicated from well-sourced, high quality and sustainable ingredients. Indoor and outdoor seating options are available along with a Private Dining Room which is perfect for special occasions.
Our unique racecourse shaped bar is a hero feature of TOTE and ideal for casual drinks with high quality, local craft and contemporary beers from 24 taps, and an extensive selection of wines. Carefully selected local and imported spirits will also feature along with creative cocktails.
It would not be Melbourne without high-quality coffee and takeaway options for those on the go making TOTE Bar and Dining a fabulous new destination.
Dean and McPherson have been a trusted catering partner for Melbourne Royal since 2021, delivering exceptional hospitality services at the Melbourne Showgrounds and Melbourne Royal Show. Managing catering for events with up to 500,000 attendees, they consistently provide high-quality food, seamless service, and a commitment to excellence that reflects our brand. Their culinary expertise, attention to detail, and professionalism make them a standout hospitality partner. I highly recommend Dean and McPherson for any catering needs.
Personally having working in the event industry for 20 plus years and in multiple markets around the world, I have encountered many outside catering companies and have to say that, Dean & McPherson is one of the best companies that I have worked with full stop. The entire team showed an incredible amount of professionalism and flexibility, but more than anything it was their teamwork, creative abilities and willingness to assist in all aspects of the event that sets them apart from any other I have worked with.
As a company we couldn’t be happier with the decision we made to partner with Dean & McPherson. The 2018 ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf was a massive success and the perfect launching pad for what was to come as the 2019 Presidents Cup was the biggest and most successful Presidents Cup to date across every key metric. We can’t thank Dean & McPherson enough for their partnership and know that we would not have achieved what we did without them.
All I can say is wow! You all are amazing and can’t thank you enough for all you do to support us and our events. The comments and feedback received from everyone has been tremendous and it is clear that the World Cup was just the beginning for Dean & McPherson. The quality, the presentation, the service was first class – most importantly the people are just awesome – thank you for our partnership!
I just wanted to send you a note to say thanks for all of your assistance with making the breakfast a success. We have had some great feedback and much of it centred on the quality and quantity of food so it was a really great experience for our guests. On top of that the service you provided was first rate and we certainly made the correct decision in working with you and your team. Your flexibility in helping us drive as many sales as possible was greatly appreciated, in particular considering how busy you were with the constant changes around the Cox Plate.
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