Wimbledon is the largest single annual sporting catering operation
in Europe. All the catering is undertaken by Facilities Management
Catering Limited.
Restaurants at The Championships
The Wingfield Restaurant
Situated in Centre Court, The Wingfield Restaurant
is the only bookable restaurant, serving a fixed-price,
three-course lunch. (Reservations are not accepted for afternoon
tea.)
Please note, smoking is NOT permitted in the restaurant and
the dress code is smart casual.
To request a table, for a maximum of six guests,
please Fax: 020 8944 2253
or E-mail: reservations.fmc@aeltc.com
Bookings may NOT be made by telephone, but if you have a
query, please call: 020 8247 3023
Restaurants for Debenture Holders
There are a number of restaurants and dining facilities on-site for the exclusive use of Debenture Holders (all links go to Debenture Website).
There is a large variety of places for eating and drinking at
The Championships.
Tea Lawn
Champagne and Pimm's, light refreshments including pizza, dutchees, sandwiches,
cookies, pastries, baguettes, strawberries & cream, ice cream and access to the Long Bar.
Café Pergola
Service-assisted hot & cold food, light refreshments, beverages and wine bar.
Conservatory Buffet
Self-service lunch, afternoon tea and supper.
Food Village
Fast service of a wide variety of refreshments, hot take-aways
(including stir-fry, fish & chips, pizza, southern-fried chicken
& chips), sandwiches, cookies and beverages, ice cream.
Aorangi Food Court
Self-service hot food, baguettes, pizza, hog roast and light refreshments.
To ensure utmost freshness, strawberries — usually Grade I Kent
strawberries of the highest quality from LEAF-registered farms — are picked the day before and
arrive at Wimbledon at 5.30am, prior to being inspected and hulled.
The price of the traditional strawberries and cream at Wimbledon will be £2.25 at this year's Championships.
Catering at The Championships
Around 1,500 FMC staff are required to operate the catering
outlets. The quantity of food and drink served during the fortnight
is enormous.
Typical examples are:
300,000 cups of tea and coffee
190,000 sandwiches
150,000 buns, scones, pasties and doughnuts
150,000 glasses of Pimm's
135,000 ice creams
100,000 pints of draught beer and lager
30,000 portions of fish and chips
30,000 litres of milk
28,000 kilos of English strawberries
22,000 slices of pizza
17,000 bottles of champagne
12,000 kilos of poached/smoked salmon
7,000 litres of dairy cream
In addition, more than 130,000 lunches are served, as well as 30,000
meals for FMC's own staff!
All visitors to The Championships are reminded that play can be
suspended at ANY time due to rain.
Rain delay procedures
Covering of the courts
The courts are covered on the Referee's decision. The sooner the
courts are covered the less time is needed for them to dry out and for play to resume.
Occasionally, if the advice from the London Weather Centre is such, the courts may be
covered before the rain arrives. In the interests of the public, play is resumed as soon
as possible.
Warm-up
Players are officially entitled to 15 minutes from the time the match is called to the
time they are due on court. According to the rules, no warm-up is allowed if the delay
is 10 minutes or less. If the delay is 11-20 minutes, a three minute warm-up is allowed and if the delay
is 20 minutes or more a five minute warm-up is allowed.
Cancellation of play due to rain
Details of the Raincheck policy introduced in 2001 are as follows and
apply to all 13 scheduled days of The Championships, including the final Sunday:
i. If there is less than one hour's play because of rain on the court for which
tickets have been bought, the original purchasers of the tickets (for that court on that day)
will be refunded with the amount which they paid for the tickets for the day concerned. The maximum refund payable
will be equal to the face value of those tickets.
ii. Purchasers of Ground passes at the turnstiles (except those purchased
after 5.00 p.m.) will be eligible for a full refund if there is less than one hour's play on
any of Courts 2-19 inclusive.
iii. If there is more than one hour's play but less than two hour's play
refunds will be limited to half the amount paid.
iv. The Referee's decision on how much play has taken place will be final.
v. Only the original purchasers are eligible for refunds under this policy.
Refunds will be paid out automatically for tickets bought in advance, but tickets bought at
the Club's turnstiles (prior to 5.00 p.m. only) should be returned without delay to:
The Ticket Office
The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club
“Raincheck”
P.O. Box 98
London SW19 5AE
vi. In view of the numbers that could be involved, please do not call at the
Club's Ticket Office nor telephone the Club.
vii. Tickets purchased at the Ticket Resale kiosk are not covered by this policy
as the monies are passed on to charity.
viii. Separate terms and conditions apply to:
a) Debenture Holders, as notified by The All England Lawn Tennis
Ground plc. (Debenture
holders wet weather information)
b) Any extra days of play.
Please note that in the event of any curtailment or cancellation of play, due to any cause
(other than negligence of the Club) other than rain, it is regretted that no refund of money
can be made.
Changes to the match schedule
Occasionally, when circumstances necessitate, we change the published Order
of Play. We recognise that this may be frustrating and apologise for this.
