CATERING

  • Wimbledon is the largest single annual sporting catering operation carried out in Europe. 
  • All catering carried out by Facilities Management Catering (FMC).
  • About 1,800 FMC catering staff are required to operate these catering outlets and the quantity of food and drink served by them during the fortnight is huge.  Typical quantities are:

Facts and figures

  • 300,000 cups of tea and coffee
  • 250,000 bottles of water
  • 207,000 meals 
  • 200,000 glasses of Pimm’s
  • 190,000 sandwiches
  • 150,000 bath buns, scones, pastries and doughnuts
  • 135,000 ice creams
  • 100,000 pints of draught beer and lager
  • 60,000 Dutchees
  • 32,000 portions of fish and chips
  • 30,000 litres of milk
  • 28,000 kg (112,000 punnets) of English strawberries
  • 25,000 bottles of champagne
  • 23,000 bananas
  • 22,000 slices of pizza
  • 20,000 portions of frozen yoghurt
  • 12,000 kg of poached salmon and smoked salmon
  • 7,000 litres of dairy cream
  • 6,000 stone-baked pizzas

Strawberries and Cream

  • Served in punnets of not less than 10 berries + cream.
  • 8,615 punnets consumed per day.
  • 28,000 kg consumed over the tournament served with over 7,000 litres of fresh cream.
  • Usually Grade 1 English strawberries of the highest quality from the county of Kent.
  • From LEAF-registered farms (LEAF is a charity promoting Integrated Farm Management balancing organic with chemical practices).
  • To ensure the utmost freshness, strawberries are picked the day before being served, arrive at Wimbledon at around 5.30a.m where they are inspected before being hulled.
  • Price for a portion of a minimum of 10 strawberries and cream at Wimbledon.

1990 - £1.60; 1991 - £1.65; 1992 - £1.65; 1993 - £1.70; 1994 - £1.70; 1995 - £1.75; 1996 - £1.80; 1997 - £1.85; 1998 - £1.85; 1999 - £1.75; 2000 - £1.80; 2001 - £1.85; 2002 - £1.95; 2003 - £2.00; 2004 - £2.00; 2005 - £2.00; 2006 - £2.00; 2007 - £2.00; 2008 - £2.25; 2009 - £2.25; 2010 – £2.50; 2011- £2.50.

Public catering facilities include:
Centre Court area

  • Wingfield Restaurant - waiter served lunch and afternoon tea.  
  • Café Pergola - both hot and cold meals together with a wine bar.
  • The Base Line Diner and Café Bar – hot and cold meals with full range of wines
  • Covered Tea Lawn - hot drinks, soft drinks, sandwiches, baguettes, cakes and some hot food.
  • The Long Bar - full range of draft beers, spirits and wines.  On the opposite side are the famous Wimbledon strawberries and cream, champagne and Pimm’s bar, Dutchee sausage and freshly-baked pizzas.

No.1 Court

  • The Food Village - traditional fish and chips, hot wok, pizza, American-style burgers, light refreshments and strawberries & cream, together with the Village Bar. 
  • The Conservatory Buffet - self-service restaurant.
  • The Aorangi Food Court - wide variety of hot/cold food and beverages. 
  • The Aorangi Café -Southern-fried chicken, draft beers, Pimm’s and light refreshments.
  • The Orchard BBQ – new outside BBQ area at the top of Aorangi Picnic Terrace.