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This week’s selection is catering business in Buckinghamshire, which could be yours for just £195,000

If your interest in food doesn’t extend beyond catching the odd programme on cheeky cockney chef Jamie Oliver, this business probably isn’t for you.

Set in the prosperous town of Beaconsfield, this business has three food-loving aspects to it – a shop, a cookery school and a catering service.

The elegant shop stocks fresh Italian food, ingredients and wines. The store’s takeaway service, which sells a whole range of homemade Italian dishes, generates sales of over £50,000 a year.

The cookery school normally runs from four to five days a week, with classes for up to 12 budding Gordon Ramseys. Like the shop, the theme is strongly Italian, but students are encouraged to learn new dishes.

The catering business can provide dining for up to 300 people, with a menu of their choice. Not only does the company provide the food, it can also supply, through partners, the marquee, china, cutlery, music and entertainment.

Established for eight years, the business employs a full-time manager and five par-time staff to help with the shop and catering side. The business comes with a fully-fitted kitchen and shop.

Although the business has a customer database of over 10,000 customers, the excellent reputation of the company should enable the new owner to expand significantly. The business currently makes £198,000 in sales revenue a year, making a £51,000 profit.

The current owner is happy to provide a full consultancy to the buyer.

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