KEY TEAM MEMBERS

The strength of any organisation is with its people and this is particularly true of an events and catering company. Below you will find profiles of our full-time staff but for a company like ours part-time staff also play a vital role. At a large event, the first person your guests are likely to meet will be a waiter or a cloakroom attendant. They are our ambassadors and are responsible for the crucial first impression and, as such, we always treat them with respect and as young professionals. We strive to only use staff on our own books and always start every event with proper training and briefings to ensure the staff know exactly what high standards we expect.

Ryan Clement - Head Chef

Devon-born Ryan has been around hospitality and food all his life, but it wasn't always his professional calling. He received an undergraduate degree in physics at Swansea in Wales, before completing his Masters Degree at King's College London. He started cooking to pay his way through university but the more he learnt and experienced the more he enjoyed it. In 2002 he focused solely on becoming a chef and has not looked back since.

At first it was the camaraderie of the kitchen brigade and the pleasure of creating a great dish from scratch that attracted him, but more and more it is the processes behind cooking and how these can be used to develop new flavours and textures which he finds innovative, challenging and exciting. He also incorporates different ideas from different cultures, having followed his surfboard and culinary inclinations across the world.

Lyndon Curley - General Manager

When the Tate Modern opened as an event venue in 1999, Lyndon was part of the opening event team and worked several of their corporate sponsors over the next three years. Upon leaving Tate Modern Lyndon headed up the events team at Blue Bird Events, Terrance Conran's Outside Events division. There he worked at some of the most prestigious venues across London and the UK and built up an impressive roster of contacts.

After 2 years, countless launch parties, and several restaurant openings Lyndon decided that it was time for a break. To further develop his creative flair Lyndon traveled around South East Asia and the Antipodies. When he arrived back in the UK in September 2005 he bumped into Lena and the rest is history.

Mark Alsop - Financial Controller

Mark studied financial accounts at Emile Wolfe in Borough High Street. While studying for his degree by night, by day Mark worked for Merrill Lynch on their Restaurant Associates account. Mark then spent 18 months with Lloyds of London Insurance House before joining the Inn or Out team in June 2004. A dedicated member of the Inn or Out team, he is always thinking of new ways to improve the business.

Charlotte Law - Senior Event
Manager & Party Planner

From an early age Charlotte has enjoyed helping organize parties. Starting from the age of 12 she helped out as a waitress for her parents at the embassy in Bonn and their subsequent postings, she continued to work in hospitality throughout the university holidays by catering for people's holiday's abroad.

After graduating with a degree in BSc (Hons) in Food and Human Nutrition from Newcastle University, Charlotte decided to settle down in London and with a passion for food and events she started working for one of our major competitors, where she was a personal assistant to one of the senior party planners. Charlotte then moved to be assistant designer and kitchen assistant before finally moving to head up the design department where she was able to use her creativity to the full.

An interest in the floral side of events led Charlotte to work for with Veevers Carter Flowers as an event designer before joining Inn or Out, where she has made an enormous contribution to event styling and design. She is also drawing on her studies for her role as the team's in-house nutritionist.

Jane Makings - Event Manager & Party Planner

After studying sociology and criminology at Cardiff University, Jane instead decided to investigate food after becoming obsessed during her part-time work as a chalet girl and at Windsor racecourse for Letheby and Christopher. She joined the graduate scheme at All Leisure (part of Compass Group) and worked at both Twickenham and the Madejski Stadium organising the hospitality on match days, internationals, conferences and banqueting. She developed a taste for big outdoor events at Edgbaston, the Oval and Wimbledon and a taste for celebrity at the Brit Awards.

After a spell as Conference and Events Sales Manager at Harlequins, she decided to once again focus on the catering side. Wanting to work at the very top end of the market where she could focus on more exciting and unusual venues and get more personally involved with clients, Inn or Out was the obvious choice.

Alex Blunden - Events Co-ordinator

Alex met Inn or Out on a work experience placement from college where she was studying business with the hope of going into event management. She wanted a job that was not sitting at her desk all day doing the same thing and hospitality ticked all of her boxes. Inn or Out liked what they saw and invited her back for a second week and then again during holidays. In July 2006, she jumped at the chance of an apprenticeship with the team.