Paul Campbell

http://www.afairshot.co.uk/ - buffet catering in Bristol for office lunches. A great catering company supplying the corporate sector with fresh sandwich platters and cold buffet food in Bristol.

After 10 years in various restaurant and hotel management positions entrepreneur, Paul Campbell, decided to live his dream of setting up his own business. In December 2011 he took out a lease on a premises with a small but well equipped kitchen in Brislington. His idea was to run a cafe for the local community whilst developing a sandwich platter and buffet lunch delivery service for businesses in Bristol. He called his business A Fair Shot.

Paul says of his motivation for starting his business, “I always wanted to run a company that pays its staff a fair wage and provides staff benefits such as medical cover. It always seemed absurd that restaurants and cafes wouldn’t use local suppliers, so wherever possible we buy local and pay a fair price and we support Fair Trade. The name A Fair Shot seemed appropriate. And, we have grown based on those principles.”

The first years were gruelling with early mornings often starting before 6am but slowly A Fair Shot built a loyal cafe trade and a buffet catering business with a regular, satisfied client base. By late 2013, even with an extension, it became apparent that the small kitchen in Brislington would not be able to cope with cooking for the cafe and the business buffet delivery service. Paul put out the word and set about looking for a new premises.

In early 2014 Paul was approached by the managers of Whitefriars, an office block that is home to 600 businesses and 2000 staff on the doorstep of Broadmead. They had a kitchen and a cafe in central Bristol that was in need of expansion and refurbishment- would A Fair Shot be interested in setting up the catering operation there?

In June of 2014 with a new kitchen and a freshly redesigned cafe, A Fair Shot opened its doors in Whitefriars. The cafe retains its local feel serving freshly prepared sandwiches (with Trackleman’s chutney) and paninis, homemade soups, hot lunches and salad boxes. There is an coffee machine that provides Fair Trade shots of espresso, cappuccinos & lattes to take away or sip on the sofas. And ‘Fruit Hit’ juice drinks represent the Fair Trade options for cold drinks.

Meanwhile the business buffet catering and delivery service is steadily growing with enquiries coming from offices in the centre of town an