Our Story
Our catering company was founded by Jack & Amy Elles with a passion for thoughtful & seasonal food, rooted in Fife’s East Neuk.
SEASONALITY SOURCING SIMPLICITY & STYLE.
WHO?
We are a family run catering company based out of Bowhouse, East Neuk – headed up by husband & wife team Jack and Amy Elles.
WHY ARE WE HERE?
To help you plan and put on your event all whilst making your experience enjoyable and effortless – just as it should be. Entertaining can be stressful so bring us on board and allow yourself to relax, entertain and impress your guests.
STYLE?
Our style is smart, elegant and unobtrusive. Understated luxury at its very best. From our waiting staff’s tailored Nehru jackets to elegant glassware and unfussy serving style, we provide a distinctive, impressive and desirable look that works well with any event styling.
TREND
LOCAL IS BEST. We’ve noticed a growing trend of clients providing produce for part of their meal themselves – GREAT! Nothing better than growing your own and seeing it go from farm to table for you and your guests to enjoy.
OUR MENUS
We pride ourselves on our simple, brasserie style menus. These offer a fantastic range of high quality produce, with seasonal options to suit the time of year.
Our menus are curated based on ingredients sourced from the Balcaskie Estate and other carefully selected partners who share our ethos of great food.
Sharing style? Plated? A combination of both? No problem… just talk to your dedicated event planner and they will guide you to the dishes that work best for your chosen style of service.
STANDING OUT FROM THE CROWD
We bring a unique combination of simplicity and style to the event catering market in Scotland – including responsibly sourced produce, our extensive cooking experience and personal style.
We only cook with ingredients that we believe are the very best we can find, and use crockery, cutlery, glassware and styling that we love to compliment our food.
WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
Starting in an old VW camper, they travelled around Europe cooking at lots of different spots (Michelin restaurants, private hotels, for Royalty, ski chalets).
Returning home they decided to set up something for themselves and bought an old burger van off Ebay - from there ‘The Laughing Stock’ our street food company was born.
WHY STOCKS EVENTS?
During their time running ‘The Laughing Stock’ they had many requests from friends and family to cater their weddings or parties and well you know... they sort of had to say yes! It turned out that they absolutely loved it and haven’t looked back since.
Jack and Amy love their ‘The Laughing Stock’ brand but felt that they should create a point of difference for private events - the natural progression being ‘Stocks Events’.
PRESENT DAY
Our three businesses; Stocks Events, Stocks Kitchen & Stocks Cook School, each bring something special to Scotland's food scene, united by one simple idea: food tastes better when it's fresh, local and made with care.
We have the best clients, many from word of mouth recommendations, a fantastic team and we work with some of the industry's best venues and suppliers in the most beautiful locations all over Scotland.