Welcome to the Russell Partnership Collection

We are the UK’s leading Food, Nutrition, Technology and Wellbeing Collection, delivering creative and commercially viable results to over 600 clients across 30 countries.

A collection of four businesses

We are a collection of four entities – Russell Partnership Consulting, Russell Partnership Technology, Russell Partnership Foundation and Therme RPC. Our Collection is built upon breadth and depth of experience, remarkable teams, and a relentless passion for creating a positive difference in all we do.

Food Consulting

Hospitality Technology

Philanthropy

Wellbeing

We believe in creating a positive difference

We are committed to making a worthwhile and longstanding impact. We are experts in our field and equally importantly, we believe in people. We truly care about each person’s role in a project and are true to our core values when collaborating together with our clients, as one team.

Over 30 years of trading history

Our trusted reputation is built on the foundation of integrity, professionalism , and strong relationships. Our team are recognised as experts in their respective fields, and are viewed with confidence throughout the Food and Beverage Industry.

600 Projects Delivered

30 Countries

33 Years of Experience

6 Continents

25 Major Events

180 Global Universities

600 Projects Delivered

30 Countries

33 Years of Experience

6 Continents

25 Major Events

180 Global Universities

600 Projects Delivered

30 Countries

33 Years of Experience

6 Continents

25 Major Events

180 Global Universities

600 Projects Delivered

30 Countries

33 Years of Experience

6 Continents

25 Major Events

180 Global Universities

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Russell Partnership Collection were commissioned by the host venue of the athletes’ village, the University of Birmingham, to plan and deliver all food and beverage for the athletes, team officials, games workforce and dignitaries of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The Russell Partnership Collection’s support began with strategic planning, space and commercial modelling, and was followed by readiness preparation and mobilisation. We delivered menu development, supply chain procurement and kitchen and front of house design, prior to operational activation. We recruited 450 staff (50% of which were students) delivered 5,000 shifts, purchased £2m of food, delivered 20 tonnes of food daily and served over 300,000 meals in total. The event was heralded as a new high-quality benchmark for athletes’ dining.

FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

As part of a three-way venture incorporating IMG, Wembley Consulting and Russell Partnership Collection, we were commissioned in January 2013 to undertake the strategic and tactical food design and operational review for the nine new build stadia for the Qatar World Cup in 2022 on behalf of the Qatar Royal Family Supreme Committee. The commission included: interpretation and application of the Qatar tourism vision within the stadia design, reviewing both front and back of house food and beverage space provision, ensuring FIFA food regulation compliance, hospitality and concession outlet architecture, positioning and commercial rational, overview and critique of all stadia food and beverage area technical drawings, customer journey implications of design, business case review, and delivery of strategic food direction.

EXPO 2020 Dubai

Russell Partnership Consulting was appointed in 2016 to create and deliver the Food and Beverage Strategy for Expo 2020 Dubai.

Expo 2020 Dubai was projected to attract 25.2 million visits, and actually achieved 23 million visits. It was originally planned to span 173 days, and house 200+ food and beverage outlets serving over 50 million meals. Russell Partnership Consulting was responsible for: the creation of the food and beverage strategy, hospitality strategy and legacy strategy for Expo 2020 Dubai and District 2020, visitor profiles, space and financial modelling on which 200+ concepts of operation were based, food procurement, sustainability, packaging, hygiene, signage and fit-out requirements.

Originally scheduled to open in October 2020, the event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and eventually ran a year later.

University of Sussex

Russell Partnership Consulting was commissioned to undertake a commercial strategy of the catering and conference operations for the University of Sussex. The key desired outcomes were a consolidation of the campus catering portfolio, team restructuring, commercial modelling and to support the £10m development and design of the central catering hub and outlying campus food and beverage portfolio. The University have been working with the Russell Partnership Collection for over 10 years and the driver for this project was to meet the overarching strategy of “being the University of choice”, of which enhanced student and customer services, and food was recognised as a key components.

Russell Partnership Consulting was also appointed by the University of Sussex to assist in developing a long-term catering strategy and selecting a suitable catering delivery partner. The Partnership’s knowledge of the marketplace and expertise in leading commercial tendering processes and creating effective food strategies were essential in meeting the University’s objectives.

The second phase was to create and implement an activation plan in partnership with the University of Sussex team. Key support from Russell Partnership Consulting included mobilisation of the project to deliver a smooth transition, building an effective team, developing a conference and events strategy, and implementing KPIs to ensure success and issues could be addressed promptly.

“Russell Partnership Consulting deliver a solution lead approach, cutting edge industry knowledge and demonstrated incredible passion and flexibility”

Dan Hull, Former Director of Accommodation and Catering, Rugby World Cup 2015

“Russell Partnership Consulting acted as true partners and should be valued as an asset for success”

Marala Charyeva, Former Director or Food and Beverage, Sochi Winter Olympics 2014

“Ashridge has worked with the Russell Partnership for over 20 years. We are convinced that they have been instrumental in ensuring that we have superior provision at industry leading costs. I recommend the Russell Partnership highly”

 Kai Peters, Former Chief Executive, Ashridge Business School

“Russell Partnership Consulting have an extensive range of skills that contribute to Loughborough operating the entire catering and residential business. They have a great team with a wealth of knowledge which we can always tap into to give that extra edge to our business. They bring a new dynamic to us”

Malcolm Brown, Former Director, Imago Services

The Russell Partnership have been fantastic supporters of our work for many years. When we were still small and just beginning to scale up our work, they recognised the potential in what we were doing and took a chance to get behind us. Through their support for our events and fundraising campaigns, they have helped grow our profile, our income, and ultimately our impact. This has been crucial at a time when more people than ever need help accessing healthy food.

Jonathan Pauling, Chief Executive, Alexandra Rose Charity

“I have really enjoyed myself – you have an excellent team at the Russell Partnership”

Ankur Ahuja, Lecturer in Food Studies, Birmingham College of Food

“I chose to work with the Russell Partnership because they not only know the business and have hands on experience of the challenges I face, but they also invest in extensive on-going research into what’s important to my customers and clients”

Chris Morris, Former Managing Director, Twickenham Experience Ltd

“The Russell Partnership is one of the most respected consultancies operating within the foodservice sector. These are easy words, but the key point is that when a client mentions their involvement, one just knows that they will have sound advice and support which will prove to be of benefit.

Their success comes from the fact that they have all worked in the industry, have genuine expertise, and understand its trends and influences as well as what practical problems will arise”

Chris Sheppardson, Founder, EP Business in Hospitality

“Many congratulations on the outstanding work that you and your team carried out for the Commonwealth Games- what a huge success- it made me so proud of the University of Birmingham”

Lord Karan Bilimoria CBE DL, Chancellor, University of Birmingham

“Through Russell Partnership we were able to move at speed with confidence of detailed understanding of our specific market and the right balance of benchmarking and analysis vs judgement. The report was created and delivered at real speed and has now provided an important statement of clear strategic intent to shape our recovery in both the short and medium term”

John Anderson, Director of Financial Strategy, Imperial College London

“The project we have been able to finalise with the Russell Partnership is significant for the potential global impact on food. We are very satisfied with results of the collaboration and would recommend the Russell Partnership to all UN agencies in need for support on their food policies”

Isabella Marras, Former Sustainability Programme Officer, Sustainable United Nations

“We were presented, in person, with a clear and concise summary of our business with a recommendation of next steps. Nine months later our restaurant received a Michelin Star. Coincidence? I think not”

Malcolm Dunbar, Former Vice President North America, Domaine Chandon & Newton Vineyards

“The Partnership has made a significant contribution to people’s understanding of the links between nutrition and the nation’s physical health and mental well-being”

Dr Rona Tutt OBE, Former Chair, Food for the Brain Foundation

“Throughout, the team have been passionately committed to helping us deliver a truly Great Games.

They have been flexible, adaptable, responsive, challenging of the status quo (and great fun!) but above all have worked as ‘partners’ rather than merely suppliers or consultants”

Nigel Garfitt MBE, Former Director of Villages and Games Service, London 2012 Olympic Games

“It is without hesitation that I would recommend RPC’s support if you have development or change requirements to your food and beverage operation”

Simon Bray, Director of Campus Services, University of Birmingham

“David’s knowledge, commitment and enthusiasm, along with that of all his Russell Partnership colleagues who help us, make him and the team a considerable asset to the London Food Board and I am certain, to anyone who engages him”

Rosie Boycott, Former Chair, London Food Board

We are delighted to have the support of the Russell Partnership, knowing together, we can change the lives of so many disabled and disadvantaged children whilst enabling Variety to continue the great work it has been doing for over 75 years here in the UK.

Variety, The Children's Charity