About Esteem
Fresh fine dining
Esteem is a fresh fine dining catering system that steam cooks fresh meals in minutes. Ingredients are cooked in individual trays with a clever steam-release valve that keeps everything at the perfect temperature, locking in colour, texture, taste, and nutrients.
How can Esteem support?
Esteem makes it easy to serve meals that are fresh, delicious, and packed with nutrients. With meals cooked in minutes, diners can enjoy quality à la carte dishes whenever they need them, even outside of traditional mealtimes.
Once done, the food is plated like a fine dining experience, thanks to our easy-to-follow guides.
Featured:
Mediterranean Sea Bass
Fillet of sea bass on a bed of pesto-dressed crushed potatoes and crunchy green beans. Finished with a rich sundried tomato and black olive sauce.
Nutrition
Steaming is one of the healthiest ways to cook, and with Esteem’s unique steam-cooking process, meals retain more nutrients and taste than traditional methods.
Independent research by Leatherhead Food International showed that broccoli cooked in packaging with the steam-release valve technology retained more than twice the vitamin C and folic acid compared to traditional catering and cook-chill operations.
Cost
The Esteem fine dining system offers a low capital investment and the potential for significant savings. It reduces labour costs as it’s easy for all catering staff to operate, freeing up resources for other areas. With meals steamed in microwaves, Esteem uses 40% less energy than traditional catering methods.
Meals come with a 5-day shelf life and are distributed securely, whilst the individual meal system helps reduce food waste by allowing for more precise ordering and tracking.
Flexibility
The flexibility of the Esteem system allows for meal orders to be taken just hours before service time as opposed to pre-ordering meals days in advance, which often leads to food waste. Once the order is placed, each meal cooks within 3-6 minutes and plates in just 1-2 minutes.
Quality
The Esteem system lets you steam-cook fresh meals consistently in just 3-6 minutes, using top-quality ingredients from Compass Group’s trusted supply chain.
Popular dishes include Saffron Loin of Cod, Hot Smoked Salmon with King Prawn Tagliatelle, and Beef Cheeks in Peppercorn and Madeira Sauce.
Space
Esteem meals are prepared off-site at a dedicated Compass Group Cuisine Centre. The system requires less preparation and space than other methods and allows you to produce fine dining standard food with little more than approved microwaves and a chilled storage system.
Social value & sustainability
Meals for a brighter tomorrow
As part of Compass Group’s journey to Net Zero by 2030, our meal ranges reflect our shared commitment to a greener future.
By working together for meaningful change, we’re making sustainability a priority at every step. From responsibly sourced ingredients to recyclable CPET packaging, we’re fully committed to reducing our carbon footprint.
Have we piqued your appetite?
We’d love to discuss how our catering solutions can help you save time, labour and minimise waste.