From Our Family to Yours
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The Q Café Company
Our Story
Our CEO and founder, Breda Quigley always had a passion for great food. Growing up in a small village in County Carlow, at the Foothills of the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland, Breda always dreamed of having her own restaurant. Breda honed her craft in the industry and established The Q Café Company in 1999. Running it initially from her spare bedroom, Breda remained steadfast on her founding values of team empowerment, passion for great food, and strong direct local supplier relationships. Over time, The Q Café Company has grown selectively and carefully curating long term client relationships. We focus on local sustainable produce and wellbeing in our service delivery. With a speciality in healthcare catering, and workplace catering, we create bespoke food service solutions for clients throughout the country. As you will see, although food is our business, our people are our passion. As a family business our team members are part of our QFamily.
Food is our passion but people are our business
We encourage and motivate our teams to deliver creativity in service which will reflect the constantly evolving requirements of our customers and clients.
At The Q Cafe Company, we value our staff above all else. We take time to nurture them, to help them feel empowered and part of our Q Family. In her acceptance speech for CEO Of The Year, Breda Quigley said: ‘without every single member in our team I would be nothing.’
This sentiment permeates every level of our business.
Our Core Values
Team Empowerment
Passion for Great Food
Local Suppliers
Seasonal Produce
Family Focus
Wellbeing and Positive Food Psychology
The Q Cafe company
Our Senior Management Team

Meet the Team
Members of our Front-Line Catering Team.
Torsten Schulz
Chef Manager
Karen Dalton
Craft Development Chef
Anita Oman Wryn
Front of house
Martin Byrne
Business support
(North Leinster & Connacht)
Jackie Shanahan
Systems, Training & Onboarding (Munster)
Mary Reid
Quality Assurance & Healthcare
Keith McCann
Business Support Manager
(South Leinster & Munster)
Laura Olson
Managing Director
Breda Quigley
Ceo
Leah Moore
Director of Strategy
Quality Assured
The Q Café Company is accredited
ISO 9001
ISO 45001
ISO 14001
Bord Bia Origin Green




Awards

Gold CAP Awards for Healthcare 2020

Hotel & Catering Gold Medal Awards (Healthcare Cater of the Year: 2016 & 2021, Front of House Team of the Year: 2018)

Irish Food Service Quality Awards, Gold, 2016, 2017, 2018

Energia Family Business of The Year Awards (CSR Gold 2022, Innovation Silver 2023)

Image Magazine CEO of the Year of the Year 2018
