About Us

Creations Outside Catering Services is a business which specialises in providing high quality cuisine for weddings, funerals and a variety of corporate functions. Creations is based in South Devon near Kingsbridge and tends to cater for clients in the immediate and surrounding areas but further distances can be accommodated if necessary.

Werner Rott is an Austrian Chef/Restaurateur with a wealth of experience behind him. After leaving his home in St Valentine, Austria, he was trained at the prestigious ‘Hotel Schloss Fuschl’ in Salzburg. From there he moved on to work in several European 4 & 5 star hotels in various locations before working at the ‘Hotel Schloss’ in Switzerland, the ‘Hotel Bad Schachen in Germany and the ‘Hotel du Porc’ near Montreaux in france.

In 1976 he moved to Torquay, England and became head chef at the Osborne Hotel. Following this he worked for a short spell in a Swiss restaurant in Soho and a beautiful French Restaurant in Surrey. Upon his return to Torquay, Werner became involved in the running and organisation of several restaurants and as a result became a partner in the ‘Quartet’ restaurant in Babbacombe for 2 ½ years. After the sale of the ‘Quartet’ he managed ‘Papa Dino’s’ in Babbacombe road, Torquay for the period leading up to the time when he was eventually able to purchase his own restaurant.

Werner opened his first restaurant in Lisburne Square, Torquay in 1981 where he built up a loyal clientele of regular customers who loved both the food and cosy atmosphere. During that time he also ran an outside catering company ‘Lisburne Square Outside Catering Services’, and a café in a local market square.

The 1989 recession took its toll and the ‘The Old Vienna’ ceased trading in 1991. In the years following Werner became Head chef at ‘The Farm House Tavern’ and then spent 6 months working in a high class restaurant in Kent. He then started another business in the small village of Abbotskerswell, South Devon opposite an already successful pub. This was named ‘Werner’s Restaurant’ and continued a similar theme to the ‘Old Vienna’ and retaining the majority of the previous clientele.
In 1999 Werner bought back the Old Vienna Premises and converted it from the dilapidated Thai Restaurant it had become back to its former glory. Here he enjoyed four years of successful trade before taking on a new venture, ‘Creations Café’ in a leased 17th century manor house in a 450 acre country park in Cockington, Torquay. From here Werner ran a very successful café and out side catering company.

In August 2005, Werner went into partnership with catering associate, Tom Kendrick to purchase a country pub & restaurant in the small farming village of East Allington, near Kingsbridge in Devon. Now Werner continues his outside catering enterprises from this new location.

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