Our Team

 

Tom Mountford

Tom has 11 years’ experience in the hospitality sector, working for two large corporate companies.

He wanted a bigger challenge and decided to purchase The Dovecote Eatery in 2018, turning it from a small cafe into a 180 seater eatery.

Tom’s your man when it comes to outside catering and has coordinated food for small functions to large corporate events.

He’s very hands on and likes to get stuck into any challenge that comes his way.

 

Daniel Milsom

Dan has 20 years’ experience in the restaurant industry and has worked as an area manager for multiple popular local venues.  

He has designed menus for new restaurants, put together launch days, and he had major influence on the interior design of the restaurants he helped open.

Dan joined Tom at The Dovecote Eatery in 2020 during the height of Covid and was crucial in helping adapt the restaurant with new ideas due to the ever-changing restrictions.

Scott Morey

Scott has been involved in the wedding industry as a wedding photographer since 2015. Opting for a candid and documentary style, his work tells the couple;s story from a unique perspective. Having been in the industry for seven years Scott has a huge amount of knowledge regarding how a wedding day runs from start to finish!

 

Helen Ruff

Helen has been involved with the wedding industry since 2009; she’s run weddings, wedding fairs, worked with caterers and venues, organised industry events and published a wedding magazine… she even ran a retro-themed pop-up bar for a time! As well as being part of the Nest & Anchor team she runs successful wedding blog, Margot’s Wedding.