It is more than…
a moment.
Palace Catering & Bakery brings together over six decades of culinary heritage, operational excellence, and hospitality expertise under a single premium brand.
Our Story
Palace Catering and Bakery
The identity is built around four complementary pillars, with one common vision: Food Moments, Celebratory Moments, Memorable Events and Coffee Culture, reflecting the breadth of its offering to individuals, families, businesses, institutions and event organisers.
With a relentless focus on quality, innovation, and service excellence, we create exceptional food experiences, from executive boardroom catering and inflight services to luxury weddings and large-scale events. Every engagement is delivered with precision, reliability, and an uncompromising commitment to quality and excellence.
Read on to discover how Palace Catering & Bakery can become your trusted catering partner, delivering exceptional culinary experiences, seamless service, and bespoke solutions specifically tailored to your business, event, or organisation.
What we stand for
Five values we actually see.
Our Mission: We create more than food. Through exceptional catering, genuine hospitality, operational excellence and trusted brands, we uphold an unwavering commitment to quality to deliver memorable experiences that bring people together.
Our Vision: To create a premium identity where food does more than nourish, it inspires connections and celebrations and makes every experience as meaningful as it is memorable, through quality, innovation and service excellence.
Our Vision:
Excellence: Inspired by six decades of luxury hospitality heritage, we continuously strive to integrate excellence and the highest standards into every detail of our work.
Quality: Quality is at the core of everything we do; from carefully sourced ingredients to flawless delivery, we are committed to consistency, craftsmanship and precision.
Integrity: We build lasting relationships by upholding honesty and integrity, earning the trust of our customers, partners and team members every day.
Innovation: We build on our culinary heritage by embracing fresh ideas and forward-looking solutions to enhance our products, services and customer experiences.
People-first: We place people at the heart of our business and foster a culture of care, respect, collaboration and belonging where each individual feels valued and empowered to flourish.
- ISO 22000:2018 & ISO 9001:2015
- HACCP Compliant
- Halal Certificate
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Values We Care
Our Journey
- 1979
British forces leave Malta handing over Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) bakery in Marsa to the Maltese government.
- 1986
Andrew’s Bakery set up taking over NAAFI bakery – Corinthia holding 25% and Andrew’s Ireland the remaining 75%.
- 1992
Island Caterers is established as the catering division of Island Hotels Group. Bakery moves to Bulebel Industrial Estate
- 1997
Andrew’s Ireland shareholding sold off with Corintha becoming 30%, Golden Harvest 40% and Maypole 30%. Company becomes Village Bakery Ltd.
- 1989
Jesper’s founded by Jesper Juul Nielsen with brothers Tony and Alfred Mallia and open a bakery in Bugibba.
- 2000
Corinthia Group makes full acquisition of Village Bakery Ltd.
- 2001
Jespers Ltd. and Corinthia join forces for Village bakery which, renaming it Danish Bakery ltd. with CPHCL owning a 65% shareholding.
- 2004
Jespers Ltd. and Corinthia join forces for Village bakery which, renaming it Danish Bakery ltd. with CPHCL owning a 65% shareholding.
- 2010
Corinthia Group and Vassallo Group merge Cateressence and Corinthia Catering to establish Catermax, initially specialising in outside catering for celebrations, events and film productions.
- 2011
Island Caterers acquires an interest in Papillon's catering operations, which had a significant presence at Mater Dei Hospital and Malta International Airport, signifying an expansion into retail and contract catering.
- 2012
The Coffee Company Malta Limited opened the first Costa Coffee outlet locally at Malta International Airport, marking the beginning of the brand's development in the local market.
- 2015
International Hotel Investments plc (IHI) part of Corinthia Group, acquires Island Hotels Group, bringing together Island Caterers, Costa Coffee franchise and associated retail and contract catering within the wider Corinthia Group structure.
- 2016
Catering operations organised around three principal areas of activity: CPU: Central food preparation for non-hotel catering activities. Island Caterers: Primarily focused on event catering. Catermax: Primarily focused on business-to-business (B2B) and contract catering.
- 2019
Island Caterers merges into Corinthia Caterers; Catermax retains separate identity. The two businesses maintain distinct specialisms: Corinthia Caterers B2C catering and major catering operations; Catermax on B2B and contract catering.
- 2021
Danish Bakery makes significant investments in plant, introducing solar panels and cooling systems.
- 2024
Costa Coffee Malta integrates into Corinthia Caterers' operations, bringing the management of the coffee business within the wider catering structure.
- 2026
Corinthia fully acquires Danish Bakery. Palace Catering & Bakery established, uniting the Group’s four trusted brands under one premium identity, with a shared vision.
Leadership
The people accountable.
Kevin ArpaCOOKevin Arpa was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Palace Catering & Bakery in October 2026, the new umbrella brand for four trusted subsidiaries. His career with Corinthia began in 1995 at Corinthia Hotel St George’s Bay, where he progressed through the kitchen ranks to become Executive Chef. He then went on to become Area Executive Chef for Marina, St George’s and Radisson St Julian’s. His experience spans hotel dining, banqueting, weddings and large-scale events, including catering for up to 1,500 guests.