About us
We love restaurants, and we’ve spent 15 years helping them open.
Dick Hartley supplies tableware, glassware, kitchen and bar equipment to restaurant openings and refits in London and across the UK. You deal with the same small team from the first sample to delivery day.
Our story
A simple idea: the best kit, and service to match
Richard Hartley set up Dick Hartley Ltd 15 years ago to give chefs and restaurateurs the best tableware and kitchen equipment on the market, with the kind of service that busy people with high standards actually need.
We go straight to the source wherever we can, working with potteries, glassworks and manufacturers across the UK and Europe. That lets us keep an eye on quality, keep costs sensible, and find pieces that aren’t on every other restaurant’s table.
Our clients don’t have time to deal with lots of sales people. So we get to the heart of what the kitchen and dining room need, put it on one clear quote, and look after the logistics through to opening day.
Who you’ll deal with
Real people who answer the phone
Richard Hartley
Founder
Richard has worked on every side of hospitality. He was head chef of a busy outside catering company specialising in weddings and large events, and has also worked in corporate canteens and on a coffee concept in Cape Town.
So he knows what a kitchen needs on a packed Saturday night, and what a dining room needs to look like on opening night. He set up Dick Hartley Ltd 15 years ago, and he’s still the person you’re most likely to meet: bringing samples, visiting sites and checking everything in on delivery day.
What you can count on
- A full quoting serviceOne clear quote for the dining room, kitchen and bar.
- Specialist items sourcedIf it isn’t in a catalogue, we’ll find it.
- Bespoke work managed for youLogos on plates and glasses, from artwork to delivery.
- Orders held until you’re readyWe collate and store everything until opening week.
- There on delivery dayWe help check everything in so nothing is missed.
- Still here after you openTop-ups, breakages and your next site.
Brands and makers
Names you know, and some you’ll be glad to discover
We supply the trusted names professional kitchens and bars rely on, alongside smaller potteries and glassworks we’ve found across the UK and Europe.
- Riedel
- Churchill
- Steelite
- Robot Coupe
- Matfer
- de Buyer
- Staub
- Peugeot
- Mallard Ferrière
- Genware
- Jars
- Tognana
- Digoin
Where we are
Based in Devon, working across London and the UK
We’re based near Cullompton, just off the M5. Most of our openings are in London, and we’re there regularly for site visits and samples.
Unit 10, Kingsford Rural Business Centre
Cullompton, Devon EX15 2AU
01884 266057
sales@dickhartley.com
Opening or refitting in the next few months?
The earlier we talk, the more choice you’ll have before lead times bite. Tell us about your venue and we’ll come back within 24 hours.