Tibard was founded by husband and wife John and Sue Shonfeld in 1979 where they sold chef jackets and provided laundry services to local restaurants.
As of 2019 Tibard now employs 120 people in the UK including designers and engineers at their new manufacturing facility in Dukinfield, Greater Manchester. Tibard makes over 10,000 workwear items a week for chefs and kitchen staff.
John Shonfeld, said: “Tibard was born out of the local hospitality industries need for high-quality chefswear and this expanded to supplying restaurants with a reliable resource for all their uniform but being a family run business I believe makes us special as we’re approaching business with a personal approach that extends to everyone from customers to partners to employees.”
On 5 July Tibard hosted staff, customers and suppliers at the newly renovated site to celebrate their 40th anniversary.
Ian Mitchell, managing director, added: “A company like ours is built off the relationships we have with people around the country, and we wanted to bring everyone together for one night because we couldn’t have built such a successful company if it wasn’t for everyone who works tirelessly to make Tibard the place it is today.”