Christopher Pond

While looking to seek his fortune in Australia he met Felix William Spiers, and the pair rented a room at the Melbourne National Hotel in which they created their first restaurant called "The Shakespeare Grill Room", catering for gold miners.

On 15 May 1889 they catered for a celebration dinner hosted by the Metropolitan Railway for the opening for their extension to Chesham tube station.

[2] Although he lived at Herne Hill, Pond died in Margate on 30 July 1881.

He is buried in West Norwood Cemetery where his elaborate mausoleum is listed as Grade II.

[citation needed] Spiers and Pond's business continued successfully until 1957, owning a dozen restaurants including the Gaiety Theatre Restaurant in The Strand, the Grand Hotel, Brighton, catering at the Regents Park Zoo and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and a monthly mail order catering catalogue.