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Catering Selection Tips
by Kate Sanderson
by Kate Sanderson
Deciding on the food and drink to serve at your wedding event can be a huge decision, considering it often costs more than half of your entire wedding budget. There are a number of details that must be addressed in order for your special day to turn out exactly as you want.
You should plan to start meeting with potential caterers once you have chosen and booked the reception site. Make a mental assessment of what you want the reception to be like, in terms of the theme and subsequent food, beverages, deserts, and any other food necessities. Make a list of caterers that can fulfill your vision. You may also want to ask the reception center for catering recommendations; often, many places will even have a list of preferred caters they like to work with. A huge plus to that is the caterers will be familiar with your reception venue, making the whole process that much easier.
Try also gathering recommendations from trusted friends and family or if you have recently been to an event where you were impressed with the catering that was provided, find out the name of the caterer.
Once you have gotten a few recommendations, you should set up interviews to meet with the caterer in person. You should also request a tasting session as part of the interview so you know their culinary capabilities. Your ultimate decision should ideally be based on the taste and presentation of the food, the creativity of the caterer, the cost, and their enthusiasm and compliance to meet your needs. Keep in mind that the Salt Lake City Caterer is supposed to be accommodating of your wants, so choose someone who is open and responsive to your ideas.
Kate Sanderson may be contacted at
Catering Services: What Do I Need to Know
by Amber Sell
by Amber Sell
When you hear the word “party,” what is the one common element at every party that immediately pops into your mind? If food wasn’t the answer you were thinking of, it should be. Food is always an essential ingredient for any party, including wedding receptions, corporate events, super bowl parties, family reunions, or bridal and baby showers. In fact, when we attend a party, we expect to eat some delicious food, whether it’s appetizers and snacks or a full-course meal.
If you’ve ever attended a large event or a party, you’ve probably experienced a catering service and have seen just how helpful they can be with taking some of the stress off the party host. Catering seems pretty straightforward and simple: you cook some food and serve it, right? That is the basic idea, but there's more to it. In this article, we’ll take you behind the scenes so you know what to expect the next time you hire a catering service. Your vision is paramount to any caterer. With these few simple tips you will be better prepared so the catering service can execute your plan and fulfill your every wish.
The Location
Before you begin anything else, you need to have the location, date, and time completely finalized. Depending on where you are hosting your event, a catering service may be available on site. This can be beneficial because they are familiar with the layout, coordinator, etc. If you have to bring in a caterer, make sure the catering staff is completely aware and comfortable with the location in advance.
The Budget
To decide your catering budget, ask yourself how important the roles of food and drink will play at your party. Are you having formal sit-down dinner with a four course meal or trays of appetizers that are merely there to nibble on? Do you have a theme or style at the event that will be reflected in the food? It is also important to know the following factors: the number of guests, the number of courses or food choices to offer, the cost of the food, the way the food is served (buffet style, seated service, or boxed lunches), and finally, the caterer’s level of expertise. The more flexible you are about these variables, the more wiggle room your caterer has to create the best menu for your budget.
The Catering Staff
Know beforehand whether the catering service will provide their own wait-staff and how many. A rule of thumb is one server for every 10 guests. You also want to make sure the dress code of the wait-staff is in accordance with the dress attire of the guests and the theme of the event.
The Decorations
Food is definitely the star of the party, but it's only one part of the equation. Many catering services today provide full event planning. As catering services have moved toward the full-service, event-planning model, the focus has shifted. It's not that food is no longer a focal point, but rather that it is part of a broader vision. Check with your caterer to see if they provide full event planning. If so, they will often supply you with a brochure that details their services.
If you are planning a themed event, this is a great service to make your event special and memorable. From candles to flower, lighting to linens, and dinnerware to music, catering services can make every detail complement the food to create a unified theme. The possibilities are endless but the decorations could be everything. You could have great tasting food, but if it is presented with flair, then it will become the greatest food your guests have ever tasted.
So whether you are planning a baby shower for 25 close friends or a corporate event for 500 guests, the goal is the same: deeply satisfying the guests. Let a catering service accomplish this grand task but leave you with the compliment of being a great host.
For some excellent catering services, check out Seasons Catering today.
Amber Sell may be contacted at or amber@10xmarketing.com
Hiring Christmas Catering
by Kate Sanderson
by Kate Sanderson
By now you have probably been to enough events, whether a business dinner, wedding, or cocktail party, to know that the food can make or break the event. That is why finding the perfect Utah Christmas caterer for the upcoming holidays is crucial.
Begin your caterer search as soon as you know the date of the event and the venue. Gather recommendations from trusted friends and family; often the best recommendations are word of mouth. If you have been to a dinner or event where you absolutely loved the food, find out the caterer information.
Before you start meeting with caterers, you need to figure out what your budget is; figure how much you can afford and what type of food you want. Can you afford to pay per head? Can you afford an open bar?
When you start meeting with caterers, look at photos of other events they have done. This will give you a visual image of their cooking and food presentation style and abilities.
Ask for references like previous clients to see if they were satisfied with the service the caterer provided.
Kate Sanderson may be contacted at
How to Save on Wedding Catering Services
by Ispas Marin
by Ispas Marin
If you're not being able to pay for a wedding catering service to fully cater your event you can save with some low-cost ideas. If presented with flair, even the simplest of foods can be special. Don't forget about the wedding cake and the beverages. As a rule of thumb, buffets are cheaper than sit-downs because of less staff needed by the catering service. Here are four ideas that can help save on the catering services.
1. Salad Luncheon/Reception If the wedding is late morning you can provide a wonderful salad luncheon. It's cheaper than a sit-down meal and you can offer a wide selection of salads with salads dressings, fruits and breads.
2. Hors d'oeuvres Reception - Deli/Party Trays Reception This event is best placed between 11:00 AM and 5:00 PM or after an evening wedding. Light finger foods should be provided, like fruit and vegetable platters, chips and dips, and crackers. You can also provide more substantial foods like meat and cheese trays, oysters, shrimp cocktails chicken wings and egg rolls.
3. Decadent Dessert Reception or Dessert Party It's appropriate between 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM and after an evening wedding. An extensive assortment of rich desserts should be served, and beverages like coffee and tea.
4. A Simple Cake and Punch Reception As long as it's not during meal time you can let your guests serve cake. You can have a simple and elegant cake and punch reception. The planning should be for the mid morning, afternoon or after an evening wedding. You should make sure that your guests are informed in time that they will not receive a full meal.
There are a lot more ideas that you can find online about how to reduce the cost on the wedding catering services and still have an enjoyable event, just search on google and you'll see.
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Premiere Catering: Adding the Human Touch to Reception
Coordinating
by Rebekah Bowen
by Rebekah Bowen
Among the countless tasks that nearly every modern bride is laden with, aside from planning and coordinating the entire wedding, are the tasks involved in arranging the ever popular wedding reception. Beyond the chatter one hears regarding a couples nuptials, guests tend to have a one-track mind when planning to attend or take part in a wedding. The reception is when it is finally “time to party,” and a bride and groom may finally receive their guests and thank them for all of the love and support they’ve given over the course of the newlyweds’ relationship. Planning this little event, however, can be a daunting task.
The average bride is usually consumed with the same every-day concerns we all face: a full-time job, college work, personal life, etc… Because of this, the additional full-time job of planning an entire wedding can easily turn a sweet blushing bride into a maniacal creature on the brink of genocide!
This is where careful time-management and helpful planners come in.
Two years ago, Mark Winston had a dream. After a lifetime of owning and running a Manhattan computer company, he wanted to create a higher quality of life for himself. He wanted to create a company where he could pursue the self-rewarding job of helping people on a daily basis without the monotony of the standard American cubicle job. So Mark combined his passions for food, parties and the happiness found in every wedding with his knowledge of business and computer skills to create the ideal company for brides to go to for a helpful staff and knowledgeable service: Premiere Catering & Entertainment.
At Premiere Catering we take a different approach to the wedding reception. Rather than leading a bride to yet another expensive vendor for coordinating advice, we befriend and guide her in a helpful, soothing way. Consider us, if you will, the day-spa of Caterers living up to our “Premiere” name.
We have created a website (www.premiere-catering.com) to enhance the experience of creating the apex of a bride’s most memorable day. In this site, she may plan her event through a series of page options, after which she is promptly contacted by a staff member who will meet with her (as many times as it takes) to ensure that her vision is carried out to the last detail with professionalism, perfection, and a heart-warming, human touch.
We have the experience and know-how to carry out the planning and execution of a reception with grace and elegance…
…But we haven’t even begun to discuss the best feature of a caterer…
The FOOD!
Good food is still just good food, but add an artists touch, and it becomes spectacular! Even the simplest of dishes can become world-class by adding the flair we do to our wedding receptions. Given that everyone approaches food with their eyes before their taste-buds, we treat every dish and buffet as a masterpiece unto itself. Imagine a simple buffet, and then add flowing, billowing fabric covered in plentiful baskets of herbed breads; succulent chafing dishes filled with Mediterranean chicken, pasta, vegetables and salmon; huge platters of fresh, field greens; and a gourmet chef at the end of the line carving a roasted pork tenderloin for your guests. If that sounds good, cover the buffet in freshly cut flowers chosen by the bride, and that is just one picture of the many buffets we’ve served at our weddings.
Add to all of the good things previously mentioned, a helpful event coordinator who is more interested in your happiness and the success of your reception than your checkbook, and you’ve got one relaxed and happy bride.
We are available seven days a week for planning, guides to locations, suggestions for rentals, menu choices, and much more. Contact Mark Winston at (919)363-5643 or Rebekah Bowen at (919) 601-1734, and see the “Plan Your Event” link on our website at www.premiere-catering.com to begin organizing your big day today!
Premiere Catering is a full-service catering company serving the entire triangle area. We are committed to creating beautiful banquets which are only limited by our imaginations. Even the simplest of dishes is treated as a work of art! Rebekah Bowen may be contacted at http://www.premiere-catering.com or rebekah@premiere-catering.com
Ways To Save On Your Wedding Catering
by Nicola Ray
by Nicola Ray
With most weddings these days, the wedding catering follows a set formula of canapés with the reception drinks before a three-course sit-down meal, followed later that evening with a hot buffet. With all this food, it's not surprising that the wedding catering costs are huge.
By moving away from this recent tradition you can easily slash hundreds off your wedding catering budget.
Here are some top tips to cutting the cost of your wedding catering.
Reduce the number of meals you serve
It's only in the last 15 years that couples have started providing a sit-down meal after the ceremony and then a further buffet towards the end of the night for the evening guests.
You could easily cut the evening buffet. Most of the evening guests will have eaten before they arrive and those guests that ate earlier are generally still full from the earlier three courses!
Keep it simple
One of the best ways to reduce your costs is simplifying your menu. Consider serving up classic pub food such as bangers and mash or fish and chips (which was good enough for Kate Winslet!). They're everybody's favourites and will keep your costs low.
Opt for smaller companies
By avoiding the large professional catering companies, you'll reduce your wedding catering costs. Many small restaurants or small, local catering businesses are able to provide food for large events, including weddings. Finding a small, local firm will allow you to avoid the hefty price tag often associated with larger companies.
Do it yourself
Enlist the help of your family and cater yourself. If everyone pitches in a little you can make light work of catering. It will take a little planning, but with a simple buffet menu it is easily achieved.
Think differently about your food
There are plenty of food options available, so you don't have to go down the route of a traditional sit-down meal. Consider providing party foods, snacks or plenty of canapés for a champagne reception. For a summer garden reception a BBQ or spit-roast would go down well. A dessert only reception would work well for a bride with a sweet-tooth or perhaps a picnic style buffet for a more casual affair.
Consider a catering college
In virtually every city there is a catering college and often these offer additional services. After all, the students need to practice their catering skills and what better way then at a wedding?
Contact your local education authority to source your nearest college. Even if they don't do the catering, you may find a number of students willing to serve at your wedding.
The general rule of thumb is if you do what most of the other brides are doing, you'll spend a fortune just like them. Try something a little different, simplify your plans or do it yourself and on the whole you'll save yourself a packet.
Nicola Ray is the owner of Cheap Wedding Success, a website dedicated to planning and creating the perfect cheap wedding. With lots of advice, tips and ideas to lower the cost of your wedding, Cheap Wedding Success is the perfect place to start. This article is taken from the Wedding Catering section. Nicola Ray may be contacted at http://www.cheap-wedding-success.co.uk or nicola@cheap-wedding-success.co.uk
What Can Catering Do For You?
by Ashley Daniels
by Ashley Daniels
As part of our modern culture, social events are just around the corner, whether corporate or personal. Using a catering service for your next event is an easy, convenient, and time- saving way to get the hard job done.
No matter how big or small your next event will be, catering helps you to cover all your dining and refreshment requirements, providing not only food and drink, but professional personnel including bartenders, waiters, waitresses, drivers, parking valets, etc.
From wedding receptions to team-building parties, catering provides you with a wide range of products and services especially designed for each occasion, although you can always ask for tailored packages to suit your needs.
A typical catering service can cater receptions, dinners, buffets, and luncheons, and provide you with coffee and tea services for smaller events such as teamwork meetings.
At some catering services you can also pick up the food and drink yourself directly, or order the delivery to the location of your event, with or without serving staff, party aftermath caretakers, and cleaning personnel.
Catering can also handle other details of your events, including flowers, rentals, venues, or outdoors settings. Doing online research allows you to see the different catering providers and the whole range of ways in which service is provided.
In fact, some caterers specialize in delivering gourmet meals and drinks to your events, while others work with you developing customized menus that a third party provider delivers the day of the event, guaranteeing freshness of meals.
Some corporate catering services specialize in delivering coffee, tea, and box lunches, but in general terms, most caterers provide the full array of services to their clientele.
Take advantage of the Internet and point your browser to any of the major search engines, whether to look for "catering services" or by typing in your query "catering directory" to find a list of catering providers.
This way, you can find not only the caterers close to your location, but also reviews from other consumers regarding the quality of their services, as well as an estimate of costs and, in most cases, request an online quote.
There are catering directories that provide information on local services, listing the caterers by city and state, allowing you to narrow you search by introducing your zip code.
Finally, you can find some online caterer's associations listing their members, including their background and experience, serving the catering needs of thousands of people nationwide.
Ashley Daniels may be contacted at http://www.websitepromotionworld.com/ or ashleydani@gmail.com
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