Catering at sporting events
Catering always has an element of imagination involved; you try and design a menu, pick foods appropriate to your theme and the event in question and try and make the best impression that you can on the event and on the guests (how else would you get more business from referrals?) but sometimes you need to respect tradition and expectations. Sporting events, in particular, are extremely traditional with their tastes, menus and...
Starting your own business
Catering is a tricky world to be involved in. One might, and with good reason, assume that catering is just slapping on a friendly face, standing behind a heated serving station and dishing out food to whatever party guest, business associate or wedding couple comes your way. That is a part of it, of course, but the catering world is incredible diverse and incredible complicated. First you will need to decide where you want to...
Catering for festivals
I have written a lot of words about the events that might need catering. From the large to the small, from the happy to the sad, from the party to the personal, but one thing I have never really touched on is how festivals consider their catering because it is a very unusual one compared to the rest of the events I have discussed at length on these pages. Festivals are often welcoming tens of thousands of people through their doors and...
Picnics: Catering for beginners
We have all been on a picnic. Well, there are probably some people out there who are reading this who are thinking “what the hell is a picnic?!” and others who are thinking “thanks a lot idiot, I have never been invited to a picnic!” To those people I’m sorry; if I ever organise a picnic I will be sure to invite you all! But let’s get down to facts here; if you want to start catering for friends and family you have to learn how...
Catering for outdoor events
I have discussed a lot about catering specific types of events on this blog. Whether it be for the bigger occasions like weddings and birthdays, all the way down to small, more personal events like birthdays and small family get togethers. One thing I have very rarely touched on, however, is the type of events you might be catering and where you might be catering them as well. Most events that you are likely to cater will be indoors;...