There are these two wedding caterers in my town that I just love. I see them at about three quarters of the weddings I attend. I think I’ve seen them at every bridal shower as well. They have a varied menu and are really great cooks.
The two wedding caterers each have a signature appetizer to offer the client. One of them stuffs mushrooms and they are marvelous. The other one served spiced nuts in dishes everywhere. I can’t decide which I like more.
I let each of my daughters choose their own wedding caterers. They each chose a different one, but they both cost roughly the same amount. I hired the same caterer for both of my daughter’s bridal showers. I did not choose the same menu, though.
Wedding caterers have a lot of menus to choose from usually. My daughter Jenny picked the quiche and fruit for her bridal party. My daughter Sarah a taco bar. Those were two very different parties! I enjoyed both and the food was fantastic.
Jenny’s wedding caterers delivered her a buffet that was so beautiful. There was a tropical fruit display, a seasonal vegetable tray with herb dipping sauce. There was a cheese tray with three cheeses and gourmet crackers. She chose finger sandwiches and Iced Tea. The fare was very light and very tasty.
The wedding caterers for Sarah’s wedding cost a little bit more, but she had a heavier meal. She also had a tropical fruit display and a cheese board, but there is where the similarity to Jenny’s wedding ended. She had a carving station with pork tenderloin, Caesar salads, and pasta and bread baskets on every table.
My son is getting married next fall and his fiance has asked me to help her plan the wedding. She has chosen between the two wedding caterers that we’ve already worked with. She liked the food at both weddings. She is a vegetarian and was thrilled at the offerings by the caterer that she chose. There will be soups, stews, roasted vegetables, eggplant parmesan as the main course and stuffed portobello mushroom. I think that there was even more on the menu, but everything I heard her name sounded delicious. I can hardly wait until the wedding.
www.BestSanDiegoCatering.com
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Friday, June 15, 2007
Running A Catering Business
Running a catering business is a lot harder than just cooking for people. There is definitely an art to this profession. There are a lot of considerations when you start a catering business. If you are unable to coordinate Thanksgiving dinner for your family, this is not the job for you.
One of the parts of a good catering business is developing menus. The menus that you develop need to keep in mind the preparation times and whether or not the recipes multiply well. It is good to practice some of the more decorative aspects of your menu on your friends and family.
You have to have a good and reliable supplier of meat and produce for your catering business. If you offer asparagus on your menu and it is chosen, you need to be able to deliver asparagus to the table. Getting to know farmers at the local farmer’s market is a great idea for anyone running a catering
business.
You have to actually have paying jobs to consider yourself a caterer. A catering business needs a business plan and a marketing strategy. This is a hard market to break into without a reputation. People have to take a gamble on you. It is a great idea to ask clients after a successful job if you can
use them as a reference.
It is vital to a catering business that the businesses not take on more jobs than it can handle. It is better to turn someone away when you know that you will be too busy than to accept the work and not deliver what was promised. Reputation really is everything and knowing your limitations will help your catering business not look foolish.
Hiring someone periodically to look at your catering business is a good idea. It is valuable information to know that adding just one employee would make the catering business either succeed more or completely derail its profitability. It is a smart business move to let people who know more than you analyze your plan.
A catering business can take up a lot of time. It is only a good idea to do it if you are enthusiastic and have a lot of family support. I would never recommend this line of work to someone that would end up resenting the weekends spent working. At the end of the day, a catering business really is labor of love.
www.BestSanDiegoCatering.com
One of the parts of a good catering business is developing menus. The menus that you develop need to keep in mind the preparation times and whether or not the recipes multiply well. It is good to practice some of the more decorative aspects of your menu on your friends and family.
You have to have a good and reliable supplier of meat and produce for your catering business. If you offer asparagus on your menu and it is chosen, you need to be able to deliver asparagus to the table. Getting to know farmers at the local farmer’s market is a great idea for anyone running a catering
business.
You have to actually have paying jobs to consider yourself a caterer. A catering business needs a business plan and a marketing strategy. This is a hard market to break into without a reputation. People have to take a gamble on you. It is a great idea to ask clients after a successful job if you can
use them as a reference.
It is vital to a catering business that the businesses not take on more jobs than it can handle. It is better to turn someone away when you know that you will be too busy than to accept the work and not deliver what was promised. Reputation really is everything and knowing your limitations will help your catering business not look foolish.
Hiring someone periodically to look at your catering business is a good idea. It is valuable information to know that adding just one employee would make the catering business either succeed more or completely derail its profitability. It is a smart business move to let people who know more than you analyze your plan.
A catering business can take up a lot of time. It is only a good idea to do it if you are enthusiastic and have a lot of family support. I would never recommend this line of work to someone that would end up resenting the weekends spent working. At the end of the day, a catering business really is labor of love.
www.BestSanDiegoCatering.com
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