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.
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Catering sevice owners need to be aware of a new TV show called "Wedding Day" currently in production by Mark Burrnett and Dreamworks TV for TNT. SHARE NOTHING WITH THIS GROUP REGARDING WEDDINGS YOU HAVE BOOKED. A bride originally contracted with us to do the wedding months ago won a "contest" to find a couple whating to get married but hindered by circumstances.
(not really the case with this couple as they had already contracted with us to do their wedding). We were contacted by the TV production company a few weeks ago and ask for lots of information regarding our operation, which we provide, and were told by the woman representing them that they looked forward to working with us but we had to keep the details an absolute secret. 12 days prior to the wedding day we have been informed that our sevices are not required.
At this late date we, of course, cannot rebook a reserve event.
during the busy april wedding season, as facilities are committed,and as all of you know, weddings don't happen with 12 days notice...Vagas not withstanding!
If you are contacted by these people they are not to be trusted in our opinion. They paint a lovley picture of the PR your company will recieve...ask you to share the names and nummbers of your local resources...and then drop you like a hot potato. Your employees lose the several days work the event provides, and of course your company is out the booking.
Catering sevice owners need to be aware of a new TV show called "Wedding Day" currently in production by Mark Burrnett and Dreamworks TV for TNT. SHARE NOTHING WITH THIS GROUP REGARDING WEDDINGS YOU HAVE BOOKED. A bride originally contracted with us to do the wedding months ago won a "contest" to find a couple whating to get married but hindered by circumstances.
(not really the case with this couple as they had already contracted with us to do their wedding). We were contacted by the TV production company a few weeks ago and ask for lots of information regarding our operation, which we provide, and were told by the woman representing them that they looked forward to working with us but we had to keep the details an absolute secret. 12 days prior to the wedding day we have been informed that our sevices are not required.
At this late date we, of course, cannot rebook a reserve event.
during the busy april wedding season, as facilities are committed,and as all of you know, weddings don't happen with 12 days notice...Vagas not withstanding!
If you are contacted by these people they are not to be trusted in our opinion. They paint a lovley picture of the PR your company will recieve...ask you to share the names and nummbers of your local resources...and then drop you like a hot potato. Your employees lose the several days work the event provides, and of course your company is out the booking.
Catering sevice owners need to be aware of a new TV show called "Wedding Day" currently in production by Mark Burrnett and Dreamworks TV for TNT. SHARE NOTHING WITH THIS GROUP REGARDING WEDDINGS YOU HAVE BOOKED. A bride originally contracted with us to do the wedding months ago won a "contest" to find a couple whating to get married but hindered by circumstances.
(not really the case with this couple as they had already contracted with us to do their wedding). We were contacted by the TV production company a few weeks ago and ask for lots of information regarding our operation, which we provide, and were told by the woman representing them that they looked forward to working with us but we had to keep the details an absolute secret. 12 days prior to the wedding day we have been informed that our sevices are not required.
At this late date we, of course, cannot rebook a reserve event.
during the busy april wedding season, as facilities are committed,and as all of you know, weddings don't happen with 12 days notice...Vagas not withstanding!
If you are contacted by these people they are not to be trusted in our opinion. They paint a lovley picture of the PR your company will recieve...ask you to share the names and nummbers of your local resources...and then drop you like a hot potato. Your employees lose the several days work the event provides, and of course your company is out the booking.
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