WITH sponsors to accommodate, A-list guests to please and a high-profile client to provide with a profitable party, the Lakers Youth Foundation Casino Night is one tall order. That's why Los Angeles-based Along Came...
A MASTER's degree in business administration, a background in data processing, no culinary training whatsoever — not exactly the makings of an award-winning chef and catering innovator. Except in the case of Jack...
As one San Diego catering director puts it, “Many times we have a client who wants to shoot for the moon, but can only afford an asteroid.” Here, successful catering pros offer their insights on keeping costs from...
WANT to take a buffet from “just OK” to “Hey!”? These manufacturers and designers offer goods — and good advice — for putting height, hot hues and wow-factor features into station presentations...
THE flowers may be perfect, the wine divine, but in-demand caterers across the country concur: The recipe for a successful party is based on fabulous food. In this month's cover story, award-winning off-premise...
MOVING heaven and earth for a wedding client is not the sort of thing most event pros would consider out of the ordinary. Moving trees? Well, that's a different story. Yet landscape alteration was just one of the many...
WEDDINGS are one occasion when the right location is a requisite. In the current event market, that often means taking the festivities out of traditional wedding locations such as hotels and private clubs. But with...
DESIGNING and constructing a venue to hold 5,300 corporate event attendees on scant notice would have been challenge enough for the team at Calgary, Alberta-based XV-Experiential Events. Add to that an 11th-hour...
