The latest news and trends in catering for special events by hotel caterers and off-premise caterers, including coverage of menu items, service styles and presentation.
The event: a high-profile celebrity bash for client Reebok in conjunction with the 2002 American Black Film Festival in Miami. The setting: the ultra-chic Shore Club hotel in balmy South Beach. The big question: "How to brand, but without hitting...
Under the direction of culinary superstar team Joachim and Christine Splichal, Patina Catering provides a rustic 7½-foot pine table complete with linen and unique serving pieces. “Joachim goes to France and Italy usually at least once a year,”...
ALEX BROOKS FINE Catering and Gourmet Alternative, two of Denver's leading catering operations, have merged to form Gourmet Fine Catering. The new company, which is second in revenue in the Denver area to market leader Epicurean Catering...
SINCE I WAS five and my mother gave me my first “Eloise” book, detailing the life of that precocious Plaza patron, I've been smitten with great hotels. So it's always a treat to work on this issue, which throws the spotlight on special events at...
As their annual convention last week, the members of the National Association of Catering Executives elected Jerry Edwards, CPCE, to a third term as president...
Veteran event producer Andrea Michaels, founder of Sherman Oaks, Calif.-based Extraordinary Events, has been awarded the Los Angeles Event Industry Achievement Award by the Los Angeles Chapter of NACE. The award recognizes outstanding event...
Tough competition is keeping caterers jumping, according to Stephan Baroni, managing partner and chief operating officer of Tentation, the American arm of international catering/event design firm Potel et Chabot, based in Paris. In addition to its...