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.
Demanding clients, tough competition, a skittish economy — the environment for caterers is a challenging one. To see how one operator stays ahead of the pack, this month we interview Stephan Baroni, managing partner and chief operating officer of...
“I WAS BORN TO DO THIS,” says Joann Roth-Oseary. “Like when writers find their voice, and it flows? That is the same as the experience for me with catering.” ...
TWO MAJOR TRENDS define today's catering clients: they demand food that rivals the best of international cuisine, and they yearn for the soothing flavors of home. Successful caterers are those who satisfy both cravings...
With all the learning and networking that go on at The Special Event, attendees are bound to work up a healthy appetite. Fortunately, this year's show features a diverse range of event menus created by two of the top catering talents in Phoenix...
What started as a small gathering of industry professionals coming together for a good cause has evolved into — well, a much larger gathering of industry professionals coming together for a good cause. A Taste of NACE, hosted for the seventh year...
London-based Chelsea Catering Co. has joined forces with coffee-roaster Costa Limited, also of London, to provide catering to the British Airways London Eye. The London Eye — “the world's largest observation wheel,” according to Martin Warner of...
PAULA FENNER, DIRECTOR OF CATERING AND CONVENTION services at the Westin Stonebriar Resort in north Dallas, got her event-planning career off to an early start...
EVENT COMPANIES THAT hitched their wagons to the fast-rising dot-com stars of the late '90s, only to discover them crashing like meteors soon after, at least learned an important lesson: It's folly to put all your eggs into one basket when it...
IT WASN'T JUST FORMER students who joined forces for Duke University's April 21 Alumni Reunion Gala. The Catering Co., based in Chapel Hill, N.C., got into the “getting together” act by bringing on another local caterer to lend a hand in producing...