الثلاثاء، 13 مارس 2018

Business Catering For Corporate Functions

By Dennis Cook


The meetings that companies and businesses hold are becoming more and more common. Everyone who attends these functions has one commonality - they are hungry after listening to speeches, lectures, and training sessions. They will engage the use of business catering companies that can provide them with all of their hospitality needs.

Morning events usually require gallons of fresh, hot coffee. Sweet rolls, fresh fruit, and juices may be offered for a casual continental breakfast. If a more bountiful meal is required, scrambled eggs, bacon and sausage, breakfast potatoes, and biscuits may be offered.

Mid-morning and mid-afternoon breaks will require much more coffee. Snacks can also be provided. These can consist of cookies, brownies, candy, and maybe hot and/or cold tea. This is an aspect of this type of catering that can be very creative. These breaks can have a theme that will feature specific foods.

A few of these very unique ideas include a nacho station with toppings such as tortilla chips, melted cheese, ground beef, chicken fajita meat, jalapenos, and salsa for everyone to enjoy. A movie theme would also be appropriate with hot buttered popcorn straight from a popcorn machine, boxed movie candy, and sodas. If you have several coffee lovers, a coffee bar may be in order complete with regular and decaf coffee, cinnamon sticks, shaved chocolate, whipped cream and flavored creamers or syrups.

Lunches for these events are usually buffets. These food offerings may have a theme such as a Mexican buffet, a fajita bar, deli buffet, salad line, or even choices of hamburgers and hot dogs with all of the accompaniments. The desserts offered are usually fairly simple so they can be brought back to the meetings if necessary. Cookies, brownies, and other pick-up type items are usually the normal offering.

Sometimes working lunches are offered to the attendees of these meetings. They usually consist of some type of boxed lunch that is simple and easy to consume. Caterers have become truly creative with these and try to avoid the standard fare of plain sandwiches. They may provide more interesting foods such as tuna on a croissant with a fresh fruit cup and kettle-cooked chips or a submarine sandwich on a hoagie bun with a piece of whole fruit and sun chips.

When the corporate event is over for the day, many hosting companies will provide cocktails and foods to the attendees. They can continue to discuss the business or training at hand and engage in professional networking. The bar can be a simple wine and beer bar or it can be a full bar with wine, beer, cocktails, and sodas. The appetizers can be buffet-style or passed and can consist of a deli platter, wings, a vegetable tray, fresh fruit display, a mini taco bar, or even an elegant salmon display. Mini desserts such as mini tarts, Napoleons, and cream puffs would work best with this type of arrangement.

This type of catering can be a huge opportunity for a caterer. It is far less stressful than providing services for a wedding and can be much steadier work. The potential for growth is almost unlimited if quality products and services are provided to the corporate customers.




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