Steps on hiring a caterer – Guide for catering Miami
Suppose you have never hired a caterer before and are totally clueless about what to do. This is normal for new moms or even people getting married for the first time. You’ve been looking through the Internet by searching the term “Catering Miami” and only see a few businesses that catch your interest. Go ahead and call them up after looking at their reviews. For a wedding or birthday party for a child, you'll always want a caterer to help you out. It's always good to look around and get suggestions from friends. You have seen them host a few parties of their owned and wondered why things ran so smoothly. It was thanks to the caterers being there!
Steps on hiring a caterer
Your first task at hand is to go through reviews on the specific catering company you are interested in. If they have great reviews, you can give it the green light to go the next step.
Give them a call by looking up their business number. If the catering service is listed on Yelp, it will have their full address as well as a number. If there is a number and no address, you could assume that their catering business is run from home and this is okay too. Most home catering services have better food.
Ask them what types of deals they have going on for this month. When you looked up “Catering Miami prices” you noticed that it was normally charged at $10 per person. With 100 people attending, this could easily cost you $1,000 so you want to try to get the best price.
Now it is time to meet. Set up an appointment to go to their home or they can come to you. Ask them to bring pictures of their food or a menu that you can look over. Otherwise, you might want to have them make a different type of food. This can be discussed in the meet up.
Catering Articles
Tips for catering setup at the party
10/09/2013 02:18
Recently you’ve been looking through food magazines that have discussed the benefits of catering. Although you are thinking of doing everything yourself, you still don’t know how to setup everything. A professional is required to help you with this. Most catering companies will be able to calculate how many ingredients need to be purchased per hundred people. A few of the head caterers even know these calculations off hand because they’ve been working as a caterer for so long. The slightest error could have your guests leaving early because there is no more food left. Here are some useful tips for catering setup at your party:
Find out how many chairs and tables are needed according to your invitation list. Normally, there will be more people coming if the individuals you invite will also invite others. Otherwise, if the party is hosted on a weekday, there will be less people. This is because most of them have jobs and can’t attend. Set up two extra tables just to be...
Catering for your Christmas party
10/09/2013 02:17
Even though Christmas is about three months away, you want to find a catering company before they are booked. It’s normal for catering companies to become busy around this time and if you haven’t found a catering service by the second week before Christmas – you are out of luck. You need to book the service a few months before.
For a Christmas party, you want to “dress up” the food nicely. Why not download some Christmas food tags for labeling? If you supply the caterer with these items, they can attach it to the food plates. This way people know what they are eating. The tags can have cute Christmas decorations as well.
A catering company is also able to put up a Christmas backdrop on the table where the food will be served. Some of them are able to help out with these decorations so be sure to make an inquiry before hiring. A backdrop is perfect for making the food table stand out and more people will be inclined to come over and view it. With food right in front of them – they...