| When you attend an event, do you look forward to | | | | many guests are coming for your event. Most |
| eating some delicious food? I do. For any event, food is | | | | caterers charge by head count. Always note that |
| always an important element that cannot be | | | | about 5 to 10 percents of the people who have |
| compromised. When you serve quality food, your | | | | registered for the event will not turn up on the actual |
| guests will be happy. So it is important that you hire a | | | | day. This will prevent you from ordering too much |
| caterer who can provide quality food and services. | | | | food. |
| When you are the event organizer, there are a lot of | | | | 2. Set the location, date and time of the event. Every |
| things for you to handle. Sometimes, food catering can | | | | caterer needs to know these details before they can |
| be the least priority of all tasks. A professional catering | | | | start preparing for it. You should also bring the caterer |
| service can be very helpful for you as it takes some | | | | to visit the ground to get them familiarized with the site |
| of the stress off you during the event. The caterer will | | | | layout. |
| take charge of everything, from preparation of food | | | | 3. Brief your caterer in details week before the event. |
| and drink to clearing up of the food reception area. | | | | You need to sit down with your caterer and go |
| Before you hire a particular caterer, you need to feed | | | | through every details of the event. Also, you may |
| the caterer a few important details. Now, let me share | | | | want to check with the caterer whether they provide |
| with you some simple catering tips so that you can | | | | decoration services. If yes, request for the full event |
| work well with your caterer and prepare a good food | | | | planning details. |
| reception for your guests. | | | | A catering service is your right hand man during an |
| 1. Determine your budget. A catering service can be | | | | event. Hire a good catering company and let them |
| very expensive if you are not careful. Ask yourself | | | | handle the food requirements and set up. To look for a |
| whether food and drinks are the main highlight of your | | | | list of caterers in your area, you can either do a |
| event. Is your event a networking sit-down dinner? Or | | | | search on Google or browse through your local |
| is it a product or service presentation with buffet for | | | | directory like Yellow Pages. |
| your guests? Next, you also need to ask yourself how | | | | |