| As the host of an event, you have many options for | | | | * Is capable of working with serving, waiting, |
| planning and securing the arrangements for your | | | | support, and event staff |
| personal or corporate function. These range from | | | | * Is flexible and open to changes (to a practical |
| simple consultations to fully managed special events in | | | | extent) to meet the needs of your Florida event |
| Florida and corporate events. But as experience has | | | | Stressful and frustrating are two words that come |
| shown, the best success is enjoyed when one | | | | to mind when one thinks about all that really needs |
| service is combined with another, so that the end | | | | to go into choosing and managing a caterer for an |
| result is a seamless, smooth, cohesive event that | | | | event. Both can be eliminated with your event |
| goes off without a hitch. | | | | planning insurance policy. |
| It's All In The Food-And Delivery | | | | Your Catering Insurance Policy: Your Event Planner |
| As much as you would like to think your event-its | | | | A select group of professionals are experts at |
| purpose and message-rules the day on its own, this | | | | choosing a caterer for an event, at assisting menu |
| simply is not true. In addition to being a part of your | | | | design, and at managing event catering from the |
| event, your guests and participants expect to be | | | | planning to delivery stages. That group? Professional |
| entertained and satisfied (and we all know that | | | | event planners. |
| means fed, even if your buffet is a simple matter of | | | | A good event planner will come with |
| refreshments and hors d'oeuvres). | | | | * Knowledge of local catering options for events |
| Choosing a menu that will fulfill both your | | | | * Experience doing business with a variety of |
| expectations and the expectations of the people at | | | | caterers |
| your event is elemental to the impression that your | | | | * Management skills to ensure top-notch catering |
| event will make, and integral to its success. However, | | | | service delivery |
| choosing a catering company is not just about | | | | * Speed and efficiency-with the worst weeded out |
| choosing what kind of food you eat. It is also about | | | | of the realm of possibility, only the best catering |
| * Choosing a catering company with a reputation for | | | | services will be offered to you (yet still firmly within |
| excellence | | | | budget and need) |
| * Choosing a catering service that is committed to | | | | * Budgetary management skills to help fit the cost of |
| quality | | | | this important element into the overall event |
| * Choosing a caterer that has a steady track-record | | | | * The time to dedicate to your event, and the |
| of success and client satisfaction | | | | attention to excellence in customer service |
| * Choosing a catering company for events that | | | | Given the partnerships that experienced event |
| offers a menu befitting of your event, its theme, and | | | | planners have built with local catering services, the |
| your culinary interests-with enough diversity to | | | | skill of budget and negotiation, the experience |
| satisfy the tastes of all your guests | | | | selecting the right menu to match the right theme |
| But of course, being able to produce great food is | | | | and event, and the dedication to the success of their |
| not enough. You also need to hire a caterer who | | | | clients, event planners are the best resource for |
| * Is capable of catering for your size group (whether | | | | catering and event planning. With the right event and |
| it is large or small-you do not need a caterer who | | | | destination planner, yours will be a raging success of |
| provides too much or too little of a good thing) | | | | a day, in just the way you want it to be. |
| * Can work within your event budget | | | | |