Catering - the most challenging sector in HI 1.
Mobile Catering Services - flexible ex truck,vendors
- "the sky is the limit w catering" (offers endless opportunities) 2. Take Home Orders - party platter, finger foods, small menus
- business of providing food service at remote sites or a site 3. Door to Door Catering - delivered at your door (drop off
( hotels, resorts, public house) service)
4. Special Events Catering - all services required for the events
2 MAIN TYPE OF CATERING 5. Business Catering Services - offering food for business
meetings
• ON PREMISE CATERING - hold on site or physical premises of 5. Industrial Catering Service - serving food with a larger group
establishment such as of people. (airlines, cruise, school, hospital) (enter
Restaurant - 3 separate rooms ( restaurants operations, agreement/contract) (semi annual/annual)
reservation, overflowing seating)
∆ EXAMPLES 1. hospitals 2. schools/universities SOME OF CATERING ESTABLISHMENT
1. Restaurant - provides food and beverage to order and
• OFF PREMISE CATERING - function takes place in remote consume on premises
area/location such as clients home, private residences, resort - 2. Transport Catering - provision of FNB to passenger before
- Central Kitchen during and after journey ( trains, aircraft, busses, private
- Serving food away from caterers food production facilities vehicles)
∆ EXAMPLE 1. free standing comissory 3. Airline Catering - serves airline passengers on board
4. Railway Catering - serve fnb during stop over
3 Categories of Caterers for off premise 5. Ship Catering - serves cargo ships crews and passengers
1. PARTY FOOD CATERER - supply only the food for an event. 6. Surface Catering - serves bus terminals and surface
2. HOT BUFFET CATERER - provide hot food in insulated 7. Outdoor Catering - serves FNB away from home
containers. ( sometimes atih serving personnel w/ additional 8. Retail Store Catering - service provided by retail
charge) establishment
3. FULL SERVICE CATERER - provide food w serving personnel, 9. Club Catering - serves expensive fnb to golf club, night clubs
plus food related equipment, china, glassware, flatware, etc. exclusive on members only
cutleriea, tables, and chairs and tent. (other service: 10. Welfare Catering - provision fnb to fulfill social obligations
decorations, music) such as feeding program
11. Industrial Catering - provision fnb people at work like
BANQUET VS CATERING cafeteria ( employee catering program)
1. Location 12. Leisure Linked Catering - rest and recreation activities such
Banquet- fixed venue (hotel, hall, etc) as theme parks, galleries.
Catering - clients chosen location
2. Service Robert Bogle - originate of catering
Banquet - manage by venue staff
Catering - provided by external caterers
3. Flexibility
Banquet - limited to venue offerings
Catering - highly customizable
4. Formality
Banquet - often more formal to semi formal than catering ‘
Catering - casual to formal
5. Cost
Banquet - venue package includes multiple elements
Catering - cost varies based on customiization
CLASSIFICATION OF CATERING
1. Social Catering - informal event, intimate gathering (focus
on food and socializing). Ex: birthday, anniversaries, baptism
2. Business or Corporate Catering - focuses on providing high
quality food and drink service. Ex: seminars, conferences,
training and workshop, business meeting
HISTORY OF CATERING
1778 - 1st major services being catered. (US / Philadelphia /
ball) (by Caesar Cranshell to celebrate the departure of British
General William Howe) nag cater
1820's - catering business in Philadelphia. (catering was
founded by African and American)
1840's - catering began to professionalize by ROBERT BOGLE.
(originator of catering) (second generation of Philadelphia
black caterers) (restaurants and catering)
1930's - white businessman moved in the industry.
-Soviet Union - simple menu and state public catering as part
of collectivization policies.
WW II - rationing system
1960's - home made foods was overtaken because of
URBANIZATION, WOMEN ENTERING WORKFORCE, GROWTH
OF FAST FOOD CHAIN.
MOBILE CATERERS serves food directly from vehicle, carts or
truck
-common at outdoors event. ( concerts, workplace,
downtowns).
CATERING TODAY - scope of service expands, not only limited
to food prep, presentation expands. (event organizer hire
professional caterers to save time and avoid problems
MOST COMMON CATERING SERVICES
