tips & advice

Questions to ask any caterer, Just a little free advice from us…

• Do you specialize in a particular cuisine? What about service, do you prefer buffet versus plated? What about family style?
• Do you have set menus - or are they custom for each client?
• Do you make your food from scratch? Where is it from? Do you use local ingredients?
• When is the food cooked? Is it cooked onsite - or in your kitchen and brought onsite?
• Can you do menus that work around special diets? What if I have a few vegetarians, do they just get the side dishes?
• What about children at the event - what can they have? What is the charge for this?
• How do you feed the vendors? What are the charges for that?
• Can you provide all the NA beverages and what are they? Do you provide all the mixers for the bar and garnishes, and what are they? Ice?
• Can you provide beer and wine? What about alcohol? If not, can you give us a list of what we need to have on hand?
• Billing - aside from the per-person food charges and service charges, are there any other fees? Cake cutting? NA beverages? Chef's fee?
• How many servers and bartenders will be at our event? What is their billing rate?
• How will the servers be dressed? Can we ask for a particular uniform or tie?
• What is the background of your servers & bartenders - where do you hire them from?
• Can you do specialty drinks?
• When will you be onsite? Your timeline?
• How will you leave the facility or my home? Do you take all the trash?
• If there is left-over food, what do you do with it?

We specialize in custom menus created with the seasons in mind. We use (as much as possible) local ingredients - especially our produce. We also work with many other local businesses to provide fantastic cheeses, meats, fish, wine, and bread.