What Is A Catering Service?

Mobile catering  – is the service that typically offers parties, events, and presentations with food and drink. Many party rooms, hotels, and companies in the sector offer this service and the rental of their premises.

Whether at business meetings, weddings, birthdays, or openings, the catering service entertains guests.

Service can include –  food, drinks, linens, cutlery, and even post-event service from chefs, waiters, and housekeeping staff.

Catering, by definition, is a professional service dedicated to the external provision of prepared meals. However, today it can also provide whatever is needed to organize a banquet or a party.

Catering For Events

It means the food service of a specialty company responsible for the preparation, presentation, offering, and service of food at events of all kinds, from simple breakfast to full-service restaurant with service. Kitchen and decoration included.

Many catering companies have opted for an economic model around the organization of events. They take care of the dishes and the decoration in general, the arrangement of the tables, and lighting.

 When Budgeting For A Catering Service, The Following Elements Remain Taken Into Account:

General Considerations

The specific needs of the client remain taken into account, whether dietary or religious.

We are talking about halal, kosher, vegetarian, vegan products and those necessary in case of allergies or intolerance to certain foods.

Rental service

Can use tables, chairs, dance floors, tents, plants, tableware like crockery, cutlery, glassware, bedding, coasters and placemats, glasses bars, serving bowls, salt and pepper shakers, etc.

Most companies do not include assembly and disassembly in the rental price.

Staff

An event must have an event director, captain or manager, cook, assistant cook, waiter, and bartender. The staff for an à la carte dinner is generally more significant than that for a buffet dinner.

Among other things, twice as many dishes remain needed for an à la carte dinner, and at least three meals plus a coffee remain served.

Additional costs

Sales tax, lighting service charge, liquor license, fire permit, curtains, flowers, valet parking, and cloakroom.

Banquets And Catering In El Salvador

Type of service

The service varies according to the event presented, and among the different types of catering services, the following stand out:

Catering working breakfast

They remain priced between 3 and 5 bites per hour per person, and you can choose between Continental and American, among others.

Catering coffee break

Coffee, tea, natural juices, salty and sweet snacks are offered. It lasts between 15 and 30 minutes is a break or a break.

Catering aperitif

This service lasts between 15 and 30 minutes. It remains based on a calculation of 2 bites per person.

Catering brunch

It is the combination of breakfast and lunch, breakfast – lunch, the estimated service time is 11h, and the approximate duration is 1h30.

Opening Of The Restoration

Two canapes per person, champagne, and wine are offer. This restoration remains carried out in particular during the vernissages of artistic exhibitions.

Catering reception

It takes around 3 hours and remains often done at 8:00 p.m. You remain billed for 18 to 20 sandwiches per person; 2/3 are salty and 1/3 sweet.

Catering welcome buffet

As for the previous one, the duration is 3 hours and the estimated time is 20 hours. In this case, however, various hot and cold dishes and side dishes are offered.

Catering Reception, Meal, Or Banquet

It is suitable for long-duration events, as these are calculated between 6 and 8 hours. 6 bites are charge for the reception, and then there is a starter, a main course, a dessert, a coffee service, toast, the sweet table, and the end of the party for dinner.

Presentation of the service

In general, the food part of a catering service remains arranged attractively to attract the guests’ attention.

The most common food presentations are:

• Mini dishes and snacks

They are small dishes that are easy to serve and enjoy, although their size makes them heavy to prepare.