Larry Craig can take or leave the current catering trends. The owner of New York-based Laurence Craig Distinctive Celebrations has seen his share. After starting off with a specialty business packaging and delivering low-fat meals to families 11 ...
Few things in life come cheap — catered events included. But with a substitution here and a tweak there, a high-end menu can be adjusted to suit the needs of a cost-aware client. Three caterers show us how.
THE COST OF SCIENCE
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Petits fours, mini burgers and small plates add up to a great big business. Here, Special Events Magazine gives a taste of 25 of the biggest caterers in special events today. Dig in!
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She may have arrived at her current career a little late in the game, but that hasn't stopped Debra Brash from embracing it wholeheartedly. The director of catering for Hyatt's Deerfield, Ill., property — located in the midst of many Fortune 500 ...
Wedding receptions that move are all the rage. Rather than sitting guests down for sit-down meals, newlyweds now sate friends and family with an array of tiny tastes. Here, caterers provide a sample of sit-down menu alternatives that bring recept...
If anything is a feast for the eyes, it's food. These days, catered events grow more spectacular as chefs consider presentation elements in everything from the food to the plate to the wallpaper.
A MEANS TO A TREND
Food stylist, culinary consul...
The event team behind the 50th Grammy Awards after-party--set for Feb. 10 at the Los Angeles Convention Center--will offer a lush, Victorian look “not unlike an evening at the opera in turn-of-the-century Europe,” said Branden Chapman, vice presi...
Hollywood's most famous icons--the gold Oscar trophy and the red carpet--will set the design motif for the 80th annual Academy Awards Governors Ball, slated for Feb. 24 in the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles. At p...
Not just a little girl's prized plaything, Barbie also is a collector's item, a fashion icon and a pop culture perennial. And for one Miami bride whose childhood love for the doll has never waned, Barbie was the basis for a pretty-in-pink bridal ...
