
Understanding the course of functions and catering services in Sydney will allow you to stick to your event budget. Catering services ranges from delivery to full-service catering. Caterers and their staffs are part of the food service and hospitality industry. When referred as a caterer, you can instantly picturise them as a service provider who provides their own foods cooked by their own chef as well as waiting staffs to serve them to the respectable tables with style, respect and elegance. The services too can vary according to your needs through self-service buffet tables, dining tables or you may choose to bring your own prepared food to be served with excellence.
The caterers that serve in an event are usually not responsible for preparing the foods but often helps set up the dining area. The services are available for banquets, conventions, weddings and corporate meetings.
The price of catering services is often calculated on per person basis, meaning that each additional person brings in a flat increase in price. The volume of foods and quantities vary based on the needs and desire of the clients to provide to their guests at a specific event. A full-service function and catering proposal that will likely come with equipment, food and beverage packages, wait staffs and chefs will cost more and will affect on a case by case basis.
Clients may have specific dietary or religious needs. That includes being served with halal foods in case of Muslim weddings, kosher, vegetarian or vegan foods for certain religions or communities or food allergy requests. Moreover, the clients are much more interested in food sustainability and food safety. Finger foods, such as fingers, fries, baby corns, kebabs can be passed around by the waiting staffs or put on the tables for guests for self-service. Most of the caterers agree that there should not be more than 3-4 items to be passed on and should be present for the table one-hour period prior to a meal.
If you require hiring equipment, tables, chairs, tabletops, bar glassware, condiments, serving equipment and many more, you should be clear whether table and chair dismantling and reassembling is included in the hiring costs. Majority of the firms do not usually include setup and dismantling in the rental charges.
The staff requirements vary between different caterers however, generally an event would have an event a manger leading the kitchen that will also include chefs, waiters and bartenders.
