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Outside Catering for Your Spring Event

March 29, 2017 by Four Seasons 1 Comment

Outside Catering

When hosting any event, a great consideration is hiring an outside catering company. Outside catering companies, such as Four Seasons Catering and Eatery, will prepare and serve the food that you want and also give great service throughout the event.

Hello, Spring!

Spring and early summer is a wonderful time to host an outdoor wedding, birthday party, graduation party, or other outdoor event in Pensacola, FL. The sun is always shining so the weather is warm and there is always a slight breeze in the fresh air. This beautiful weather makes it a perfect time to host a stress-free event outdoors.

PreparationSpring Wedding Table Setting

Setting up for an outdoor event can be much more stressful than one indoors; however, when the weather is perfect and everyone is enjoying their time, it makes it worthwhile. When hosting an outdoor event, you have to be concerned with the weather as well as setting up tents, tables, chairs, decorations, etc. Why should you stress over cooking for the event as well? With so much to prepare already, by hiring an outside catering company, you will not have to worry about the food at all.

During the Event

As a host for an outdoor event, you want to make sure every guest is comfortable and appreciating the event. When people are fed, they are typically more comfortable and and can relish their food and time. It can be stressful making sure every guest is content and their stomachs are fully satisfied. By hiring an outside catering company, all these concerns can be handled with ease throughout the entire event. Whether the event is offering brunch, dinner, or a variety of hors d’oeuvres, a catering company will handle the entire meal, as well as serving the food to guests, and taking the concern off the host.Meal Preparation for Outdoor Event

Enjoy!

With the stress off the host and the guests comfortable and full from a delicious meal, everyone attending the event can enjoy their time and remember why the event is being held in the first place. Spring is a beautiful time for celebration, so host a stress-free event outside this spring!

Contact Four Seasons

Are you ready to hire an outside catering company for your outdoor event this spring? Four Seasons Catering and Eatery will do the work for you, so that you can enjoy the celebration with your guests! Call us today to get started!

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Catering Platters: The Perfect Party Planning Tool

March 27, 2017 by Four Seasons 1 Comment

So, you’re planning a party or an event? Yay! Now the hard part begins. When you’re hosting and planning an event, no matter how big or small, you can easily become overwhelmed. From decorations, guest lists and venue options, there are many decisions to be made. Perhaps the most important decision is choosing a catering menu. There are several options when it comes to caterers, food and serving style. One food option that is extremely helpful and easy is catering platters. In this blog post, we’ll talk about catering platters, when to use them and their benefits.

Types of Catering Platters

Catering Platters - CookiesDepending on the caterer, there are several different types of catering platters to choose from. For lunch catering, many people choose different sandwich platters. These sandwich platters offer a variety of meats, cheeses and even vegetarian options. These are great for corporate lunches, meetings and other events that don’t require a three course meal. Another type of platter is the snack options. Snack platters with fruits, meats, cheeses and crackers are all crowd-pleasers for your next events. Another great snack is dip! After all, what’s a Super Bowl party without dip? Whether you’re throwing a watch party for the big game, hosting an engagement party, or any other event, platters with different dips are a great snack for your guests. Lastly, don’t forget about dessert! From cookie platters to cake platters, the dessert options are endless!

Benefits of Using Platters

Now that you have an idea of the different types of catering platters, let’s talk about the benefits of using them! Having pre-made, ready to go meals for your guests significantly reduces the stress of planning an event. Catering platters are also usually cost-effective, which is especially helpful for tighter budgets. Another benefit is that platters offer enough variety so there’s something for every single one of your guests. Happy guests, happy hosts, happy wallet!

When to Use Them

Fruit and Cheese PlatterSo, now you know what catering platters are and the benefits, so when should you use them? Platters are great for more casual events that don’t require a multiple course meal. Birthday parties, luncheons and corporate meetings are all great times to use them. Pool parties, beach days and cookouts are also great opportunities to use sandwich platters, dessert platters, or platters with different dips.

Contact Four Seasons

Ready to get your platter on? Four Seasons Catering and Eatery can create delicious platters for any event. Give us a call today to get started!

 

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On a Budget? Here’s How to get Affordable Catering Services

March 13, 2017 by Four Seasons 1 Comment

How to get Affordable Catering Services

If you’re on a budget, which most people are, it can be hard to find affordable catering services. At Four Seasons Catering & Eatery, we pride ourselves on being a delicious, high quality and affordable catering company. Even still, there are some things you can do to tighten down on your budget even more. Read these five tips on how to get affordable catering.

Use Plastic

Affordable Catering Services - PlasticwareIn order to reduce spending of your catering budget, you can consider using nice plasticware. As a silverware alternative, plasticware is cheap, durable and you don’t have to worry about cleaning it after your event. Buying plasticware in bulk at places like Sam’s, Costco or Party City will also help to cut down the price.

Strategically Placed Staff

To ensure affordable catering services, you’ll want to place serving staff strategically. For example, having someone man the drink station helps reduce and control costs. This ensures that people don’t get more than they actually need. Your experienced caterer should know exactly how many staff members you’ll need and where to put them.

Buy in Bulk

Affordable Catering Services - buyAs we mentioned before, buying food, utensils and other materials in bulk significantly helps reduce costs. When looking for affordable catering services, make sure to talk to your caterer to see what items can be bought in bulk.

Decide What Foods go Furthest

When on a budget, you want to make sure your food for your catered event is worth the quality and quantity. Be sure to talk to your caterer to discuss what foods can go the furthest on a budget. Your caterer should also explain that types of serving style, such as buffets, can affect the food waste costs. Hiring an experienced, affordable caterer like Four Seasons is key.

Double Check with the Venue

Affordable Catering Services - VenueOnce you’ve found an affordable caterer, you want to make sure your event venue will accept them. In some cases, certain venues do not allow outside catering. Make sure you discuss this before putting down payments on the venue or caterer.

Four Seasons Catering & Eatery

We hope these tips will help you save money when looking for affordable catering services. Four Seasons Catering & Eatery offers a delicious catering menu, and is experienced and affordable. Let’s discuss your next event today!

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Top 4 Reasons to Use Event Catering

March 10, 2017 by Four Seasons 1 Comment

Why you Should Use Event Catering

Catering for events is hard, detail-oriented work. Even if you’re an excellent cook for yourself or your family of six, there’s still a ton of other aspects and crazy amounts of work that go into catering any type of event. We could go on all day about the reasons to use professional event catering. Instead, we’d like to discuss the top four reasons why you should use event catering from an experienced caterer like Four Seasons. Read on to learn more!

Reduces Stress

Reduce Stress - Event CateringReducing stress is probably the most important reason to hire a professional caterer. For many people, planning an event of any size can be tremendously stressful. Trying to please everyone, having everything out on time, making sure everything tastes good and socializing with your guests can result in a serious headache – at the least. This is especially true for the inexperienced hosts out there, which most people are. Reduce your stress and use event catering. Experienced caterers like Four Seasons have put on seamless events countless times, and we actually enjoy doing it. Leave it up to us and we’ll make sure you’ll be free to be the best host around town!

Saves Time

Time - Event CateringThere is no doubt whatsoever that hiring a professional for your event catering saves you precious time. Instead of worrying about ordering and preparing the food perfectly and on-time, and then the setup and clean up of the event, let us do all the work! Hiring a professional caterer will make sure you have plenty of time to prepare for your event, entertain and spend quality time with your guests. Don’t spend the whole evening stressing about burning the entrees or delivering the salad on time, leave that to us! Spend time with your guests and enjoy your event with the help of an experienced caterer.

Saves Money

Believe it or not, hiring a professional for your event catering actually ends up saving you money. We know exactly how much to order, where to order it from and when to order it. If you don’t have the experience of a professional, you will most likely end up wasting money. Whether it be ordering too much, too far in advance so the food goes bad, or not enough and you have to rush deliver extra food. All of these instances are less than ideal, so hire an experienced catering company like Four Seasons so you don’t overspend.

Provide the Best Menu

Trust us, we know you want to serve your guests the best possible food. At Four Seasons, we want to provide that delicious food to you and your guests. Menu - Event CateringOur highly trained chef and cooks are experts at creating culinary masterpieces. We will work with you to determine the type of food you want, allergy restrictions and other food related issues in order to provide the perfect menu to your guests without breaking the bank. If you don’t use a professional, you simply won’t get the same quality, delicious tasting meal at your event.

Four Seasons Event Catering

As you can see, there are many reasons to hire a professional to cater your next event. From reducing stress, saving time and money, and providing the best food to your guests, there’s no reason you shouldn’t! Be sure to contact us or view our catering menu, and keep us in mind for your event catering needs!

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Types of Corporate Catering

March 7, 2017 by Four Seasons 1 Comment

Corporate Catering

Corporate Catering OfficeCorporate catering is a unique and important sector of the catering industry. At Four Seasons Catering and Eatery, we have years of experience and knowledge in this segment of the industry. We are also centrally located in the heart of downtown Pensacola, minutes from several businesses and offices. Corporate catering requires a punctual, planned caterer with delicious meals that won’t go over corporate budget. From office meetings, client luncheons, business team building and workshops, let’s discuss some different examples of corporate catering.

Office Meetings

Maybe your team exceeded it’s sales goals in record time, or maybe your CEO needs to have an extended meeting with the whole company. No matter the size, scale and reason for the meeting, you want your employees to have a delicious meal for lunch. At Four Seasons Catering and Eatery, we provide your office meetings with impeccable, affordable meals that we can deliver straight to your office or you can pick up for your office meetings. Full, satisfied and focused team members are a recipe for office meeting success!

Client or Employee Luncheons

Whether it’s a client appreciation lunch or your monthly employee luncheons, you need good food…and probably lots of it! With corporate catering from Four Seasons Catering and Eatery, show your clients and/or employees that you appreciate them with a warm, made from scratch meal. Instead of the usual takeout or sandwiches, treat them to our beef tips over rice, oven roasted chicken, or one of our other delicious items from our catering menu.

Workshops or Seminars

Corporate Catering OfficeIs your office or team signed up for an all-day workshop or seminar? If so, you’ll need a reliable, on time caterer. Four Seasons Catering and Eatery will work with your event planner or business manager to choose the perfect menu for your team’s workshop. Will you need breakfast, snacks and a full lunch? Or maybe something simple, easy to eat and delicious? Whatever your needs are, we have you covered. Four Season Catering and Eatery will be on time and prepared with the food, staff and utensils you and your company needs.

Four Seasons Corporate Catering

No matter your corporate catering need, Four Seasons Catering and Eatery has you covered. Whether you’re a small team of eight or a large corporate meeting of eighty, you can trust us to deliver an exceptional corporate catering experience. Contact us today to get started!

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Catering Events: 4 Steps to Ensure Success

March 2, 2017 by Four Seasons 1 Comment

4 Steps of Catering Events

When catering events, there are several steps and details that go into making the event successful and special. At Four Seasons Catering and Eatery, our highest priority is ensuring a smooth and unique catered event for all of our clients. To accomplish this, we meet with and discuss the wants and needs of the client, establish logistics, create a seamless timeline and perfect the execution of the event. Read on to understand the four steps of successful catering events.

Step 1: Consultation

Catering Events Consultation At the heart of all catering events are the clients. To create a memorable experience, we sit down with clients to meet and discuss the catering options. Meeting face to face with clients helps us get a clear understand of what the client wants and needs. At this consultation, we discuss type of event, number of guests, theme, menu options, pricing and other specifics to ensure a smooth affair. Four Seasons is dedicated to our clients, so we want to make sure all questions, concerns and thoughts are clearly understood at this consultation. A successful consultation is an important start to a successful event!

Step 2: Establish Logistics

After we understand exactly what our clients want for their catering events, it’s time to figure out what we need to do to ensure a successful night. Catering Events Logistics Four Seasons Catering and Eatery wants each experience to be delicious, unique and specific to each client. Our experienced servers, chef and cooks know exactly what we need to do to accomplish this. The logistics of catering events includes checking and ordering inventory in a timely matter and scheduling servers and staff to help work the event. Catered event logistics also includes exact plans for creation, transportation and presentation of the catered food. To help, caterers must create a timeline.

Step 3: Create a Timeline

The key to successful catering events is knowing exactly who and what will be where and when at all times. Establishing a detailed event “itinerary” helps the event staff create a beautifully smooth event. The timeline should include food drop off, preparation and serving times. In addition, it should include what staff members are serving and at what time, to ensure high quality service. Working with our clients to create the perfect timeline for their event creates a memorable and pleasant experience for everyone.

Step 4: Execution

Catering Events Execution After all of the menu plans and timelines are settled, it’s time to execute the event! Following the timeline, ensuring food quality and service quality and cleaning up are all aspects of the execution step. At Four Seasons Catering and Eatery, we have been catering events for a long time. Our years of experience, high quality service and food is unmatched, which creates the perfect event experience for our clients.

Four Seasons Event Catering

Now that you understand the steps to catering events, what are you waiting for? Let Four Seasons Catering and Eatery create the perfect event catering experience for you. Contact us today or view our menu options to get started!

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3 Tips for a Successful Catered Party

December 30, 2016 by Four Seasons 1 Comment

How to Host a Successful Catered Party

Perhaps you want to celebrate an anniversary, a birthday, an engagement, or just have a nice dinner. Whatever the occasion, you’ve probably decided to host a catered party. There are several tips and tricks to host the most successful catered party. We’ve compiled our top three tips in this blog post to help you with your next event. Read on to discover our secrets!

Know Your Guests

Catered Party GuestsThis is by far the most important tip for hosting a successful catered party. Just like a comedian does, you have to know your audience. For example, you probably wouldn’t serve smoked duck and caviar at your toddler’s birthday party…unless your two year old has some oddly sophisticated taste buds! Understanding the wants, needs, allergies, likes and dislikes of your guests will allow you to plan the entire event accordingly. Knowing who and how many you’re serving will make it easier to choose from menu options, seating arrangements and serving style.

Have a Detailed Itinerary

The secret behind any successful person or event is organization. Having a detailed itinerary, or even an outline of the event will relieve a lot of stress off the host when planning a catered party. A timeline will also help the overall event run smoothly. After you select your menu you can develop an itinerary. Here’s an example of a timeline for a catered party:

  • 5:00 pm:  Guests arrive
  • 5:00 pm-6:00 pm: Cocktail hour serving spanakopita and bacon wrapped scallops
  • 6:15pm: Begin seating guests
  • 6:30: First course is served – Caesar salad
  • 7:00: Main entree is served – Chicken de Rhone
  • 8:00: Dessert is served – Creme Brûlée
  • 9:00: Guests depart

Working with an experienced caterer will ensure your planned itinerary runs smoothly and on time.

Create a Seating Plan

Seating Chart at Catered PartyEspecially for more formal dining events, having a seating plan is elegant and helpful. When you establish a seating plan, it increases the efficiency of seating your guests in order to stay on schedule. Try to create a fresh mix of people at the table(s) so new connections can be made. Creating a great seating plan requires knowing your guests, as we mentioned earlier.

Ready to be the Hostess with the Mostest?

Are you ready to host the perfect catered party? Remember our tips: know your guests, have a detailed itinerary and establish a seating plan. With the help of Four Seasons Catering, your catered party will be the talk of the town for weeks to come! Contact us today to get started, or check out our catering menu.

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What are Full Service Caterers?

November 14, 2016 by Four Seasons 1 Comment

What are Full Service Caterers?

Full Service Caterers - DishesThe catering world is a fast paced business with a ton of different types and styles. Different caterers do different things. Full service caterers, such as Four Seasons, have a lot to offer. You may be asking “what are full service caterers?” In this blog post we will discuss what full service caterers do, the benefits of hiring one and what services they have to offer. Read on to learn more!

All Aspects of Food are Handled

Full Service Caterers - BuffetThe main idea of full service caterers is that they handle every single aspect of food for your event, party, wedding, luncheon, or whatever you may hire them for. The caterer handles food preparation, from stocking up on ingredients and inventory to prepping for cooking. The caterers then cook and prepare the food for however many guests you have. After it’s cooked, the food is delivered to the venue for the clients event. The catering staff unloads and sets up the food at the venue. For example, many events go with buffet-style meals. The staff of full service caterers unload food into chafing dishes on beautifully decorated tables. The set out anything your guests may need to eat, such as plates, napkins, serving and dining utensils. It is the caterer’s job to ensure the chafing dishes are consistently refilled until the event is over. For classic sit-down styles, the staff serves the guests each course until the meal is complete. Servers and cocktail waiters are also usually provided by the full service caterer. After the event is over, full service caterers clean up the food and dishes used. With a full service caterer, all aspects of your event food are taken care of for you.

Menu Selection

Full Service Caterers - MenuIn addition to food preparation, handling and serving, full service caterers offer a broad menu selection. Choosing the menu for any event is no small feat. The caterer works with you, the host, before your event to ensure you have the perfect menu. They help you pick out food based on your budget and put together a delicious menu for your guests. Since full service caterers often have years of experience, they can guide you on the trends, do’s and don’ts of choosing a menu. They also help you identify how many courses you will have, types of food and any food allergies that your guests may have. Often times, caterers even offer a food tasting to help you select your menu. With a full service caterer, you will be sure to get the best menu tailored perfectly for your event.

Smooth Event

With the help of a full service caterer and their experienced staff, you will host the perfect event. With full service caterers, your menu selection, cooking, setup, serving and cleanup for your event are all taken care of. Be sure to provide the best experience for your guests by hiring the services of an experience full service caterer, like Four Seasons.

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4 Qualities of Successful Event Caterers

November 14, 2016 by Four Seasons 3 Comments

Catering events, no matter the size, is no easy task. Most events rely heavily on the food being served, which puts a lot of importance on the event caterers. There are several qualities that successful event caterers must possess. We will discuss the most important four, in our opinion, in this blog post. Event caterers need to be detailed oriented, experienced, customer focused and flexible. Whether you’re searching for an event caterer or you’re looking to become one, read on to learn about why each quality is vital to have.

Attention to Detail

Event Caterers DetailsAttention to detail is by far one of the most important characteristics for event caterers. Especially as events get larger, things get more complex. Remembering and notating certain details produces much higher-quality catering events. For example, all it could take is one typo on a banquet event order form to ruin an entire event. Details with food, service and paperwork are all vital to a successful event. If you’re looking for a caterer or you want to become one, one that focuses on every single detail of your event will produce the best result.

Customer Focused

Just like any other part of the service industry, event caterers must be extremely customer focused. Each event, lunch or dinner is different for each client. Therefore, listening to the client and tailoring their event menu to match their event goal is vital. For example, you probably wouldn’t provide the same type of food at a 12 year old’s birthday party as you would an adults-only fundraising gala. When looking for a caterer, choose one who takes the time to get to know you and your vision for your event. When your guests see the final result, it will be obvious that it was clearly crafted just for you. Being personable and willing to work with clients to craft the perfect menu is important. If you are interested in becoming a caterer, make sure you possess this quality and make your customer your main focus.

Creative and Experienced

Setting up, preparing and serving top-notch meals for a large or even small group of people for a wedding or party takes knowledge and experience. Event caterers should have some sort of schooling or Event Caterers Experiencetraining to be able to pull off such a feat. Educational programs, training and certifications are helpful to be a successful caterer. Programs such as hospitality, culinary production, knife skills and others can set caterers apart from others in addition to industry experience and increase success.

Another quality that goes along with being experienced is being creative. Producing beautiful and delicious food is an art that requires a high degree of creativity. For customers, you want your event to be unique and special for you and your guests. Therefore, you should be looking for a creative events caterer. As caterers, you can provide that type of event for guests by practicing creative concepts, recipes and food presentations.

Flexible

Lastly, another quality to look for in event caterers is flexibility. Customization for each event and client requires the caterer to be flexible. Caterers who are quick on their feet and ready for anything help ensure a seamless event. With the service industry, you have to be willing and able to work long hours with several different types of people. Weekends and nights are when most people host events, so being accustomed and flexible with working those hours is important. Also, whether it’s staff or customers, successful event caterers must be able to work with and assist several types of personalities and people. If you’re an aspiring caterer that’s flexible, or your caterer that you hire is flexible, you’re in good hands!

Conclusion

Event Caterers KitchenWe could go on about more qualities of successful event caterers, but these four are some of the most important. If you’re working on becoming an event caterer, be sure you pay attention to detail, are customer focused, creative, flexible and experienced. On the other hand, if you’re looking for a caterer, be sure you look for one with these qualities. At Four Seasons Catering and Eatery, we pride ourselves on a team of hardworking people that possess each of these qualities and more. We would love if you considered us for your next catered event!

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