About Us
Caterers & Co
What you will learn
We will cover everything from getting a business name, costing and developing your menus to running a successful event with rave reviews and everything else along the way
Our 12 week course will take you through all things Catering including the business basics (we know it can be a little hard to drag you out of the kitchen) but we want you to succeed not just as a cook and a food lover but as a business owner.
The 12 modules are planned to get you up and running by the end of the 12 weeks or before where possible.
The course is designed to get some of the more time-consuming things outlined in the first couple of weeks so that these can be worked on in the background as you progress. There are no tests or long boring assignments, but we will provide you with work sheets and guides throughout the course for your personal use.
Our Catering menus will cover most forms of catering e.g. finger food, buffet etc and all our recipes will be costed for you with the ability for you to adapt them as you go.
In the later topics we look at Bar/Cocktail Service with an introduction into wines and cocktails and how to estimate drink quantities. By now you will most likely be ready to promote your business, so we have devoted a lesson to marketing options.
We have developed a lesson on presentation, tray and clearing skills and even some napkin folds giving you those final touches.
Last, but certainly not least, our last lesson provides check lists for both your function and your invoicing and even a look at ‘What to do when’ happens and how to deal with common service mistakes.
VIP At the end of the 12 weeks you will automatically become a VIP member of Caterers & Co which means you will always be kept up to date with current trends with new recipes, special occasion suggestions and recipes and ways to increase your revenue as you progress.
About Us
Caterers and Co – our catering secrets has been specifically developed to encourage and help those, who like us, are passionate about all things food and love to cook.
As our name suggests, Caterers & Co, we have over the years developed many contacts and have put all these resources together to give you the most complete caterer’s course available.
Our catering secrets not only include great tips but we will also show you the pitfalls so you can avoid them. We may even admit to some that we have made over the years so can learn from them.
The people in The Kitchen
Karen-anne Eadie – (ka for short)
Founder – Experienced Caterer – Marketing Expert
Q. What does a Marketer do when she cannot find a customer focused cater do?
A. Starts her own Catering Company!
My catering life started out of pure frustration. While trying to organise a surprise party for my husband with 3 children under 5 I thought I would get some of the catering done from outside.
What I found was very average food (mostly fried that I could buy from the supermarket) or expensive with inflexible menu choices, and sometimes both.
I remember thinking that for the prices they were asking I could take the 50 people out to dinner and I would not have to clean the house – the rest as they say is history
Having worked previously worked in Sales and Marketing roles across diverse industries from Advertising, Publishing and even Industrial Gases, Sales and Marketing in the food industry is by far my favourite.
It is my aim to give you all the tools you will need to run your own catering business in which ever form you choose.
Colin
As an experienced restaurant owner and hands on manager, Colin has the necessary experience in many facets of the industry. Having also managed hotels, fine dining restaurants and resorts , he is the one we go to when checking industry standards
Peter
We pride ourselves on building and designing modern, up-to-date websites that look great and get found on search engines. Make sure you stand out in the crowd with a website that showcases your expertise. Our team can also help with various aspects of lead generation, including search engine rankings & paid ads.
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