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Catering to the Masses
The good news is that there will always be demand for catering jobs. People like to eat and drink. They like to party and have a good time. They like to celebrate rites of passage. In short, people will always want to have fun. But catering school is essential for many of the more lucrative jobs.
More Than Just Carrying Trays
Catering school will teach you more than just serving drinks, clearing tables, and carrying trays. Jobs in this exciting profession require excellent attention to detail. You must be invisible when necessary, but completely available at all times. Your job is to make the party come alive with delicious food, drinks, and music.
The hard part comes in making the job look easy. Like a magician, you must wow the audience with magic while hiding how it all happens. Viewed in this light, is easy to see that catering jobs require artistry and ingenuity.
The Ultimate Balancing Act
In addition to making everything look easy, catering school will also teach you a wide variety of skills. Can you make a Tom Collins in under a minute? Do you know the proper way to inflate 1,000 balloons... with your breath alone? What do you do if you are one vegetarian dish short? And last but not least, can you carry a tray of hot drinks across a crowded floor while all the party guests are doing a raucous, energetic polka dance? Catering school can teach you.
Respect Is Essential
Hopefully, after this reading, you will have developed a stronger appreciation of what catering jobs entail. Now that you better understand how difficult and challenging the job actually is, hopefully, even if you don't pursue a career in catering, you will go out of your way to help the catering staff if the occasion calls for it. At the very least, you should start tipping caterers whenever possible. Guaranteed, your bar mitzvah, wedding, or polka party will be infinitely more enjoyable as a result.
About the Author
A freelance writer and researcher, Austin Brentley is an English teacher currently living and working in Yamaguchi, Japan. His previous experience includes working for a lobbying firm in his native Washington, DC and working for various record and television studios in New York. Austin holds a B.A. in history.
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