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Catering to Your Every Whim
Catering school can prepare you for a wide range of catering jobs that allow you to use not only your culinary expertise, but your artistic eye for color and design as well as your management skills.Catering Jobs Bring Variety
Attending a catering school can prepare you for a variety of catering jobs that range from preparing elegant and intimate dinner parties to staging extravagant theme parties for hundreds of people. Catering jobs can include food centric activities like the San Francisco Opera Opening Night Ball, a wedding in a Mercedes dealership, and the gala celebration for Disney�s 50th Anniversary blowout.Catering Behind the Scenes
Renowned chef and caterer, Giada De Laurentiis, takes us Behind the Bash for a closer look at the catering business on her Food Network TV show. Charity events that use catering services range from a Taste of Tennis in New York, which benefits City Harvest, a food rescue and distribution organization, to the star-studded Leary Firefighters Foundation Annual Bash, which raises money for education and updated equipment for the NYFD.Catering Jobs are not Always About Food
Catering jobs are not always strictly about food preparation. David Rand, executive director of catering and special events at Northwestern University, is teaching a seminar in Las Vegas for the National Association of Catering Executives. His agenda includes the following aspects of catering, which are equally as important as food preparation:
- Identifying and implementing a theme
- Using color creatively
- Using lighting effectively
- Identifying industry and design trends
- Choosing a personal catering style
- Sparking creative ideas
- Training your staff
- Learning how to connect with clients
Catering School is the Ticket
Enroll in a catering school for your own ticket to this exciting profession. With a catering education, you have any number of career options. You can own your own catering business, work for a corporate catering concern, supervise the catering staff in a large restaurant or hotel, or perhaps have your own TV show.Sources
National Association of Catering Executives food networkAbout the Author
Judi Sandall is a technical writer and a regular Chef School Review columnist. She is a graduate of the State University of New York, with a BA in English Literature.
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California Culinary Academy
Get your Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts or Hospitality & Restaurant Management degree at the acclaimed California Culinary Academy in beautiful San Francisco, CA.
The Art Institutes
Turn your passion into a four-star career. At The Art Institutes, you'll explore traditional, fundamental cooking skills and get hands on training in our student-run restaurants.
Western Culinary Institute
Western Culinary Institute (WCI) offers world-renowned Le Cordon Bleu Programs in the heart of one of the nation's most beautiful and culturally-thriving cities — Portland, OR.
