Thursday 12 June 2014

Tips for hiring caterers




Whether you are planning a small birthday party or a huge wedding party, you must stay away from the hassle of cooking food. Instead, you should focus on attending guests and taking care of them. For example: if you stay in Leicester, you can browse through a list of caterers in Leicestershire and choose the best one. So, for a stress free party, it is advisable to hire a local caterer so that they can take care of the food and you can look after the rest.

Like every other thing, you take more time to make decisions when there are several options available. There are catering companies in Leicester and you have to choose the best one. There are a lot may things that you should take care of while hiring them as one wrong decision can ruin your party. Here is the list of points that you should consider while hiring caterers.

1.    The first rule is that never hire one without tasting the food. Make the decision only if you like the food and you feel that it is a common taste so that even the guests like it.

2.    Hire them on the early basis; this will reap you two benefits; there are more chances of they being available on the date of your party and they will negotiate.

3.    Speak to few of their references so that you can take the feedback from them about his food and services.

4.    Select the one that has got the good reputation in the market and the one who is popular in the industry since several years.

5.    Ask them if they can provide your preferred menu and special requirements. Pre fix a package that has got specific food items and beverages.

6.    Decide the cost once you have selected a package and decided the menu. Also, decide the mode of payment. Do not forget to ask for the additional expense.

Now that you know the points that should be taken into the consideration while hiring the buffets in Leicester, go ahead and make the right choice.

Thursday 10 April 2014

Tips for getting more clients for your buffet services

The economic condition since a few years is not so good and most businesses have pulled their shutters down. They have been incurring loss, so they had to lock up their companies. Because of that, the number of people eating out has also decreased. This has a huge impact on the catering business.

There are several caterers in Leicestershire and all over the U.K. Out of the, only few of the best buffets in Leicester are earning well. The rest needs to continue reading this for sure. Also, the successful restaurant business owners can go through this for growing their business. There are a lot of ways to get more clients for our buffet services. Let us have a look at some of them. Here we go...

1.    Although you have all the food items in menu, determine the one in which you specialise and show it to your customers. In short, keep it multi cuisine but tell people what you know the best of all.

2.    Rethink about the name of your business and change it if it does not suit your business. Keep it something delicious to attract new clients.

3.    Build a website of your own so that people can get all the details about your business online. Choose the good website design company that provides SEO friendly services.

4.    Promote your company on the social networking websites as social media is one of the fastest communication medium these days.

5.    Check if your chefs cook really well and fire the ones who do not cook well. Reward the ones that cooks and work well so that they do not go away to join some other catering business.

I hope the above mentioned points help you to increase the revenue of your catering company. Good luck for that!

Wednesday 12 March 2014

Excellent guidelines to become excellent caterers

Buffets catering service has become one of the highest earning businesses today globally. A lot of people are willing to become buffet caterers in Leicester, London and other cities all over the world. Out of plenty of the catering services companies, only few are the successful ones that last long. Most of them last for few months and then the shutters are down forever as they do not follow catering rules. If you are an established caterer or a newbie, here are few catering tips for you.
  • Creating a sensible menu

Think practically before fixing the prices of the food items and packages in the menu. Do not keep unrealistic prices which most people can’t afford. Such menu cards will stop most people from approaching you and the ones who approach you will come with the intention of negotiating.
  • Providing plenty services
Most caterers nowadays provide other services like decor, music and table arrangements along with the food and drinks. Most people look for such caterers so that they do not have to arrange for those services separately.
  • Paying attention to small details
If you want to travel your way from the compliments like good service to excellent service, you need to pay attention to each and every small details right from preparing the food to presenting and serving it. These things include cleanliness, presentation of salad and plates as well as napkin arrangement on table, to name a few.
  • Other tips
  • Delay in food is simply never ever acceptable. So, learn to meet the deadlines.
  • Learn to handle stress and manage the pressure.
  • Provide all the cuisines, but flaunt the one you are specialized in.
Follow the above mentioned tips to become the part of the list of the excellent professional caterers. Good luck for that!