The quality of your chosen catering service can make all of the difference for your event. You will have to look at the following various things in an organization; these are listed below:

Someone who produces quality food

Anyone organising an event will always want high quality food which is tasty with healthy and fresh ingredients. For example fresh green an crispy salad, the meat should be cooked to perfection. A good quality caterer will let you come and sample and taste the food. This way you can try before you buy.

A crowd pleasing selection

You will always want your selection to be tailored for you. This is also effected by the dietary needs of your guests whether they have diabetes, they are vegetarian, lactose intolerant or kosher etc. You could even want to make your selection in relation to your theme of your event.

A caterer you can trust

You will always want to know that the caterer that you have chosen is one with a good reputation. We here recommend Fingerfoods since they have a great selection of menus and an outstanding reputation to providing excellent service tailored to your requirements.

Take it as a given that your guests will arrive at your wedding reception starving since it will have been a long day for most and an emotional one for some. The most common booking for a wedding is normally a two or three course meal.

All Suburbs Catering offer the following based on 50 guests and over for wedding catering:

(Roast Beef Party)

• Delicious Slow Roasted Yearling Beef
• Piping Hot Gourmet Gravy
• Choose from 10 Fresh Salads
• Bread Rolls and Butter Squares

(Beef, Lamb & Pork Party)

• Boneless Legs of Lamb / Mint Sauce
• Boneless Legs of Pork / Apple Sauce
• Boneless Yearling Beef / Mustard
• Choose from 10 Fresh Salads
• Bread Rolls and Butter Squares

(All you can eat BBQ)

• Unlimited Sausages – Beef,
• Lamb and Mint, Herb and Garlic
• Unlimited Seasoned Burgers
• Marinated Chicken Pieces
• Fried Onions
• Choose from 10 Fresh Salads
• Unlimited Hamburger Rolls and Long Rolls
• All Sauces and Condiments
• Add Just $4.95 per Guest for Marinated Lamb or Steaks
• Add Fresh Seafood, Fresh Grilled Prawns and Marinated Baby
• Octopus only $5.95 per Guest

Remember to communicate clearly about what you want since the more specific you are about what you want the more it will be your idea of perfection. Visit All Suburbs Catering to organise the catering for your event.

Office Caterers provide only the most elegant and professional catering service for a wide range of corporate events, including:

• Training, business and working lunches
• Product launches
• Staff barbecues
• Christmas parties
• and many more!

So, if your business or organisation is planning a function then we recommend you contact Office Caterers so that you can get a perfect catering solution which is tailored to exactly what you require. They have the experience to provide only the best catering service possible.

Details are key to a great event

Any catering solutions are always bespoke to your needs which you book with Office Caterers. You can depend on them for being thorough, no matter the nature of the event; a simple sandwich lunch at the office, or a big corporate 5 course meal.

If you are looking for the perfect catering solution for your corporate event so book with Office Caterers.

Australia’s leading finger food caterers www.mrfingerfood.com.au

Have added a new range to their menu very popular with weddings.
COLD CANAPES – finger food catering

• Quail eggs with sweet soy and pickled ginger
• Oysters shooter with lime orange wasabi dressing
• Polenta cakes topped with pesto and sundried tomatoes
• Japanese style scallops terrine
• Seafood rolls or smoked salmon in rice paper
• Selection of sushi
• Oysters with cucumber salad Ascot Catering style
• Wild duck pate on French bread
• Beef and caviar on pumpernickel
• Smoked salmon roulard with spinach
• Baby foccocia bread with proscuitto and cheese
• Chilli and lemon olives
• Bocconcini, tomato and basil canapés
• Coral trout quenelles
• Small profiteroles filled with salmon mousse
• Parmesan and anchovy palmiers
• Rosti with smoked trout and crème fraiche
• Blue cheese and caramelized onion dip
• Profiteroles with salmon mousse
• Bocconcini, olive and cherry tomato skewers with pesto
• Mini prawn cocktails
• Roast beef with caramelized onion on rye

HOT CANAPES – finger food catering

• Thai style prawns Ascot Catering style
• Seasame tempura green beans
• Lime and ginger scallops
• Baby chicken cordon bleu with sandcrab and avocado
• Gourmet vol-au-vents
• Ratatouille tarts with feta in short crust pastry
• Light curried fish puffs in a light curry sauce
• Veal chipolatas with herb and garlic
• Coconut prawns with spicy mango sauce
• Sundried tomato pesto palmiers
• Skewered marinated fish bites crumbed in coconut
• Reef fish and Moreton bay bug sausage rolls
• Beef Wellington – eye fillet of beef rubbed wiht Dijon mustard
• Fresh Salmon and potato cake with zesty lime
• Layered pumpkin capsicum, zucchini fritata with cheese
• Goat cheese tartlets with cracked pepper and artichokes
• Polenta cake with roasted sundried tomato and spinach
• Poached scallop on petit Greek salad
• Orange lemon saffron chicken skewers
• Filled Quail eggs wrapped in Salmon
• Mussel kebabs with walnut sauce
• Grilled lamb kebabs with tomato compote
• Cottage pies
• Ravioli with soy vinegar sauce
• Prosciutto and cheese wrapped asparagus
• Barbeque duck and ginger tartlets
• Tikka prawns with raita
• Tarragon and lime scallops
• Prawn dumplings
• Gorgonzola and fennel tartlets
• Oysters with pesto butter
• Ham and artichoke risotto cakes
• Chive pancakes with sausages and caramelised onion

Additional Hot Items – finger food catering

• Served in Noodle boxes
  • Small $5 per person
  • Medium $7.50 per person
• Stir fried hokkien with roast pork and black bean sauce
• Light curried rice noodles and chicken in coconut cream
• A variety of seafood with stir rice
• Traditional lamb curry on pilaf rice

We are also able to cater to your menu suggestions – just let us know your thoughts.
Dessert Options – finger food catering

Served in disposable cups

A range of sorbets, ice creams are available @ $2.80 per serve

Selection of Desserts @ $3.20 per serve:

• White chocolate mousse
• Red berry compot
• Fruit or caramel tartlets
• Chocolate mud cake
• Mini éclairs

Book the fingerfood catering for your event today with mrfingerfood.com.au!

Need to sort out the drinks?

Drink catering packages are now a very popular choice as hosts look to remove a few of those headaches when organising private catering for their function. Impress your guests and be the envy of your friends by having professional bartenders serve drinks in your home, hall, park, beach, surf club, front yard, back yard or roof top!

It’s time to party, you bring the guests – On Tap Beverage Catering will bring the drinks!

A finger food menu is desirable and attractive for several reasons, depending on a couple’s reception plans.

• Cost: Generally speaking, a selection of finger foods – even gourmet hors d’oeuvres – will be less expensive than a fully catered meal. Couples can save even more they choose to make many of the finger foods themselves.
• Formality: Finger foods can be suitable for either a formal or a casual wedding, depending on the exact menu selection. Cheese and crackers is great for a casual event, while more exotic pates may be best for a formal affair.
• Timing: Finger foods are best for receptions that fall between regular meal times, such as late morning or early afternoon events.
• Variety: By opting for small finger foods, a couple can offer a greater selection of culinary treats for their guests to sample, rather than selecting only two or three main dishes. This can be especially valuable for a large reception with many diverse tastes.

No matter why a couple may choose a wedding finger food reception, it is important that they let their guests know about type of food which will be served. If guests expect a full meal at a reception, and finding only finger foods it could turn out to be a bit frustrating. Hungry guests may even choose to leave the reception early in search of a full meal.

Wedding Finger Food Menu Ideas

Whether its succulent dishes to savoury sauces to delicious treats, there’s a great range of options for delicious finger foods suitable for a wedding reception. These include the following: Quiche

• Quiche Lorraine
• Potato & Bacon Quiche
• Spinach & Fetta Quiche
• Chicken & Chive Quiche

Favourite Tastes

• Turkey & Cranberry Bite
• Quiche Lorraine
• Vegetable Samosa
• Ham, Corn & Cheddar Turnover
• Spinach & Ricotta Puf

Italian Flavours

• Lemon, Lamb & Basil Puff
• Ham & Leek Risotto Ball
• Olive & Pesto Pizza
• Salami, Bacon & Gorgonzola Turnover
• Chicken, Pimento & Pinenut Bite

7 Varieties of gourmet sandwiches including

• Turkey, Cream Cheese, Cos Lettuce and Cranberry
• Smoked Salmon, Cucumber, Cream Cheese and Capers
• Falafel, Hommus, Tabouli and Tomato
• Sopressa, Tasty Cheese, Basil Pesto and Fresh Roma Tomato.
• Chargrilled Capsicum, sundried tomato pesto and danish fetta.
• Curried Egg and baby spinach
• Garden Salad, with tomato, red spanish onion, and avocado.
• Roast Chicken, avocado, mushroom, and shaved beetroot.
• Roast Pork, fresh coleslaw, and cream cheese.

Warm Turkish bread strips served with the following dips:

• Spicy Capsicum
• Hommus
• Advocado

The varied tastes of your guests should be considered when choosing a finger food menu – they need to ensure that they cater for anyone with unusual diets – vegetarian, diabetic or lactose intolerant and so on…

Remember you can sample their food, so why not plan a day with a few of your closest family or friends to help decide what you want.

How about thinking about what drinks you will require for your wedding reception?

On Tap Beverage Catering knows this is one of the most important days of your life. They will make certain every aspect of your event is covered from drinks on arrival to ensuring champagne glasses are filled for toasts and speeches.

They are the only beverage wedding caterer recognised and accredited by the Australian Bridal Service who run Australia’s largest wedding exhibition and directory service!!

All wedding catering beverage packages are tailored to your function, we work with you to ensure you receive a magical and exceptional service that will leave you and your guests free to enjoy your special day. Checkout their website: www.ontapbeverage.com.au

Sydneys Leading Caterer gives away $10,000 worth of vouchers

Friday 30th July 2010

$100 free vouchers For Spit roasts or finger food

Help me girls. My husband says no one reads blogs, So i said i will give
away a $100 catering voucher to the first 50 people to ring me,
Carol,or that cynic Jeff 02 9896 6006 or send us an email with your
address jeff@allsuburbs.com.au and we will mail you a voucher valid for 12 months. You can use it yourself
or give it to a friend to use on our wonderful spit roasts or our finger foods

The type of parties we do are

• 18th, 21st, 25th, 30th, 40th 50th & 60th birthday parties.
• Childrens parties serving non alcoholic mocktails.
• Engagement, wedding, christening, anniversary, parties.
• Hens nights, Bucks nights.
• Divorce parties.
• Theme nights.
• Trivia nights.
• Fund raisers.
• Presentation nights.
• School functions.
• Office parties.
• Corporate functions.

Putting together an office party, a birthday party, or even a large event or conference can be a lot of work. The process can easily be overwhelming, especially when trying to do it by yourself. Managing the budget, ensuring that everyone has been invited and that you have a proper head count, and juggling all the details of décor and party food catering can certainly be enough to put too much stress on even the most well organised individual. What follows are a few tips for planning a function that goes smoothly without proving a burden for planners.

Tip # 1- Know when to Seek Help Hiring someone to do all of the serving, decorating, and planning is certainly unnecessary for almost any event, but knowing when you should be seeking help is important. Think of it in terms of what you can reasonably do alone. More than likely, you will find that you can easily hang decorations or that you have friends and colleagues who can assist free of charge. When it comes to cooking and serving cocktails for so many people, however, help can be very welcome. Isolate the tasks that you cannot reasonably do alone and seek help, while putting in your best effort on the rest.

Tip # 2- Give Potential Guests More Options When you sent out invitations, did you use snail mail, company email, or a different method? You will find that standard mail RSVP cards are often lost or tossed away, and guests will fail to respond but still make it to the event. Many employees make last minute decisions when they are unable to get to the company’s email system. Make use of the RSVP and even feature built into Facebook or offer an email address where people can respond while still offering phone or mail RSVPs. The more options you give, the more accurate your estimated head count will be – and the easier the planning!

Tip # 3- Create an Itinerary One of the biggest mistakes that you can make when planning a party is to make the assumption that things will naturally play out to create the perfect event. While your guests don’t need to stick to a rigid schedule, simply laying out a table of food and cranking the music will not likely prove to be the best strategy for success. Plan meal times, dancing, speeches, or whatever aspects you wish to incorporate into your event to ensure that there is always something going on. After a few drinks, your party may turn into a great place for fun and conversation, but ensuring that guests have enough structure to know when it is time to really relax can be helpful.

In truth, planning the perfect party can be simple. There may be dozens of tasks to complete, but with a solid strategy you will find that they can be easily handled. Never feel too proud to ask friends to help, and know when to seek professionals to help. Your party can be a complete success if you simply take the time to ensure that you plan it well.

Our advice would be to let a company like All Suburbs Catering do your party food, finger food, cocktail food or whatever you need to make your party complete.

Its a well-known fact that the food and catering service can make or break an event. When it comes to corporate catering, the right decision would be to hire professional corporate caterers for providing world-class catering services. It is advisable to look for reliable caterers with an outstanding reputation for catering your corporate event. Your event would be an instant success so choose your caterer carefully so that you can maintain a great business relationship for future events.

The key to delicious and exquisite meals is a chef who is skilled to the highest standard and you would only find them in professional catering companies. Such caterers would provide you with polished wait staff which extends the best professional services for your corporate event. Managing a large scale corporate can be very stressful. So its essential that you choose a caterer that you trust which can take away all of the food-related worries for the event.

When selecting a caterer remember you could ask for references; it is always wise to talk to others who have used the caterer for their events.

Before you arrange your corporate catering event it is advisable to finalise your menu, venue, number of guests, theme, and other associated prerequisites planned for your corporate event. Having a theme for a corporate event can make it more exciting and personalised. You could even ask your caterer to arrange for the catering menu according to the theme of your event, they may even come up with a few suggested themes which may interest you.

We recommend Fabulous Fingerfood and we can assure you that they are at the higher end of the market with devoted experience and provide impeccable service.

Planning the company picnic? In charge of the family reunion? One call does it all. Call our Barbeque catering specialists and talk one on one with an experienced party planner. All Suburbs offer Gourmet bites of the World that are sure to delight and will create the perfect package to compliment your event.

All Suburbs are the best in the market with experience and attention to detail where needed. They cater Australia-wide and one call gets it all. Book your event with them and discuss the food options you’re interested in.

What better way of knowing how great your food will taste on the day of your event than to have a taste test! We offer free food samples in our Sydney and Melbourne show rooms. Checkout Mr Fingerfood for a fabulous finger food tasting experience

You will have a great opportunity to meet our experienced and friendly staff.

The sampler assortment will contain two pieces of the top sellers! These may include:

• Vegetable spring rolls
• Tasty beef pies
• Mini sausage rolls
• Chicken dim Sims
• Pizza – Ham and pineapple/supreme
• Grilled meatballs
• Mini chicken drums
• Fish cocktails
• Filo hot dogs
• Mixed volavants 3 types
• Thai/crab cake
• Marinated pork fingers
• Cheese and spinach triangle
• Tempura chicken pieces
• Cocktail samosas
• And more

Check out Mr Fingerfood and book an appointment! This way you can not only be delighted with the food, but look forward to this very special and important occasion.