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The Certified Catering Consultants (CCC) team will again be offering 30-minute consulting sessions during Catersource/The Special Event at the Mandalay Bay Conference Center in Las Vegas.  These [...]

As 2020 approaches, the events industry is preparing to usher in a fresh slate of culinary trends to make the new year an exciting (and delicious) one. Today’s clients want convenient yet [...]

Certified Catering Consultants Adds to Team Roster Certified Catering Consultants welcomes the addition of four top experts in the catering and hospitality industry to the roster of prominent [...]

One of the most common questions I get from my clients is, “how do you hire excellent salespeople?” This, as you may know, can be easier said than done! Traditional recruitment and interview [...]

One interesting bit of collective memory among off-premise caterers: remembering the first truly big party that you ever catered. Often if this topic comes up over drinks at the end of a long [...]

This morning I listened to the audio from my Spotlight Campfire Session at the New Orleans Catersource.  Kathleen Stoehr, who is taking over the Catersource Education role, asked me to listen to [...]

As I talk to business people here in Denver, I love to ask “What is the biggest challenge you are facing?”  Recently, the answer has overwhelmingly been: “finding great people”.  With [...]

It’s not just enough to network; crafting a winning proposal is also essential to booking the event. Your proposal should pop! Here’s the scenario. It’s Friday afternoon, and an event planner [...]

If you were asked to jump as far as you could from a certain point, you would probably start by swinging your arms backward before launching yourself forward or maybe you would take a few steps [...]

If you’re new to catering, you might think that all you need to succeed is a delicious menu, beautiful event design, and strong planning skills. If you’ve got those, the rest will take care of [...]