Catering School
Whether you’re hosting a birthday bash, champagne breakfast, wedding or dinner party, entertaining with confidence can be a bit of a strain if you yourself have not been to a catering school, because while there are a lot of people who can actually cook well and may well call themselves caterers, there are some caterers who are far more successful than others because they have attended a catering school where they have learned the culinary arts of food preparation, cooking and presentation, as well as such things as taking into account the venue, the number and nature of the people attending , making displays and decorations to fit the events theme and of course, the budget.
A catering school provides you with a true sense of the profession by allowing you to put your training into actual practice and it can also help you further decide on what type of environment you’d like to spend the rest of your culinary career. Hotels, resorts, convention centers, country clubs and big businesses will be only a few of the businesses seeking culinary professionals and because catering schools are taught by trained professionals who have the real world experience to help you get a jump start on your career; once qualified, these types of positions could well be within your reach:
- Catering Chef or Catering Manager
- Banquet Chef
- Catering Co-ordinator
- Running your own restaurant or catering business
Catering for an event requires acquiring the ingredients for the meal, managing the preparation, delivery to the client’s venue, serving the food and beverages, and managing the success of the event, as caterers are judged not only on the quality of the food they provide, but on the presentation as well.
Caterers with training at a catering school have an advantage over their colleagues when it comes to obtaining high-profile events, and clients like to know their caterers have attended the Prue Leith Chefs Academy , which simply means they can expect perfection.
