So, you have an upcoming event, and you have been having a hard time organizing and planning how it’ll all go down. A lot of things are already in place (or not) but you are still having mixed feelings about whether you should delegate some of the tasks or not. You might be wondering whether you should handle the catering yourself or delegate it to a professional caterer. In this article, you will find several reasons why you should take the latter option.
Planning and organizing an event is a stressful affair; planning the perfect event even more so. This is because of the many details that you have to be aware of and work towards fulfilling as forgetting even the littlest thing can be the reason why your event is less than perfect.
Handling everything yourself can be overwhelming as organizing an event involves many things such as finding the right venue (which is both befitting of your status and can also comfortably contain all your guests), making provisions for the right entertainment (such as hiring a capable and efficient DJ), decorating the place (such that it fits the theme you have in mind for the event), preparing the right food and menu for your varied guests and many other things.
All these can and will be a bit overwhelming especially if you are to play host duties on the day of the event. This is why it is only advisable that you delegate some of the tasks you would have to perform to others who are professionals in that particular task such as catering.
The following are some top reasons why you should hire a caterer for your event;
1. You will have more time on your hands
With all the duties outlined above which you would have to perform, it only makes sense that getting rid of a couple of them and delegating them to others will leave you with time to attend to the others. For example, if you assign the task of preparing food and such to a caterer, you will be left with more time to supervise and ensure that everything to be done is done and that everything goes smoothly. As such, you will be able to take note of every detail, and your event will be perfect. Catering involves many things apart from preparing, cooking and serving food. Caterers will also be in charge of sourcing for the plates, spoons and whatever else will be used to serve the food. If you have ever organized an event by yourself, you will know that this is no easy task.
All these can take up a massive amount of time which will not be so if there is a caterer to handle them for you.
2. Better quality of food
I, for one, have been at several events where the rice was a bit under cooked amidst other things. I have also been at events where the quality of the food is something to die for. The job of a caterer is to prepare, cook and serve food; it is insane to think that the quality of the food you will prepare just because you dabble into this every once in a while will match that of a caterer’s. So, if you are looking to have guests at your event wowed by the end of the day and gushing about how amazing the food was, you should hire a caterer.
3. A diverse number of meals to choose from
Another cogent reason to hire a caterer is the fact that you will have a versatile menu which is definitely something you would not be able to handle on your own. Hiring a caterer means that you can choose a more diverse and varied range of meals to serve at your event. This is sure to boost the satisfaction and happiness of your guests.
4. Give a good air and image to your event
Consider a scenario where members of staff (or family members and such) are those who serve meals at an event and one where there is uniformed staff dedicated to this particular task; which would make a better impression? Yes, you guessed right, definitely the uniformed personnel. Caterers usually come to events with a team of people who will help in ensuring that everything, including the serving of food, goes smoothly and this will give an air of efficiency and glamour to your event.
5. Hygiene and food safety
When you hire a professional caterer to cater to the guests at your event, you can rest assured that the food will be prepared under the most stringent safety and hygienic standards possible, as such, you can rest assured that your guests will not contact any illness such as food poisoning from the food at your event.
6. Hiring a caterer helps relieve you of stress and pressure
While you won’t be entirely free of stress and pressure on the days leading to your event – as well as on the day of the event – hiring a professional caterer will very certainly relieve you of some of the stress you would have been under. Imagine being the one in charge of food on the day of the event, combine that with having to supervise other aspects of the event organization such as arranging the venue and you will understand that you would be in for a very stressful day without delegating some tasks.
7. Helps ensure that everybody is left feeling satisfied at the end
Caterers know exactly the quantity to serve as well as how to serve so that the food will reach everybody at your event. Call this experience or intuition, but it is true. Hiring a caterer will ensure that you do not get swamped with reports of how meat has finished or how black amala did not reach all of your guests.
8. They take care of the arrangement, setting up and cleaning of the venue
I would have put this under they relieve you of stress because yes, it does do the same. But then, this is done in different ways. When you hire a caterer, you can rest assured that in the end, you won’t have to do any cleaning because they clean up after themselves. As such, you won’t have to start running around after the event to get the plates and cutleries packed, cleaned and sorted out.
Delegating the food affairs of your event to a caterer offers you several benefits some of which I believe I have done justice to in this article. I want to believe that after reading this, you are convinced that you have no options as to whether to hire a caterer or not.
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