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Anyone know anything about catering?
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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 57576" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>Check your state and local rules and regulations. Here, you have to be licensed; your kitchen examined to insure sanitary conditions and correct oven/water temperature; being bonded helps. I do have a friend who has gotten around this by only doing catering in peoples' homes and cooking there. This is difficult since ovens vary and you have to carry your own cooking paraphanalia, including pots, to where you are going. One way to get around the licensing is not advertise and simply do it by word of mouth.</p><p></p><p>You will frequently need to hire servers and, occasionally, a bartender, which means knowing how to do employee taxes and the like.</p><p></p><p>You might check some of your local caterers to see if they need help either serving or in the kitchen. It will give you an idea of what you need for your area but I wouldn't recommend letting them know you want to be in competition with them.</p><p></p><p>Here's a site that might help you a little: <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_16302_become-caterer.html" target="_blank">http://www.ehow.com/how_16302_become-caterer.html</a></p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 57576, member: 3626"] Check your state and local rules and regulations. Here, you have to be licensed; your kitchen examined to insure sanitary conditions and correct oven/water temperature; being bonded helps. I do have a friend who has gotten around this by only doing catering in peoples' homes and cooking there. This is difficult since ovens vary and you have to carry your own cooking paraphanalia, including pots, to where you are going. One way to get around the licensing is not advertise and simply do it by word of mouth. You will frequently need to hire servers and, occasionally, a bartender, which means knowing how to do employee taxes and the like. You might check some of your local caterers to see if they need help either serving or in the kitchen. It will give you an idea of what you need for your area but I wouldn't recommend letting them know you want to be in competition with them. Here's a site that might help you a little: [url="http://www.ehow.com/how_16302_become-caterer.html"]http://www.ehow.com/how_16302_become-caterer.html[/url] Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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