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Guides for people buying catering
Written for the person who has to brief a caterer, compare proposals and be accountable for the outcome.
- Menu planningHow to brief a catering contractor so the proposal you get back is comparableMost catering proposals are hard to compare because the briefs behind them were different. Six things to specify, and why each one changes the price.Read the guide →
- Food safetyWhy food safety at volume is a design problem, not a vigilance problemAt a thousand meals a day you cannot inspect your way to safety. What actually holds is layout, temperature discipline and records.Read the guide →
- Pilgrim cateringPlanning meals for a pilgrim group: what the schedule does to the kitchenPilgrim catering is a logistics problem before it is a culinary one. The rites set the timetable, and the kitchen has to work backwards from it.Read the guide →