Another exciting week at The Cantering Caterer!  We were on Prudence Sloane’s Food Show – “More Than Simply Food” last week discussing “green” foods.  Green in color and environmental impact too.  We discussed green beer – not the traditional St. Patrick’s Day green but green conscious from Brooklyn Brewery.  They power their facility with wind energy generated from a “wind farm” in upstate New York.  They donate the byproduct of their beer production to farmers to feed their stock.  Really a tremendous business – and GREAT beer too!

This week Christian will be on WFSB 3, Better Connecticut with Scott Haney.  This is our third appearance on the show and we will be discussing ideas for spring parties.  Christian will prepare a few sample hors d’oeuvre and have some interesting cocktail and decor suggestions.  The show is live on Wednesday from 10:ooam-11:00am. 

LOTS happening at The Cantering Caterer this time of year!  Tomorrow we are meeting with editors at The Knot.com, PartySpot.com, Elegant Bride, and The Bridal Guide.  These interviews will be about new things happening in weddings, green conscious weddings, summer parties, and new trends in catering and event design.  We are really excited!

The Cantering Caterer was just hired to cater and design a fantastic wedding in Easton, CT.  Working out of an acre sized clearing in the woods we will deliver a memorable night to 100 guests under a tent and canopy of trees.  The very next day we will transform a private home into a magical setting based on “Where the Wild Things Are,” for a childrens birthday party.

We were hired today to cater an opening for a French artist at the home gallery of a prominent collector in Greenwich.  We will do a classic French menu, paired with amazing wines, (all white!), and our service staff that day will all be native to France.  This will be an unbelievable event!

Roger Williams University just contracted us to cater their tailgate before and after an away lacrosse game on Saturday.  We will have an exciting barbeque in the cold as we cheer The Hawks to victory!

 Every caterer says “now is the time to start planning your summer party.”  Now, its true!  Now IS the time to schedule your date.  Despite the gloom and doom in the financial papers lately people are booking parties and events more that ever before.  We noticed that over the Christmas school break many people that normally would have been away stayed home and had parties.  Small dinner parties, large cocktail parties…  Now really is the time…

Lastly, we were just contracted to cater a Kentucky Derby Party.  This is the day of the year in the sport of kings!  We are service a traditional Derby menu and we start testing Mint Juleps this week!