Are you considering private catering for company events in 2022? We will help provide you with a range of different ideas to help you and your company whether you are celebrating a milestone achievement or simply wishing to leave a lasting impression on your clients.
For any company, brand and corporate are both extremely important in setting the tone for what your business is all about. Corporate meals are also a great opportunity for employees to get to know each other better. Bonding over a tasty meal at a celebratory work party or any company meeting, in general, can help build a strong working relationship between staff which can only serve as a benefit for your business in the long run. Additionally, top quality catering will leave guests with positive memories of the event and leave them looking forward to when the next one comes around!
Why Should You Consider Catering for Company Events
Obviously, everybody loves to eat delicious food, but there are many ways in which holding a company dinner party or lunch can benefit your business as a whole. Firstly, everybody needs a break every now and then. It is becoming increasingly more common within offices for people to eat lunch at their desks in order to keep up with a heavy workload. By organising a company catered lunch, you can help boost productivity by ensuring everyone gets a moment to relax and bond over a meal. Small breaks such as this can help greatly in helping you feel refreshed when returning back to the grind of working afterwards.
A Few Ideas for Company Event Catering – Catering for Company Events
Online events
The current pandemic has seen many people stuck at home, working remotely, which increased the need for company meetings to take place online. It can be a challenge keeping employees and clients engaged throughout these sorts of meetings. However, by providing fine dining food hampers that can be delivered to your door, these sorts of meetings can be far more memorable and enjoyable.
By providing food for clients and staff in this way will help spark conversation. This is especially important for these non face to face type meetings where it can be easy to hide away and go unseen. If the meeting is being held to celebrate a key milestone for your business, you may wish to include a celebratory drink as part of the hamper.
Chef’s Live Cook Alongs
Why not have some fun and enjoy the cooking experience alongside your team with a live cook-along. Our master chef here at Vanilla Bean will help have ingredients delivered to your door and guide you through a catering masterclass! You will learn all the secret tips and tricks from the heart of a professional kitchen using ingredients all across the world. This is a great way for a team to bond and have a little fun after a gruelling 2021 working year.
How about a drive-in cinema?
Whether you wish to hold it in a company office car park or in one of the many-open air venues available, these spaces can be transformed ready for a feature-length movie all from the comfort of your own car! Throw in some heated blankets and some tasty food hampers filled with popcorn and retro candy into the mix and you have the recipe for an unforgettable experience.
Your catering for company events options will set the tone of your event and will leave a lasting impression on your guests should they find what is served to be delicious.
Mouth Watering Canapes
For any company event whether it be a product launch, corporate party or hospitality event, Why not impress your guests with some of our tasty canapes. Especially for prestigious events there is no better way to represent the class and elegance of your brand. We have many options to choose from including:
- Squid ink calamari.
- Westcombe cheddar and marmite cheese straws.
- Croquette of ham hock, pickled leek and black truffle served with piccalilli fluid gell.
- Crudite jardin potager, black truffle aioli, black olive soil.
- Gin cured salmon tuille, wasabi and ginger fluid gel.
With many options available, you will need not worry about the fussy eaters at your event as there will surely be something for everyone. Canapes such as these are also great for sparking conversation between guests.
Drinks
Especially if you are wishing to celebrate achievements for your company, there may be no better way to do so with a few drinks and cocktails. A few refreshing drink options you may wish to consider may include:
- Forages hedgerow berry mojitos.
- Japanese whisky.
- Strawberry and elderflower caipirinha.
- Bellini pipettes of pear, raspberry or peach.
- Homemade ginger or lemongrass presse.
Depending on your choice of venue you could excite your guests even further by setting up a martini bar, allowing guests to get drinks as they please.
Hearty Main Courses
If you are hosting a corporate dinner party, there are a range of main course options that will bring smiles to faces that we can provide. Here are a few celebratory main course options perfect to round off a hard year of work:
- Seared duck breast and braised leg fondant black fur potatoes, carrot and orange, sprouting broccoli and braised kumquat.
- Harissa roasted poussin, spring vegetable tagine, wild mushroom pilaf.
- Rare rump of lamb served in a hazelnut crumble, shoulder cannelloni, cauliflower puree and a vine vegetable ratatouille.
- Tandoori monkfish chop, curried cauliflower puree, octopus and potato a la plancha.
Scrumptious Desserts
There is no better way to top off a perfect company dinner event than with some nice tasty sweet dessert options. Our range of dessert options is bound to impress the fussiest of eaters and stun those with a taste for all things sweet. Here are a few options you may wish to consider:
- Rhubarb and custard trifle and toffee crumble.
- Warm chocolate soup with honeycomb, raspberries and tagete blossom creme.
- Bakewell tart with poached pear, basil and almond milk panna cotta.
What is included with full event planning for company events?
No matter what the occasion, we can work alongside you in order to create the perfect event for you and your company. Our highly experienced team knows what it takes to put together a successful corporate event that will impress both staff and clients whether it be during a product launch, team building event, corporate party/ hospitality event or more.
There are many aspects that need to be considered when putting together a company event from catering to decor, entertainment and production. We can help you set up the event wherever you choose to host it including hotels, private marquees or even garden parties in your own home. Here are some of what will be included should you choose to include full event planning for your corporate event in 2022:
- Venue sourcing and management
- Stationery design and guest communications
- Event concepts, design and venue plans
- Caterer collaboration, menu design, tasting coordination and consultation.
- Time management
- Artist booking and liaison
- Accommodation coordination and bookings
Get Creative
No matter where you host your company event there is a wide range of catering options that will delight your guests and potential clients. By incorporating top quality catering options as part of your event, you will shine a spotlight on your brand’s elegance and class. You can even take your catering options one step further incorporating them with fun activities such as drive-in cinemas and cook-along sessions. Hosting a corporate event online? Not a problem! Our home-delivered food hampers are a perfect accompaniment to really set the tone for your meeting and spark conversation between participants. Corporate catering can serve to provide relief after a long stressful year and there is no better way to celebrate any milestones achieved. All things considered, you should get creative and make the most out of your company event and the many catering options available to you!
We understand how stressful it can be to run events such as these so we are there to help throughout the entire process from helping to book venues, prepare food and drinks, organisation management and providing entertainment as well.
Why Choose Vanilla Bean?
We can help provide bespoke catering events, organising as much or as little of the event as you please. We have an extremely flexible corporate event catering service and take pride in executing our client’s expectations. Our experienced event managers will help guide you through the process, taking a consultative approach to create a stress-free and stunning event tailored to your organisation.
Whether it be canapes and cocktails to three-course meals or buffets, our complete catering services always impress.
We have many years of experience in running prestigious events for companies of all sizes including leading fashion houses, international property agents and global bank groups.
Want to know more about how we can be of service for your company event? Get in touch with us today!
