Catering Services

Catering Services is the business of providing food service at a remote site or a site such as a Bachelorette Party – Backstage Events -Birthday Party – Church Events – Class Reunions – Corporate Events – Family Reunions – Filming site – Grand Openings – Hospitals – Hotel – Luncheons –Meetings – Office Party – Parks – Party – Private Party – Reunions – Scholl Events – Social Events or any Social Gatherings.

The earliest account of major services being catered in the United States is a 1778 ball in Philadelphia catered by Caesar Cranshell to celebrate the departure of British General William Howe.^[1]

Catering business began to form around 1820, centering in Philadelphia.^[1][2] Catering being a respectable and profitable business. 

The industry began to professionalize under the reigns of Robert Bogle who is recognized as “the originator of catering.”^[2] By 1840, the second generation of Philadelphia black caterers formed, who began to combine their catering businesses with restaurants they owned.^[2]

Common usage of the word “caterer” came about in the 1880s at which point local directories began listing numerous caterers.^[1] White businessmen eventually moved into the industry and by the 1930s, the black businesses had virtually disappeared.^[1]

After the Second World War, many businessmen embraced catering as an alternative way of staying in business after the war.^[5] By the 1960s, the home-made food was overtaken by eating in public catering establishments.^[4]

By the 2000s, personal chef services started gaining popularity, with more women entering the workforce.^{[citation needed]} People between 15 and 24 years of age spent as little as 11-17 minutes daily on food preparation and clean-up activities in 2006-2016, according to figures revealed by the American Time Use Survey conducted by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics^[6].

Source: Wikipedia

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