Table Of ContentPreface vii Acknowledgments ix Chapter One Historical Banqueting 1 Chapter Two Styles of Catering Operations 25 Chapter Three Catering Business Development 51 Chapter Four Catering Sales and Marketing and Digital Support 65 Chapter Five Catering-Menu Program 101 Chapter Six Food-and-Beverage Operational Controls 121 Chapter Seven Catering-Menu Pricing and Controls 139 Chapter Eight Catering-Menu Design 161 Chapter Nine Catering Beverage Management 191 Chapter Ten Quality-Service and Standards Training 205 Chapter Eleven Managing Catering Equipment 221 Glossary 239 Endnotes 247 Bibliography 249 Index 251
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