By Mary Ellen Psaltis
Imagine a feast of pickled herring, Danish meatballs with red cabbage topped off with applesauce crumb cake. Maybe that’s not in your dreams, but it worked for the Danish Brother and Sisterhood dinner party prepared by Bayview Catering. When you have your own event, you get to do all the choosing. Bayview Catering, housed in downtown Olympia inside Bayview Thriftway, is available to make your party plans come true.
You could do everything yourself, but why? Bayview Catering wants to make your life easier. Here are a few CATERING thoughts:
Crazy: Life is crazy enough and you throwing a party into the mix can increase your stress levels. You deserve help, and the initial Consultation is Complimentary.
Artful: An event needs thoughtful attention. Finishing Touch Florist & Gifts arranges flowers and plants with your colors and desires in mind. Classic Creations Bakery will design a personal cake. Bayview Catering experienced staff wants to ensure you have professional and personally pleasing results.
Trusted: Catering Director, Kelly Young, and her team have years of experience. You can rely on them to ensure there is follow-through on the minutia that is essential to creating the right ambiance. Young said that what is fun for her is “watching it all come together.” Being at the event, setting up tables, placing dishes and coordinating all the details are her forté.
Easy Event Planning: It’s one thing to decide to have an event – say a company picnic, but it’s another thing to organize six buffet lines and provide enough potato salad, fruit and dessert for 3,000. Remember you need a cooking station for all the burger and dogs, too! Bayview assembled 1,400 baked potatoes with appropriate topping for the Washington Potato Commission. That’s a lot of potatoes! Another time they catered a mashed potato bar. Yes, there’s the menu to plan, but someone needs to shop, cook, set up, clean up…. phew.
Rental Equipment: Now that you decided on your menu, you might want to eat on tables with linens, use dishes, and sit on chairs under tents. That’s where Celebrations can help. Bayview Catering can coordinate with them, if you like.
Interesting menu possibilities: You pick the meal whether it’s breakfast, lunch or dinner. Think prime rib or turkey with all the side dishes you love (butter pecan carrots and herbed stuffing). Maybe you want a sandwich bar or wild caught salmon – you pick.
No worries: Who needs more to worry about?
Great tasting food with Great service. Young explains, “Fine food makes the clients happy but you have to have service, too.” Detailed care with the food and with the service ensures your event is easy breezy!
Bayview Catering provides off site services. That means you need to pick your venue. Here are a few to consider if you are not hosting at your own home: The Albee’s Garden Parties, The Jacob Smith House or The Barn on Jackson (Lewis County). You can make your own reservations or let Bayview help you.
With regards to Bayview’s parameters with food – a minimum of twenty-five meals is required. However, you can customize the levels of service. For example, you might want to order a fruit plate or 50 box lunches to pick up yourself. Then again, you might want a wedding buffet for 450 guests. Bayview Catering wants to assist you. They provide services seven days a week.
What’s on your calendar? Weddings, graduation parties, family reunions and company picnics or rehearsal dinners – or all of them. Remember, there are lots of reasons to have CATERING in your life. Visit online or call 360-357-8016.
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