As one of the trends cited in the ECEP Mid-Year Trend Report, roaming catering carts give event planners and caterers "carte blanche" on whimsy and charm! As a trend, roaming carts at weddings and events are moving up the charts with a bullet!
Guests enjoy them before and after an event, as well as during. They have even made an appearance on dance floors with specialty items and cocktails, or a shot of espresso to keep the energy high.
Get Creative with Roaming Catering Carts!
A Cannoli Cart from 24 Carrots Catering & Events
Cannoli is a Sicilian pastry consisting of a tube-shaped shell of fried pastry dough, filled with a sweet, creamy filling containing ricotta cheese. Already famous in Italy, cannolis were made all the more so thanks to a line about them in the iconic film, The Godfather. As two mobsters flee the scene of a crime, one yells to the other who has turned back to get something from the car, "Leave the gun, take the cannoli!" That's HOW important cannolis can be!
This was not lost on the team at 24 Carrots Catering & Events in Costa Mesa, California, who made them the focus of an event at Skyline at Peninsula Village by putting made-to-order cannolis on a roaming cart. Finished anyway the guest wanted, but mostly with powdered sugar, it's hard to imagine anyone forgetting these cannoli!
A Gin and Tonic Cart from Vestals Catering
Gin and tonics only have three ingredients, if you don't include ice. Gin, tonic water and lime. That is the classic recipe. But today, there are so many exciting gins (and tonics) on the market. Vestals Catering stocks its very botanically inclined G & T cart with several gins and special tonics.
According to the magazine, Haute Living, "As gin soars in popularity, gin drinks go beyond martinis, and gin makers around the world strive to produce artful spirits that have sense of place, notable personalities, culinary cunning, and the ability to provoke an exclamation of awe when tasted."
See their list of some of the world’s most enthralling gins for your bar cart.
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