The calendar is ticking, and you know what that means: the end of the financial year (EOFY) is fast approaching!

For many businesses and organizations, that also means the crucial “use it or lose it” deadline for allocated budgets. Instead of letting those hard-earned funds disappear, why not invest them in something that will boost morale, foster team spirit, or impress your clients?

Think about it. A well-planned gathering with delicious food and drinks can be a game-changer. It’s an opportunity to:

Celebrate Team Successes:

Acknowledge the hard work and achievements of your team with a Hot Buffet Lunch, an afternoon tea of sweet treats and grazing platters, or even cocktail function. It’s a fantastic way to show appreciation and build camaraderie. A catered event breaks up the routine and provides a much-needed opportunity for colleagues to connect outside of their usual work environment. Happy and well-fed employees are often more engaged and productive!

Strengthen Client Relationships:

Impress key clients with a sophisticated catered event. Whether it’s a product launch, a thank-you gathering, or a strategic planning session, delicious food creates a positive and memorable experience.

Smart Budget Utilization:

Instead of last-minute, less impactful expenditures, a catered event offers tangible benefits and creates positive memories. Let us help you maximize your budget.

Booking your event NOW ensures:

Availability:

We have a wider range of dates and times to choose from now, securing the perfect slot for your needs.

Menu Flexibility:

You’ll have ample time to discuss your specific requirements, dietary needs, and preferences with us, ensuring a menu that delights everyone.

Stress-Free Planning:

Booking in advance allows for a smoother planning process, giving you peace of mind and allowing you to focus on other important tasks.

Securing Your Budget:

Don’t risk losing those valuable funds! By booking now, you’re making a concrete investment that will deliver real value.

Ready to Treat Your Team or Impress Your Clients?

Don’t let this financial year end with an unspent budget! Reach out to our Bookings & Events team today to discuss your catering needs. Whether you’re envisioning a casual office lunch, a corporate dinner, or a fun team-building BBQ, The Catering Company can create a memorable culinary experience that aligns with your budget and objectives.

Don’t delay – secure your preferred date and menu before it’s too late! Let’s make this EOFY a delicious and rewarding one!

Book Your Catered Event Before EOFY!

Or, Request a Quote

Giving is good and can make us feel great! In this post we’ll tell you why businesses who give, not only contribute to the community but also contribute to their own bottom line.

Australians are great at giving!

Recent research has shown that Australians are particularly generous donors. One such study showed that up to two thirds of Aussies (majority were Millennials or Gen Y) had donated within the previous 12-month period. Whether it’s Gen X, Y, Zoomers or Boomers doing the majority of the giving, consumers do take notice of companies who donate to charitable organisations. Importantly, customers are spending more money and time with those companies showing their corporate philanthropy.

Business benefits

Whether it’s by percentage of profits or as an ongoing charitable enterprise, businesses both big and small benefit from donating in several ways.

Happier employees

Employee morale is improved when a company’s culture is seen in a good light in respect to community contribution. This can help with staff retention and, particularly during these trying times, inject some sorely needed positivity into an already struggling workforce.

Boosting marketing

Invaluable marketing connections can be made when a business aligns with a charitable partner’s own marketing team. The goodwill attached to donations not only shows the business contribution in the eyes of the community but also within business circles. This can create a positive flow-on effect and favourable brand association.

Tax deductions

This is the bonus for doing good and Paying It Forward. It’s also the simplest reason for philanthropy and should naturally be a part of any business’s accounting practices. In the challenging year ahead taxes and deductions may also play an important part in improving your balance sheet.

Benefiting the community

Corporate and business donations improve social outcomes for local communities. These may be especially relevant in 2020 considering Australia’s misfortunes so far this year. Giving back by way of charity creates real change. That in itself is a great bottom line to add to any website’s About Us page.

Give a little, say a lot!

Slack, one of the world’s largest instant messaging services, are currently donating weekly lunches via The Catering Company to local charities as a part of their corporate pledge initiative. This has provided greatly needed support for struggling communities in and around Melbourne and Victoria. Now that’s a great message!

The Bottom Line

Charitable donations have, arguably, never been more relevant for our community than right now.

If your business would like to contribute to a local charity via The Catering Company or if you normally volunteer with a charity but can’t because physical engagement is not allowed, engage with us instead. We can partner with you and create a food program for a community organisation or group and help you give back for good today. Read more.

Sources:

https://www.philanthropy.org.au/tools-resources/philanthropy-and-covid-19/

https://www.fpmagazine.com.au/gen-y-the-most-generous-donors-in-australia-365790/

Established in 1957, Salesian College in Chadstone is an all-boys school that celebrates diversity and promotes relationships built on mutual respect. Each year they celebrate continuing generations of families whose sons will carry on the tradition in the Salesian College community.

This year’s Legacy Breakfast had 130 hungry young men and their fathers listening to motivational speakers while enjoying freshly-baked hot lavosh rolls. There were two breakfast catering choices – filled with either scrambled egg, crispy bacon, tomato and cheese or our vegetarian option of scrambled egg, mushroom, spinach, tomato and cheese.

As well as a hearty brekky roll, there was fresh seasonal fruits of pineapple, watermelon, pear, mandarin and strawberries. Healthy Greek yogurt and sweet banana bread was also available for all to enjoy.

Breakfast isn’t complete without coffee and OJ! Our Melbourne catering company supplied a constant flow of delicious Nespresso coffee, piping hot Tea Tonic tea and delicious Market Fresh cold-pressed orange and apple juice. All this happened at the chilly hour of 7am!

To pull it all off, our team of professional wait staff set up the drinks stations, linen table cloths, china, glassware and portable oven the day prior. The transformation from school sports hall to dining hall for a sit down meal was swiftly executed and ran smoothly with wonderful results!

In 2019, you are what you eat has never a been truer statement.

And with modern advancements in food science, technology and research we now better understand how food affects our bodies, gut health and even mental health, more than ever before.

Here at The Catering Company Melbourne, we change our menus seasonally and updating an ever-changing menu requires accurate information about ingredients. Recently we have seen our clients requesting more and more individual food labels, mainly due to an increase of dietary, allergen and personal taste requirements.

Luckily, customising menus is what the TCC do best! Many of our regular clients love us to come up with special menus for themed finger food catering, buffet catering, breakfast catering or afternoon tea catering. Once we have all their dietary, allergen and personal preferences, we can then have fun designing the style of the catering services menu to suit their appetite.

Gluten free, Dairy free, Vegan, Fructose friendly, Vegetarian & Nut free – we cater for all these and more! We’ve even added, for one of our long standing customers, fun emojis to their food labels! This gives an easy visual guide for foods that may are higher in carbs, good or bad fats, high in protein, sugar or fibre and of course high in healthy vitamins and minerals.

At the end of the day our body is a temple and what we eat impacts our health. If we wish to maintain the one body we’ve got, we need to listen to it, feed it well and treat it with care. Food is a natural way to do this. Knowing exactly what you’re consuming is vital to keeping a happy and healthy – mind, body and soul.

Not in the market for premium canapes with all the ruffles? We have you covered with our casual BBQ catering service options!

Have a staff party you need to organise? Or maybe a nice backyard birthday bash is on the cards but you’d prefer someone other than uncle Bill driving the barbecue? Well we can help! (some people like their steak medium rare not tough as nails… sorry uncle Bill!).

But wait… it’s not all about the meat. You’ll also get some fresh and healthy salads and vegan options to cover any dietary needs. Plus don’t forget to indulge in some sweet treats, if it tickles your fancy!

Don’t need the pressure of all those hungry mouths waiting for a feed? Then let us cater your casual BBQ for you! Hot and sizzling straight off the barbi and onto your plate.

Check out our diverse range of BBQ catering options. They’re B-B-Q-licious!

If you’re anything like me and hold a lifelong dream of getting married on top of a mountain with the reception in a larger than life teepee in the forest, you may have also had the thought “how will I ever get the catering to work?” Here at TCC we love to make your dreams a reality whatever these may be. We can provide you with the full event catering experience including event space set up; yes tables, chairs, table setting, menus, ovens, pop up bars and much more! We also provide hosts, on site chefs, wait staff and bar staff. Everything but the kitchen sink- oh wait, we can supply that too!

We have food to cover your every want and need, whether it be for a classic formal sit down, or a more inclusive sharing dining experience, we have menus to suit all! Have a look at our Plates To Impress menu or create your own original buffet or finger food offering.

Give our events team a call and let the magic begin.

In recent weeks, our team has been a part of the Australasian Quilt Convention Expo at the Royal Exhibition Building. The quilt show is run by Expertise Events who are market leaders in craft events and this year they celebrated 15 years in doing so.

The Quilt Convention has many components which includes a 4 day conference for 400 quilters who receive 4 day class tuition including morning tea, all day coffee, buffet lunches and gala dinner to celebrate their achievements.

The general public comes in bus loads from Shepparton, Wangaratta and Frankston full of quilters who love their craft, scones and tea. Lots of tea !!

Our catering team for the Quilt Convention consists of many chefs and a huge kitchen team, delivery drivers, event hosts and their waiters, baristers and service staff. This is a large dynamic team, skilled in making it all flow magically.

Our very famous chocolate, almond & raspberry brownie was a hit amongst the Quilters & rumour has it our managing director even got up to sing “Volare” at the gala dinner… We do promise we are ‘catering with character’!

In recent months at The Catering Company, we’ve seen a rapid increase in customers enquiring about catering services for their destination wedding. Last month Matt and Monica’s wedding took us to Bacchus Marsh overlooking the rolling hills of the west.

The incredible venue was a school camp ground called Camp Sunnystones. This hidden oasis is a cozy and cute with stone walls, green gardens and kangaroos bouncing in the fields nearby.

Matt and Monica decided to switch up the conventional “alternate drop” plated meal for sharing style platters and buffets. Our classic Casalinga menu, which celebrates traditional Italian flavours, was a huge hit with the bride and groom’s family and friends. Guests were also excited for the speciality cocktail – ‘Espresso Martinis’ – which kept everyone going on the dance floor all night!

Helping Matt and Monica bring their wedding vision to life was an absolute joy. It was a blast spending time with their friendly guests and we’re so pleased that everyone loved the wedding catering!