When your only daughter gets married, you want her wedding to be not only beautiful, but fun and memorable. It is a once-in-a lifetime event and you want to add all the happiness to it you can. Obviously, not many can cook gourmet food for a crowd or create a wedding cake that looks like a picture from a magazine. Catering New Jersey will take all the worry out of planning and leave you to enjoy all the fun.

You may be throwing a bar or bat mitzvah and want the best kosher food available cooked gourmet style. It may be a twenty-fifth anniversary party for your best friend. Whatever the occasion, make the most of it. You will be assisted in making decisions, finding out which food and drinks are currently popular, and be advised of cost.

A catering service might set up in your home, in the facility of your choice or they may provide a banquet hall of their own. When the catering and food preparation is done in your home, they will bring in everything you need. They supply china, crystal glassware, serving trays and dozens of folding chairs for your guests.

A New Jersey Catering service will help with planning or recommend a wedding or party planner to assist you with decorations. A florist will discuss centerpieces for the tables and other floral arrangements. The food will include appetizers, cake and the main course in addition to anything else you want such as wine. You can order a cake that will rival a Georgia O'Keefe painting in beauty. Plus you can have a small groom's cake (this has become a modern-day custom).

You may prefer a sophisticated, traditional wedding with candles on the tables and elaborate centerpieces. Serve caviar and crackers as appetizers. Or, you might want a beachfront wedding with the bride and groom barefoot. Your food can be matched to the setting. An outdoor menu might be seafood and salads, plus barbecue ribs baked over an open fire. Driftwood floral arrangements would be appropriate and an evening reception would be enhanced by placing lanterns in the sand.

Two of the most popular items for weddings and corporate banquets are the chocolate fountain and the unique ice sculpture. There are endless ideas for what type of ice sculpture to include, from flowers to statues of pretty girls to dolphins. It is all a matter of choice. The chocolate fountain, well, its popularity is self-explanatory. Who dislikes chocolate?

If you plan a corporate banquet, book the banquet hall well in advance of the date. You can order china and tablecloths in corporate colors. You can have small candles with your corporate logo imprinted on them for mementos your guests can take home. Decorate the cake with a large replication of the corporate logo. A ceremonial cake-cutting ceremony will be a wonderful end to a delicious dinner.

Start your evening with a cocktail hour with a string quartet playing quietly in a corner. Serve hors d'oeuvres on large platters with waiters offering them to your guests. Include a bartender at an open bar, which means the drinks are free. A disc jockey or singer might be favored for a wedding instead of the string quartet.