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Catering Manager Reviews
What is it like working as a Catering Manager?
November 2016
Catering Manager:
Pros: We use only Fresh ingredients, so my kitchen always smells great.
Cons: Feeling unnappreciated, lack of communication with upper management.
January 2016
Catering Manager:
Pros: I like the autonomy, the network, making people happy.
Cons: Not challenging, repetitive, upper management not very dedicated.
January 2016
It's chanlageing.
Catering Manager:
Pros: Meeting new people, making customers happy.
Cons: The pay and support, no office and no bonse for sales no perks.
August 2015
Hard but rewarding work.
Catering Manager:
Pros: Baking, preparig food for sale, people and bringing money in for a good cause.
Cons: Constraints of space and facilities. Busy times too busy.
August 2015
Regional catering manager.
Catering Manager:
Pros: Travelling to and from each home checking on situations and staffing.
Cons: Nothing.
July 2015
Lots of work with little appreciation.
Catering Manager:
Pros: I like interacting with clients. I also enjoy the different venues we visit.
Cons: Serving so many people enables us to experience many types of people. Some of them are difficult to please.
May 2015
Tips for Interviewing (Corporate Catering Focused)
Catering Manager:
Make sure whoever is interviewing you does not complain about the positions, people or environment of the company. This is a huge red flag. Ensure to ask about training and who/what support is available for the position applying for. Ask what the biggest challenge is for the position, location, and company you are appying for are.
Culinary and Hospitality Degrees are always a plus in this type of position, along with Serv Safe Sanitation & Alcohol Licenses. Previous experience in a similar environment, food service, and supervisory positions are a plus. If you are not organized, fast paced, able to work under pressure, and very customer service oriented, this is NOT the position or field for you. There are a long list of daily responsibilities for this position, this is not the type of position that is only going to have duties listed on the initial job description. From managing employees, event planning, product ordering, inventory, taking care of finances and payroll, etc...
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