The Only Source by Gidi Gourmet

Book excerpt: In this book, Gidi provides insight and understanding for conduct of all aspects of the catering business to help start or grow your own catering business. Distilled from decades of practical, real-world experience as both an executive chef and professional caterer for a myriad of clients and events, Gidi outlines the common pitfalls and fallacies that can lead to failure in the catering business. He explains and illuminates many common misconceptions inherent to the catering business and how misunderstanding important safety regulations can be detrimental to your success and prosperity in business. These tips will not only help you avoid costly novice mistakes, but provide you with ideas to save money and maximize profits, reduce unnecessary costs, and protect your legal liability in regards to clients, employees, and the government. This book is an informative guide for those thinking about starting their own catering business, for current owners seeking to improve their catering business, or for those who would like to perform their own DIY catering affairs from home. Subjects treated are listed in summary below, and relate to use of catering skills developed by study of this text. I have received thank-you letters and cards throughout the past thirty years, including newspaper articles about my company since 1985.