Any event will need a good menu to complement it. As a caterer, you should use your initiative, creativity and knowledge to help inform your menu and give your clients a wonderful culinary experience. You should also consider how appropriate a particular menu is going to be for the occasion – think about previous events you have catered for and what people are going to expect.

Begin by drafting up a menu and thinking about dishes that would work well together. If the event is going to be more formal, then make sure there is enough variety – there will be fewer courses. If it is more casual finger food and buffets, then you will need to have plenty of food for people to pick at. Once you have a menu plan, run it past a few people to see if it appeals to them. This is always a good starting point – good food will generally be appreciated universally.