catering

LDJ Productions and Brenton Catering served champagne cocktails in test tubes at hair-care brand Joico’s chemistry-lab-inspired 30th anniversary party in New York in 2005.

Occasions Caterers created a conveyor-belt buffet station for a 2009 screening of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen in Washington. 

Waiters didn’t have to remember what they were serving (and guests didn’t have to ask) when now-defunct Match Catering printed T-shirts with food descriptions for a 2004 BizBash event.

For a dandy-themed graduation party in Hollywood, Canvas & Canopy designed a dessert buffet that eschewed the twee look in favor of a sophisticated display of treats on cake stands made from vintage candlesticks and shelves built using industrial pipes.

Stacks of books supported and decorated the dessert tables. Typewriters, globes, and open books added to the presentation.

At the Campfire Ball benefit for Children’s Oncology Services in May at Venue One in Chicago, Cork Catering set up a make-your-own s’mores station.

Inspired by the food truck craze, Abigail Kirsch in New York created roving carts to bring guests desserts and beverages, like gelato with dipped miniature cones and toppings, or sangria and punch.

To match the futuristic look of a Lexus Event in April at Center548 in New York, Creative Edge Parties made desserts and cocktails like passion plume meringue dipped in a bowl of nitrogen, and the “Vanilla Infusion,” with Absolut Vanilia and tangerine and vanilla kumquat marmalade. 

The Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin resort in Orlando has a new backpack contraption called the “Rocketman” that straps to the back of a staffer, who can serve beverages among mingling guests.

At a recent private event, Choura Events in Long Beach, California, served Louis Roederer Cristal and Dom Perignon from Champagne carts.

Thomas Preti Caterers prepared hors d’oeuvres set on large Lucite tables suspended from the ceiling, at a launch party for lighting designer Bentley Meeker’s book, at Gotham Hall in New York in April.