The catering firm also has a new burrata action station. Staffers top the creamy cheese with toasted pine nuts and Italian muscat syrup. The snack is gluten-free.
For a recent event at the Perot Museum of Science and Nature in Dallas, Wolfgang Puck Catering employed a "chef shadowbox." Meant to provide a strong visual behind a more standard food station, a chef in a shadowbox prepared appetizers as guests looked on.
Other new stations at Wolfgang Puck Catering include a frozen sushi station. The activation displays fresh fish and sushi rolls atop illuminated ice blocks with frozen orchids and other flowers inside.
In Chicago, Blue Plate Catering brings candy apple stations to holiday parties. Treats include apples dipped in caramel and assorted toppings and sliced up into snack-size portions.
Toronto catering firm Eatertainment has a new chef action station devoted to salmon gravlax. Salmon is hung from hooks above the station and is sliced to order in front of guests. The raw fish is then chopped and served with root-vegetable crisps, miniature greens, and spiced yogurt.
The Toronto firm is also using bar carts to display food items. One such spread, wheeled to tables at an event, offered snacks such as frittatas, foie gras, sliders, and lobster.
In Chicago, catering firm Limelight has an innovative format for serving fruit skewers. The fruits are inserted into a custom wall with thematic wallpaper design (which varies for different events). Guests approach the wall and pull of a skewer and can dip the fruit in sauces that are arrayed on a nearby table.
Instead of serving French fries at a stationary table, Limelight has used a wheelbarrow to deliver Belgian frites at events. The fries are served in cones, and assorted sauces are displayed on the side.
Limelight's "Smash It" station offers assorted homemade chocolate bark in flavors such as dark chocolate with dried cherries. Mallets next to the sweets let guests "smash" off a snack-size piece of the bark.
Roar Events produced a summertime event at Estancia La Jolla Hotel and Spa in Southern California. The dinner had a modern Mexican theme and featured an interactive margarita station. Guests chose the type and flavor of their tequila, as well as one of many specialty salts.
More than 20 chefs from around the world paid tribute to the late Roger Vergé on Monday at a special dinner at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers in New York. The event, which was produced by Karlitz & Company, featured a French garden-theme sunflower and vegetable cart installation at the entrance. KC Creations, L.L.C. designed the floral arrangements.
The fourth annual Taste Talks Brooklyn food-and-drink festival took place at the Wythe Hotel and surrounding venues on Saturday and Sunday. The event featured a branded Kellogg's cereal bar that was created by Decco by Party Up Productions.
At the All Star BBQ at East River State Park on September 11, Aberlour whiskey served festivalgoers custom cocktails from a branded bar designed by its agency. The bar had doors reminiscent of the brand's distillery in Scotland.
The 41st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival kicked off September 8 and runs through Sunday. On Saturday, Mattress brand Casper partnered with Community Agency and Ramm Productions to host the Casper Disco Nap on King Street West. Festivalgoers were invited to take 15-minute naps in Casper-theme nap pods.
The pre-premiere party for Snowden, which was sponsored by Nespresso and Audi, took place September 9 at the rooftop pool bar of Lavelle. The Mint Agency built a structure entirely of Nespresso pods that doubled as a step-and-repeat.
Disney-Pixar hosted the U.S. premiere for Finding Dory at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on June 8. The all-ages party shared a blue carpet with the arrivals line, which featured sand art for an on-theme, festive tie-in.
At the premiere for Disney's Pete's Dragon at El Capitan Theatre on August 8, a huge dragon cutout served as a photo op for attendees to ride and pose on the arrivals line.
Columbia Pictures' Sausage Party premiered on August 9 at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles. The event had on-theme grocery store-style decor.
The Miami Home Design and Remodeling Show took place September 2 to 6 at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Pop-Up Box, a company that repurposes shipping containers into outdoor living spaces, had an interactive exhibit with an air-conditioned area staged for a backyard.
The 2016 Surf Expo took place September 8 to 10 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. Hang Ten Headwear's booth included two stools that were shaped like feet, which represented the brand's logo.
