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.
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.
At the Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscars after-party, a dessert display included espresso milkshakes topped with mini doughnuts threaded through straws.Â
Lucian Grainge's artist showcase, presented by American Airlines and Citi, took over the Theatre at Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles during Grammy week. Branded kids' toys topped tables.
The Recording Academy's official Grammy after-party for 5,000, known as the Grammy Celebration, had a candy land theme. The "Grammy Land" bash had whimsical, youthful details, like rainbow suckers tucked into tabletop centerpieces.
