Limelight's Fruit Wallpaper
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.
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Blue Plate's Caramel Apple Station
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.
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Blue Plate's Burrata Action Station
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.
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Ryan LaRoche, the vice president of culinary operations for Mariano's in Chicago, presented a hearty slider filled with smoked beef brisket, truffled cheese, horseradish, and house-made pickles. The dish was served on Park House rolls.
Photo: Francis Son
Mini Cupcakes in New York
Baked by Melissa offers a giant gumball machine that dispenses pods containing the company’s signature mini cupcakes at events. The machine can fit 2,000 pods, with a minimum order of 1,000.
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Cocktail Catering in Austin
Lisa Messelt of LM Cocktail Catering can create an array of high-end Jell-O shot cocktails. Push aside thoughts of the jiggly, college-era snacks stuffed in Dixie cups: Instead, flavors like blackberry bramble and Pimm’s cup are presented in elegant hors d’oeuvre spoons and paired with fruit. The shots can even be designed in the shape of corporate logos.
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Seared ahi tuna on compressed watermelon, by Wolfgang Puck Catering in Boston, Atlanta, Washington, Dallas, Seattle, and Los Angeles
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