BizBash
  • Production & Strategy
  • Catering & Design
  • Event Tech & Virtual
  • Venues & Destinations
  • Meetings & Trade Shows
  • Sports
  • Advertise
  • Events
Topics
  • Production & Strategy
  • Catering & Design
  • Event Tech & Virtual
  • Venues & Destinations
  • Meetings & Trade Shows
  • Sports
  • Advertise
  • Events
  • Industry Buzz
  • BizBash Lists
Resources
  • On-Demand
  • White Papers & E-Books
  • Podcast
  • Magazine
  • Events
  • Awards
  • Subscribe
User Tools
Follow BizBash
Instagram iconLinkedIn iconFacebook iconTwitter X icon Pinterest iconYouTube iconTikTok
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Get Featured
  • Press Releases
  • Newsletter Signup
  • Subscribe to Magazine
Follow BizBash
Instagram iconLinkedIn iconFacebook iconTwitter X icon Pinterest iconYouTube iconTikTok
  • Production & Strategy
  • Catering & Design
  • Event Tech & Virtual
  • Venues & Destinations
  • Meetings & Trade Shows
  • Sports
  • Advertise
  • Events
  • On-Demand
  • White Papers & E-Books
  • Podcast
  • Magazine
  • Events
  • Awards
  • Subscribe

Rise and Shine: 11 Catering Ideas to Upgrade Breakfast Meetings and Morning Events

Here’s a look at new, creative breakfast catering ideas from catering companies, hotels, and restaurants in the U.S. and Canada.

Ian Zelaya
March 28, 2019

When it comes to early morning meetings and events, attendees want more than a standard continental breakfast and a box of coffee to kick start their day. From fruit sushi and elevated mimosa stations to a bar with nothing but carbs, here’s a look at how caterers are stepping up their breakfast game with new, Instagram-ready options.

For guests who want to indulge in an all-carb breakfast, Toronto-based catering and event company Eatertainment Special Events & Catering offers a carb bar, which boasts a selection of danishes, brioche towers, egg strudels, energy balls, and mini bagel sandwiches.
For guests who want to indulge in an all-carb breakfast, Toronto-based catering and event company Eatertainment Special Events & Catering offers a carb bar, which boasts a selection of danishes, brioche towers, egg strudels, energy balls, and mini bagel sandwiches.
Photo: Courtesy of Eatertainment
Blue Plate Catering in Chicago offers fruit “sushi,” with a sweet coconut rice base topped with fresh fruit. Fruit options include kiwi and mango, strawberry with basil, and grapefruit, pomegranate, and coconut chip.
Blue Plate Catering in Chicago offers fruit “sushi,” with a sweet coconut rice base topped with fresh fruit. Fruit options include kiwi and mango, strawberry with basil, and grapefruit, pomegranate, and coconut chip.
Photo: Courtesy of Blue Plate Catering
Blue Plate serves a mini version of the popular yogurt parfait in the form of cups. The granola cups are filled with yogurt, fresh berries, and a micro garnish.
Blue Plate serves a mini version of the popular yogurt parfait in the form of cups. The granola cups are filled with yogurt, fresh berries, and a micro garnish.
Photo: Courtesy of Blue Plate Catering
Italian restaurant Casolare provides catering for Kimpton Glover Park Hotel in Washington, which recently began offering an extension of the restaurants popular Jewish and Roman-style brunch for hotel events. A breakfast station, which takes inspiration from Rome’s Jewish Quarter and New York’s Lower East Side, features house-made bagels that are toasted with cucumber, tomato, lettuce, and cream cheese; smoked salmon with tomato, cucumber, red onion, and capers; smoked whitefish salad; and a basket of sweet options like hazelnut chocolate crunch rugelach, warm ricotta bombolini with Nutella, and raspberry linzer cookies.
Italian restaurant Casolare provides catering for Kimpton Glover Park Hotel in Washington, which recently began offering an extension of the restaurants popular Jewish and Roman-style brunch for hotel events. A breakfast station, which takes inspiration from Rome’s Jewish Quarter and New York’s Lower East Side, features house-made bagels that are toasted with cucumber, tomato, lettuce, and cream cheese; smoked salmon with tomato, cucumber, red onion, and capers; smoked whitefish salad; and a basket of sweet options like hazelnut chocolate crunch rugelach, warm ricotta bombolini with Nutella, and raspberry linzer cookies.
Photo: Courtesy of Kimpton Glover Park Hotel
Juniper Table in Palm Springs offers a Mediterranean twist on the trendy avocado toast with an avocado flatbread. The baked flatbread is topped with avocado, turmeric, hazelnut, greens, sesame, and Serrano chili. The dish comes on a rustic wooden peel.
Juniper Table in Palm Springs offers a Mediterranean twist on the trendy avocado toast with an avocado flatbread. The baked flatbread is topped with avocado, turmeric, hazelnut, greens, sesame, and Serrano chili. The dish comes on a rustic wooden peel.
Photo: Kristin Teig Photography
Kimpton Marlowe Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts, serves a breakfast buffet inspired by Boston’s financial district. The buffet features fresh fruit and berry cups; individual Greek yogurts; egg white, feta, and spinach breakfast wraps; bacon, egg, and cheese on English muffins; breakfast burritos with scrambled eggs, pico de gallo, cilantro, black beans, and cheddar; and fresh squeezed orange juice.
Kimpton Marlowe Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts, serves a breakfast buffet inspired by Boston’s financial district. The buffet features fresh fruit and berry cups; individual Greek yogurts; egg white, feta, and spinach breakfast wraps; bacon, egg, and cheese on English muffins; breakfast burritos with scrambled eggs, pico de gallo, cilantro, black beans, and cheddar; and fresh squeezed orange juice.
Photo: Courtesy of Kimpton Marlowe
For those who prefer smoothies for breakfast, Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago serves mini, customizable Greek yogurt smoothies that can be blended with strawberry, peach, mango, and mint.
For those who prefer smoothies for breakfast, Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago serves mini, customizable Greek yogurt smoothies that can be blended with strawberry, peach, mango, and mint.
Photo: Courtesy of Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel Chicago
Kimpton RiverPlace Hotel in Portland, Oregon, offers a biscuit bar with sweet and savory options. Groups can fill biscuits with protein such as fried chicken, chicken sausage, lox, bacon, and scrambled eggs, and toppings include fresh veggies, fruit, butters, and spreads. The bar is available as a pre-made platter or as a build-your-own biscuit station.
Kimpton RiverPlace Hotel in Portland, Oregon, offers a biscuit bar with sweet and savory options. Groups can fill biscuits with protein such as fried chicken, chicken sausage, lox, bacon, and scrambled eggs, and toppings include fresh veggies, fruit, butters, and spreads. The bar is available as a pre-made platter or as a build-your-own biscuit station.
Photo: Kimpton RiverPlace Hotel
For people on a health kick, the Silo Cookhouse at the Horse Shoe Farm in Hendersonville, North Carolina, features a fresh-squeezed juice bar in a space that recalls a home kitchen. Guests can create their own juices with locally sourced carrots, beets, celery, ginger, apple, and other seasonal fruits and vegetables.
For people on a health kick, the Silo Cookhouse at the Horse Shoe Farm in Hendersonville, North Carolina, features a fresh-squeezed juice bar in a space that recalls a home kitchen. Guests can create their own juices with locally sourced carrots, beets, celery, ginger, apple, and other seasonal fruits and vegetables.
Photo: Courtesy of the Horse Shoe Farm
Serafina Beach Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has a new banquet menu at its restaurant Amare, which includes a healthy twist on the standard mimosa. The green juice mimosa offers a blend of green apple, spinach, cucumber, ginger, apple juice, and a splash of orange juice, topped with prosecco.
Serafina Beach Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has a new banquet menu at its restaurant Amare, which includes a healthy twist on the standard mimosa. The green juice mimosa offers a blend of green apple, spinach, cucumber, ginger, apple juice, and a splash of orange juice, topped with prosecco.
Photo: Courtesy of Serafina Beach Hotel
New York-based catering company Riviera Caterers offers a cold brew coffee wall for morning events. The wooden wall features hanging glass mugs, which guests can fill with regular or vanilla cold brew coffee out of spouts.
New York-based catering company Riviera Caterers offers a cold brew coffee wall for morning events. The wooden wall features hanging glass mugs, which guests can fill with regular or vanilla cold brew coffee out of spouts.
Photo: Courtesy of Riviera Caterers
Latest in Home
'Choose a location where you can offer respite for guests—whether that’s shade elements, indoor-outdoor flow, or partial coverage,' Carlisi suggests. 'It’s all about asking: How many options do we have, and how many ways can we use the space creatively?”
Event Design & Decor
7 Smart Ways to Beat the Heat at Outdoor Events
The activation was disguised as an ordinary porta-potty.
Experiential Marketing, Activations & Sponsorships
See How Disney’s Phineas and Ferb Transformed a Porta-Potty into a Music Festival Activation
Marriott Phoenix Resort Tempe at The Buttes
Phoenix / Scottsdale
11 New Venues in Phoenix/Scottsdale for Summer 2025 Meetings and Events
Cosm transports guests to destinations around the world, wherever 'there' may be! Immerse in Shared Reality alongside your friends and family and experience an entirely new way of watching premium content across live sports, art, and entertainment. If you can't be there, be at Cosm!
Industry Insiders
Cosm Opens Immersive Event Venues in LA and Dallas
Related Stories
A shared space for meeting groups, the Hub Conference Center at the Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel opened in July and offers an all-day refreshment break service.
Event Tech & Virtual
Would You Try This New Catering Trend for Meetings?
Vietnamese Sandwiches in Washington
Event Tech & Virtual
26 New Catering Ideas for Events and Meetings
Collective Retreats Hill Country
Home
10 New Austin Venues for Spring 2019 Meetings and Events
The Jewish Museum’s Purim Ball
Home
13 Ideas From Winter Benefits You May Have Missed
More in Home
Event Design & Decor
7 Smart Ways to Beat the Heat at Outdoor Events
Atlanta-based event designer Frank Carlisi shares pro tips for keeping guests cool, your food fresh, and the vibe polished when temps rise.
'Choose a location where you can offer respite for guests—whether that’s shade elements, indoor-outdoor flow, or partial coverage,' Carlisi suggests. 'It’s all about asking: How many options do we have, and how many ways can we use the space creatively?”
Experiential Marketing, Activations & Sponsorships
See How Disney’s Phineas and Ferb Transformed a Porta-Potty into a Music Festival Activation
At the Vans Warped Tour in Washington, D.C., the network offered the show’s superfans a fun secret spy lair.
The activation was disguised as an ordinary porta-potty.
Phoenix / Scottsdale
11 New Venues in Phoenix/Scottsdale for Summer 2025 Meetings and Events
Take a peek at these buzzworthy restaurants, hotels, meeting and event spaces, and more recently opened in Phoenix/Scottsdale.
Marriott Phoenix Resort Tempe at The Buttes
Sponsored
Cosm Opens Immersive Event Venues in LA and Dallas
Redefining immersive events through Shared Reality
Cosm transports guests to destinations around the world, wherever 'there' may be! Immerse in Shared Reality alongside your friends and family and experience an entirely new way of watching premium content across live sports, art, and entertainment. If you can't be there, be at Cosm!
Event Design & Decor
Inside Rosé Day LA: How This Luxe Lifestyle Event Became a Must-Attend for Brands
From over-the-top floral displays to a skydiving stunt next to a Formula 1 car, here’s how Rosé Day LA continues to raise the bar for experiential design, sponsor integration, and strategic luxury.
Rosé Day Los Angeles took place on June 14. The event is produced by an experienced hospitality team led by Ben Biscotti of 1iota Productions; nightlife visionaries Sylvain Bitton, JT Torregiani, and David Jarrett; Tony Schubert of Event Eleven; and culinary icon Marc Forgione.
Atlanta
9 New Venues in Atlanta for Summer 2025 Meetings and Events
Take a peek at these buzzworthy restaurants, hotels, meeting and event spaces, and more recently opened in Atlanta.
Renaissance Atlanta Midtown
Most Popular
Event Design & Decor
Step Right Up: 10 Carnival Decor Ideas That Balance Whimsy and Elegance
Experiential Marketing, Activations & Sponsorships
Cannes Lions 2025: 90+ Bold Builds and Big Ideas From the French Festival of Creativity
Brands & Event Pros
Industry Innovators 2025: Sephora
Experiential Marketing, Activations & Sponsorships
Disney+ Leaned Into Y2K Vibes for a 'Throwback' Pop-Up Experience in LA
Strategy
How Over-the-Top Event Invites Can Make a Big Impact
Experiential Marketing, Activations & Sponsorships
See How Disney’s Phineas and Ferb Transformed a Porta-Potty into a Music Festival Activation
Sponsored
Toledo's Unique Venues Will Thrill Your Guests
Enjoy experiences in the Glass City you can't find anywhere else.
Giraffe feeding at the Toledo Zoo
Event Design & Decor
Step Right Up: 10 Carnival Decor Ideas That Balance Whimsy and Elegance
Tackle this tried-and-true theme with decor ideas that walk the tightrope between fun and fashionable.
Talk about an over-the-top birthday party: In 2019, philanthropists Christine and Gabriel Chiu hosted a carnival-inspired bash at a children's museum in Santa Monica, Calif., for their son's first birthday. The Chius worked with Aliana Events to produce the event, inspired by the Santa Monica Pier, with carnival games, an arcade, puppets, and this oversized Ferris wheel filled with flowers. See more: This Toddler's Birthday Party Had a Gucci Claw Machine
Global
What's New in Event Venues: Texas Flooding, New Hospitality Tech, and More
BizBash rounds up the latest news from hotels, convention centers, meeting spaces, restaurants, and other event venues around the world.
Southern California's Hotel del Coronado has completed a $550 million restoration, highlighted by the revitalization of its iconic Victorian building and a range of upgraded event and group offerings. Key event spaces—including the historic Crown Room, Coronet Room, and Ocean Ballroom—have been meticulously restored. The resort's broader transformation includes the Southpointe Event Center, featuring a 15,000-square-foot ballroom and adjacent lawn, plus updated guest rooms and amenities across the property.
Strategy
How Over-the-Top Event Invites Can Make a Big Impact
In a world where inboxes are full and attention spans are short, an invitation can make or break your event’s perception.
This SNL50 mailer included a Marshall speaker—an homage to the decades-spanning musical guests on the show—a bottle of Chandon to toast the milestone, and a limited-edition crewneck.
Texas
11 New Venues in Dallas/Fort Worth for Summer 2025 Meetings and Events
Take a peek at these buzzworthy restaurants, hotels, meeting and event spaces, and more recently opened in Dallas/Fort Worth.
Evelyn
Experiential Marketing, Activations & Sponsorships
Disney+ Leaned Into Y2K Vibes for a 'Throwback' Pop-Up Experience in LA
Millennials, this one's for you. The streamer welcomed thousands of guests during a four-day experience celebrating its beloved '90s and '00s IP.
Disney+ hosted a Throwback Experience for fans June 12-15 in Los Angeles.
Page 1 of 304
Next Page
BizBash
Follow BizBash
Instagram iconLinkedIn iconFacebook iconTwitter X icon Pinterest iconYouTube iconTikTok
  1. Privacy Policy
  2. CCPA: Do Not Sell My Personal Info
  3. Contact Us
  4. Site Map
© 2025 Connect Biz, LLC. All rights reserved.