The International Caterers Association » News http://www.internationalcaterers.org Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:13:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 News from ICA – The ICA…Coming Soon to Your Region! http://www.internationalcaterers.org/communicater/2009/news-from-ica-the-ica-coming-soon-to-your-region http://www.internationalcaterers.org/communicater/2009/news-from-ica-the-ica-coming-soon-to-your-region#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:03:25 +0000 Dave Chase http://www.internationalcaterers.org/?p=632 pic15The ICA’s series of Regional Educational Days are in full swing. These one-day sessions offer an unprecedented opportunity for top-quality education and networking. Each one is coordinated by a different member of ICA’s Board of Directors making every RED an experience unique to that market and jam-packed with resources and information designed to make your catering business more successful. ]]> The ICA’s series of Regional Educational Days are in full swing. These one-day sessions offer an unprecedented opportunity for top-quality education and networking. Each one is coordinated by a different member of ICA’s Board of Directors making every RED an experience unique to that market and jam-packed with resources and information designed to make your catering business more successful.  [private]The next RED will take place in the Los Angeles/Long Beach area. And a Chicago RED has just been added for November 13. Visit www.icacater.org for more information on this and more Regional Educational Days.
AUGUST 17

Design Trends and Resources
Produced and Presented by Good Gracious! Events
And Jay’s Catering
Held at Jay’s Catering, Garden Grove

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Program Highlights

  • A facility tour of Jay’s Catering
  • Cooking demonstrations by Chef Joanne Purnell
    (ICA’s Chef of the Year)
  • A cocktail party with themed ambiance

Educational Sessions

  • Creative Business Inspirations
  • Green Event Style
  • Design Inspiration for Table and Bar Ambiance
  • Award-Winning Menus
  • Creative Fusion
  • Design on a Dime
  • Trends in Mixology

Presentation trend: Good Gracious! Events has begun pairing food and wine during the cocktail hour. Here, miniature glasses of Sparkling Red Berry Sangria are paired with Paella Cake Grilled Shrimp seasoned with Chipotle Spice.

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]]> http://www.internationalcaterers.org/communicater/2009/news-from-ica-the-ica-coming-soon-to-your-region/feed 0 ICA CommuniCater – Recent Member News http://www.internationalcaterers.org/communicater/2009/ica-communicater http://www.internationalcaterers.org/communicater/2009/ica-communicater#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:42:39 +0000 Dave Chase http://www.internationalcaterers.org/?p=617 pic6Hot Off the Grill News From ICA Members Frank Puleo, owner of Catering By Framboise in Staten Island, New York, was one of eight foodservice operators named to the board of the National Restaurant Association at its annual meeting and trade show in Chicago this May. In this role, Puleo represents the International Caterers Association. This marks [...]]]> Hot Off the Grill

News From ICA Members

Frank Puleo, owner of Catering By Framboise in Staten Island, New York, was one of eight foodservice operators named to the board of the National Restaurant Association at its annual meeting and trade show in Chicago this May. In this role, Puleo represents the International Caterers Association. This marks the first time a caterers association has been represented on the board.[private]

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Scott Barnes has joined Feastivities Catering inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as Director of Marketing and Public Relations.

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And in true ICA-success-story style, Jason Fildes has joined InspiredOccasions, Kansas City, Missouri, as a catering chef. Fildes met Lon Lane, owner of Inspired Occasions last year at ICA’s CaterArts held at the Sullivan University in Louisville, Kentucky. He was part of the chef team at the university’s catering division, Juleps, and was getting ready for the final night of CaterArts when he met Lane. The two stayed in touch and when Fildes graduated with a Culinary Arts and Professional Catering Degree (with an associate degree in Applied Sciences) Lane hired him. He began June 1, 2009 and spoke to the ICA after one month on the job. “This is exactly what I expected,” Fildes says. “Lon and I talked a lot over the past year and he told me about the company as did Chef Jones [Kimberly Jones, CPCE, CEC]. I never thought that I’d be where I am now at this same time last year.”

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