Boston Catering Blog: Broadway Gourmet

We are in the middle of graduation season here at Broadway Gourmet and one theme we keep hearing over and over is that hosts cannot cook the food, serve the drinks, clean up empty plates, clean up spills, and still be the congenial host all at the same time. As one of our clients told us “I am tired of answering the door in my apron worrying about overcooking the food while greeting the guests!”  This is where a good caterer comes in! 

Every summer my friends and family get together and throw a potluck picnic or BBQ at a beach or park. And when I say “we” throw a potluck, I mean “I” throw a potluck and tell everyone where to show up! (That’s what I get for being the event planner of the group). But I like to keep the menu simple and classic. 

Last week the Broadway Gourmet Boston catering design team stretched their creativity and developed an amazing event style salad bar. This was not your typical salad station. We called it the Bubblicious Salad Bar – and our guests flipped over it! This wonderful idea originated from Cade Nagy of Catering by Design in Denver, CO.

The concept was quite simple. Our goal was to offer a selection of fresh, sophisticated, hearty and unique salad options in a creative and unexpected way. The display was centered around an enormous centerpiece of floating bubbles. How did we accomplish this? Believe it or not, our design team sourced dozens of clear beach balls to create the bubble illusion.  It was important to use a variety of sizes to create natural depth and a sense of lightness.  But the fun didn’t stop there.  Each salad was displayed in its own mini bubble!  We used hundreds half circle containers to house the different salads. Because portions were petite, guests were able to experience each of the salad selections, including:

Catering in Boston with passion. Expect nothing but the best. Keep it fresh, exciting and different. Investigate, innovate, improve and wow your guests. Work efficiently, effectively, intelligently, tirelessly and stay ahead of the curve. Be confident, stand proud and be the expert in your field. Never stop learning!

Inspiration comes from so many places for each individual.  Walking down Newbury Street in Boston I see color and texture combinations that become the next great palette for Boston wedding event design or believe it or not, I get inspired by walking through the big box home improvement stores for the next catered event.

Sometimes when we try the crazy, we receive the unexpected.  How cool would it be to eat a gelatin that was served WARM and tasted of split pea soup? Or to eat pasta that tasted like shrimp, was shrimp, and contained NO flour?  Or use cucumber juice as a ravioli wrapper that could be served HOT?!?!  It all can be done, and is being done.  And from our stand point here at Broadway Gourmet, surprisingly, these new and seemingly complicated techniques are actually easier to produce, better quality from a catering stand point, and have much more of a WoW factor. 

Looking for graduation menu ideas for the coming season? Here are some easy things that you can do on your own as well as some super ideas  to make your graduation celebration a smashing success.  Perhaps you want to incorporate some of these ideas into your own party and let Broadway Gourmet do the rest!  Relax and enjoy your guests and we will do the planning, cooking, set up,  and clean up .  Here are some easy and inexpensive graduation party ideas to help you get started:

There are, and will always be, new ways of creating. We either find new materials to work with, or new ways to use old materials. From a culinary standpoint, it is a really interesting time to be playing with food.

Broadway Gourmet Names Tony Cascino
Executive Chef
Former Max Ultimate Executive Chef
Oversees Culinary Operations

Employees and friends of Broadway Marketplace and Broadway Gourmet are joining together to help create a world free of Multiple Sclerosis. We are Team Broadway.