December 2024 - CFE News

Trim Your Prep Time with the Whizard Versa™ Trimmer

As a foodservice business owner, you know that time is money. Save precious hours—and increase your profits—by prepping for big events with the new Whizard Versa™ Trimmer from Bettcher, which reduces labor time by up to 67%.

Ideal for BBQ caterers—and restaurant applications including gyro, shawarma, and al pastor slicing—the Whizard Versa™ Trimmer is an electric handheld tool that significantly decreases preparation time for large cuts of meat.

Modulite

With the new Modulite modular F+B serving stations from Rosseto Serving Solutions, you’re in charge.

No matter the event size, shape or style, you can design the perfect serving setup with ease.

What’s In for Going All Out

When it comes to their weddings, couples these days don’t follow the herd. Eschewing cookie-cutter affairs, brides and grooms are letting their personalities shine through in every aspect of their big celebrations, from the cuisine to the décor to the entertainment.

CFE has rounded up 15 wedding trends that event professionals are seeing gain traction from coast to coast.

Meet Maneet

At the Florida Restaurant Show in Orlando in November, Chef Maneet Chauhan shared this advice to attendees who gathered to watch her prepare Tandoori Shrimp & Grits: “Be as authentic as possible.”

It’s a maxim Chauhan has clearly followed herself as she’s charted a meteoric rise in the culinary world since arriving in the U.S. in 1999 to study at the famed Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Hyde Park, New York.

Expect the Unexpected

What did Bill Hansen do when his bridal client found herself without a wedding dress three hours before her walk down the aisle?

Find out in an excerpt from Hansen’s new book, “Plating Up Profits: Miami’s Catering Icon Dishes Up Lessons for Business Success.”