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How to Throw a Fabulous Dinner Party


Life is good. You're feeling great. And you want to share it with everyone you know. Time for a dinner party! A terrific guest list with amazing party catering celebrates friends and family and shows them how much they mean to you. And as the best wedding and party caterers in Los Angeles, we know that few things bring people together like food, drink, and great company. So let's start planning the catering for your dinner party right now!


Choose a fun theme for your dinner party


Nobody wants to attend another party in Sherman Oaks or Studio City where the food's too cold or warm to eat and enjoy it. In Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, just like here in the San Fernando Valley in Northridge and Chatsworth, people want their beach party to be special and more than frozen burgers or hot dogs on a campfire that burns all of them. Or a caterercorporate company picnic that unites your team and revs up your brand for success!


At the best catering company for appetizers and desserts in Los Angeles, a fun theme turns your dinner party into an event! Base your party theme on your guest list, like something all of you have in common, or create a fantastic theme and invite friends and family to experience a new and different kind of dinner party.


Because we're the best caterers, corporate, in L.A., we know that a memorable theme surprises and welcomes attendees. And we love helping you choose a theme for your party! Nobody wants a corporate meeting with important clients and execs and other guests in some stuffy conference room with veggie trays and some lukewarm takeout. Catering for corporate clients is a gas!


A catered company picnic unites your team and revs up your brand for success!


If you and your dinner guests enjoyed a vacation in Greece one summer, for example, choose a Mediterranean catering menu with dishes like Greek moussaka with eggplant frisee, Moroccan braised leg of lamb, and curried couscous.


Maybe you love French cooking and want to introduce guests to haute cuisine party catering, like our braised short ribs with cabernet and port, garlic mashed potatoes, and Brussels sprouts.


Or keep it light with a make-believe night in a salon in Paris, with party or wedding appetizer catering like French triple-cream brie with truffle honey, foie grass mousse with cognac, and crepes with ham, gruyere cheese, carmelized mushrooms, and bechamel sauce.


(For more inspiration for a memorable theme that's right for your party, check out our underground dinner parties!)


Can't decide? We know how you feel! When you can't make a choice, choose everything! Your party, corporate event, or impending nuptials deserve an international catering appetizer for wedding extravaganza!

Do you have a favorite food -- an ingredient you'd put in everything you eat if you could?


Great catering gets your party started! Or kicks off an unforgettable wedding reception. Or distinguishes your brand from the competition at a corporate event. And if you have a favorite ingredient, or maybe your corporate execs or clients do, we can build your whole party catering menu around it. A catered corporate picnic unites your team and revs up your brand for success!


Try a bacon dinner party, with dishes like bacon mac n' bleu cheese in crispy prosciutto cups with minced green apple, Maple-Glazed Pork Belly & Mole S'Mores with Toasted Cayenne Marshmallow, and Pan-Seared Salmon with Bacon Molasses Vinaigrette Over Haricot Vert with Bacon and Caramelized Onions.


Chocolate lover? Ask about our yummy chocolate dinner parties, with dishes like Cocoa-and-Brown-Sugar-Rubbed Pork Belly with Cocoa Maple Glaze, Black Bean and Milk Chocolate Cassoulet with Smoked Ham Hocks, and Pan-Seared Salmon with Cajun White Chocolate Honey Sauce with Andouille Sausage Crumbles over Wild Rice Medley with Cocoa Nibs.


The best caterers corporate impress important clients and execs, so you know your event is already off to a flying start! Corporate retreat with the brightest minds at your company? How about a mix-'n-mingle appetizers catering affair with small decadent bites and our fantastic waitstaff serving them? Check out our catering menu. If you don't see what you're looking for, ask us and we'll make it just for your dinner party!

Estimate your ideal number of party guests


What's the right number of guests for your dinner party? First think about the location. Is it a venue off-site from your home? A casual patio party for 8-12? A more formal, sit-down dinner in your home's dining room for 6-8? Corporate party catering for a retreat? How many people can fit in your space? Ask about our appetizer catering platters designed especially for social distancing.


Do you need room for more than just your dinner guests? Does your party theme require any sizable decorations to set the mood? If it's catering for corporate parties, will you use attention-getting displays? Will you need to clear walls for branding materials like signs or banners? Even if you're hosting your dinner party at home, you'll probably want rentals like chairs, tables, plates, utensils, and more to set your party apart from an everyday "meatloaf night." What style goes best with your party space?


Are you already exhausted from all the decisions? Let us help.


As the best full-service caterers in Los Angeles, we can handle all the details for you. We'll put together fabulous options based on your individual personality and the desired "feel" of your dinner party. We can design lighting and decor. We can book entertainment from a solo guitarist to a stringed quartet -- even a DJ! From small party catering to elaborate wedding catering services, we have the experience to deliver a celebration your guests won't stop talking about after.


Invite guests to your dinner party, wedding, or corporate event


The right guests at your party are just as important as the right food. You want to invite people who love conversation but won't turn your dinner party into a shouting match. Many hosts invite friends and family who don't know each other and use their party to introduce them and expand their social circles. How will you seat your dinner party for the enjoyment of all? Start off with our most popular catered appetizers near me and you can't go wrong!


Plan your party invites as soon as possible. The more notice you give your dinner guests, the more opportunity they have to schedule -- and look forward to -- your amazing party! Ask them to RSVP, so that if they can't make it, you can invite other guests to your dinner party. As the date gets closer, it's a good idea to confirm party guests, too, to cut down on last-minute cancellations.


(While we're here, we'll remind you to book catering for your wedding early as possible, so we can start reducing your stress right away by handling all the little details for you.)


Get your dinner guests talking. After all -- it's a party!


The night has come and everyone's here. Introduce your guest with interesting facts that spark conversation -- an unusual job or business, a recent vacation, shared interests from skiing to stamp collecting. How about the best new appetizers in our catering menu? No phones! Make everyone set their mobile devices to "airplane mode" or "silent," at least. Reduce interruptions, including and especially your own. Leave the room to take a call, text, or jot off an email.


You're the first guest at your dinner party. Make us your first invite.


Above all, remember that your dinner party reflects you -- what you want to share with party guests, what experiences you want to treat them to, and more. We want your dinner party to be a roaring success -- so call us now and let's save a date!


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