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catered events
Keep an eye open for catering
opportunities, both large and small.
BY ANNA BRAUNSDORF
Many bakeries have mastered retail and online outlets

reunions, graduations, and so on," Rouwhorst says.

Retail bakeries can

but have ignored their potentially lucrative catering

"Our smaller events are meetings, parties, wedding

take advantage of

potential. According to Butch Rouwhorst, owner and

showers, baby showers, rehearsal dinners, family

a new opportunity,

chef of Ryke's Bakery, Catering, and Café in Michigan,

gatherings, graduations, and birthdays."

as catering is "alive

"The catering market is alive and well. Once again,

and well."

people have more money than time."

Tatte Bakery & Café in Massachusetts also caters a
wide variety of events, including some in their own

Catering is a natural extension for bakeries. "A bakery

event spaces. "We host events in our spaces during

has four ingredients that a catering company needs,"

the weekends and mornings, and customers also often

Rouwhorst says. "Ovens, a work space, coolers, and

ask us to cater in their houses" says Tzurit Or, pastry

customer flow. A bakery's ovens are normally large and

chef and owner of Tatte. "We offer our design services

down by late morning, so why not fill them up again?

for an additional charge, so you can go from a simple

The work space is already being paid for, so utilize the

pick-up catering to a full-service catering with us."

footprint. If you have coolers and can outgrow them,
you're succeeding. And as for customer flow, the best

Menu Ideas and Current Trends

advertising is word of mouth; just insert good food."

Your catering menu should reflect your existing
product offerings. "Don't recreate the wheel, just cover

Event Types

more ground," Rouwhorst says. "Build your menu offer-

People seek out caterers for a number of events. Ryke's

ings around items that can be picked up, and create

Bakery services events large and small. "Our large

packaging for your current products; make it easy!"

events are weddings, corporate events, fundraisers,

It's also important to be well-rounded. "I never think

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of bake - Febuary 2016

bake - February 2016
Editor's Note - How to create the wow
Table of Contents
News Bites - Premium Chocolate Drives Sales
Egg Supplies on the Rebound
Guidelines Examine Refined Grains
Personality Spotlight - Amanda Rockman
Management - Online Financing
Labor Front - Watching What They Eat
Ingredients - Coming on Strong
Equipment - Dividing and Rounding Dough
A catered affair to remember
Wedding planners
Catered events
Easter promotions
Bread and Baking - Boom Time for Artisan Bread
Cake - Spring Cakes
Cookies Go Global
Cafe - Fired by Coal
Flavored by Coffee
Products
Product Showcase
Classifieds
Ad Index
Online - BakeMag.com
bake - Febuary 2016 - Editor's Note - How to create the wow
bake - Febuary 2016 - 2
bake - Febuary 2016 - 3
bake - Febuary 2016 - 4
bake - Febuary 2016 - 5
bake - Febuary 2016 - Table of Contents
bake - Febuary 2016 - 7
bake - Febuary 2016 - Guidelines Examine Refined Grains
bake - Febuary 2016 - 9
bake - Febuary 2016 - Personality Spotlight - Amanda Rockman
bake - Febuary 2016 - 11
bake - Febuary 2016 - Management - Online Financing
bake - Febuary 2016 - 13
bake - Febuary 2016 - Labor Front - Watching What They Eat
bake - Febuary 2016 - 15
bake - Febuary 2016 - Ingredients - Coming on Strong
bake - Febuary 2016 - 17
bake - Febuary 2016 - Equipment - Dividing and Rounding Dough
bake - Febuary 2016 - 19
bake - Febuary 2016 - A catered affair to remember
bake - Febuary 2016 - 21
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bake - Febuary 2016 - Wedding planners
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bake - Febuary 2016 - Catered events
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bake - Febuary 2016 - Easter promotions
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bake - Febuary 2016 - Bread and Baking - Boom Time for Artisan Bread
bake - Febuary 2016 - 43
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bake - Febuary 2016 - Cake - Spring Cakes
bake - Febuary 2016 - 49
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bake - Febuary 2016 - Cookies Go Global
bake - Febuary 2016 - 53
bake - Febuary 2016 - Cafe - Fired by Coal
bake - Febuary 2016 - 55
bake - Febuary 2016 - Flavored by Coffee
bake - Febuary 2016 - 57
bake - Febuary 2016 - Products
bake - Febuary 2016 - 59
bake - Febuary 2016 - Product Showcase
bake - Febuary 2016 - 61
bake - Febuary 2016 - Classifieds
bake - Febuary 2016 - 63
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bake - Febuary 2016 - 65
bake - Febuary 2016 - Ad Index
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