What happens to leftover food from catered events?

The client is asked if they want the leftovers. If they don't, then it becomes the employee dinners, then the rest is tossed out. Not only have I catered, but I've worked a few gala dinners as a banquet server and I can tell you it's great to get to eat the same thing as rich people paying $3000 a ticket per person. I still remember the shrimp pate and smoked salmon at the Culinary Institute gala.

No the food is NOT re-used later, NO chef in circumstance will use pre-used food. Its always FRESH food when catering any banquet. Usually people who ordered/hired the caterers get to keep some left overs if any are there. Then the actual caterer do what they want with it. They usually take some home. But if there are still left overs then the most likely toss it.

It depends on the scruples of the catering company. If there's a spread on and there's leftovers, the caterer's will usually consult whoever paid for the food and see what they want to happen. This could be goody bags, or let the staff eat it etc. It's very rare that it would be taken away and used again. Most likely everyone would have their fill and then just throw the rest away.

The sanitation laws vary from state to state-When my son got married the caterer boxed all the leftovers & gave them to the host. When my daughter got married we were given the non perishable items, candy soda etc but the perishables had to be disposed of. Could not be returned or given away. The staff could consume but couldn't take any home.

Usually, the caterer will ask the person who hired them if they want the left over food. If not, the caterer keeps it or throws it away. It's been paid for so usually the person does want the left overs.

The responsible thing to do is to dispose of the already cooked items, ether give them to a company who would responsible re-heat them or serve them in a safe way such a homeless shelter, when a cater gives food to go to their guests it doesn t guaranty that they will eat them or keep it under safe refrigeration or maintain it at the proper temperatures, they can and most cases will forget that its in the car, once the food reaches above 40* degrees bacteria will start to grow and in some cases people with weak immune systems will get sick, once they got sick they will find who to blame. " The Caterer"

Leftover food could spoil in mater of 20 minutes to 4 hours depending on the type of food, times of the day and temperature of the season.

As a place of business, you are better not offering food to go to avoid all these challenges and future complains

as a customer, should you get food to go, treat it with care, and keep it under refrigeration as soon as you can, the rule in most states is to keep cold foods under 40* degrees and hot food above 145* degreees.

Hope I have help someone

You paid for the nutrition and it rather is being held on your place, you're entitled to maintain any leftovers. i do no longer be attentive to the statutes in California. yet in my State, if the host requests the leftovers from a catered affair, whether held in a corridor or lodge, the caterer might desire to offer it to them.

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The person that purchased the food gets to take it home.