They run around to order and oversee food. They run around to tend to the thousand details that just might go untended had they not been hired to handle this party. To love being a caterer is to love running around. Studio 54 will be Friday at the Radisson Astrodome. It will be held in a ballroom, naturally.
Caterers live and breathe ballrooms.
And it will serve as setting for a unique fashion show, one with local chefs as models wearing neat rags for the kitchen and far beyond. Joe Abuso of Abuso Catering is seeing a wide variety of specific activities, themes and other special requests, all in the interest of making each party unique. For example, recently, we have been getting many requests to stage a directed wine tasting, either as a separate event or as the first part of a dinner. We also receive requests to do cooking demonstrations. Changing tastes Over at the Houstonian Hotel, Club and Spa, director of catering Lisa Hopkins says one of her primary challenges is keeping up with the tastes and wishes of her clients.