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Big anniversary party at the ISH in Frankfurt Kopieren

Villeroy & Boch celebrated its 275th anniversary with a big event at this year’s ISH trade fair (International Trade Fair for Sanitary Equipment) in Frankfurt. An anniversary event was held in the Frankfurt Festhalle with 1,500 guests. In addition to the daily catering at the stand for VIP customers and Villeroy & Boch employees, Kreativ Catering was also responsible for the organization of the anniversary party. In culinary terms, the company relied on an elaborate staging. After the welcome speech by the owner family, a large live cooking buffet was ceremoniously opened behind a curtain. In addition, street food stands do for a successful change. In addition to many artistic activities, a birthday cake and a live gin bar were also offered by the Mettlach company.

Location with changeable charm

The example of a series of events for a large automotive group in the Vintage Loft showed how changeable a location can be: three days, three set-ups, three target groups, three culinary concepts. The Klassik Garage team showed the charm of this location every day. Appropriately, on the first day of the event, the creative catering team served small delicacies at the outdoor reception on large fire baskets, in order to then pick up the guests at the live cooking buffet with wintry accents. On the following day, creative chef Vincenzo Neri and his kitchen brigade served a top-class Euro-Asian menu. The individual courses were advertised by the Hochheim winemaker Simon Schreiber from the winery of the same name, who chose the right wine for each course. And last but not least, on the last day of the event, the Klassik Garage was transformed into a large party location for the motorist’s annual accounts. At the buffet stations of the creative caterers, there was something traditional at Christmas time and something experimental – staged live.

Information on the Classic Garage/Vintage Loft location https://vintage-loft.com/

Information on the Simon Schreiber winery https://weingut-schreiber.de/

Fair again!

Poke salad with vegetables , salmon. avocado in a jar.Healthy food

“Fair again!” is the headline above the first major trade fair assignment by Kreativ Catering after the long break since April 2020. The IAA in Munich in September 2021 was therefore something very special. It has shown that trade fairs can also work wonderfully under Corona conditions. Kreativ Catering looked after the largest suppliers in the automotive industry and set the tone with menus, snacks and crew lunches. The guests did not have to do without anything at the exhibition stands. The people of Kelkheim put their dishes in the limelight, lovingly packaged. The topic of sustainability played a major role for customers this year. Regional suppliers in Munich, close production facilities and short distances were Kreativ Catering’s answer to this task.

Where BIO is in it, if it says on it

The issues of sustainability, healthy nutrition, animal welfare and the ecological footprint have been our concern in food production for a long time. These topics are now in the public eye and are more and more popular with creative catering customers. After the organic certification was carried out in our kitchen in 2020, the cooperation with a regional company that focuses on organic agriculture and animal husbandry is the next logical step in the implementation of our sustainability concept. Last but not least, our new branch of the company, the “Master of Flavors” product line with the target group kindergartens, schools, businesses and retirement homes, places great emphasis on certified organic products. “Schröders Biohof”, which is run by Sandra Keller and Patrick Schröder with a lot of love for nature and animals, is only a few minutes away from the headquarters of Kreativ Catering. In 2017, the couple converted their farm, which had existed since the 1960s, to organic farming. The triggers for the switch to organic were the nature conservation meadows in the farm and, last but not least, the birth of their son, who focused on the topic of healthy eating. The couple’s philosophy includes the manufacture of high-quality products with great attention to animal welfare. The first products of the joint collaboration can already be bought in the Schröder’s farm shop: Creative chef Vincezo Neri has cooked an organic beef goulash, an Italian bolognaise for children from organic beef and a chicken fricassee.

Photo: Vincenzo Neri (l.) with Patrick Schröder from Schröders Biohof at the Kreativ building.

600 guests at the opening concert of the Rheingau Musik Festival

At the start of the Rheingau Musik Festival, the Eberbach Monastery invited around 600 guests to the opening concert. In addition to Federal President Frank-Walther Steinmeier and Hessens Prime Minister Volker Bouffier, numerous politicians and celebrities from the arts and media were represented. KREATIV Catering was allowed to accompany the evening with culinary delights. The event with around 600 guests and around 60 VIP guests in a separate area was the first event of this magnitude for all trades involved after the long lock down in the event industry. The Kreativ kitchen served three things from Hessen to the VIP guests. Kreativ chef Vincenzo Neri had the idea for this. All dishes were served in the safe-food concept by Kreativ Catering. The dishes were prepared in accordance with Corona and decorated with attention to detail.

Kreativ Catering develops new own brand: „Geschmacksmeister“

Founded many years ago as an event caterer, Kreativ Catering & Events GmbH is today a leading company in the fields of event, trade fair and conference catering. The head and heart of our company is in Kelkheim im Taunus. In the meantime, however, more and more arms are reaching out across Germany to be active at trade fairs and events. Our “heard”, the kitchen production became bigger and bigger as a result, which also led to the fact that we bought fewer and fewer food components and meanwhile also produce dishes ourselves that are bought by most of our competitors. An example? The beloved meatballs, patties, balls, whether vegetarian made from chickpeas, beans or lentils, whether made from meat in the oriental, Croatian direction or just plain: we make them all ourselves! And we are rightly proud of that. So proud that we have grouped these products together in our own brand: our „Geschmacksmeister“.

And since the field of daily catering has also grown bigger and bigger with us and great importance is attached to the composition of the dishes and their nutritional values, we have made „Geschmacksmeister“ a separate daughter.

By the term daily catering, we mean the regular catering of kindergartens, schools, rest homes and canteens. As different as the concepts in these areas have to be, they have one thing in common: It should taste good!

Our concern as Kreativ Catering is to bring the economic with the taste – head and heart, so to speak – back into harmony.

Lunch in kindergarten or at school is increasingly the most important meal for children and young people. This must also be reflected in the food. Taste and ingredients are becoming more and more important.

Seniors who only eat from a communal kitchen not only need to look at the nutritional values – they need, they also know that eating can make you happy.

And it is not just because of Corona that new and innovative concepts are needed in communal catering in companies. Here, too, creative solutions can bring costs and satisfaction back into balance, and with our Smart Kitchens we have modern solutions for areas that are too small for a classic canteen.

Challenge us!

Here you can find the „Geschmacksmeister“: www.geschmacks-meister.de

KREATIV Catering now also certified „Bio“

We always want to know where our food comes from. Quality, origin and processing are top priorities at KREATIV Catering right from the start. But now also with a seal! Kreativ Catering has used the last few months to further digitize the processes in the company and apply for various certifications and have them carried out. In addition to the DGE certification (German Nutrition Society), we can now also produce under the „Bio“ seal. In the future, our menu plans will therefore be drawn up in accordance with DGE specifications and, if requested, will also be offered certified organic for our customers. This is a logical further development for Kreativ Catering, as the expansion of the areas of communal catering, canteen, kindergarten and school catering, as well as senior catering is continuing. Feel free to ask about our portfolio of offers. Our catering office is happy to be there for you info@kreativ-catering.de

Seasonal, regional, brilliant

When our chef Vincenzo Neri cooks, he always has a maxim: what the seasonal & regional cuisine has to offer is on the table. And of course we are now cooking in autumn with what our Hessian region has to offer. Among other things, quinces have now been harvested. Our cooperation with regional fruit farmers enables us to conjure up delicious and smart dishes that show quince in all its facets: From grandma’s delicious jelly cuisine to sweet desserts, creations with star level. You can find our recipes in our current menu suggestions, simply seasonal, regional & brilliant!

The special event location in Eschborn

With the collaboration with the Vintage Loft in the Klassik Garage in Eschborn, Kreativ Catering is expanding its portfolio for events in unusual locations. The creative team has been working with Klassik Garage Kronberg GmbH since 2019. Several events have already taken place in the location. The vintage loft and the associated classic garage have created a location that has a very special atmosphere. The location with 400 square meters can be individually designed and leaves space for a variety of event concepts. The Vintage Loft is centrally located: 15 minutes from Frankfurt, in Eschborn im Taunus. Contact www.klassikgarage.com.

First event with 100 guests since the lock down

For the KREATIV Catering & Events GmbH, since the 20^th June 2020, something like the new normality began again: The Kelkeim-based catering company held the first event with 100 guests this Saturday since the Corona-Lock Down. This first KREATIV premium event in the Main Taunus district took place in the Klassik Garage in Kronberg, a high-quality event location with which KREATIV GmbH has a cooperation agreement.

“The event had already been planned last year and due to the lockdown it was in abeyance for a long time whether it could take place or not”, explains Christina Herold, managing director of KREATIV Catering & Events GmbH, but together with the organizer and the location they decided to hold the event after the official loosening of the regulations.

The focus was on the hygiene concept: “It was important to us to create an event where guests can feel very comfortable and above all safe, while at the same time having to accept as few restrictions as possible”, explains Christina Herold. All specifications of the Kelkheim regulatory authorities, the DEHOGA industry association and the SARS-CoV-2 occupational safety standards of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affaires were taken into account. In addition to distance control and hand disinfection, topics such as the officially prescribed address registration were also integrated into the evening’s proceedings in a pleasant manner. Nothing was left to chance: In addition to wrapped small starters, creations covered with cloches, buffet stations with Plexiglas devices were built especially for the day, behind which the KREATIV team prepared its meals for the guests. The guests could pick up their personally prepared plates form the KREATIV cooks at the stations. Tensors, so called barrier tapes and pathways on the floor provided the necessary distance.

“We even practised smiling – with the eyes, of course”, says Christina Herold with a wink. After all, the most important thing on such an evening is the friendly service, which has taken care of the guests’ wellbeing with mouth-and-nose-protection.

“We are fortunate that our daily business has been in demand again since the first loosening up”, says Christina Herold. This means supplying company canteens, hotels and conference areas. “We have therefore been working for weeks with hygiene concepts for our employees, which also have an effect on production. Likewise, all documentation obligations are already part of our daily routine, so that we could concentrate on our creativity and good service on the day of the event – the rest is quickly becoming second nature to us – this is our new catering world.”

The first event was also something special for Christina Herold, who has been organizing events up to 1,000 guests nationwide for almost 20 years. “Our industry thrives on communication & sociability, we know that we are currently under special observation in everything we do, that doesn’t leave you cold – there was also a certain nervousness in my team. All the greater is the joy that the event in the Klassik Garage was such a great success. “We hope that his reference event will convince even more companies that even under the current conditions events are possible and can become a great experience for the guests.”