Planning a Wedding for 2024 For anyone out there who is planning a wedding in 2024, you will have already experienced the internal crushing sensation of trying to determine where to start. There are so many things to consider and juggle before settling on the priorities. Even trying to determine a priority is a problem because everything is a priority; everything has to happen at the same time. Planning a wedding in 2024 will be…

Citreus Crew Catering brings real meaning and character to the term ‘food for films’ as we premiere two great passions – food and films. In one tasty blog, we will look at films that are food-related and films with scenes – large or small – that inspire cooking or place emphasis on the need for quality cuisine.   Let’s set the table for a real tasty appetiser – The Godfather (1972). It’s not exactly like the lengthy…

It’s that time of year again and we are pleased to announce our return to the TWIA Wedding Industry Awards at The City Rooms in Leicester, on 8th November 2023.  We are grateful for the recognition we receive for our work and it’s a privilege to be amongst the finalists at the 2024 TWIA Wedding Industry Awards. Those familiar with the structure of the awards will know that the TWIA is a UK client-voted award. …

The Office Christmas Party is now so synonymous with certain companies that many even lists free entrance to the annual festive event as a perk of the job on the job spec.  Listed among the many benefits of what comes with the job, the office Christmas party is now up there with BUPA healthcare, 30 days holiday a year, gym membership, duvet days, staff parking and free cakes on Friday. Despite the furore and rapture…

The summer festival season is sadly drawing to a close but there is still plenty to cheer about with Citreus Catering as we begin to focus our attention on the forthcoming feasts throughout autumn and into the New Year. Months away, Christmas is already on the minds of chefs and we are poised and busy preparing for the new seasons ahead. Whilst on the subject, if you are already thinking about food at Christmas, you…

Food Festivals with Citreus Catering

The top chefs will all tell you that, location catering can be very demanding. Just like parenthood, when out on the road, chefs are often faced with every imaginable demand and are prepared for the unpredictable.  We are all excited or certainly intrigued by the pictures of extreme dining – dining at high altitudes, underwater, on water, in trees, caves, deserts, or even behind waterfalls – but we rarely consider the expertise of the chefs…

Dinner party canapés are growing in popularity at weddings and events and it’s all about the presentation, the bite, and the flavour. As the word suggests – Hors-d’oeuvre (“outside the work”) – the canapé course is not part of the usual course and stands alone as an important and much-appreciated addition to the meal. Historical dinner party canapés? Many historians believe that the tradition of serving small snacks began in Russia when fish and meat…

The thought of private dining congers a scene of masticating alone, satisfying the impulse of brutal hunger in one’s very own, private abode, savouring a unique culinary experience without the presence of strangers.  As lonely and cold as eating alone may sound, technically, that is exactly what private dining is.  Private Dining For The Masses At Citreus Catering we have a reputation that precedes us. We are renowned caterers at venues and events with bigger…