How to Find the Best Indian Caterers

Catering companies are the modern-day heroes of event planners. Imagine if you have to cook all the foods to be served and prepare the venue yourself too! To save time and effort, planners opt to hire the best caterers around. This is especially true for Indian weddings here in the UK. Indians have unique tastes when it comes to foods and decorations, so it’s absolutely a must to choose the Indian wedding catering London that knows the Indian culture well.

So how do you tell which one is the best? Here are a few tips:

1.       Make a list of the qualities you’re looking for in a catering company. Before you set out to search the best Indian caterers, first settle what characteristics the best catering company should have. Here are some typical parameters: food quality and safety, hospitality and professionalism of service crew, design, reputation, years of experience, credentials, proximity to your venue, price, discounts, and others.

2.       Ask your Indian friends. Once you’re done with your list, think of any Indian friends who recently threw a party or anybody who might know of somebody who did. Got that? Ask them important questions about the list of qualities you wrote beforehand and make sure to take careful note of them.

3.       Research online. You can now turn to the powers of the Internet to find out what other customers are saying about the company your friends recommended. There are many restaurant review sites that give honest ratings and comments on restaurant services. One of the most reputed sites is TripAdvisor.com. You can search for the nearest catering companies to your venue and from there choose which companies possess the qualities you’re looking for. This will narrow down your list of choices.

You can also go to forums and search for related threads such as “best halal caterers London”. Usually customers give more detailed reviews of various products and services on forums than on quick review sites.

4.       Finalise your choices and visit each one personally. The common mistake some event planners do is to close the deal without meeting the catering staff personally. You have to make sure that they are what they seem to be on the Internet so grab your quality checklist and head over each one of your options. Observe the manners, attitude, and hygiene of the workers; cleanliness and design of the place; and the menu they offer. Also see if you can negotiate a discount; it never hurts to save a pound or two.

5.       Finalise your decision. Now that you’ve personally visited each of your top choices, it’s time to sit down and go over your notes. Finalize which of the choices possess the most number of qualities you’re looking for in a catering company, and do so quickly. If you decided that the Indian food catering London restaurant is the best fit, book a schedule with them quickly or you may lose the spot to other planners.

There you have it! Always stay proactive and alert in searching for the best Indian catering company and you’ll surely do just fine.