Centurion is an ideal place for a catering company
to be located. Situated halfway between Johannesburg
and Pretoria, Centurion is home to Prue Leith catering ,
an offshoot of the Prue Leith Chef's Academy.
Tiny Barnetson and Graham Ledger started the academy
in 1996 after identifying a need in the catering industry
in South Africa. The country had just undergone democratization,
and with the lifting of sanctions the tourist industry
was starting to experience a rapid growth for the first
time in years. Gauteng is a province of South Africa
rich in corporate offices, especially in the heart of
Johannesburg. Corporate functions, wedding receptions
and sports dinners occur with great regularity, and
most of these functions call for an outside caterer,
since only a few bodies corporate have their own in-house
caterers.
There are plenty of catering companies in Gauteng but
only one in Centurion. Some are large organizations
and some small companies that cater for smaller functions.
Using as an example a wedding with one hundred guests,
caterers can be expected to organize almost the entire
function for you. They will cater for the food, the
drink, floral arrangements, draping and decor, wedding
cake, photographs, music, invitations, child-care and
parking attendants. Add to this list the venue for the
reception, be it a hall or a garden and even the chapel.
It is very easy for anyone to become a caterer you might
think. All you have to do is to purchase a few pots
and pans, some cutlery, crockery and you're in business.
But it is not quite as easy as that. You also have
to have the knowledge - you have to know exactly what
you're doing, and for that you need to go to a catering college, one that covers the entire catering curriculum.
Prue Leith catering is situated in the quiet Centurion
suburb of Hennopspark, just a couple of kilometres from
the academy, and has the best catering experts you will
find in Centurion.
This Centurion catering company will provide you with
an assortment of sample menus that range from canapes
to formal dinners. All of the menus are flexible in
order to give customers an idea of the kind of cuisines
available. They can be built upon and shaped by consultations
with the caterers to meet the client's requirements.
Sample menus have been planned to match all sorts of
occasions, and they can be altered to take into account
summer of winter fare. If the client wants cuisine that
is out of the ordinary, such as Thai food, Sushi, Middle
Eastern food, hot or mild curry or spicy Mexican food
If you are situated in the Centurion area and you find
that you have need of a catering company, Prue Leith
catering is the one to choose.