Food catering is not everyone’s cup of tea and certainly not everyone’s calling. However, trust Meat Mechanics to defy all odds and provide the best quality, nutritious food in catering and top-tier services. Here, we will discuss the proper etiquette a food catering company should adhere to when booked and busy.
6 Dietary Questions To Ask Your Client
The term dietary restrictions refers to the limitations of an individual due to various reasons that may encompass health issues, intolerance, religious beliefs, personal preference, gym diet and or allergies. When venturing into a food in catering business, it is essential to follow up on your customers’ orders and ask some questions, too, should they forget some crucial things. That way, it will make you less prone to making mistakes. Mistakes are not excusable when it comes to allergies, as they may be life-threatening. Let us look at some of these restrictions and break them altogether.
- Some guests or clients at an event do not take some foods due to their religious beliefs, such as pork, ham, or bacon. Jews and Muslims traditionally do not eat pork, and this is because of their religious dietary law known as halal/kosher diet.
- Most people do not take some foods because they react badly with their body or skin. This is called allergies; some foods contain allergens, such as natural peanut butter or eggs, meaning you cannot serve an allergic person a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or an egg sandwich.
- Now, two terms are usually mixed up or incorrectly used interchangeably, and that is vegan and vegetarian. Let us clear the air between the two terms. Firstly, Vegans do not consume anything related to animals, whether honey, meat, eggs or even animal milk. They consume a plant-based diet.
- Secondly, a vegetarian follows a vegetarian diet and consumes anything except meat, poultry, fish and or other animal products. Sometimes, they can drink milk or eat eggs from animals without opting to consume the animal itself.
- Lactose intolerance is a health condition whereby an individual lacks an enzyme called lactase, which is responsible for helping the body break down or digest lactose. Lactose intolerant people cannot consume any dairy products at all because it usually affects their tummy, and they can either be bloated or experience bad diarrhoea.
- Last but not least, some people may be gluten-intolerant. These individuals do not consume food that contains gluten a protein that is found in most wheat and pastries). Consuming gluten could have the same adverse effects on gluten-intolerant people, just like lactose-intolerant people. Some even have a skin rash and migraine.
Following these points will keep your catering company relevant and make you look professional. We say actions speak louder than words and practise what we preach. Meat Mechanics` work ethic is very professional, as we value our customers and our customers` feedback because we aim for quality and satisfaction.
