This year, J.Kings decided to reinvent it's annual Catering Spectacular
by holding it on  a chartered yacht that cruised around lower Manhattan, rather than the usual catering hall. Guests at the showcase had
the opportunity to enjoy scenic views while learning about products
and ideas hand selected by the J.Kings culinary team to help
build their catering business.

     
In these tough economic times, labor is an expense that is frequently overlooked, but is
a great place to start cutting costs. Guests at the Catering Spectacular discovered how they
could let Restaurant Row Kitchens' chefs do the work for them by preparing fresh sandwiches and wraps for their board room lunches, sandwich and wrap platters, and more. As an added benefit, Restaurant Row Kitchens also offers box lunches made ready to go with a wrap or sandwich, a sweet snack, chips, a piece of fruit and a side salad delivered boxed and ready to serve. Please allow a 2 day lead time on all sandwiches and wraps and a 3 day lead time
on all boxed lunches.
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Guests at the spectacular learned how they could save time and labor costs
without sacrificing taste by incorporating Restaurant Row Kitchens' Mac & Cheese
into their catering menu as an action station with mix in's, on their buffet line, as a plated entree or side dish. This Mac & Cheese can be used plain or can have additional ingredients mixed in
to create a signature dish.
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Whether it's roasts for their carving station or great cuts for their entree offerings,
guests at the spectacular checked out what WB Stockyard has to offer caterers.
They also learned that all of WB Stockyard's meats are butchered locally in it's
state-of-the-art USDA meat cutting facility located in Bay Shore New York.
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Customers at the Catering Spectacular had the opportunity to experience an upscale
pasta station, stocked with fine Italian specialties from Cucina Biello, which they could use
to upsell their cocktail hour. Some unique items featured at the station were fine Italian
olive oils, gourmet sweet potato gnocchi, gourmet butternut squash stuffed ravioli
and gourmet mushroom stuffed ravioli all prepared in unique variations
of a white cream sauce.
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Visitors at the J.Kings Catering Spectacular found out how they could save time
and labor costs by letting Kitchen Cuts chefs create fresh cut cheese, crudités
and fruit platters for them. These platters come vacuum sealed and ready-to-serve,
so there's absolutely no work involved.
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Attendees learned how they could upsell their dessert or cocktail hours with gourmet popcorn, cotton candy and candy apples from Green Apple Foods. Caterers saw that they could cut
and plate the gourmet candy apples to create a unique dessert offering. They also learned
how they could add a distinct item to their dessert hours or stations by offering
sweet kettle corn, caramel corn or cinnamon toasted kettle corn. They even found
out how to create a cotton candy signature martini that they could add to their cocktail menus.
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Asian is one of the most popular cuisines in the nation today. Guests at the J.Kings
Catering Spectacular had the opportunity to learn how they could upsell their party by
offering an Asian station with dumplings, spring rolls and noodles.
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Caterers at the J.Kings Catering Spectacular had the opportunity to experience first hand
the excitement a Mexican Action Station. Visitors enjoyed freshly prepared guacamole
and non-traditional quesadillas, like pulled pork and lobster,  all prepared to order
by the J.Kings Culinary Team.
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Guests at the Catering Spectacular learned how they could create distinct
salad selections for any affair while cutting costs by using
only one lettuce mix, the Arcadian Mix.
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