The Newest Member of our Catering Team!
Seasons Catering is so very excited to welcome aboard Ms. Morgan Whitney to our team! In fact, we wanted to take just a moment to introduce you to her; she is going to be a great resource and a wonderful point of contact for new clients interested in working with a creative go-getter at our office. Below is a short introduction. Take a moment to say hi!
Morgan is currently studying at the University of Kentucky, where she is pursuing a double major in Hospitality Management & Tourism as well as Equine Management with a minor in Business. “My goal is to gain relevant experience in the Hospitality Industry and to learn about the various segments and where I feel that my strengths lie. From what I have already experienced, I am particularly drawn to event management. My second major, in Equine Management, comes from my love of horses and the thought that I may be able to combine my two passions by planning events in the Equine Industry.”
When not working, Morgan spends as much time as possible enjoying one of her favorite hobbies since childhood- horseback riding. “Ever since I began riding I fell in love with the connection that you make with the horses and the sense of accomplishment that comes from training them in various disciplines.” She currently owns a rescued Thoroughbred named Alfayiz. “Through the years he has taught me patience, persistence and the value of putting hard work into something.”
If she can be of any assistance, Morgan is a wonderful point of contact and always happy to help however possible. Feel free to call or email her anytime, even if just to say hello and welcome her aboard! Morgan@SeasonsEvents.com or 859.266.6661. 
Catering to the Tuska House, Lexington KY
Seasons Catering recently had the pleasure of working at a promotional event for the Tuska House during an evening art event. What a wonderful open house!
Tuska House, once home to American Artist John Tuska, is now preserved as a historic house museum and a permanent tribute to the artist and educator. The entire house-museum is filled with original art work varying from sketching, carving, quilting, photography, to metal work, sculpturing, and more.
Tuska House actually still remains a home. The Director in residence, who is the famed artist’s son (Seth), is available for tours and educational programming development. Seth is very kind to those interested in tours. He is very insightful about the artwork and vision that has been cast by his father. He is a wonderful contact and we were glad to get to work with him. With his permission, we have included a few shots here of the Museum and of course, a few of the delicious foods that we catered at the event.
For more information about the Tuska House, visit http://www.facebook.com/nonbastaunavita
For more information on Seasons Catering, you are soooo close already! J Go to www.seasonsevents.com or give us a shout 859.266.6661.
You know you should hire a caterer IF... :)
You know you need to hire a caterer for your next gathering IF:
Your family has found bones in their toast.
People think your leftover crumbs make a great replacement for kitty litter.
Your cookout doesn’t even draw flies.
Your family automatically walks to the dinner table every time they hear a fire alarm.
You've ever burned through the bottom of a pan while cooking.
You keep a gallon of sand in your kitchen in the “unlikely event” that there might be yet another grease fire.
You forget and leave a gallon of your homemade ice cream on the counter overnight during a record heat wave and the next afternoon, not only is it still solid but it tastes better.
Anyone has ever broken a tooth while eating your mashed potatoes.
You insist that the little green mold or gray fuzzy stuff on top is no different from 'penicillin'.
If you avoid the hassle of having to ever season your cast iron skillet by always leaving the remains of the last thing you cooked in there for 'flavor.'
You hate rice, but somehow keep finding it floating around in your beef stew.
There's no such thing as an unusable leftover.
You've ever seriously messed up a salad.
The family pets are nowhere to be found during dinner.
You've used two boxes of scouring pads, a bottle of Drano and a crowbar, but that mac and cheese still won't let go of the pan!
Guests are so worried about what they ate that the pray AFTER they have eaten.
You regularly burn the coffee… the instant coffee.
The EPA requires that all your garbage cans be marked with large bright red 'biohazard' symbols.
Hmm... come to think of it, you might be a redneck if you sit around creating redneck-like jokes for a Wednesday morning blog post. Oh my! So I'm not a chef AND also a redneck! Wow, who knew this post would lead to such personal discovery! For the record though, I hate bud lite.
Happy Wednesday! 
Art Garden on North Ashland Ave.
We just wanted to invite everyone to stop by the Seasons Catering location at 333 North Ashland Avenue and check out the new art garden. There are several pieces of sculpted metallic artwork to view and soon will be lots of great greenery. Here are a couple of photos of the area.
Directions: From Richmond Rd, turn onto North Ashland Ave, which dead ends into National Ave. The Art Garden is in the left side of the road where North Ashland and National meet.
Pro or Con: Used Wedding Dresses.
The goal of our blog from day one has been to create an all-inclusive resource, not only for everyone interested in catering related services, but also for a plethora of other wedding and corporate related products, services, ideas, and concepts. Honestly, there is only so much that can be said about food (arguably).
So today, venturing out into the great wild yonder (the internet), I stumbled upon a concept that honestly I haven't given much thought to over the years: the market of used wedding dresses.
Agreed, there might be a bit of an odd stigma that arises when considering wearing a dress that already has it's own unique story and history involved. But, then again, by the same token, there is something kinda cool that could be said about that very same thing as well. It's almost like building an ongoing story founded on some of life's finest moments. Sharing something so very lightly used (after all, how "used" really is a wedding dress?) to create lasting memories of a lifetime might be among the very best of ways to re-purpose clothing ever! Having said that, please don't get the wrong idea about our message. There are absolutely phenomenal bridal shops locally, carrying products that are among the best available in our region, for events of all types. We certainly aren't trying to recommend that you forego local vendors for online shopping; we are rather suggesting that it's an interesting concept that will arm you with more information (and could possibly become an idea for recuperating some of your own costs later). After all, there is nothing better than doing business with professionals that you can look in the eyes and who are each uniquely taking responsibility to help make your dreams become reality. This is something you can't get online. However, as a resource and tribute to as to how technology moves, I found this site and wanted to share: www.preownedweddingdresses.com.
A quick browse through the site's search widget uncovered almost 10,000 available wedding dresses ranging in prices from $50-$15,600, with savings amounts ranging from dozens to literally thousands of dollars off of the original sticker price. My interest of course quickly shifted to, "...let's see what some of the really expensive dresses look like...". Indeed there are many beautiful dresses for sale on this site. And, for what it's worth, I believe that are many much less expensive dresses that look as good or better than the more pricey ones. Which again may prove to be an argument for doing business locally with vendors with whom you have good business chemistry. They will likely coach you though designs that are best suited for your body type based on size, shape, height, weight, etc.
Summarizing, I think that there are lots of great opportunities to educate ourselves regarding options, costs, variety, style, and more when beginning to build a vision for any type of wedding event. Without question, we should take advantage of these opportunities to feed our mind and expand our knowledge. In my opinion however, nothing beats knowing the reputation of the wedding professional with whom you've shaken hands, who has committed to helping you make the most of your moments, personally. That personal attention, that commitment, that go-to person... who also has a network of contacts and referrals of folks who can contribute toward your overall vision as well (should the need arise)... that contribution is hard to neglect.
These very same things are true and should also be strongly considered when beginning the selection process for the right caterer to help manage another one of the most important elements of your very special day.
After all, remember that this is a catering blog.
Hope you all have a great week!!!
Banana Republic Summer Launch Event a Smashing Success!
We just wanted to publicly say thank you for allowing Seasons Catering to be a part of your successful heritage at Banana Republic!
For more information about Banana Republic Contact them at:
Banana Republic
3401 Nicholasville Road Lexington, KY 40503
www.bananarepublic.gap.com
P.S. Want to see the customized dessert that we made just for the BR event? Check it out! Delicious Individualized Banana Cream Pie- classic pie designed to be the size of a cupcake: http://www.seasonsevents.com/seasons/catering.htm (mid-page)
Local Caterer's 'Growing' Success
One of the things that makes Seasons Catering both unique and successful is something that may appear somewhat unusual as a factor of success to those on the outside of our company looking in. To our team however, it's one of our most critical elements of success: I'm referring to how blessed we are to be a melting pot of so many different cultures, experiences, and traditions among our work family. We are a rainbow of personalities, tastes, ethnicities, origins, and talents, proving that there really is a pot of gold to be found for those who really believe.
Today's blog is about one person in particular on our team, of whom we are very, very proud: Sena Hajdarevic. Sena is primarily responsible for everything related to our freshly-made sandwiches and box lunches, which she hand-crafts carefully daily without a single ounce of waste. She hand slices all of the various meats and vegetables used for sandwiches, very studiously creates our famous chicken salad, and is the reason why people love our home-made potato salad. For almost 11 years, Sena has been the first person to show up to work, despite not having a driver's license or knowing how to operate a vehicle. She works tirelessly, without complaint, and is one of our strongest points of quality control within our kitchen. Sena also is the reason why we have shifted many efforts toward going green. It was her idea, her time, and her efforts that have led to the creation of our own spice and garnish garden, which she tends to daily with care. She even has worked with Chef Michael to create a very basic system to utilize excess snow and ice melt from ice sculpturing to repurpose purified water for our garden. Waste is something that Sena cannot live with, and she is the catalyst for ensuring that our team will never take for granted the things we have been blessed with.
You see, her reasoning for doing these things isn't because it's trendy. It isn't because Sena has an affinity for being environmental. Or that she is incentivized for saving the company money. Rather, it's because of a story that began many years ago in Bosnia. One that will tug on the heart strings of even the most calloused scrooge. With her permission, we would like to share a small portion of her heritage that seasons our melting pot, making us a stronger company because of the fortitude of her beliefs.
Bringing a photo album to work to share photos of her native farmland in Bosnia, Sena sat next to me on the floor of my office. The photo album she held in her hand was nothing of financial value. It was made of plastic photo sheathing, bound together inside of a cheap glossy cardboard cover. The kind that used to be provided for free at any discount store offering photo processing in years past. However, the contents of this album were irreplaceable. It contained photos of the old country from visits in latter years, but it was one photo in particular that made Sena teary eyed as she flipped through the memories. "This is the only photo I have of my children that wasn't destroyed, I lost everything" she said. "This is the only thing I have from Bosnia." Sena, her husband, and two small children used to own a beautiful farm in Bosnia with expansive gardens, traditional farm animals, mature trees and beautifully manicured foliage that was absolutely breathtaking. Without much notice in rural Bosnia, civil war broke out in her country and against her family wishes, her husband was drafted into the war. With movement of the factions came destruction. Sena's family farm fell victim to the war and was burnt to the ground. Worse even still, her husband also became an unfortunate casualty of the war. With no where to turn, no one to help guide and care for her and the family, Sena faced some of the harshest horrors one might imagine: homelessness, pain of loss, hunger, lack of belonging, being utterly afraid, and the difficulty of basic survival, all while being the sole caretaker for her two young children. Beyond the stressful challenge of meeting even the most basic needs required for daily survival, she was also tasked with educating and teaching her children the many things that we take for granted during a child's impressionable younger years when surrounded by family, friends, and an educational environment. As conditions improved, a tent became her family home and she found herself overcoming self-pride, asking local vendors in the nearby towns for scrap food, which she protected, hidden in her bra, to be brought 'home' to feed her children. Every piece of clothing, every scrap of food, every clean drink of water, every container for storage, it ALL mattered. Nothing in their life could be taken for granted. This was a life phase that she would work hard to overcome over the course of five very long and difficult years. Eventually it was a refugee sponsorship that would allow a shift in Sena's life, and would provide her with the opportunity to begin a new and much welcomed chapter of living; one that would bring her and her two sons to America.
Today, Sena is the employee with the second most seniority here at Seasons Catering. Her view of being green, is a concept that others have embraced, not out of necessity or to be a part of the bandwagon. Rather, out of a quite understanding and respect. Without question, we are better individuals, our food is improved, and our business is stronger because of it.
For the first time in many years, Sena will be taking the month of July off to return to Bosnia with her two sons to visit family and take in the beautiful vistas and country side where she still owns the old farm land. We are going to miss her terribly while she is gone, but we will continue to follow in her well planned footsteps, remembering the lessons that she has brought here to share with us from her many life experiences.
We love you Sena, and hope that you sincerely enjoy every moment that you are gone!! Can't wait to have you back here among our Seasons family again soon!
Thank you, Lexington, for your support of our business and for the opportunity to always serve in new and different ways. Indeed we are blessed! www.seasonsevents.com
Commercial Bagged Ice Now Available from Seasons Ice
It’s always fun to roll out a new product or service: new menu items, food delivery service, ice sculptures, reverse osmosis water… now, ice cubes.
Where better to get bags of ice than from the Ice Man himself?! That’s a nickname that had to come from years of well-deserved recognition, as are the new products that are being sold.
Seasons Catering (and Ice) is now selling bags of ice as a commercial product outside of our regular catering capabilities for either special events, seasonal functions, or consistently to re-sellers of ice on a regular basis.
What type of products are available through Seasons Ice?
Bags of ice, in either 8- or 20-lb sizes
Up to 300 lb. blocks of solid, crystal-clear ice
Keg ice, large broken pieces of ice varying in size and shape, in any assortment of weights
Check out the products here on our website, or learn more about the Ice Man and his ice carving talents, products, and services: http://www.seasonsice.com/commercial_ice.htm
Food Becomes Art: Cream Puff Swan
It's the small things that count; the attention to detail that is what impresses guests. This ability to go above and beyond the necessary measures is what ultimately creates the wow factor at any business or social gathering. Cream puff swans are the perfect little "attention to detail" to get your guests talking, regardless of the event. This special little touch is always an impressive, elegant pastry gensture that will impress even the most discerning pallet. These affordable, yet fancy desserts always look beautiful and taste faboulous!
These pictures were taken here in the kitchen at Seasons Catering of our actual product prior to a recent tasting. There are many possible flavors, combinations, and pairs for these versatile little things.The possibilities really are endless!!
The Perfect Wedding Timeline
Seasons Catering offers event and wedding planning services for the new bride-to-be. You can find more information on our website. Visit www.seasonsevents.com.