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Prom-spiration! | Ideas for the Perfect Prom

When it comes to planning your prom, it should be as smooth and stress-free as possible. Therefore, it is essential to choose an experienced and trustworthy San Diego party catering company. There’s no limit to your imagination, and we love a challenge! By selecting the best prom catering team, your event will come to life. It may even exceed your expectations!

Worry-Free, Only Fun, Prom Planning with Personal Touch Dining!

Beverages

A Variety of Exotic Shakes/Drinks/Juices

Try a beverage menu that consists of unique mocktails. Or, step it up a notch and add gourmet ice-cream topped shakes. These colorful drinks, paired to match the theme, will be a playful addition to any event. For your featured menu item, consider adding a signature drink named after your school. Your peers will love it!

Coffee Bar

With the rising popularity of small cafes, why not have a coffee bar at your catered prom event? Think about providing cafe-staples such as nitro, cold-brew, and dairy-free choices. Guests will appreciate the flexibility of several options. If possible, have the coffee bar supplied by your caterer, or from a local coffee shop. Make sure to have an expert barista running the show. This way, your guests will be thrilled to order coffee to their liking.

Popular Appetizer Options

Finger Foods

With a big and social crowd, we encourage serving finger foods and bite-sized portions. This way, you will make it convenient for guests who like to dance and mingle. Additionally, smaller servings will enable guests to try a bit of everything. Try to portion servings in individual cups, as opposed to stationed bowls. If you do, your guests will be free to move around the party.

Taco Bar & Mini Mock-garitas

Who doesn’t love tacos? These Mexican staples are an excellent option for prom catering. With endless toppings and combinations, tacos are always an excellent choice for parties. Add mini mock-garitas, and you have an instant crowd-pleaser.

Chef’s Table

Does your catering company have an imaginative chef? If so, ask if the chef would be willing to conduct a hands-on demonstration of a favorite dish. This way, guests can see the food prepared, and connect through the immersive, shared experience. It is both interactive and appealing to the senses!

All American BBQ

BBQs are a perfect option for a Summertime celebration. Consider an outdoor BBQ featuring a smoked dry rub brisket, pulled pork, and shrimp on the barbie. Pair it with local craft beer on tap or lemonade. This way, you have the perfect combination for your summer prom.

Hawaiian Luau

Another option to consider for a large, casual event is a Hawaiian Luau-themed prom. By smoking a whole Kalua pig smoked in tea leaves for hours, it becomes a tender, flavorful entree. Add pillowy Portuguese Sweet Bread, baked Mahi Mahi, and fresh Tuna Poke to round out the menu. To create the right environment, consider decorative hibiscus flowers, pineapples, and fruity cocktails. As the overall theme of a Luau is to entertain a large gathering and enjoy a feast, Luaus create the perfect environment of bringing people together.

Cultural Menu Favorites

International Cuisine

When hiring a caterer, it’s essential to find a company with a wide range. For example, your caterer should have expertise in different cultural cuisines. This way, it will help to create unique dining experiences. Instead of staple foods, why not serve Korean BBQ, or Halal Chicken and Rice?

Italian

A hearty winter pasta themed prom is a crowd-pleaser. For example, try hearty dishes such as Baked Ziti, Lemon-Basil Ricotta Stuffed Shells, Spaghetti, Carbonara, Fettuccine Alfredo, Lasagna.

Each Personal Touch Dining Prom Automatically Comes With:

A Four- Hour Event, Two-Hour Set Up and One Hour Clean Up
Uniformed Event Staff, Disposable Serving Ware
All Needed Cooking Equipment, Buffet Tables with Linens, and Beverage Tables with Linens
Complimentary Fully Decorated Food Stations and Chaperone Coffee Station

Final Thoughts about Prom Planning

As you can see in the examples above, each tailor-made prom plan will suit the theme of your event. These are only a handful of possible ideas and meant as a starting point of things to include at your prom.

An experienced catering company will tailor your prom details to your needs. An established catering company will also provide you with options and fulfill your exact needs through their connections in the industry. For example, we strive to provide the very best in catering services for our clients, and with the utmost care.

With our years of experience working in food & beverage catering, we will take your ideas to another level beyond your wildest imagination, created especially for you in mind. We make the process convenient and stress-free, so our clients can sit back and enjoy their event of a lifetime. Don’t leave your catering to chance. We don’t just bring your creative ideas to life. With our expertise, we elevate your initial vision to be the best it can be.

Madri Gras Madness | Port Pavillion on Broadway Pier

A Mardi Gras themed San Diego County school dance!

700 kids from different schools all over San Diego met at Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier in downtown San Diego for a collaborative social dance.

Backdrops Beautiful provided a massive painted backdrop of dramatic Mardi Gras masks that stretched out in the huge space of Port Pavilion.

SOS Entertainment set up an impressive stage and light display for their DJ which included two giant screens which projected light shows fluctuating in time with their music!

They also provided dance platforms, which are always crowd-pleasers, for the students to use out on the dancefloor that lit up from within to complete their look.

Lounge Appeal helped fill some space and created colorful arrangements of lounge chairs for the students to rest on in-between dances.

We provided traditional gold, green, and purple decorations. Centerpieces were decked out with grand feathers and opulent masks.

Our chefs had a blast exploring different traditional New Orleans recipes and came up with a styled menu that included Mama’s Fried Chicken, Corn Bread Hushpuppies, Muffuletta Sandwiches, Fresh Fruit, Mini King Cakes, and beverages for the students as well as for the chaperones!

All the food was delicious and easy to take on-the-go, much like how it would be at a Fat Tuesday Parade. The only thing they didn’t replicate is that classic New Orleans fried alligator dish.

We worked together with Sensational Treats who fried up fresh beignets for more dessert options, heavily dusted with powdered sugar, right in front of the kids!

Aside from eating and dancing, there was plenty of other entertainment to be had.

Black Tie Casino Events was there with several different full casino tables where experienced dealers helped the kids learn to play the games with fake chips.

What event would be complete without a photo booth?

A Little Scene put a fun twist on the classic photo booth and recorded a small video that was then printed into a flip book instantly. The students are always delighted by the fun props and action shots they’re able to capture.

The kids danced the night away in the traditional “do whatcha wanna” style (which accompanies any Mardi Gras celebration) and as strings of beads sparkled in the lights, everyone fell under the spell of the celebration spirit!

Thanks to all the vendors who joined us to make this event one-of-a-kind!

Fun Zone at the Port Pavilion

We’re so excited because it’s prom season!! We had such a fun event this past weekend at the Broadway Pier Port Pavilion. The theme was Fun Zone and the night was full of dancing, food and carnival games. This was such a great event theme and we can’t wait for more proms coming up!