Catered to your needs

Hooking up with the right caterer requires more commitment than a wink on a dating site.

“It’s a relationship similar to a marriage,” according to Mitchell Ray, director of catering at Boulder-based Savory Cuisines.

His approach and advice is to find out how you and a caterer mesh rather than just sending an email to a company asking for prices. “Our goal is to create a customized menu within a person’s budget and although we have packets to send out with that information, I’d rather work on a relationship first.”

First comes the venue

Before calling a caterer it’s important to decide on and…