Posted by Patti Shock on August 30, 1997 at 12:04:50 :
In Reply to: Organizations/conferences for caterers? posted by Ann Thacker on November 23, 1996 at 02:00:35 :
: Could someone identify the major professional
organizations that caterers participate in?
: Also, when and where will the major trade shows
for caterers beld? Could you please give me
contact information for the above? Thank you very
much.
The National Association of Catering Executives
(NACE) is an outstanding organization of both on
and off premise caterers. I have attended every
summer conference since 1983 and come away
bursting with new knowledge and ideas. The next
summer meeting will be in New Orleans in July.
They also hold a smaller leadership conference in
January which I believe will be in Atlanta in
1998. They also have 45 local chapters in the US
and Canada. The headquarters are in the Chicago
area - scroll down the page of the link below for
contact info.