| Starting a Successful Catering Business Starting a Successful Catering Business Authors: Ann Lastovica, Extension Specialist, Family Management, Virginia State University; Tim Roberts, Extension Specialist, Food Safety, Virginia Tech; and Denise Brochetti, Extension Specialist, Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech Publication Number 354-305, posted June 1999 Starting your own catering business can be both financially rewarding and fun. Whether you cater events on a full-time or a part-time basis, the opportunities are excellent. Each catered event is a new experience and challenge with a new group of people. With the rewards and fun come demanding work, for which you will need stamina and the ability to work under pressure. Return to Virginia law requires that caterers be licensed and meet other requirements for foodservice establishments. In Virginia, the Board of Health insures that food for distribution and sale to the public is safely prepared, handled, protected and preserved. To obtain a license, apply to the local Health Department. Before a license is issued, the Health Department will inspect your business to see that it
meets food sanitation requirements. Once a license is issued, the Health Department will conduct routine inspections of your business. These inspections are needed to help insure compliance with food sanitation rules developed to protect the public from foodborne illness. Outbreaks ...
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