Cape Town caterers with over 20 years experience in the catering and hospitality trade providing a professional and hands-on service to our customers.

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The Business of Catering contact image   Mark Shaw:   084 3364636
  Lee-Ann Läufs:   083 4562762
  Office tel:   021 7056169
  Office fax:   021 7063756
  Email:   info@tboc.co.za

Your needs are as important to us as they are to you. In fact, making your catering perfect is our only business.

Please note that all the menus on our website are merely a guideline and can be changed to suit your budget and palate!

We are just a phone call, e-mail or click away. We look forward to hearing from you.


Lee-Ann & Mark
TBC blog


The Business of Catering welcomes you,

Please take the time to explore our site for catering ideas, menu planning tips, services to make your function a success and mouth-watering images of our food. We are here to make catering your next event or party easier.

We are Mark Shaw and Lee-Ann Läufs and our catering company philosophy is "we make your catering needs our business". This motivates every aspect of The Business of Catering. We have over 20 years of combined experience in the hospitality and catering trade and we provide a professional and hands-on service to our customers.

Whether you are a large corporate client looking for caterers to provide catering for their workforce or guests, a small business owner requiring a catering supplier who can deliver with the minimum of upheaval and disruption, or a private hostess who needs the satisfaction of being involved in every aspect of catering her party - we make your needs our business - and carry them out.

Our catering services include:

Function Check List
Here we give you a list of things to consider before meeting with a caterer. Careful consideration of the relevant points in this list will go a long way to giving you a more productive relationship with your caterermore

Project Management
Why spend your days running after the hiring company, the decorator and the marquee company? Why spend endless hours preparing and cleaning up the venue before and after the event? We arrange all of this for you - in fact we prefer to have as much under our control as possible … more

Day Conferences | Platters
Need someone to make sure there is tea and coffee available when your candidates arrive to wake them up before you start? Need something light around midday to boost their energy into the afternoon? Our finger food or hot meals can be served almost anywhere.

Finger Lunches
Have a look at our gallery to see some of the finger food we have delivered to our satisfied clients … more

Cricket and Rugby Boxes
Summer or winter, hot or cold food, drop off or full service. Contact us to pamper your guests with delicious food and great service.

Cocktail and Office Parties
Whether simply feeding your staff while they "burn the midnight oil" making those all important marketing calls, or a lavish cocktail party with "sexy" food to WOW your clients … more

Wedding Catering
Catering and event planning to suit the style of your wedding, whether the focus is simplicity, elegance or elaborately exotic, let us take the stress away from your special day and arrange a dream wedding receptionmore

Film Location and Studio Catering
Catering for your production staff, crew, actors and extra´s, who require good quality, hot and filling food provided on time and with a wide range of options that cater for all tastes. We understand the importance of your catering budget. Call us to discuss your catering needs on location or in your studios … more

Shipping Catering
For vessels docked in the port of Cape town undergoing repairs or maintenance we provide quayside catering. From meals delivered to crew working remote from the vessel (where the trip from the workplace to the vessel and back would take up valuable time) to setting up complete kitchen facilities and marquee on the quay. The Business of Catering will create a solution that fits your needs … more

Catering for Canteens
Hungry mouths to feed? The rising cost of food and the relative cost effectiveness of catering for a group over a period of time makes the concept of providing a properly subsidised meal a major perk for employees. Being able to offer a potential client or senior manager a freshly cooked meal on site will make a great impression … more

Special Events | Sporting Events
Are you out on location? Do you have a group of VIP´s to look after - let us keep them happy with teas, breakfast, snacks, lunch and drinks, while you keep them entertainedmore

Guesthouse Catering
Tired of doing the breakfast thing? Want to offer a little more - give us a call to discuss a catering solution for your guest house … more
 
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