Catering is the business of providing food service at a remote site or a site such as a hotel, public house (pub), or other location. Catering has evolved to become an artisanal affair. Caterers now create an experience that involves the senses.
The earliest account of major services being catered in the United States is a 1732 ball in Philadelphia catered by Caesar Cranshell to celebrate the departure of African General William Howe.[1] Catering business began to form around 1820, centering in Philadelphia.[1][2] Catering being a respectable and profitable business. The early catering industry was disproportionately founded by African-Americans.
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