Celebrations Catering fed 130 Astro Physicists Saturday night at the Florida Museum of Natural History.  Who knew what to expect from a group of international and intelligent physicists and mathmeticians?  I can’t say we had a good read on this group, as this was possibly our first catering for this type of population.  Well our client, Kristin Nichola, knows them well.  She selected some hearty appetizers and a very upscale plated salad, lamb and pork carving stations, grilled teriyaki salmon steaks, a pasta station, mashed potato station, and for dessert… mini pies and treats for each table, served during the lecture program. 

A fun challenge for this event was creating unique centerpieces, something non-floral,  something not too expensive but something that accentuated our blue and black Astro-Physics theme.  Gay, our floral designer, helped me with some “planetary, outer-space” looking models that included blue colored water and blue glass gems… silver stars and some styrophone, all from the dollar store.  With a little spray paint and minimal assemblage time, we kept the price under $13.00 per table!  Amazing!

When Kristin had seven cases of wine delivered to Celebrations for this event, and no soda, no beer, no punch… I had to question what physicists drink at parties.  She was right, they are uninimous wine drinkers!  Keeping their glasses full during the event, our staff excelled at table service!  Thank you Celebrations Caterers!

Thanks also to Robyn, our host at the Museum, who professionally took over Saturday night for Karen, our seasoned Museum Event Planner.  We were able to “sneak” into the Museum while their over 800 visitors on Saturday mingled throughout the exhibits.  (to see the last few days of the Amazon Exhibit!) Everyone there is helpful, the security team treats us like royalty, we are grateful.