Graze Index

(This piece of self indulgence has turned into a bit of tradition for me, so please forgive any overly sentimental chatter.) 
Oh boy, what a year.  Catering isn't easy.  A restaurant creates a menu, a vibe, a theme, and does the same thing everyday, with minor tweaks along the way.  With catering everything is different, every event, every day.

Number of guests (smallest party 8 guests, largest party 1,000 guests). Environment (bone chilling rain to 110 degrees in a field in July to wine dinner in the barell room)
Guests (nurses, teachers, yuppies, factory workers, seniors, kids, foodies, the list goes on)
Menu (Spanish, French, Italian, Merican, Mexican, Greek, etc etc)
Service (apps, buffet, family style, plated, breakfast, lunch, dinner)

You get the idea.  But we love what we do, we like serving people, we like making events better because we are there, we like cooking different things every event, we like seeing guests smile.  We are pretty good at what we do.  We hope you hire us.

In honor of 2011, I present you with the Graze Catering Index (with apologies to Harper's Index). All totals are Graze Catering only, and do not reflect numbers from Graze 'a place to eat', our sandwich shop.

Guests served in 2006 --- 604
Guests served in 2007 --- 3,319
Guests served in 2008 --- 8,053
Guests served in 2009 --- 12,166
Guests served in 2010 --- 15,468
Guests served in 2011 --- 18,771

Number of events 2006 --- 17
Number of events 2007 --- 66
Number of events 2008 --- 83
Number of events 2009 --- 176
Number of events 2010 --- 194
Number of events 2011 --- 216

Number of events 150+ guests 2006 --- 0
Number of events 150+ guests 2007 --- 2
Number of events 150+ guests 2008 --- 11
Number of events 150+ guests 2009 --- 16
Number of events 150+ guests 2010 --- 26
Number of events 150+ guests 2011 --- 39

Number of weddings/rehearsals 2006 --- 0
Number of weddings/rehearsals 2007 --- 6
Number of weddings/rehearsals 2008 --- 18
Number of weddings/rehearsals 2009 --- 22
Number of weddings/rehearsals 2010 --- 22
Number of weddings/rehearsals 2011 --- 31

2010: Sandwiches served by Graze - a place to eat (dine in, delivery, and pick up) --- 29,619.
2011; Sandwiches served by Graze - a place to eat (dine in, delivery, and pick up) --- 43,609
**** Look out McDonalds!!!

Thanks to all our past and future clients and guests. We look forward to serving you again.

Cheers