catersource was created in 1992 by Michael Roman and Bernice Phillips, with its primary mission to offer support and education for professional caterers. The primary focus of catersource is to provide business and culinary education for all types and sizes of companies that offer catering to their customers-including on and off-premise caterers, banquet facilities, restaurant and club facilities, contract non-commercial caterers, and other foodservice professionals. In addition, catersource provides consulting, training and evaluation for all types of catering businesses. Michael and Bernice also started the original annual catersource conference and tradeshow, as well as the catersource journal, which was the savvy beginning of what is now the leading catering industry publication catersource Magazine.

Since it's original inception, catersource has added significantly to its width and breadth of offerings, and continues to do so. In 2003, Michael and Bernice joined forces with Annette and Kelvin Lee, owners of Mintahoe Hospitality Group, one of the largest and most successful privately held catering and event businesses in the upper Midwest. Through the combined partnership and the talented forces of the two entities, catersource continues to thrive and grow in its mission to provide the best and most current in education, products and news for professional caterers, both nationally and internationally. catersource now holds the the greatest and largest gathering of caterers in the world with the Annual catersource Conference and Tradeshow, held every January in Las Vegas, Nevada. We continue to be the connecting point for caterers and for those wishing to reach the catering market, which is the second fastest growing segment in the foodservice industry. Our continual development of strong partnerships and alliances with other catering and event organizations speaks to this behalf.

Future developments are on the horizon, so stay tuned! The catering life is always a challenging and exciting one!