Breakfast options

Rob Breakfast options is a former writer for The Balance SMB. He is a communications professional and an experienced meeting and event planner.

Served buffet style, this is the most cost-effective menu option, and hotels or caterers may offer two or three levels of options in this category—offering event planners different choices. When to choose this option: A continental breakfast is good for team meetings, training or customer events that may include staff to mid-level management. If you take a close look at menu pricing, you will notice that catering services are guiding the event planner to this option for maximum value. When to choose this option: If the event planner isn’t under too tight of a budget constraint, this is usually a safe choice.

An excellent way to make any breakfast event memorable is to add a made-to-order breakfast station that incorporates fresh ingredients. When to choose this option: Breakfast stations are added to continental or breakfast buffets. The cost will increase an event planner’s budget, but people enjoy freshly made items. Plated meals offer a more formal touch to a breakfast business meeting or event. When to choose this option: A plated breakfast is usually easier to pull off in a more intimate setting, such as an executive breakfast meeting. To be honest, it’s not recommended to build a breakfast menu a la carte because it isn’t cost-effective. When to choose this option: It’s best to add a la carte items to one of the continental, buffet or plated approaches.

With increased attention to health and wellness, many event planners are looking for hotels and caterers to offer more healthy items for their guests. First, make sure the menu does not include anything fried. When to choose this option: Choose this option when wellness and health are important to guests. Although most people don’t have the time to enjoy breakfast, they aren’t usually impressed by the typical hotel or catered event breakfast menus. A final note: Request that the venue provides a second type of breakfast meat, such as turkey bacon or turkey sausage in addition to traditional pork items. Sometimes event planners need to put aside the standard breakfast menus and create a completely different experience for their clients. The following healthy breakfast buffet menu was designed for a 100 attendee breakfast meeting with an agenda that was focused on health and wellness.