B2nounfoodwork
US/ˈkeɪ.tər.ɪŋ/
UK/ˈkeɪ.tər.ɪŋ/
the work of providing food and drinks for events such as parties, weddings or meetings
In context
The hotel will handle all the catering for our wedding reception.
She started a small catering business from her kitchen in 2020.
Students on the catering course learn to cook for hundreds of people.
Words that go with catering
noun + noun
- catering companyWe hired a catering company for the office party.
- catering serviceThe conference fee includes the catering service.
- catering businessHer catering business now cooks for three hundred weddings a year.
- catering staffThe catering staff set up the tables before the guests arrived.
- catering industryMany students work part-time in the catering industry.
verb + noun
- do the cateringMy aunt offered to do the catering for the engagement party.