Autumn Harvest Event: Designed in Pumpkin Orange and White

It’s fall and last week we helped Lincoln Property Company celebrate the change in seasons with their brokers. The brokers were invited to view the 4^th floor of their 55 Ivan Allen Plaza space, a beautiful high rise office building. Because the space is a un-built-out floor, we needed to transform the concrete drabness with lantern lighting and bright pumpkin orange linens. We used a large central buffet to draw the guests into the space and kept them there with seating near the buffets.

We celebrated with a hearty central lunch buffet, beverage service, and pick-up dessert treats.

The registration table as guests entered off the elevator

Seating for 10, with white resin chairs

Detail: Centerpiece

Guests were invited to enjoy a beverage bar serving sodas and fresh apple cider garnished with fresh apples and cinnamon sticks.

We used real hand-carved hollowed pumpkins as the ice buckets and kept the pumpkin tops for décor!

Seating View

The Dessert Buffet was set-up on a 6ft table, two leaning shelves, and two stacked shelves. We served fall themed pick-up sweets like our apple tartans and pumpkin flavored cheesecake bites.

Detail: Central Buffet Décor.

We served items that could be plattered mostly from our shop in order to minimize the amount of prep we needed to do in the raw space. We brought 2 of our mini ovens in order to do some light heating.

A Beautiful Tasting at Added Touch!

Some highlights from the Added Touch Kitchen!

Seared Tuna on a Wonton Crsip

Chicken and Apple Sausage in a Puff Pastry

Warm Tomato, Feta, and Fresh Basil Tart

Garden Green Salad with Parsnips and Tangy Pear Vinaigrette

Perfect Poached Salmon with Red Pepper Tartar Sauce, Dill, and Lemon Rounds

Tenderloin of Beef Served with Creamy Horseradish Sauce, Steamed Asparagus, and Caramelized Onions

Mini Lemon Tarts, Meringue Pavlovas, and Gooey Molton chocolate Cookies

Layered Turtle Mud Pie with Caramel and Mousse

Sweet Wishes!

Appetizers for Gensler Architects

Gensler Architecture firm asked us to come up with some great appetizers for their annual Corporate Gala. We used Gensler’s logo font to create these t-shirts that let the guests know what they're eating and show our appreciation for Gensler!

Chopped Sushi Grade Tuna Served in a Wonton Cup

Mini Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup Bites

Sweet Potato Corn Fritters with a Dollop of Sour Cream

Warm Chicken and Apple Sausage served in a Puff Pastry

Grilled Hanger Steak Served on a Crispy Crostini

Red Decadence- "Fallen in Love"

This engagement party was inspired by this couple’s “Falling in Love.” Because the party took place at the end of September, we wanted to play on the seasonal shift to fall as the leaves change from verdant green to sumptuous vermillion. The party was designed in chic clean white, black, and the color of love, red.

As the guests entered they were greeted by beautiful glowing red floral arrangements enhanced with red votive candles, and extenuated with a mix of circular and square mirrors.

We used a mix wooden folding chairs with red sashes, red chivari chairs, and clear acrylic ghost chairs (our latest favorite part furniture!) to accompany red, black, and patterned linen. This mixture made a vibrant shift in textures and color without overwhelming the eye.

This is an excellent way to save the client money by supplementing their already beautiful furniture with a few rental items.

Ghost chairs, glass tables, red votives, and a few red rose petals.

Of course no Added Touch party is complete without an over the top five star dinner buffet and in this case we had two! We served a “They Flipped for Each Other” Chef Attended Burger Station complete with beef and turkey burger, various buns sauces, toppings, hot French fries, awesome onion rings, and blanched broccoli.

We also served a They Fell in Love at the Beach Destin Buffet with Blackened Amberjack and Lemon Butter Sauce, Whole Wheat Couscous and Mograbiah with Oven Dried Tomatoes and goat Cheese, And Romaine & Arugula Salad with Sliced Peaches Served with a Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette

We had two dessert carts with all red and white desserts. We served Sweet and Sticky Homemade Red Candy Apples, Awesome Red Velvet Cupcakes, Chocolate Dipped Strawberries, and passed Individual Raspberry Sorbets

Personalized Candy Apples that read “J & A”

Outside table set-up with gobo image (designed by Added Touch Catering) reflected in the glass.

Fabulous Menu from Start to Finish

Here is a sample Menu from yesterday's tasting. This lunch (or dinner) menu is perfectly balanced and great for entertaining or a quiet meal at home.

Smaller Bites

Chicken and Apple Sausage in Puff Pastry

With Fig Preserve

Seared Tuna on Crisp Asian Wonton

with Sriracha Sauce and Ponzu

Tomato, Mozzarella and Fresh Basil Skewers

Filet of Beef

Grilled Medium Rare

Sauce on the bottom

Piled High with Mushrooms and Fried Leeks

Served with Provencal Style Tomatoes

Roasted Winter Root Vegetable

Cocktail

Gramercy Tavern Morton

Ketel One, Campari & Tonic

Lime, Lemon, & Orange

Happy Thanksgiving!

Added Touch Catering would like to wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving! Thank you so much for thinking of us for your Holiday needs.

Heres a look at our pies during the busy Holiday season...
Jandira preparing a fresh Holiday Pie.

Mmm... Filling for our fresh Apple PiesCherry Pie