Cafe Services Gives Thanks To Customers

This month, people all over the country are preparing to celebrate their good fortunes over a Thanksgiving feast. Café Services, a corporate food services company serving Massachusetts, is sharing in the celebration.

In corporate dining rooms across the northeast, Café Services is hosting Thanksgiving meals to show its appreciation for the loyal customers that help it thrive. Mike, Café Services Chef Manager at the Smithfield, Rhode Island site of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, served up his Thanksgiving spread on November 14.

Café Services and Alexion joined to treat almost 200 employees to a bountiful Thanksgiving luncheon in authentic New England style. Around large tables decorated with festive autumn bouquets, diners feasted on traditional roast turkey with all the trimmings. They chose from a full smorgasbord of sides made from regional, seasonal fruits and root vegetables—including apple-sage stuffing, mashed potatoes in gravy, maple-glazed butternut squash and cranberry sauce.

Also on the menu were a simple green salad and roasted barley and peas with sautéed mushrooms. Mike made sure to offer an Alexion employee favorite, chicken noodle soup. To please vegetarians, he served a special, sliced "tofurkey" entree topped with gravy.

"The tofurkey dish was new to many of our vegetarian diners, and it was a hit," says Mike. "We also got a lot of compliments on the maple butternut squash."

Speaking of compliments, the ultimate for Mike was the large number of employees that attended the Thanksgiving feast. "We served lunch to more than twice as many diners as on a typical day" he says. "That makes the three days of prep we put in all the more worth it!"

I’ve been born and bred corporate dining and corporate catering from the very beginning of my career in the Silicon Valley and now, since 2001 in the Boston Metro Area. While working my way up through the ranks, all the experience has led up to my current position as the Corporate Executive Chef for Café Services, based out of Manchester, NH. I have the privilege to be able to utilize creativity, research and technology to dream up our company’s new culinary programs and custom menus for corporate cafeteria clients and bring them to life. Café Services supplies the resources to ensure success of our ever-evolving companywide culinary initiatives and I’m very grateful for the opportunity. Seeing the success of new programs in the field is my motivation. It’s a win win.