OVATIONS FOOD SERVICES  is a company whose purpose is to deliver fresh food and beverage with exceptional services to public assembly facilities throughout the United States and Canada. Ovations has been recognized for attention to outstanding quality service, consistently providing record breaking per capita spending, and as the only national food services company in which the principals work directly with facility managers.

Ovations specializes in providing services to stadiums, arenas, convention centers, fairgrounds, expo-centers, auto racing, casinos, performing arts centers and amphitheaters. Considered by many as the best managed and most innovative food service company in the industry, Ovations’ results oriented senior management team has extensive experience in managing some of the nation’s most preeminent convention and sports entertainment centers.

Ovations is known in the industry of upscale catering for more than 27 convention and exposition centers throughout North America, many consistently ranked among the top in their region. Over the past seven years, our managers have hosted successful food and entertainment experiences for the “Who’s Who” of major conventions – including serving the President as well as Fortune 500 companies like Proctor and Gamble and John Deere. We serve thousands of meals to guests every day and we do so at guest satisfaction levels that are the envy of the industry.

Catering options are virtually unlimited. Our talented chefs and event coordinators are renowned for creating any theme, special décor or style of cuisine. Indeed, we offer a variety of exceptional menu plans inspired by culinary influences from around the world and that appeal to unique market and regional tastes. Chef attended action stations, deliciously themed buffets, exquisite plate presentations, breathtaking ice carvings, decadent desserts - these are the distinctive attributes of Ovations’ catering excellence.

Our menus are flexible and offer the variety to appeal to any group’s desired budget or size – from the most upscale cuisine requests to basic boxed lunches and retail food services. We specialize in creative interpretations on traditional favorites as well as all types of gourmet, nouvelle and ethnic cuisines. Our unique Everything’s Fresh™ approach to catering delivers such innovations as custom created specialty carts that are capable of providing on-demand cooking ensuring freshness from our trained chefs and our themed buffets for special events offer the heightened value of even more sizzle and excitement for event day catering.

Ovations can explore local, cultural and unique flavors, to create signature venue branded concepts to help our venues capitalize on market tastes, calling our simple system creating environments that connect with our fans and guests, Cuisine Scene™. We offer the custom, of internal brand names and menus that can be tailored to infuse your retail dining program with local flavor. Many of our logo and brands can easily be developed around your team, area personalities, landmarks, and local favorites.

Inquiries concerning catering at either the Convention Center or Boardwalk Hall should be directed to: Sharon Henschel, Director of Catering, 609-449-2058 or Sharon.henschel@ovationsfs.com.