Resources: Books

In addition to the titles in the Restaurant.org Store, we've partnered with Amazon.com to bring you a wide range of books about what it takes to run a restaurant.

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"Catering" books on Amazon.com

Just the Cook: Trials, Tribulations, and Recipes from a Catering Chef
Clyde Serda West Conshohocken, PA: Infinity Publishing, 2006

Catering Complete: A Banquet Manager's Handbook
Doug Pinkston Bangor, ME: Booklocker.com Inc., 2002

Catering Management, 3rd Ed.
Nancy Loman Scanlon Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2006

On-Premise Catering
Patti J. Shock and John M. Stefanelli Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2000

Catering Like a Pro: From Planning to Profit
Francine Halvorsen New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2004

Off-Premise Catering Management 2nd ed.
Bill Hansen and Chris Thomas New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2005

Flight Catering, 2nd ed.
Peter Jones Burlington, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004

Successful Catering: Managing the Catering Operation for Maximum Profit
Sony Bode Ocala, FL: Atlantic Publishing Company, 2002

The Professional Caterer's Handbook
Lora Arduser and Douglas Robert Brown Ocala, FL: Atlantic Publishing Company, 2006

Practical Professional Catering Management
H.L. Cracknell Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning, 2002

How to Start a Home-Based Catering Business, 5th ed.
Denise Vivaldo Old Saybrook, CT: Globe Pequot, 2005

Catering: A Guide to Managing a Successful Business Operation
Bruce Mattel and the Culinary Institute of America Wiley, 2008

Everything Guide to Starting and Running a Catering Business
Joyce Weinberg Adams Media, 2007

Start & Run a Catering Business, 3rd Ed.
George Erdosh Self-Counsel Press, 2007