Guests love taking photos at the Italian Pasta Cone station by Bite Catering Couture in Los Angeles, where chefs prepare spaghetti to order in a classic pomodoro sauce and toss it with fresh Parmesan. Gluten-free pasta is an option at this station, and guests walk away with easy-to-hold cones.

Often paired with the pasta cone station is the Pizza Station from Bite Catering Couture. A chef prepares pizzas on site in a large pizza oven, offering guests such options as Margherita, pepperoni, and a vegan and gluten-free veggie variety. “Clients enjoy this option because the live cooking adds a fun element to events for their guests,” says Elizabeth Goel, executive chef and owner.

Bite Catering Couture designed its Flaming Donut Station “to give guests the freedom to create their own dessert combinations while enjoying the entertainment of the cooking,” says Goel. Fresh donuts are flambéed in the client’s choice of liquor sauce. At one brunch event, the company incorporated the client’s vendor partner, a peanut butter whiskey, for a unique on-brand treat. The desserts are then topped with coffee or vanilla ice cream, and finished with toppings such as salted French caramel, whipped cream and candied pecan-bacon bits...

Another client favorite for Bite Catering Couture, the Nitro Ice Cream Station grabs guests’ attention with a chef mixing liquid nitrogen for ice cream, which is served in mini cones. “We love pairing this with a small-plate dessert station,” says Goel. “One of our favorite toppings is our olive oil chocolate shell sauce, which hardens—just like those you had as a kid!”

With The Market Experience station, Bite Catering Couture takes its charcuterie up a notch: A chef carves prosciutto or Spanish ham to order in front of guests. “Clients love the added bonus that carving onsite really cuts down on waste,” says Goel. Along with a selection of fine cheeses, artisan breads and crackers, accompaniments include roasted kabocha, spring succotash, shaved gold beets with toasted pecans and edible flowers, and house-made edamame hummus.

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