Our primary focus is backstage catering: providing breakfast, lunch, and dinner for touring bands that have shows in Minnesota. Food is prepared on-site at our kitchen located in the State Fair Grounds, and served at the venue on the day of the concert. We have catered many shows at The Armory, Xcel Center, Orpheum and State Theatres. We also cater for the Grandstand headliners at the State Fair each year, along with many other local festivals.
The job consists of prepping for shows around two days in advance, and cooking meals day of. The menu changes based on what the bands request, so some diversity in cooking experience is helpful. We make everything from scratch. Prep. days are usually around 8 hours long: something like 9:00am - 5:00pm. On event days, breakfast preparation typically starts around 6:00am, and dinner begins at 5:00pm. We usually divide longer days like this into two shifts.
From April to November we are very busy, and things slow down a little after mid-December, so there is a little seasonality in the job.
