5 Types of catering cuisine in Barcelona

The main purpose of a catering company is to prepare different types of food to serve at private, corporate or community events. The food offered by the catering company can be different in terms of ingredients, preparation or presentation.

Over the years, catering experts have added a variety of dishes to their culinary repertoire and have also classified them according to the characteristics of their components or their origin.

Competition among catering companies is fierce, so if you want to be in demand for the best events, you must add to the culinary repertoire, all possible types of cuisine that people require.

Here is a small sample of the types of cuisine currently offered by catering companies in Barcelona, with the idea of serving with excellence and satisfying diners at different events throughout the year.

Market cuisine

Market cuisine is a good option in terms of price and quality. It is to achieve good with little. It basically consists of elaborating the menu with a fresh product of the day. It is a healthy gastronomic alternative.

Frozen products are discarded for this style of cooking, because they lose their properties and flavor during freezing. The products they serve are basically seasonal. The main objective is to obtain very fresh dishes.

Market cuisine rescues healthy recipes from the past. Catering professionals in Barcelonause this option to offer diners the possibility of enjoying the flavors of a fresh and seasonal product.

The culinary techniques used highlight the flavors, textures and colors of the ingredients. The recipes are prepared with organic products cultivated as they were in the past so that they maintain their original flavor and avoid chemical products.

Traditional, typical regional cuisine

Traditional cuisine is the food associated with a particular geographical location. Each country has its own typical dishes and that is why traditional cuisine is found in every city and town in the world.

Here they are represented by delicious typical dishes of the Spanish gastronomy that many tourists enjoy tasting when they visit every part of this country.

Spanish cuisine is rich, varied and simple and its gastronomy is considered one of the best foods in the world, a cultural heritage that has been passed down from generation to generation.

This is headed by the typical potato omelette.

This type of cuisine is based on the products of each area with which the typical recipes of each region are elaborated. Thus, different ways of preparing food and giving them a particular flavor of the place arise.

Thus we have the dishes that represent each region such as: Andalusian gazpacho, cocido madrileño, fabada asturiana, empanada gallega, calçots and crema catalana and the varied paellas from Valencia.

International Cuisine

The international food offered by catering companies in Barcelona is the best expression of the globalized world we live in today. Dishes from any part of the world can be part of the menu of the celebrations.

More and more people are choosing international food catering for the gastronomy of their event. Cuisine has no limits and part of getting to know the world always involves trying different flavors.

International gastronomy allows us to know an important part of other cultures, being the most popular or requested dishes: Lebanese, Japanese, Mexican, Italian, French, Chinese and Spanish food, among others.

The range is very wide, but we can point out here some of the most demanded international appetizers for catering such as: potato omelettes, mini pizzas, croquettes, falafel, Chinese rolls and pasties among many others.

Fusion cuisine

Fusion cuisine is the name that defines the mixture of different seasonings and ingredients from different places, expressed by its varied flavors, its diverse ways of preparation and presentation of dishes.

It is already a gastronomic trend, increasingly marked by the creativity of catering kitchen professionals using food ingredients from all over the world.

This type of cuisine requires catering professionals to have a broad knowledge of the different cuisines of the world in order to obtain a good result by combining techniques and ingredients of dishes from two or more cultures.

Fusion cuisine first came about naturally through the union of different cultures in the same region, but today it is more about the creativity of those who prepare the dish and want to offer a different, innovative food.

Special cuisine

More and more people have stopped consuming animals: many for health reasons, others for ethical or environmental reasons. Being vegetarian or vegan has become more and more common.

Catering companies have been expanding their menu options and offer food to all kinds of public, from specialties for vegans or vegetarians to dishes for celiac or lactose intolerant people.

Nowadays a greater variety of flavors and textures have been created in the special cuisine. Catering professionals in Barcelona have been put the batteries to meet the demand for this type of cuisine at events.

The trend for sustainability and the use of organic and ecological products seems to be setting a trend in the kitchen as well, since they help to reach the desired goal, such as having a healthier diet.

An option that has become a trend at parties are the food stations that have the vegetable kingdom as a protagonist. Aimed at all guests who follow a healthy diet, vegans or vegetarians.