Catered by Design
About Catered by Design
Catered By Design's mission is to bring your events to life with sumptuous food and refreshing beverages presented in spectacular fashion. This also includes being a good steward of the environment. Our goal is to continually improve our sustainability practices by working closely with our vendors and partners to minimize the impact on the environment.
Sam Gray, the President of Catered by Design, started in his grandmother's kitchen as just a young kid, working up into Executive Chef positions at multiple restaurants and opening a few of his own. Sam has a lifetime of experience under his belt. After deciding to settle down over 20 years ago, he began his journey with Catered by Design where he has built a loyal team to create and serve thousands of food & event seeking clients in Chicago and the greater area. Our Catering Sales Specialists and team are prepared to bring your next event to life, no matter the event type.
Staying Sustainable
Catered by Design has had sustainability as one of our main drivers since our inception. During the pandemic, we were able to use that time to find ways to become more energy efficient and trying to minimize our impact on the environment.
We always try to order from local providers that have sustainable practices.
We manage our food waste through our recent purchase of an ORCA, which takes food waste and, just like the body, digests and breakdowns the waste, releasing an environmentally safe liquid gel through the sewer system. The ORCA has the capability of processing 50 pounds of food each hour, which can add up to over 200 tons per year of food waste that will not be going to a landfill. Most chemicals that are used fall under the EOA’s Safer Choice or Ecologo standards.
We replaced all of our lighting with LED bulbs, put automatic sensors for light and energy conservation.
For our to-go and drop-off orders that are individually packaged, we have switched over to containers made from recyclable materials and are recyclable/reusable.
Our menu was expanded to include more vegetarian options to help with bringing down the waste from animal biproducts.
The only way for a better tomorrow is for the leaders of today in our industry, to do all that we can to ensure we are doing our part.
