Indulging Can Be So Easy. © Gerstner, Bill Lorenz © Gerstner

Indulging can be so easy. © Gerstner, Bill Lorenz © Gerstner,

www.gerstner.at Life Ball / © Jürgen Hammerschmid Ball / © Jürgen Life

Impressive setting for successful events State banquet in Hofburg Vienna Imperial buffet in Belvedere Palace

It was in 1847 – one year before the start of emperor Franz Joseph I’s Great tradition – new interpretation reign – that the barely 23-year-old Anton Gerstner together with his wife Barbara founded a confectioner’s shop on the Stock-im-Eisen square in the middle of Vienna. In the new millennium Gerstner’s principles of quality and reliability have been perfected through innovation and uncompromising service orientation. And it wasn’t long before the couple began supplying the nearby imperial court, where everyone was so impressed by the exceptional GERSTNER Catering continues to impress in the 21st century – thanks to our quality that Gerstner was more and more frequently entrusted with great awareness for tradition and quality – irrespective of whether the Oliver W. Braun the provision of culinary services for receptions and banquets. particular event is an exclusive gala dinner or an international conference Managing Owner A historic moment that also marks the dawn of the first catering in with up to 28,000 participants. Austria was the provision of culinary services to the Imperial Pavilion at the World Exhibition in Vienna’s Prater in 1873. In the same year Highlights in the success story of GERSTNER Catering are among others: Gerstner was awarded the official title Purveyor to the Imperial and • Festivities in connection with the signing of the Austrian State Treaty Royal Court. in Belvedere Palace and Schönbrunn Palace in 1955 • The world-famous Vienna Opera Ball since 1935 Ever since, for almost 170 years now, our confectioners and chefs have • Vienna Philharmonic Ball and Hofburg Ball felt bound to this great tradition without compromise. Today Gerstner’s • AIDS Solidarity Gala and Romy Gala in the Hofburg Vienna culinary virtuosity can be enjoyed at Vienna’s most magnificent • International conferences such as SIBOS, SAP the ESC Congress classic event locations such as the State Opera, Musikverein and with up to 28,000 participants Hofburg Vienna as well as at ultra-modern venues such as the Viennese Exhibition & Congress Centre.

Since 2013 the Gerstner Imperial Hospitality Group has also been imple- menting, day in and day out, its philosophy “Indulging can be so easy” in the group’s own hotels - such as Hotel de France on Vienna’s Ringstrasse, Hotel Schloss Weikersdorf Residenz & Spa in Baden and the Grand Hotel Bohemia in Prague - which has led to modern reinterpretations of Anton and Barbara Gerstner’s principles of “Quality and Reliability”.

Anton Gerstner Life Ball / © Jürgen Hammerschmid Ball / © Jürgen Life Company’s founder

www.gerstner.at/catering © Gerstner, Bill Lorenz Christian Mikes © Gerstner,

Culinary creations at the highest level Gerstner’s service makes the difference Romy Gala in Hofburg Vienna

The quality on the plate is key Perfect service for two to 28,000 guests

It is very important for us that you as a host are able to devote your full The wide spectrum of services offered by GERSTNER Catering ranges from attention to your guests. private events and all kinds of celebrations to business events such as press conferences, meetings and large events like product presentations and company Our goal is to carry out your event in accordance with your wishes and anniversaries. Our diverse range of services is rounded off by catering requirements in a highly professional manner and to make it unique thanks for exhibitions and international congresses. to our customised culinary services.

Perfectly prepared dishes for which we use only the finest ingredients are The following catering options form the basis for the innovative and sure to impress your guests. And because personal taste also plays a great individualised culinary planning of your impressive event: role here, we invite you to a tasting in our GERSTNER Beletage where the decorations for the tables and rooms can also be selected.

TRAY COCKTAIL BUFFET We provide your guests with small cold and warm snacks Here an almost endless variety of options is offered: cold, of various kinds served by our staff on trays. Everything warm, country-specific, rustic, exclusive or traditional. is bite-sized and can be enjoyed perfectly while standing. Your guests help themselves to a buffet garnished to suit This option is recommended if you wish to promote conver- your tastes. As a further option the buffet can be enjoyed sations amongst your guests. standing up with small plates.

PLATE COCKTAIL MENU This is a creative combination of a cocktail and a menu. This is the most lavish form of indulgence for your Here we provide a multi-course meal to be enjoyed guests. Our professional staff serve a multi- with a fork. It is arranged on plates and served course menu in line with your tastes. by our staff. This option, too, can easily be Upon request this can be done in gala enjoyed while standing and is becoming style – with livery clothing, white increasingly popular. gloves, silver cutlery and cloches.

Gala dinner in Hofburg Vienna Banquet hall in the Gerstner Beletage in Todesco Palace Todesco lounge and showroom in the Gerstner Beletage

Hofburg Vienna– the famous imperial venue Gerstner Beletage in Todesco Palace

In the heart of Vienna a one-of-a-kind combination of imperial atmosphere and Erected in 1864, the monumental Todesco Palace stands opposite the Vienna modern event technology, accompanied by GERSTNER’S extraordinary cuisine State Opera and offers easy access to underground train stations and a public and perfect service awaits you and your guests on a total area of 17,000 m2 parking garage. With six magnificent function rooms, ranging from 41 m² where Austrian emperors once resided and where important official receptions to 107 m², the GERSTNER Beletage in Todesco Palace provides an exclusive are still held. setting for all kinds of events – from banquets, receptions and conferences to private or business events and civil weddings. The 35 multi-functionally furnished halls are suitable for 50 to 5,000 people as an ideal venue for gala dinners, Austrian and international conferences & congresses, exclusive seminars and impressive customer events. Of course, you can enjoy the superb cuisine of GERSTNER Catering at any venue of your choice. We particularly recommend GERSTNER’S venues such as:

Some of the halls are listed here with their respective capacities for banquets: • Banquet hall for up to 660 guests Vienna State Opera Vienna Musikverein Viennese Exhibition & Gerstner’s Landhaus • Großer Redoutensaal for up to 450 guests State rooms for receptions Rooms ranging from Congress Centre Family celebrations, • Zeremoniensaal for up to 340 guests and events; traditional/classic to Events, seminars, congresses weddings, eventlocation; • Rooftop foyer and Hofburg gallery for 140 to 250 guests Vienna Opera Ball modern/avant-garde; balls and banquets for up to romantic garden 28,000 guests

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