Catering Guide Make your event the best thing since our sliced artisan bread.

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At Toasty Cheese Group, we understand delicious is only half the recipe for an extraordinary event. Working closely with our clients, we will ensure a unique experience and a wonderful that your guests will never forget! Whether it’s a full-service catering event with passed hors d’oeuvres and family style, or we’re rolling up with the truck and serving from the window, we want to be a part of your special day.

If you have questions or need any guidance, please feel free to contact Megan the Director of Catering and Events and she’ll be happy to help you out.

[email protected] or call us for information on catering for your event: (847) 350-9774 1 PICK YOUR 2 3 SERVICE STYLE BUILD YOUR MENU ADD-ONS

Buffet, Stations, Family Choose appetizers for Make your event Style, or Truck Service cocktail hour. unique—add on any of the following: Choose your main Food Truck Service, entrée package. Appetizers and Stations,

BUFFETS Food Truck Food and Beverage Minimums: are great for large groups. Since your guests will be going through a line and serving themselves, this option Toasty Cheese $1,000.00 minimum and $800.00 deposit requires the least amount of staffing. Toasty $800.00 minimum and $400.00 deposit STATIONS Best Truckin BBQ $800.00 minimum and $400.00 deposit Stations are a fun, interactive service option for your guests! Choose multiple stations for your main or add a station There is a 21% Service Fee on all events that require extra to your cocktail hour. staffing and extensive planning.

FAMILY STYLE 2-Hour Serving Period Family style service promotes conversation and a “family” feel Additional truck service time may be added for $100/extra at your guest tables. Our servers bring platters of food to each hour. guest table; guests will pass the platters around and serve themselves.

TRUCK SERVICE Include the food truck to serve appetizers during cocktail hour, or serve your main dinner from the truck window! (Limitations apply for serving the main from the truck for guest counts over 100.)

Toasty Cheese Restaurant Group • (847) 350-9774 • www.toastycheese.com | page 2 Appetizers Stations

Appetizers can be served stationary, passed, or served from (minimum 50 guests) the food truck. Guacamole Bar Avocado Bruschetta Bites Red onions, jalapeños, tomatoes, cilantro, limes, with tortilla 6.00/person chips, house-made salsa, and sour cream 7.00/person Caprese Bites 5.00/person Toasty Taco Station Choice of chicken, carnitas or steak Seasoned Panko Mac n Cheese Bites 9.00/person 5.00/person Best Truckin Slider Station Stuffed Jalapeno wrapped with Duck Choice of pulled chicken or pulled pork 8.00/person 8.00/person

Quest Dip Shooter with Poblano Chutney or Relish Mac & Cheese Bar 7.00/person Includes bacon, pulled pork, jerk chicken and jalapenos. 8.00/person Garlic Bites with Beer Cheese Dip or Add lobster: $3.00 up charge/person Honey Dijon Vinaigrette 5.00/person

Elote Shots 6.00/person

Ribeye with Salsa Criolla 8.00/person

Mexican Deviled Eggs 5.00/person

Truffle Tomato Bisque Shooters with Wedge 6.00/person

Braised Pork Belly Toast with Spiced Apple Slaw 8.00/person

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Entrées Inquire for pricing.

Kim Classic Street Taco American and Cheddar cheeses on bread Small soft corn tortillas with your choice of proteins, veggies and salsa. Protein choices: Skirt steak, pollo, carnitas, duck Great Dane confit and chorizo American and Cheddar cheeses with Applewood smoked bacon on panini Plantain with Duck Confit An unsweetened plantain topped with duck confit, pickled ’s Choice jalapeno, and slaw and queso fresco Duck bacon, Provolone cheese, fresh spinach and fresh baby arugula with Sicilian cherry tomatos and aïoli on panini All burritos come stuffed with cilantro-lime rice, mixed ’s Best cheeses, lettuce, black or pinto bean, onions, pico de gallo and The Chef’s Choice with EXTRA duck bacon wrapped in a seared flour tortilla.

Scott’s South of the Border Tortas Chipotle chicken, cilantro-avocado aïoli, Pepper Jack cheese, Mexican-style made fresh and then grilled caramelized poblano peppers and onions on panini Beef Brisket Ragin’ Regan BBQ beef sandwich, hand-seasoned, smoked, sauced and Pepper Jack and Mozzarella cheeses, carmelized jalapeños, served on a brioche bun poblanos and onions on spiced panini Pulled Pork Mighty Max Hand-seasoned, smoked for 12 hours, sauced, then topped Grass-fed ribeye, Mozzarella, red onion and garlic butter on with cilantro-lime coleslaw and served on a brioche bun a pretzel roll Pulled Chicken Suzi Sauteé Hand-seasoned, smoked for 12 hours, sauced, then topped Red-wine braised caramelized onions, Portobello mushroom with cilantro-lime coleslaw and served on a brioche bun mix, Gruyère cheese on panini

Toasty Cheese Restaurant Group • (847) 350-9774 • www.toastycheese.com | page 4 Sides Inquire for pricing.

Field of Greens Creamy Tomato Bisque Arcadia blend lettuce, dried cranberries, goat cheese and walnuts with balsamic vinaigrette Mac & Cheese

Santa Fe Potato Romaine/iceberg lettuce mix, tortilla strips, Pepper Jack Loaded potato salad with bacon, cheddar cheese, and green cheese, Cheddar cheese, peppers, corn, tomatoes, black onions beans with Chipotle Ranch dressing Black Bean Salad Cobb Salad Black Beans, tomatoes, corn, and quinoa Romaine/iceberg lettuce with egg, Blue cheese, bacon and tomato with Buttermilk Ranch dressing Wildfire Honey Salad

Veggies Fajita-style veggies, green and red peppers, poblano peppers and onions with fajita seasonings

Cilantro-lime brown rice

Pinto or Black Beans

Fries

Cheese Fries with Pork

Cheese Curds

Hush Puppies

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Bamboo plates or clear acrylic plastic + plasticware The Hannah Banana wrapped in linen like napkin Nutella, banana purée and Marshmallow Fluff on panini, tempura-battered and deep-fried Chine or glass Lucky Luis Bites Cake plates Whether you compare them to donut holes, mini- to match desired dinner plates elephant ears or beignets, when you eat these fluffy, cinnamon sugar-dusted fried pastries, you’ll feel lucky! Iced , lemons, sweeteners Your choice of one dipping sauce: chocolate, raspberry or caramel. Assorted sodas and bottled water Fruit Cobbler Shooters Coffee service, creamer, sweeteners Peanut Butter Mousse Catering equipment Individual Cheesecakes Beverage urns Ask for current selections

Serving tables Double Chocolate M & M Cookies

Linens for serving tables Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Centerpieces

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Do you have minimums? Yes, we require a 30-person minimum on all items, plus:

• Drop-off Catering: $500 food minimum • Onsite Catering: $800 food minimum • Toasty Cheese Food Truck: $1,000 minimum • Toasty Taco Food Truck: $800 minimum • Best Truckin BBQ Food Truck: $800 minimum

To rent the truck for a 2-hour serving period, we require a $$$ food minimum + 21% Gratuity/Service Fee + local Tax. There are a couple of ways you can reach this minimum. Pre-pay for each guest. We will serve from the truck as well as set up stationary apps, salads or sides outside of the truck. (Additional servers can be added to pass appetizers or bus tables at $20/hr per server.)

How do I set up a tasting? We would be happy to set up a tasting. This includes a tasting for 4 people of up to 3 appetizers, 2 main entrees and 3 sides of your choice. A two-week notice is required for scheduling all tastings to ensure we can be adequately prepared, and secure it on the calendar!

What is the Gratuity/Service Fee? A 21% Service Fee will be included in the final billing on all catering orders on all events that require extra staffing and extensive planning. The Gratuity/Service Fee covers the use of our equipment, liability insurance fees, permits and other administrative expenses, preparation for your event, clean up, site visits, and detailed coordination with all parties (client, hospitality companies, wedding coordinators, etc.) leading up to the event. Please note that the Gratuity/Service Fee is taxable.

When is the Gratuity/Service Fee applied? Gratuity/Service Fee is applied for all events with the exception of Catering Delivery and Drop-Off. (We set up the food and you take care of the rest!)

How can I reserve my event date? We need our catering contract signed and sent back to us with a 50% deposit to secure the date of your event in our books. We accept payment via credit card.

When do I need to give you my Final Guest Count? We require final guest counts 2 weeks prior to your event. After the 2-week mark, we cannot decrease your guest count, but can accommodate increased counts if we are notified 7 days prior to your event. Change requests cannot be guaranteed after the 2-week mark. If you request to book an event within the two-week period, the guest count listed on your contract is considered the FINAL guest count.

When is Final Payment Due? Since we don’t want to bother you on the day of event final payment is required 7 days prior to your event date, after all the final details have been determined. We accept payment via credit card. We do require you to have a credit card on file. If added expenses occur on day of event, the card on file will be charged.

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