About Us



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1:  Two Caterers Contemporary Cuisine just celebrated its 16th anniversary.
2:  We have over 60,000 employees. Most of whom are honeybees that live in hives at the Two Caterers garden. The other 30 full-time staff members are human.
3:  Our recycling dumpster routinely fills 4x as fast as our garbage dumpster. In recent years, we have reduced our waste stream over 50%.
4:  We are very proud of our compost pile! All of our kitchen vegetable scraps, eggshells, coffee grounds are composted on the lot of Two Caterers. The compost is used in our gardens. 
5:  Speaking of gardens, herbs, tomatoes, pumpkins, squash, peppers, and more are grown right outside the door and make it into recipes daily.
6:  We buy local. We have relationships with local farms and producers of eggs, herbs, veggies, chicken, and more. We are members of Ohio Proud.
7:  We are a certified woman-owned business.
8:  We manage FOUR exclusive venues: Station 67, Rockmill Brewery, Copper Lodge, and the Ballroom at Oakhurst.
9:  We CAN stuff. We are a FDA certified canning facility.
10:  Our little sister is called "Sweet Carrot Casual Cuisine" and has a food truck.
10+:  A vermiculturist on site nurtures thousands of redworms in our compost piles.
10+: We have been voted "Best Caterer" THREE years in a row by the readers of Columbus CEO Magazine.



The local Columbus press has done an excellent job telling our story - in fact, we couldn't do it as well!
*Petro, Angela. "Forget Your Fall-Back Position."  Octane
http://www.eonetwork.org/knowledgebase/octane/octane-december-2012/Pages/Forget-Your-Fall-Back-Position.aspx (1 December 2012).   *this is Angela's first nationally-published article!!!

Meyer, Tami Meyer. "Fast 50: #23 Two Caterers Inc."  Business First
Ghose, Carrie. "Powerless find strength after storm."  Business First
http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2012/07/06/powerless-find-strength-after-storm.html (6 July 2012).

Evans, Walker. "Sweet Carrot Food Truck Brings Two Caterers to The Streets." Columbus Underground.
http://www.columbusunderground.com/sweet-carrot-food-truck-brings-two-caterers-to-the-streets (22 May 2012).

 Evans, Walker. "Catering company branches out with food truck business." The Metropreneur Columbus.
http://www.themetropreneur.com/columbus/catering-company-branches-food-truck-business/ (22 May 2012).

 Sole, Sarah. "50-year-old ballroom receives renovation." ThisWeek Community Newspapers.
McIntyre, Melanie. "Ballroom at Oakhurst relaunches with help from Two Caterers." The Metropreneur Columbus.
http://www.themetropreneur.com/columbus/ballroom-oakhurst-relaunches-caterers/ (7 Feb 2012).

 McIntyre, Melanie. "Two Caterers Hopes to Affect Change Via Green Biz Practices." The Metropeneur Columbus.

Parks, Kevin. "Copper Lodge Both Banquet Hall, Lodge for 'Coppers'." ThisWeek Community Newspapers.
Sontag, Andy. "Serving Up Sustainability: Two Caterers." Local Matters.
http://www.local-matters.org/story/serving-sustainability-two-caterers (29 Jan 2011).
Burns, Matt. "Banks’ nos don’t halt Two Caterers' growth plans." Business First.



We were voted "Best Caterer" by the readers of Columbus CEO Magazine in 2012, 2011, and 2010!

 We are pleased to announce that we are a recipient of a 2010 Ohio Environmental Council Environmental Achievement Award! We were honored at the Green Gala which was held on November 6th at the Columbus Atheneaum.

We were voted "Best Green Company" by the readers of Columbus CEO Magazine in 2010!


We challenge ourselves to look at all aspects of our business in a green light. Every day offers a new opportunity to rethink our procedures, product and supplies. We have been successful in our efforts so far and are proud to challenge other businesses to follow our four biggest programs.
1. WE BUY LOCAL.


We strive to buy local produce, dairy and meat locally. We seasonally change ingredients in order to use what is freshly available. We like this practice because it keeps money in the community, lowers carbon emissions that would have been the result of shipping produce and just tastes better!
Some of our community partners: Sippel Family Farm in Mt. Gilead, Canal Junction Farmstead in Defiance, Northridge Organic Farm in Johnstown.
We are an affiliate member of Ohio Proud, a part of the Ohio Department of Agriculture. Ohio Proud is a quick and reliable way for you to identify Ohio made and grown goods.



2. WE USE GREEN PACKAGING & PRODUCTS.
When disposable food containers are necessary, we use compostable and recyclable products. Individual clamshells, soup containers, and beverage cups are made from sugarcane - a rapidly renewing resource that takes only 18 months to grow and harvest. These containers break down in a matter of weeks.
Our "plastic" flatware is starch-based and is a renewable, ecologically sound substitute for petroleum-based plastic products. Made from corn, wheat, tapioca and potato starches that primarily come from the Midwest (versus oil from the Middle East). The products we use are "BPI-approved" meaning that the non-profit Biodegradable Product Institute has certified that the products have been tested and certified to be biodegradable in a managed composting facility. We use Genpak, Verterra and Eco-Products compostables. In addition, we use Green Heat chaffer fuel by Candle Lamp. This is an ethanol (plant-based) fuel versus methanol-based. The packaging is smaller than traditional fuel canisters and is recyclable.
We have also started using new, greener office technology - a cartridgeless copier with inks that have 90% less waste than traditional laser toners.
3. WE RECYCLE.
Our recycling dumpster routinely fills 4x as fast as our garbage dumpster. In recent years, we have reduced our waste stream by 50%. We bring glass back with us from events and make sure it makes its way to proper recycling dumpsters.


New employees quickly learn to rethink waste habits. 
4. WE COMPOST.


We are very proud of our compost pile! Nearly 50% of all of our garbage is composted on the lot of Two Caterers. A compost-turning party is a common occurrence here! The compost is used in our gardens. Herbs, tomatoes, pumpkins, squash, peppers, and more are grown right outside the door and make it into recipes daily.


We want to give back to the supportive community that has helped make us successful. We are members of several non-profit organizations and proudly support groups around the area.


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