PANTHER CATERING MENU EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY Panther Catering ffers smething fr everyne s budget. During these challenging ecnmic times we are cmmitted t prviding a quality event with exceptinal fd and service at cmpetitive prices. We appreciate the pprtunity t becme yur caterer f chice!
The Staff f Panther Catering, lcated in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Unin, wuld like t thank yu fr chsing us fr yur catering services. Our gal is t take the wrry ut f yur event planning. We ffer an utstanding array f fd, beverages and services t meet the varied needs f the Eastern Illinis University cmmunity and ur valued custmers utside the University. Frm cffee breaks, breakfasts r business lunchens, t elegantly served receptins and dinners, we are here fr yu. Our mst ppular menu items are shwn in this guide. Hwever, fr that extra special ccasin we can develp a menu tailred especially fr yu. We hpe yu will find this guide useful when planning yur next event. Please feel free t call us fr assistance at any time. In accrdance with University plicy, Panther Catering will be the exclusive prvider fr catering services within the University Unin. Please refer t the fllwing page fr all Panther Catering plicies. We will be happy t discuss yur needs and d ur best t accmmdate yu.
Nn University Grups POLICIES Fr all tax exempt rganizatins please prvide a cpy f yur tax exempt letter prir t yur event. We must have final payment 3 business days befre yur event. ** We ffer a 10% discunt fr all fd items n yur bill fr custmers using a University ORG number Remving Fd Please understand that any fd prepared by Panther Catering will be unavailable fr carry-ut. Once fd is placed fr public cnsumptin hwever, it als becmes pen t custmer cntaminatin. We are cmmitted t keeping ur guests and custmers safe s we will nt allw any fd t be remved by ur custmers. It is ur desire and respnsibility t take care f yu and yur guests. Catering Equipment As the hst f the catering event, yu are respnsible fr the equipment we have prvided fr the service f yur catered event. Any missing r damaged catering equipment r supplies will be charged t yu at replacement csts. Cancellatin Events cancelled 3 business days prir t the event will nt incur any cancellatin charges. Events cancelled less than 72 hurs prir t the date f the event are subject t a minimum 30% f ttal cntract cst fr unrecverable expenses, i.e., fd in preparatin r expanded labr. *** Please remember that n utside fd r beverages are allwed in the University Unin
STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION Ø Kristin Hupp - Panther Catering Directr krhupp@eiu.edu Office: 217-581-6082 Cell: 217-549-4746 Ø Ø Karla Drum - Catering Supervisr kkdrum@eiu.edu Office: 217-581-5326 Cell: 217-549-9543 Mike Crslw - Catering Supervisr mdcrslw@eiu.edu Office: 217-581-8518
EVENT PLANNING A successful event begins with prper planning. The catering prcess shuld start 3 weeks prir t yur event. The fllwing guide will assist yu thrugh this simple prcess: Reserve the rm & liqur fr yur event with the MLK Unin Campus Scheduling Office at 581-3616. Submit the nline frm with the fllwing infrmatin Panther Catering Order Frm Name f the grup r department spnsring the event Name, extensin and email f the persn crdinating the event Cntact number fr the day f the event Event date Estimated number f guests Lcatin f event Time the event is t be set up, served and end time. Menu r type f meal desired University accunt number- 10% discunt applied t ttal Tax exempt number if applicable Once all infrmatin is gathered a cntract will be prepared and emailed t yu fr yur review and apprval - A final guest cunt/guarantee and any special dietary needs must be submitted t the Panther Catering ffice 4 business days prir t the event. - Please carefully review all details including; menu, set up and serve times, as well as any special requests fr yur event, i.e., linen requests, infrmatin n prgramming that may affect the timing f the event, etc. If there are any changes, the cntract shuld be crrected and returned immediately s that the changes can be made in the Catering Office. The cntract must be signed by the Fiscal Agent and be in ur ffice 3 business days prir t yur event. - In the case f an urgent event r last minute request, we will make every effrt t accmmdate yu. Yur menu may depend n available supplies and/r yur event may be subjected t additinal fees fr unexpected fd purchases r additinal labr csts.
EVENT PLANNING Linens Linens are placed n the tables 1 t 2 hurs befre the event start time. If linens are requested t be n the tables befre then, yu may be charged an additinal set up fee. Linens fr yur event are available at the fllwing prices: Napkins- $0.50 each Tableclths- $4.00 each Skirting- $5.00 each Ivry Chair Cvers- $2.00 each Ryal Blue Sashes- $1.00 each Centerpieces- $3.00 (maximum f 20) Includes, vases, blue flwers and a candle Mirrrs- $1.00 Standard clrs fr tableclths and napkins are white & blue. Table skirting is ffered in Navy Blue, Burgundy and White Specialty clrs need t be requested 2 weeks prir t yur event. Event Deliveries- Minimum f $25.00 - If yur event requires delivery utside f the MLK Jr. Unin there will be a delivery charge added t yur bill depending n yur arrangements. - Client must arrange fr drs t be unlcked, and tables and chairs set up and in place prir t yur event. - Fr all events ut f the University Unin plastic ware will be used. China can be requested fr an additinal fee f $1.50 per persn.
BEVERAGES Regular Cffee $ 9.50/gal Decaffeinated Cffee $ 9.50/gal Ht Tea $ 9.35/gal Ht Chclate $ 9.35/gal Ht Chclate Bar $14.25/gal - Marshmallws, Cinnamn, Whipped Tpping, Sprinkles - Add syrups fr $7.50 per bttle (Vanilla, Caramel, Hazelnut) Iced Tea $ 9.35/gal Lemnade $ 9.35/gal Sherbet Punch $10.75/gal Citrus Punch $10.60/gal Fruit Punch $ 9.35/gal Strawberry Banana Punch $11.25/gal Juice (Cranberry, Apple, Orange) $10.55/gal Canned Sda $1.00 each Bttled Water $1.50 each Iced Water $3.50/gal * N charge fr Iced Water if ther beverages are rdered Replenishing fee: Minimum f $20.00
BREAKFAST ALA CARTE Muffins Mini Freshly Baked Jumb Freshly Baked Scnes Regular Scnes Mini Scnes Bagels Bagelettes w/ Cream Cheese Bagels w/ Cream Cheese Mini Danish Cinnamn Rlls Mini Strudel Bites-Apple & Cherry Cffee Cake-Cinnamn Streusel & Apple $ 7.00/dz $22.25/dz $14.75/dz $ 8.15/dz $ 7.50/dz $14.75/dz $ 8.40/dz $10.25/dz $ 9.50/dz $14.20/dz
BREAKFAST PACKAGES Cntinental Breakfast Assrted Mini Pastries Orange Juice Regular and Decaf Cffee Iced Water $6.00/per persn Ht Breakfast Buffet #1 Scrambled Eggs Seasnal Fruit Salad $9.30 per persn Breakfast Meat (Chse 1 Bacn, Sausage r Turkey Sausage) Hash Brwn Ptates (Chse 1 Cubed r Hash Brwn Casserle) Juice (Chse 2 Orange, Apple r Cranberry) Regular and Decaf Cffee Iced Water Ht Breakfast Buffet #2 Scrambled Eggs r Quiche Seasnal Fruit Salad $10.00 per persn Breakfast Meat (Chse 1 Bacn, Sausage, r Turkey Sausage) Breakfast Bread (Chse 1 French Tast Sticks, Pancakes r Biscuits and Gravy) Ptates (Chse 1 Cubed r Hash Brwn Casserle) Pecan Rlls Juice (Chse 2 Orange Juice, Apple Juice, r Cranberry Juice) Regular and Decaf Cffee Iced Water
PARTY PLATTERS Dmestic Cheese w/ Crackers Small (Serves 20) $38.00 Large (Serves 40) $55.00 Gurmet Cheese Tray w/ sliced baguette, and crackers Small (Serves 20) $48.00 Large (Serves 40) $65.00 Antipast Tray w/ Italian meats, cheeses, and sliced baguettes Small (Serves 20) $55.00 Large (Serves 40) $70.00 Fresh Fruit Display Small (Serves 20) $32.00 Large (Serves 40) $50.00 Fresh Vegetable Display w/dip Small (Serves 20) $30.00 Large (Serves 40) $50.00 Gurmet Vegetable Display w/ veggie wraps Small (Serves 20) $40.00 Large (Serves 40) $80.00 Subway Fresh Fit Platter 15 Prtins per Platter $44.00 Veggies Delight, Black Frest Ham, Turkey Breast, Club, Turkey Breast & Ham Each platter includes pickle, lettuce & tmat n the sandwich and may & mustard packets n the side.
CHILLED APPETIZERS Vegetable Wraps $10.25/dzen Ham and Pickle Rlls $10.25/dzen Jumb Shrimp Ccktail $22.00/pund Lemn Chicken Wrapped in Snw Peas $68.50/50 cunt Mediterranean Crstini $50.00/50 cunt Fresh Tmat Bruschetta $40.25/50 cunt Caprese Skewers $17.75/dzen Garlic Hummus w/ Pita Chips $57.75/50 cunt Fruit Kabbs $14.00/dzen Tea Sandwiches n Assrted Breads $13.15/dzen Chse frm Ham, Turkey, Rast Beef, Chicken Salad, r Tuna Salad Cream Cheese Trta w/ Crackers Small $30.20 Large $51.95
WARM APPETIZERS BBQ Meatballs $5.60/dzen Ppcrn Chicken w/ BBQ & Ranch $51.50/5 lbs. Baby Bakers w/ Butter & Sur Cream $28.75/5 lbs. Mini Tacs w/ Salsa $5.60/dzen Ht Wings $9.10/dzen Spinach Artichke Dip w/ Trtilla Chips $55.75/50 cunt Ques Dip w/ Trtilla Chips $47.75/50 cunt Prk Egg Rlls w/ Sweet & Sur Sauce $10.90/dzen Assrted Mini Quiche $8.60/dzen Tasted Cheese Ravili w/ Marinara $9.85/dzen Spinach Artichke Cannellni $8.25/dzen Vegetable Spring Rlls w/ Sweet & Sur Sauce $6.80/dzen Beef Tenderlin n French Bread $88.50/50 cunt Mini Crab Cakes w/ Tartar Sauce $60.50/50 cunt Fajita Quesadilla $38.35/50 cunt Chse frm Shrimp, Chicken, Steak, Prk Carnita Mashed Ptat Bar $3.00/persn Minimum f 20 peple Ccnut Shrimp w/ Ccktail Sauce $41.50/50 cunt Carving Statin $125.00/50 cunt Chse 2 meats: Baked Ham, Rast Turkey, r Beef Tenderlin Limit f 2 hurs Includes Hawaiian Rlls, May, and Mustard
BOX LUNCHES All sandwiches are served with chips, Granny Smith Apples, Fresh Baked Gurmet Ckies, and yur chice f sda. Turkey Club n Ciabatta Bread $8.25 each Turkey Bacn Leaf Lettuce Hney Mustard Grilled Chicken Sandwich n Fcaccia Bread $8.25 each Grilled Chicken Bacn Swiss Cheese Leaf Lettuce Ranch Dressing Garlic Rast Beef Sandwich n Thick Wheat Berry Bread $8.25 each Rast Beef Cheddar Cheese Leaf Lettuce Sliced Tmat Garlic Maynnaise Vegetarian Wrap $8.25 each Spinach Trtilla Leaf Lettuce Cheddar Cheese Sliced Tmat Red Onin Cucumber May & Mustard Packets Simple Sack Lunches $7.50 each All yur favrite bx lunch sides with a chice f a crissant sandwich Chse frm Ham, Turkey, Rast Beef r Vegetarian
SOUP, SALAD, OR SANDWICH BUFFET Pick 4 items $10.00/per persn Pick 5 items $11.00/per persn Pick 6 items $12.00/per persn Includes Chips, Iced Tea, and Iced Water Sandwiches 1 bread, 1 meat and 1 cheese= 1 item All sandwiches are served with mustard, maynnaise, pickle spear, leaf lettuce, tmat and red nin Chse Bread Wheat Berry, Crissant, Hagie, Ciabatta Chse Cheese Swiss, Cheddar, Clby Jack, Prvlne, Ghst Pepper Cheese Chse Meat r Spread Sup Turkey, Ham, Rast Beef, Chicken Salad, Tuna Salad Chicken Ndle Chili Cream f Ptat Glden Brccli Cheese Vegetarian Vegetable Salads Brccli Craisin Salad Caesar Salad Ht Bacn & Spinach Salad Marinated Vegetable Salad Ptat Salad Fruit Salad Huse Salad
SINGLE ENTRÉE OPTIONS Five Cheese Lasagna $8.60 per persn A delicius blend f Italian cheeses with ndles and a rbust marinara sauce. Served with Caesar Salad, Garlic Breadsticks and Italian Green Beans Marinated Chicken Breast $8.60 per persn A bneless, skinless chicken breast, lightly seasned and baked. Served with a vegetable blend, Au Gratin ptates and yeast rlls Pt Rast $10.30 per persn Succulent beef rasted t perfectin with traditinal accmpaniments f nins, carrts, and ptates Includes warm biscuits with butter Mediterranean Chicken and Pasta $10.80 per persn An appealing blend f chicken, artichkes, spinach, and tmates tssed in a garlic herb live il. Served with a Tuscan Salad and garlic French bread. Executive Sandwich n Herb Fccacia Bread Smked Turkey/ Hney Ham/ Pepperni Ghst Pepper Cheese/ Cheddar Cheese Cream Cheese Pest Red Onin Tmat Slices Cucumbers Leaf Lettuce Als cmes with Fresh Fruit Salad and Chips $9.75 per persn Add sup fr an additinal $1.45 per persn
SPECIAL PACKAGES Ckut Special $10.20 Picnic Special $13.30 Hamburgers Ht Dgs Buns Ketchup Packets Mustard Packets Relish Packets Ptat Chips Cuntry Bean Bake Ptat Salad Lemnade Iced Water Plastic Ware Grill Fee- $30.00 Mexican Buffet Special $10.00 Tssed Salad w/ Asst. tppings and Dressings Seasned Grund Beef Trtilla Shells and Chips Refried Beans Cheddar Cheese Sauce Mexican Fixin s Iced Tea Iced Water Pulled Prk BBQ Marinated Chicken Breasts Buns Cuntry Bean Bake Macarni Salad Crnbread w/ butter Iced Brwnies w/ candy pieces Canned Sda Iced Tea Iced Water Plastic Ware Mexican Fajita Buffet $12.30 Tssed Salad w/ Asst. tppings and Dressings Trtilla Shells and Chips Ques Sauce Refried Beans Spanish Rice Grilled Vegetables Mexican Fixin s Chice f 2 (Shrimp, Steak, Chicken, Prk Carnita) Iced Tea Iced Water
ITALIAN BUFFET Italian Buffet $11.00 per persn Includes Caesar Salad, Seasnal Fruit Salad, Italian Green Beans, Garlic Breadsticks, Iced Tea and Iced Water Chse 2 entrees Spaghetti w/ Sauce Fettuccini Alfred Entrée Optins Add Chicken Breast fr $1.50 per persn Penne Pasta w/ Sauce Mediterranean Pasta Add Chicken Breast fr $1.50 per persn Meat r Cheese Trtellini w/ Marinara Meat r Cheese Ravili w/ Marinara Meat Lasagna Vegetable Lasagna Cheese Lasagna Chicken Parmesan
GRAND BUFFET All Buffets Served with Caesar r Huse Salad, Seasnal Fruit Salad, Assrted Dinner Rlls, Cffee, Iced Tea, and Iced Water. Chse 2 Entrees & 2 Side Dishes $15.25 Per Persn Chse 2 Entrees & 3 Side Dishes $17.25 Per Persn Pultry Chicken Crdn Bleu Chicken Parmesan Fried Chicken Entrée Chices Italian Crusted Chicken Breast (Add $1.00 per persn) Marinated Breast f Chicken Sliced Rasted Turkey Breast Prk BBQ Pulled Prk w/ Bun Black Oak Ham Rasted Prk Lin Beef Beef Tenderlin with Hllandaise Sauce (Add $3.00 per persn) Italian Beef w/ Hagie Rll Meat Lasagna Pt Rast in Gravy Vegetable Baked Pasta Five Cheese Lasagna Vegetable Lasagna Seafd Baked Salmn (Add $2.00 per persn)
DINNER MENUS All meals are served and include yur chice f Caesar r Huse Salad, tw sides, Dinner Rlls, Iced Tea, and Iced Water. If yu wish t ffer a chice f mre than ne entrée, please add $1.50 per entrée Beef Specialties Beef Tenderlin w/ Hllandaise Sauce $16.45 per persn Meat Lasagna $11.25 per persn Pt Rast 11.05 per persn Prk Specialties Black Oak Ham $11.60 per persn Rasted Prk Lin $11.60 per persn Pultry Specialties Chicken Parmesan $15.00 per persn Herbed Baked Chicken Breast $11.60 per persn Italian Crusted Chicken Breast $14.75 per persn Marinated Chicken Breast $11.60 per persn Rast Turkey $11.60 per persn Seafd Specialties Crab Cakes $12.25 per persn Glazed Salmn Filet $13.30 per persn Vegetarian Specialties Five Cheese Lasagna $11.60 per persn Pasta Primavera $10.50 per persn Vegetarian Lasagna $11.60 per persn
SALADS AND SIDES Salads - Chice f: - Caesar Salad - Chpped rmaine, crutns, parmesan cheese, red nins, and Caesar dressing. - Huse Salad - Lettuce mixture with cucumber, grape tmates and crutns. Ranch dressing and Balsamic r Italian dressing are available n the side. Sides - Steamed Vegetable Blend - Green Beans Almndine - Mashed Ptates w/ Gravy - Chice f Peppered r Brwn Gravy - Laded Mashed Ptates - Parsley Baby Red Ptates- add $1.00 per persn - Wild Rice Blend - Fettuccini Alfred
SNACK ATTACKS Whle Fruit $1.00 each Pretzels $4.75/lb Chex Mix $7.00/lb Trtilla Chips & Salsa $6.75/lb Mixed Nuts $9.05/lb Andes Mints $6.55/50 ct. Ptat Chips & Ranch Dip $8.75/lb Panther Catering Pizza - Baked fresh fr yur event $11.00/each - Chice f Cheese, Pepperni, Sausage, r Veggie 16 Pizza - Make it a meal fr an additinal $2.50/ per persn - Add Breadsticks, Caesar Salad, Assrted Ckies & Sdas
DESSERT CHOICES Assrted Regular Ckies $6.50/dzen Assrted Fruit Pies $2.00/slice - Apple, Cherry and Blueberry Assrted Fruit Cbblers $2.00/slice Petite Tiger Cake $2.50/slice - Chclate, Lemn, and Strawberry Rice Krispie Squares $8.25/dzen Iced Brwnies w/ Tppings $14.75/dzen New Yrk Cheesecake $3.15/slice Ghirardelli Brwnies $10.15/dzen Assrted Gurmet Ckies $9.60/dzen Assrted Cheesecake $2.25/slice
DESSERT CHOICES Carrt Cake $4.00/per slice Snicker Pie $3.95/per slice Salted Caramel Apple Pie $4.10/per slice Tiger Cake $4.35/per slice Chclate, Lemn, Strawberry Pembertn Ht Fudge Sundae $3.15/each Ghirardelli Brwnie Sundae $4.15/each Mini Cheesecake $14.50/dzen Tiny Tiger Cake $1.50/each Chclate, Lemn, Strawberry Individual Fruit Pizza $19.00/dzen Individual Ice Cream Cups $.50/each Vanilla, Chclate, Strawberry r Orange Sherbet Ice Cream Bar $6.15/persn Chclate and Vanilla Ice Cream Assrted Ckies Assrted Tppings Lemnade Iced Water (217)581-6082 http:/ewww.eiu.edu/dining/dh_catering.php