Event Planner

Catering Event Planner

Koren’s Kitchen | Radnor, PA

Koren’s Kitchen is seeking a highly organized, energetic, and hospitality-driven Catering Event Planner to join our growing team.

This is a hands-on role that combines event planning, client service, relationship building, catering operations, and new business development. The right person will be comfortable planning events, communicating with clients, making catering deliveries, working events as an attendant, and prospecting for new catering accounts.

This position is ideal for someone who enjoys both the sales side and service side of hospitality and wants the opportunity to grow with a fast-paced catering company.

Key Responsibilities:

• Respond to catering inquiries by phone, email, and online leads
• Consult with clients on menus, guest counts, budgets, dietary needs, timing, and event details
• Create proposals, estimates, catering orders, and event plans
• Follow up on proposals and help convert inquiries into booked business
• Build strong relationships with existing clients and encourage repeat business
• Follow up with clients after events and identify future catering opportunities
• Prospect for new corporate and social catering accounts
• Research and identify businesses, offices, organizations, venues, and potential clients
• Conduct outreach through phone calls, email, networking, sampling, and in-person introductions
• Develop and maintain a pipeline of prospective clients
• Look for opportunities to grow existing accounts and generate new business
• Make catering deliveries and professionally represent Koren’s Kitchen at client locations
• Set up breakfasts, lunches, buffets, receptions, and special events
• Work catering events as an attendant when needed
• Assist with event breakdown and cleanup
• Coordinate closely with our culinary, office, delivery, and event teams
• Review upcoming events and communicate special requests and important client details
• Assist with tastings, client meetings, venue visits, and networking opportunities
• Help resolve client concerns quickly and professionally
• Provide exceptional hospitality throughout the entire client experience

What We’re Looking For:

The ideal candidate is:

• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Friendly, professional, and confident communicating with clients
• Comfortable with both sales and hospitality
• Proactive and willing to prospect for new business
• Able to manage multiple catering orders and events at the same time
• Comfortable working both in the office and out in the field
• Willing to make catering deliveries, set up events, and work as an event attendant
• Strong at communication, follow-through, and problem-solving
• Motivated by building relationships and growing business
• Able to work independently while also being a strong team player
• Flexible and willing to jump in wherever needed
• Able to lift and transport catering supplies and equipment as required

Previous experience in catering, event planning, hospitality, restaurants, customer service, or sales is strongly preferred.

Schedule: Part-Time (to start with occasional and future Full-Time opportunities)

• Approximately 20–40 hours per week
• Hours will vary depending on catering volume and event schedules
• Some early mornings, evenings, and weekends may be required based on scheduled events
• Flexibility is important in this role

Compensation:

$18–$22+ per hour, based on experience

Plus:

• Tips from qualifying catering events
• Sales bonuses for qualifying new accounts and new business generated
• Opportunities for additional hours and growth as the company continues to expand

What Success Looks Like:

Success in this role means our clients feel taken care of from their first conversation with us through the completion of their event.

You will help us:

• Deliver excellent client communication and service
• Plan and execute organized, professional catering events
• Strengthen relationships with existing clients
• Turn one-time customers into repeat clients
• Identify and develop new catering accounts
• Consistently prospect for new business
• Increase catering sales through strong relationships and follow-up
• Represent Koren’s Kitchen professionally in the community

About Koren’s Kitchen:

Koren’s Kitchen is a growing Main Line catering and hospitality company serving corporate and social clients throughout Wayne, Radnor, the Main Line, and Greater Philadelphia.

We specialize in corporate catering, social events, private events, cooking experiences, and café hospitality. We believe great food is only part of the experience — exceptional service, reliability, relationships, and attention to detail matter just as much.

We are looking for someone who wants to build relationships, bring in new business, take care of our clients, and be part of a growing hospitality company.