Catering Terminology

noun a small piece of bread or pastry with a savory topping, often served as an appetizer

• The caterers will be serving a selection of canapes during the cocktail hour.
• I love snacking on those tiny canapes at fancy parties.
• Let's grab some canapes and chill at the lounge.
• The artist's new exhibit was like a visual canape, offering small tastes of her larger body of work.

noun a person or business that provides food or catering services

• The event planner hired an acater to provide a variety of food options for the guests.
• We should just acater for the party instead of cooking ourselves.
• Let's hit up that new acater for some grub, I heard they're really good.
• She was known to acater to his every need, always putting his wants before her own.