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How fast casual Antique Taco found success with catering and events

Founders Ashley and Rick Ortiz share how their Chicago eatery is getting a piece of the $65 million catering pie.

Patricia Cobe, Senior Editor

November 15, 2019

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Catering is a $65 billion market, and one that is projected to grow another 5% next year, recent Technomic data shows. Listen as Ashley and Rick Ortiz, founders of Antique Taco in Chicago, share how their fast-casual concept is getting a piece of that catering pie.

About the Author

Patricia Cobe

Senior Editor

Pat plans and executes the menu sections of Restaurant Business and FoodService Director, covering food and beverage trends, Menu R&D, profiles of chefs and restaurateurs and Technomic research. She also contributes to the digital content of both RB and FSD and is editor of two weekly e-newsletters, Recipe Report and On the Menu. Pat’s weekly podcast, MenuFeed, covers a wide range of menu topics through interviews with chefs and operators.

Pat came to Winsight from Hearst, where she was an executive editor. She is the co-author of the Mompreneurs series of books as well as two cookbooks. She graduated from Cornell University and earned a Masters in Journalism from Boston University. She is active in several professional organizations, including Les Dames d’Escoffier and the International Foodservice Editorial Council (IFEC), and serves as a judge for the James Beard Media Awards.

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