Varada Catering Services

Varada Catering Services is based at Rasta Peth 315. It’s mostly a kitchen and a small area for us to sit and handle the bookings. The smell of food is pretty much always there, which I guess is expected. We spend most of our mornings prepping vegetables and making sure the stoves are ready. It’s a lot of heat and noise. We don’t have a fancy dining room because we take the food to where the people are. Rasta Peth is a busy area, so getting the vans loaded and out can be a bit of a struggle with the traffic. We’ve been doing this for a while now. It started small and just kind of grew because people kept asking us to cook for their parties or small gatherings. We use big pots and heavy pans. Everything is done by hand, mostly. We don’t have big machines doing the work. The staff is just a few local people who know how to cook. Sometimes it gets stressful when we have three different orders going out at once. We just put our heads down and get it done. The office part of 315 is just a desk with a lot of receipts and a phone that doesn't stop ringing around lunchtime. It’s a simple operation, but it keeps us busy every day. We really don't sit down much until the evening.