The BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club may be four months away, but Butler’s Pantry is already organizing a gourmet experience. The innovative St. Louis food-service company will be serving breakfast, lunch, hors d’oeuvres and cocktails in an estimated 40 corporate tents for the entire weeklong event. “We will begin actual set up four weeks before the championship,” said Kim Rhein, Butler’s Pantry Director of Business Development. “But the pre-planning for an event of this magnitude started a year ago. It is a huge endeavor, and we are honored to work with The Western Golf Association and BMW Championship to bring the best players and cuisine to the corporate clients of St. Louis.”
Butler’s Pantry will be providing hospitality services for an estimated 35,000 guests September 2-7, and they are already making sure no one goes hungry. Their food order includes:
- 8,000 Cab Holton Think N Juicy Burgers
- 10,000 Kosher Beef Franks
- 6,000 Johnsonville Bratwurst
- 10,000 Homemade Cookies
- 8,000 Tyson Chicken Breasts
- 500 Flats of Driscoll Strawberries
- Over 140,000 Beverages
Butler’s Pantry not only plans to have an abundance of delicious food on hand, but will bring a staff of over 200 managers, culinary experts, bartenders and waiters. They will also require six separate self-sufficient kitchens on the course.
This is not Butler’s Pantry’s first time on the green. They catered the 2004 U.S. Senior Open also held at Bellerive Country Club.