Member Spotlight :: Jason West

Jason West

Owner  |  Grafton Peek Catering

Jason West

Grafton Peek Catering

Phone:  317 . 557 . 8377

Check out the website:

www.GraftonPeek.com

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Welcome to ISES, Jason!  Thank you so much for the PACE Awards Bar Services Sponsorship with your downtown Indy venue, Social!  We all really appreciate you and are glad to have you as an ISES Member.  :)  Sincerely, your ISES Indiana Board of Directors

·                     What is your title and position at your current company? 

I am the owner of Grafton Peek Catering.

         

            ·                     What does your company do? How is it different than others like it?

Grafton Peek Catering provides complete food & beverage services, custom crafted wedding cakes & desserts, entertainment, A/V and much more to ensure an anxiety free experience for our clients.   From simple catering needs through total event management, Grafton Peek works with our clients to achieve complete event success. 

·                     How many years have you been in the industry?  

I have been in the event business for roughly 15 years – Our Executive Chef Charles Bryant has been in the food service industry for over 25 years.

·                     What was your very first job? 

My first job was as a bus boy in 1986 at the private country club my family owned in Greenwood.

·                     What lead you in into the event industry? 

In 2001, my family owned and / or operated 7 golf courses in Indiana that I oversaw the general sales and profitability of. Several of our courses had banquet & kitchen facilities so it was a natural fit.

·                     Why did you decide to join ISES? 

Our downtown Indy venue, Social, sponsored the bar services for the PACE awards this year and after meeting many of the ISES members and seeing what the organization was all about we wanted to be a part of it.

·                     What are you looking to gain out of our ISES membership and how can we help you achieve that?  

We are always looking to forge quality relationships with other like-minded people in the events and catering industry.  It seems the best of the best in Indianapolis events & catering are members and that appeals to us.

·                     What is your most memorable event? Why? 

Like you all, it is hard with as many events as we do to pinpoint a single event but since you are asking…Serving 3,100 people in the converted Pan Am Plaza ice rinks on multiple levels in between 11a and 3p on Super Bowl Sunday for Stub Hub with no access to the facilities after 9:30a that morning would have to be it.  We trucked in and triaged a commercial kitchen in a facility that at best had running water and heat.  It was quite a learning experience but was executed without a hitch.

·                     What’s one thing most people don’t know about you? 

Most people don’t realize that we provide such a wide range of services beyond food and beverage catering including, but not limited to, cakes & baked goods, off site event management, entertainment, total food service management for large corporations and consulting services.

·                     If you were not in the event industry, what would be your dream job? 

I would have to say I really enjoy what I do and have more freedom than most could ask for in doing so.  With that said, it would still be fun to play guitar for a living.