Event staffing support for venues, hotels and caterers
If you run your own food and beverage, we are not competition. We are the bench you call when the calendar outruns your schedule. Certified bartenders and servers who work under your program, your uniform and your captain, plus bars built out on site where your room does not have one.
New Year’s Eve at the Cavalier. Waterside District. The Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront. And executive parties for the leadership at Gold Key | PHR. A hospitality company that runs its own food and beverage, and still calls us for its own people.
Licensed & insured · COI in your format · W-9 and PO numbers · 80+ service pros
- What a property or a caterer will ask us for
- Licensed and insured, with a Certificate of Insurance in your format
- ServSafe-certified, state-certified bartenders and servers
- 80+ service pros across Hampton Roads
- W-9, PO numbers and one invoice your finance office can process
- We work under your program, your rules and your uniform standard
- We can build out bars on site, not just staff the ones you have
- Full non-alcoholic programs too, run as a real bar rather than a table of juice
The people who run F&B hire us too
Most venues with their own food and beverage assume an outside beverage company is a threat to their program. It is the opposite arrangement: you keep the license, the menu, the markup and the guest relationship. We supply people.
The clearest proof of that is who already books us. Gold Key | PHR runs hotels and restaurants across this region, and when their executive leadership wants a party handled, they call us rather than pull their own team off the floor. Same with New Year’s Eve at the Cavalier, events at Waterside District, the Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront, and beach properties whose banquet teams needed a boost for one big weekend.
Nobody in the room can tell which crew is whose, which is the entire point.
When properties call us
Six versions of the same problem: the work is booked and the people are not.
Your banquet department is short for a big night
New Year's Eve, a wedding block, a convention weekend. You have the room and the program; you need more hands than your schedule can cover. We fill the gap with certified staff who arrive knowing they are working under your rules.
You hold exclusive F&B and cannot bring in a bar
Then do not. Exclusivity usually covers who sells the food and alcohol, not who pours it. We supply the people and you keep the revenue, the license and the program.
You need bars built, not just staffed
We build out bars on site (stations, back bar, ice, glassware and garnish) and can leave the equipment or take it with us. Useful when your room has no permanent bar where the event needs one.
You are seasonal and only need people sometimes
A venue that runs six events a year should not carry a year-round banquet crew. Call us for the six.
You are a caterer without a beverage team
You handle the food, we handle the bar and the pour. Two teams, one timeline, and we coordinate directly with your captain rather than through the client.
You need coverage at short notice
A call-off on the day of a 300-guest event is the reason we keep a bench. Tell us what you have lost and we will tell you honestly what we can cover.
You want a non-alcoholic bar run properly
Dry events, daytime programs and family functions still deserve a real bar. Shaken lemonades, fruit and herb spritzers, cold-pressed juices, dirty sodas and mocktail flights, cut and garnished on site and served by uniformed staff. It is a service we offer outright, not a fallback.
Your own leadership event, handled by someone else
When the people who run hospitality want to be guests at their own party, pulling your captains off the floor is the expensive way to do it. We bring the crew so your team gets the night off with everyone else.
Who we staff for
- Hotels & resorts
- Banquet departments
- Convention centers
- Caterers
- Country clubs
- Restaurants & breweries
- Museums & cultural venues
- Wedding venues
- Seasonal & one-off operators
- Event production companies
- Corporate campuses
- Military & government contracts
If your property is not on this list it does not mean we have not done it. Tell us the room and the calendar.
Roles we supply
- Bartenders
- Servers & waitstaff
- Bar-backs
- Party host assistants
- Bar builds & setup crew
- Breakdown crew
Mix them as you need. Most properties start with bartenders and servers and add bar builds once they see how much room a proper station saves them.
How a staffing booking runs
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Send the dates and the shape of the work
Headcount, roles, call times and how many events. A single Saturday and a season of them get planned differently.
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We confirm crew and rates in writing
Our published rates apply to one-off cover. Recurring or high-volume programs get quoted, because a standing arrangement should cost less than an emergency.
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Paperwork before the week of
COI in your format, W-9, PO number, and any onboarding your property requires. We would rather clear it early than at the loading dock.
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Your standard, not ours, on the night
Uniform, service style and chain of command are yours. Our crew reports to your captain and does not freelance the program.
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One invoice, itemized by role and hours
No per-head guesswork and nothing that appears for the first time at the end.
What properties ask us
We have an exclusive food and beverage clause. Can you still help?
Almost always, yes, as staffing. Exclusivity clauses usually govern who sells the food and alcohol, not who serves it. You keep the license, the program and the revenue; we supply certified people to work it.
Send us the clause if you want us to read it first. We will not tell you we can work a room we cannot legally work.
Whose uniform and standards do your staff follow?
Yours. Tell us the dress standard and we arrive in it, or in our own black-and-apron if you would rather. Our crew reports to your captain or banquet manager and follows your service style. Nobody is going to improvise your program in front of your guests.
Can you build a bar where our room does not have one?
Yes, and it is a good part of why venues call us. We bring portable bars, back-bar shelving, rolling ice wells, glassware and the whole working kit, build the station where the event needs it, and either leave the equipment for the run or take it out the same night.
What are your rates?
Our published rates apply to one-off cover: waitstaff and party host assistants from $35 an hour, bartenders from $40 an hour, billed by the hour and itemized by role.
Recurring programs, a season of dates or high volume get quoted rather than rate-carded, because a standing arrangement should cost you less than an emergency call. Boat service once a vessel leaves the dock and protocol-level events are quoted above standard.
How much notice do you need?
More is better and we know that is not always available. For planned work, two to three weeks lets us crew it properly. For a call-off on the day, ring us anyway. We keep a bench for exactly that and we would rather tell you yes or no than have you assume we are booked.
Are your staff insured and certified?
Yes. Licensed and insured, with a Certificate of Insurance in whatever format and with whatever additional-insured wording your property requires. Bartenders are ServSafe and state certified, and we can provide a W-9 and work to a PO number.
Do you work directly with our caterer?
Happily, and it goes better when we do. Give us your caterer's captain and we coordinate the timeline directly rather than relaying it through the client. Two teams solving the same problem twice is how a service window slips.
Send us the dates, the roles and the shape of the work. You will get crew availability, rates in writing, and the paperwork your property needs before the week of the event rather than during it.
Tell us about your event.
Send us the date, the venue and the headcount. You'll get an itemized estimate, a custom cocktail menu and honest guidance — free, with nothing committed. Once you book, we send the shopping list: what to buy, what it should cost, and where to get it.
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