a. Camp Management and Logistics

i. Camp Management & Catering Services
ii. Camp Catering
iii. Catering Services
iv. Other Camp Services
v. Other Services
vi. Staff
vii. Camp Diets
viii. Sample Camp Menus

b. Outside Catering

i. Our Food
ii. Sample Cocktail Menus
iii. Cocktail Menus
iv. Barbecue Menus
v. Mongolian BBQ
vi. Cold Buffet Menu
vii. Hot Buffet Menus
viii. Dinner Menus
ix. Equipment Hire

Camp Management and Logistics

Camp Management & Catering Services

Equator Catering Ltd can manage and run established remote camp operations, or put in place a fully operational self sufficient turn-key camp. These can be mobile or semi-permanent camps depending on requirements. We offer a full range of options tailored to suit your needs, no matter how remote the location or harsh the conditions.

Camp Catering

Our aim is to provide the customer with a wel- balanced and nutritional diet served on site or on the road as per requirements. To ensure the best produce is purchased, transported correctly, stored and prepared under hygienic conditions to the highest standards.

Catering Services

Equator Catering will provide all the necessary equipment, crockery, cutlery etc needed for the service of the contract.

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Other Camp Services

The focus of Equator Catering Ltd is to provide a solid and complete solution to our customers' needs with regard to camp management, incorporating an array of services outside of food and beverage parameters. Equator Catering can additionally facilitate our customers with:

Accommodation
Management of units, structural or canvass
Provision of all linen, pillows and towels as well as basic toiletries
Insect control (mainly mosquitoes and termites)
Servicing of electricals
General housekeeping duties
Laundry
Provision of laundry service for all camp personnel
Correct usage of chemicals and soap powders
Provision of suitable drying and ironing facilities (re-mango fly infestation)

Management of grey water
Ablutions
Maintenance and cleaning of all toilets, showers and basins
Hot and cold water management
Water treatment where necessary (sterilization and chlorination).
Supply of all washing soap.
Sewerage and grey water control.
Compound.
Rubbish collection and waste pit management.
General compound duties (grass cutting, pathways and plants)
Perimeter fence and security lighting
Waste disposal (bio-degrade, recycle or return to source)

Staff

Well trained and capable (all covered with workman's compensation)
Supervisor on site 24 hours a day
Identifiable uniforms
Health, safety and hygiene awareness

Camp Diets

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Sample Menu 1

Breakfast
Fruit Juices/ Tea / Milk
Fresh Fruits & Cereals
Full Cooked English Breakfast
Breads & Preserves

Lunch
Soup
Beef Stroganoff
Rice, Chipped Potatoes & Vegetable Stir-fry
Greek Salad

Dinner
Roast Chicken with Chipolatas
Lamb Stew
Rice, Boiled Potatoes & Fresh Vegetable Selection
Mixed Green Salad
Dessert

Sample Menu 2

Breakfast
Tea / Milk
Fresh Millet Porridge
Breads & Pastries

Lunch
Beef Stew
Matoke
Rice
Ground Nut Sauce
Beans

Dinner
Fish
Irish Potato
Posho

Balanced Diet

A balanced diet is frequently recommended by nutritionists, but what particular balance is best for men working in the field? How much of what type of food should be consumed on a daily basis? Is a high carbohydrate, low fat diet best? Or is a high fat, high protein, low carbohydrate program better? How much carbohydrate/protein/fat is considered high or low? Is the food pyramid the best way to determine a balanced diet? What about eating foods from the basic food groups (meat, dairy, grains, fruits and vegetables)?

Camp Diets

Equator Catering can put together 7 to 14 day nutritional, varied and interesting balanced diets for our customers. All diets are correctly balanced and based on the five main food groups. It is then easy for us to increase or decrease any of the food groups in our menus to allow for the physical aspect of up country / field work.
All menus are easily revised to follow more specific dietary requirements, and cultures. Equator Catering can produce menus that will suit all dietary cultures from local Ugandan fare to Asian and Oriental menus.

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Outside Catering

Equator Catering provides a full catering service for any function or occasion, anywhere. Whether it’s a private dinner party in your home, a wedding in a marquee, a corporate function on a business premises or a film crew on a safari bush site, Equator Catering will tailor a meal especially for you.

Our services begin with discussing your enquiry with you. Sample menus will then be forwarded to you for your consideration and if required, individual menus will be tailored to meet your exact requirements, taking into account at all times your dietary and nutritional requirements.

Additional Services (if required)...

Experienced Staff; Bar, waiters & security.
Provision of cutlery, crockery, and glasses.
Marquees and furniture.
Speciality Cakes.
Floral decorations.
Co-ordinating Linen.
Silver Service.
Cash/ Sale or return bar.
Public Address Systems, Music and entertainment.
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Corporate Catering

'The perfect dining experience...'

"The restaurant reflects care and attention to detail. The food is delicious, the menu imaginative and the service is truly customer focused. You can sense professionalism and thoroughness is every aspect of the restaurant’s operation. You wish that your staff restaurant could be like this."

Well it can be. Your company can enjoy cost effective premium quality in-house catering because Equator Catering is ready to partner you in bringing excellence to your in-house catering facilities; excellence that means a uniquely personal service and extraordinary attention to detail. So you can depend on the highest standards and the best value for money available, in a restaurant facility that you and your employees can be proud of, everyday.

The benefits of utilising professional catering services are well recognised. With Equator Catering you are free to focus on your core business, yet you remain in control. In addition, food and service quality exceed expectation. A single efficient cost centre is created for catering; safety, hygiene and legislative issues are no longer a worry.

As an ISO 9001 2008 accredited company, Equator Catering works with it’s approved suppliers on scheduled basis to make sure that you are always receiving the best prices, which ensure that you receive the best possible prices and that the agreed budgets are maintained.

With its unrivalled level of management support, Equator Catering is always on hand to ensure that areas of staffing, training, and customer care remain an absolute priority within our outlets.

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Bush Catering

The Bush Catering Crew was formed in recognition that in certain circumstances it was impossible for conventional catering services due to lack of amenities.

The crew run off a bush mode of cooking - that is camp ovens, damper, and billy tea, and set up bush showers and bush toilets. All the necessary equipment is located in Kampala to ensure quick mobilisation.

The crew have catered for numbers from 12 to 120 in situations of total independence in the bush to the ‘luxury’ of a highway roadhouse!

The two major justifications for the crew's existence are that firstly the personnel involved with the particular campaign are able to give efficiently and to a greater extent because of the support and catering of the crew, and secondly while the crew exists it means less personnel are taken out of the field to provide necessary support services.

Our Food

All our food is prepared on the day either on or off site to your convenience under the close supervision of our Executive Chef. Our team use only the freshest local produce to ensure that you and your guests, staff, receive prime top quality fayre. We cab provide canapés, finger buffets, hot or cold buffets, barbecues or a full a la carte menu in just about any location and setting.
Equator Catering has in past catered a large variety of parties from small elite dinners to functions of 600 people plus including:
• Cocktail Parties
• Barbecues
• Private/Boardroom dinners
• Hot/Cold buffets
• Mongolian barbecue
• Weddings
• Children parties

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Sample Cocktail Menus
Menu 1 Pork & Sage Sausage Rolls English mustard Beef Brochettes Soy sauce, garlic and hoi sin marinade Chicken Fillet Nuggets Golden fried served with garlic mayonnaise Cheese & Leek Quiches Individual with rough puff pastry Vegetable Crudities With blue cheese & 1000 island dips Ginger & Coriander Fish Balls Made with tilapia & served with a spicy tomato relish Smoked Nile Perch Bread Rounds With dill dressing & served with lemon wedges Mini Beef Samosas	Menu 2 Mini BBQ Pork Ribs Coated in smoky bbq sauce & barbequed Roasted Beef Fillet wrapped Gherkin Served with horseradish sauce Chicken Fillet Kebabs Marinated with orange and pesto Vegetable Spring Rolls Deep fried & served with soy, sweet & sour sauces Miniature Camembert Samosa East meets west with a delightful cranberry dip Tilapia Goujons Bread crumbed & deep fried, served with lemon and tartar sauce Tuna & Caper Mayonnaise Served on crisp rye bread garnished with pimento Lamb Shish Meatballs Served with a coriander raita
Menu 3 Pork & Pineapple Kebabs Barbequed & served with sweet & sour sauce Broccoli & Stilton Quiches Individually baked Golden Fried Calamari Rings With fresh lime yoghurt Chicken Satay Kebabs Marinated and served with Satay sauce Mushroom Pasties With cream & garlic in puff pastry Meatballs Hint of cumin, served with tomato & herb sauce Selection of Toasties Cheese, pate, tuna toppings on crisp bread rounds Chinese Beef Roasted with soy & spring onions, sliced	Menu4 Chilli Queen Prawns Stir fried with garlic, ginger, fresh chillies, tomato & sherry Smoked salmon Served on brown bread with caper & yoghurt garnish Beef Satay Kebabs Marinated in soy, lemon grass, sherry & garlic with satay sauce Chicken Brochettes Barbequed in a sweet & sour sauce with spring onions Boewors Blinis Boewors sausage on mini pancake with orange marmalade Pork Chipolatas Grilled with simsim & served with a honey mustard dip Vegetable & Cheese Puffs Baked in puff pastry Golden Fried Mushrooms Bread crumbed & deep fried, served with a garlic mayonnaise

Sample Cocktail Menus
Beef Cocktail sausages with a tangy tomato dip Meat balls with spicy tomato dip Meat samosas with lemon wedges Miniature marinated beef kebabs (various marinades - BBQ) Miniature sandwiches with various fillings Roast beef slices on bread rounds with gherkins Sesame beef strips with Chinese chilli sauce	Pork Angels on horseback (smoked oysters wrapped in streaky bacon) Cocktail sausages with a tangy tomato dip Devils on horseback (prunes wrapped in streaky bacon) Garlic salami cones filled with herbed cream cheese Mini barbecue riblets Miniature frankfurters filled with sweet mustard Miniature sausage rolls (choice of apple, bacon, and herb or plain) Scotch egg quarters Smokey bacon rolls (mustard-flavoured potatoes or sweet banana)
Chicken Breaded chicken breast nuggets with garlic mayonnaise Chicken & mushrooms vol-au-vents Chicken and Parma ham puff pastry rolls Chicken samosas Miniature chicken kebabs (various marinades - BBQ) Spicy chicken wings cooked (BBQ) Spinach & chicken pinwheels	Vegetarian Assorted bowls of peanuts, potato crisps, olives and gherkins Bruscetta (tomato, garlic, basil sauce on crisp bread) Cheese and mandarin/pineapple sticks Choux balls filled with creamed mushrooms Deep-fried mushrooms coated in garlic breadcrumbs Fresh garden crudities with various dips Fresh mushroom palmiers with sour cream Individual leek and cheddar miniature quiches Mexican tortilla chips with guacamole and salsa Pizza squares vegetarian Selection of Greek dips with pita bread Stuffed eggs Vegetable spring rolls with sweet & sour sauce
Fish Butterfly prawns with sweet & sour dip Calamari rings in batter with lemon wedges Choux balls filled with tuna mayonnaise Coriander and ginger fish balls Goujons of tilapia with tartar sauce Prawn spring rolls with Thai dip Prawns Marie rose vol-au-vents Smoked fish & herbs vol-au-vents Smoked Lake Fish on bread rounds with dill dressing
SAMPLE BARBECUE MENU Chicken Satay Brochettes. Whole Marinated Beef Fillets. Pork Sausages. Lime & Garlic Tilapia Parcels. Salads Potato & Chive Salad Rocket, Mozarella & Tomato Roasted Vegetable & Balsamic Salad Mixed Green Garden Salads Garlic & Herb Bread Satay Sauce Mustard Salad Dressing Mayonnaise Passion Fruit Souffle Dutch Apple Tart Creme Caramel	SAMPLE COLD BUFFET MENU Honey Glazed Roasted Ham Coronation Chicken Salmon & Cucumber Mousse Broccoli & Stilton Quiche Salads New Potato, Chive & Yoghurt Avocado, Pineapple And Crunchy Bacon Green Mixed Leaf with Croutons Mozarella, Cherry Tomato & Basil Fresh Rolls & Butter Salad Dressing Variety of Chutney / Mustard Mayonnaise Fresh Fruit Salad White Chocolate & Berry Cheesecake Lemon Meringue Pie
SAMPLE HOT BUFFET MENU Pork Medallions with Cream & Sherry Tilapia Provencal Au Gratin Roasted Garlic Chicken Vegetable & Cheddar Lasagne Sauteed Rosemary Potatos Carrots Vichy Cauliflower & Broccoli Bake Bread Rolls & Butter Chilli Sauce Lemon & Lime Chesecake Mississipi Mud Pie Brandy & Orange Crepes Cheese Board with Grapes & Crackers