Blue Plate Catering is Chicago’s premier, award-winning hospitality company with over 35 years of experience and leadership in the hospitality and catered events industry. Certified by the Green Restaurant Association in 2011 as Chicago’s first Certified Green® caterer, Blue Plate Catering is nationally recognized for its standards of service and culinary creativity. Founded by CEO Jim Horan, the company reflects Jim’s pride in personal relationships, belief in hard work and, most importantly, a dedication to and appreciation for the craft of food. In 2016, the company achieved a milestone with the opening of a new 80,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility and venue space, Larkin Hall, located in Chicago’s West Loop, Fulton Market District neighborhood.