A Charles Schuster I.e has to be at the most important moments, thanks to his work at the head of Catering Schuster, he can accompany a couple celebrating their love at a wedding, a girl celebrating her 15th birthday with friends, a company that organizes an event for toast to their achievements, among other festive gatherings. The businessman inherited the family business from his father Alfredo, who, after leaving Germany, lived in Bolivia for five years until he finally arrived in Buenos Aires, where he began working with his wife, Carlos’ mother, as doormen. From the temple Lamroth Hakhol and little by little they made a small enterprise, an emporium in which the third generation is already working and in which Carlos, still a child, began to take his first steps with his white pants, serving tables at parties.
Over the years, the businessman had the opportunity to be present with his service when Lady Di came to Argentina, or during the presence of Nelson Mandela in Ushuaia and in the G20 with Donald Trump, among other milestones such as the wedding of Valeria Mazza, Marcelo Gallardo, various parties with Mercedes Sosa, many more. In the 80s, with his father, they had up to 24 parties per weekend. Now, after going through two difficult years of the pandemic, it continues to grow and presents the “Míos” salon, located in a mansion over 100 years old in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires, next to the Schuster factory and its Gourmet Market.
News: How did your parents start the family business?
Charles Schuster: Being the doormen of a temple in Vicente López called Lamroth Hakol, one day they were asked if they dared to make a dinner for 60 people. They did it and they liked it so much that they began to ask them among the well-known services. Thus, thanks to word of mouth they were putting together the catering.
News: Why did you decide to follow that path that your parents started?
Schuster: Because since I was little I saw how they worked and when I was 10 years old I liked helping so much that I put on the clothes of a waiter and went out to lend a hand.
News: What do you enjoy most about your job at the head of the company?
Schuster: What I enjoy the most is creating new dishes for events and seeing how we have grown as a company, not only with catering, but also with the Gourmet market, where you can have breakfast, lunch, snacks and buy a variety of products. On the other hand, I also enjoy knowing that all the effort my parents made was not in vain since, in addition to my sister, my wife, and I, now the third generation follows with my daughters and my nephew.
News: How did they go through the pandemic being an item that depended a lot on social events?
Schuster: Regarding the catering, very bad since several services were canceled at the last minute. However, we were privileged since, being essential, we could have the premises open to the public for delivery or take-out.
News: Have you been able to get back to normal?
Schuster: Yes, people started holding events again. Our people continue with hygiene and beard protocols.
News: What can you tell me about the new space “Míos”?
Schuster: I am very excited since it is something different from what is in the market. It is a multispace.
News: What types of events are held there?
Schuster: Of everything. Birthdays, civil events, work meetings or simply friends who want to spend a different night with a chef who cooks for them in sight. It can also be used to take cooking courses, wine tasting, cocktail tasting, among other events. The most beautiful thing about “Míos” is the transformation of a century-old mansion into something modern where we respect the old. I was the architect and in that space I tried to capture some of my life experiences.
News: What does the client ask when hiring him?
Schuster: We ask for excellent quality of food, with different menu options. On the other hand, they also place a lot of emphasis on the attention of the waiters at the time of the event.
News: What is the most important thing about catering?
Schuster: That we give confidence to our clients, our personalized attention, and the love that we put into our work that we try to transmit to our client.
News: Among so many parties in which you worked throughout these years, which ones were unforgettable?
Schuster: The PGA 2000 World Golf Championship, dinners for several presidents and celebrities, events held in different parts of Argentina and also social events for clients who were my parents’ and now their children and in some cases grandchildren are getting married. Obviously, two unforgettable parties were also the weddings of my two daughters.
News: What do you like to do outside of work? He recounted that he did two full Iron Man and a few half Iron Man, as well as running many marathons.
Schuster: I train a lot. Besides running, I really enjoy golf and cycling.
