Recess Catering

Overview

A born & bred Newfoundlander, Mark Babstock grew up in a family of talented cooks and bakers. He worked in kitchens from coast-to-coast before focusing his culinary passion on catering weddings, corporate, and private events. He needed to build a brand that was as fresh as his ingredients in order to stand out. Mark is an easy-going character that has the ability to connect with customers on a professional and personal level – always cracking jokes and referencing quotes from your favourite 90’s TV shows and movies.

Mark is a fresh face in an old scene. He had a real opportunity to step out and offer something different than the competition – modern catering that is both delicious and conscious of everyone’s dietary needs.

The Process

We aimed to create a catering brand that had a modern spin, is super fun, and includes hints of nostalgia. If you look beyond the name, the logo, and the illustrations to the food itself, it should reinforce the brand world as a whole. We collaborated with Mark to come up with leave-behinds, sample packs, and snacks that would bring customers back to their favourite time of day. This is how Recess was born.

Recess was the most exciting part of everyone’s day growing up; the hopscotch, hacky sacks, trading your fruit roll-ups for gushers or dunkaroos for dry Mr. Noodles. We aimed to inject these memories into the brand at every touchpoint.

After the name and the vision were set, it was time to look at how we would roll this out. Recess needed a brand that was versatile enough to live online, in social media, in person, on apparel, and in packaging the food itself.  

The website makes it easy for customers to learn about Recess, see sample menus, and get in touch.

Recess is already shaking up the scene in St. John’s. You better hurry if you want to book them for your next event.

Contact Chef Babstock for your next meeting or event.

Positive comments from family and friends are to be expected, but when clients ask for extra business cards because they love the logo so much, and want to show colleagues – you know someone did something right.

They built me a Lambo in a space where everyone else is ridin’ a hooptie.