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Learn more about the people behind Caterize

Behind Caterize

Built by restaurant operators, for restaurant operators.

At Caterize, we believe that technology is the key to affordable restaurant growth. We only build and develop features we know will move the needle.

Get to know the passionate father and son team who are working tirelessly to make Caterize the most powerful and user-friendly B2B corporate catering drop-off solution in the industry.

Our expertise is founded on decades in the restaurant industry combined with expertise in the digital marketing and sales space.

Catering is everything to us.

As seasoned restaurant operators, we truly understand the inner workings of restaurants. This deep understanding led us to expand our restaurants' profit center once we discovered catering.

After learning about the catering goldmine, we became clinically obsessed with developing a world-class catering operation.

Back in 2018, we scoured the internet to try find a catering software solution that gave us what we needed - surprise, surprise - we could not find a suitable solution.

So what did we do?

We did it on our own. However, we realized that we needed to create our own solution.

Over the next 5 years, we learned everything that was needed to run a successful (and highly profitable) catering operation.

Caterize was born in February 2023.

Today, our mission is to get our knowledge and solution into the hands of 1,000 restaurant operators looking to build a catering business on the back of their restaurant.

Innovation in Simplicity

Solve complex problems with simple solutions

Operational Excellence

High standards result in continued success

Transparency and Trust

Long-term relationships with long-term people

Data-Driven Results

Analytics to empower decision-making

Sustainable Growth

Start small and scale responsibly
Restaurant experience + innovation

Our team

Nick Panos
Nick Panos
Founder & CEO

Building his career in the catering space, Nick brings catering-specific knowledge and insight to Caterize.

Michel Panos
Michel Panos
COO

As a restaurant operator veteran with 30+ years of experience, Michel's expertise drives the operational side of Caterize.

Ivan Cadena
Ivan Cadena
Director of Sales & Growth

With a passion for hospitality and restaurant industry software, Ivan excels at driving business growth while ensuring clients receive exceptional value from the platform.

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