Se denomina cáterin (del inglés catering) al servicio de alimentación institucional o alimentación colectiva que provee una cantidad determinada de comida y bebida en fiestas, eventos y presentaciones de diversa índole. En algunos casos los salones de fiestas u hoteles y empresas del rubro proveen este servicio junto al alquiler de sus instalaciones; en otros casos, hay empresas especializadas para elaborar y trasladar los alimentos al sitio que disponga el cliente. En el servicio se puede incluir desde la propia comida, la bebida, la mantelería y los cubiertos, hasta el servicio de cocineros, camareros y personal de limpieza posterior al evento. Tanto en las reuniones importantes del mundo empresarial como en las presentaciones de espectáculos o en las vernissages de las exposiciones plásticas, se recurre al servicio de catering para agasajar a los invitados.

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The earliest account of William Howe. Catering business began to form around 1820, centering in Philadelphia. Catering being a respectable and profitable business, the early catering industry was disproportionately founded by African-Americans. The industry began to professionalize under the reigns of Robert Bogle who is recognized as "the originator of catering." By 1840, a second generation of Philadelphia black caterers formed, who began to combine their catering businesses with restaurants they owned. Common usage of the word "caterer" came about in the 1880s at which point local directories began listing numerous caterers. White businessmen eventually moved into the industry and by the 1930s, the black businesses had virtually disappeared. In the 1930s, the Soviet Union, creating more simple menus, began developing state public-catering establishments as part of its collectivation policies. A rationing system was implemented during World War II, and people became used to public catering. By the 1960s, home-made food was overtaken by eating in public-catering establishments.

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