Women in Business - The Lakehouse Catering

Sara Sinclair & Team

The Lakehouse Catering

The Lakehouse Catering started in 2009 by Cayman Sinclair. It was originally housed in the old Bechac’s lakefront property and restaurant where The Lakehouse Restaurant also operated. Since Hurricane Ida in 2021, The Lakehouse Catering operations have moved to a commissary kitchen at The Inn at La Provence property, also owned by the Sinclair family. It is at this Lacombe location where food prep and organization for film, production and festival catering is executed along with catering operations for all events held at The Inn at La Provence and Maison Lafitte in Mandeville, another Sinclair-owned event venue.

The team behind the scenes includes up to 50 employees at any given time, but the female-led sales and logistics team heads up the front of house and client relations side of the business.

The team includes Ashley Knapp, production and events director; Michelle Braiwick Carlson, event sales director; Angelle Hebert, catering and special events coordinator and Sara Sinclair, business administrator and marketing. With more than 15 years combined experience in the hospitality industry, this team of women has helped to feed more than

1,500 in a day. From Chicago to Florida to California and of course Louisiana, they have their hands in the logistics, organization and coordination of prepping large teams to work off-site or at the event venues, working with chefs on menu planning, building out catering sites from ground up all while ensuring smooth client relations are at the forefront of every project.

The women have been with the company between two and 14 years, and when not working, all enjoy time with their children and families. Honoring the work-life balance is a goal the team has strived for and is now in a place to support that much more easily. “It is with much gratitude to be in a space, where we lean on each other’s expertise and learn from the strengths of one another,” Sinclair said.

After all, if you truly understand hospitality, you understand that it is to serve others and not just in the literal sense. Together, the team works to ensure every client feels truly welcome when working with The Lakehouse, Maison Lafitte and The Inn at La Provence. The quality of any experience with the companies is what they most want to be remembered.

The Lakehouse, lakehousecuisine.com

The Inn at La Provence, theinnatlap.com

Maison Lafitte, maison-lafitte.com

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