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Renee Patrone: Event planner knows how to party like an Italian
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who work on call to make any event a breeze for the hosts.
“Life’s a party, so enjoy it,” she tells her 6,000 followers on LinkedIn.
Consider her own wedding, in 2019. She planned it and hired two Party Host Helpers to run it. The bridesmaids were in navy,
the décor was heavy on metallics and her bouquet was her favorite hot pink.
Consider her home in Swedesboro, N.J., an open-concept place, where everybody predictably gathers in the kitchen. “I had a big girls’ Valentine’s Day party, and we did
Kir Royale,” she said. “Super easy, but a nice twist. Everybody loved them.” And there was her 40th birthday party, in the backyard, with a Lily Pulitzer theme that included fun linens, hot pink centerpieces, make-your-own crabcake sliders and a Mr. Softee ice cream truck.
Patrone loves to share her party ideas, via blogs on https://partyhosthelper.com, video tips and tricks on http://reneepatrone. com, the social media pages of Party Host Helpers and Events by Renee, dozens of
TV appearances and many interviews with newspapers, magazines and websites.
“It’s crazy how much we have at our fingertips,” she said of recipes and ideas for entertaining. “I love social media, especially Pinterest, but a party gets me going more than anything,” she said. She and her husband are both only children, so “my friends are more like family. I love seeing what they serve, what family recipes they’re sharing and what they’re doing that works.” Then it’s time for her own twists: maybe more metallic accents, maybe more spices.
Most of her business is with Party Host Helpers. The helpers fill traditional party roles (cook, bartender, server, barista, busser, dishwasher), some unexpected ones (greeter and event attendant) and some unusual ones (oyster shucker and brand ambassador). For insurance reasons, the firm doesn’t provide valet parking or alcohol delivery. “Often we get asked for a certain look, and that’s difficult because we are not a modeling agency,” she said. “We are a hospitality staffing company.”
Patrone, who grew up in South Jersey, and her husband, wealth adviser Ted Rhinehart,
Renee Patrone
selected Swedesboro because it’s an up-and- coming community with lower housing prices.
She earned her bachelor’s degree in communications, with a minor in marketing, from Eastern University in St. Davids, Pa. Her first job was as marketing and event coordinator for Main Line Today, a sister publication to the Italian-American Herald. On LinkedIn, she also lists program manager for a medical education company and account executive at an ad agency.
She works from home, but is on the road often, meeting with clients and vendors, attending networking and entrepreneurial events. Three days a week, a trainer visits her house for workouts.
Living Italian means always having Locatelli in the fridge and extra virgin olive oil on the counter. Her aunt has taught her a lot about Italian cuisine, and her mother
excels at making stromboli and pizzelles, “so I have those recipes down.”
This summer, she, Rhinehart and their young daughter might travel to Italy for the first time.
“I haven’t really thought too much about my heritage lately and how it’s making me
the adult that I am now, the mom and the wife, but my husband likes to say that I put way too much food out for everyone, which is totally an Italian trait,” she said. “And my friends know that when they come to my house, they’re always going to have a glass
of wine in their hand and a snack to eat.” IAH
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