Serving NYC and Surrounding Areas

Every Moment Matters.

Worthwhile helps you fill every shift with a focused, attentive teammate you can depend on to represent you brilliantly at all times. No more surprises. Just smooth events.

Self-motivated and highly skilled food service professionals.

Events have a lot of moving parts to keep track of. The absolute last thing you want is a service staff that requires constant coaxing and prodding just to keep them on task.

Partnering with Worthwhile grants you access to a deep roster of trained professionals who continuously seek out ways to remain productive. With your service practically running itself, you’ll be able to focus your attention elsewhere.

Food Service Staff

Our teammates are heavily trained on allergy procedures, cocktail party etiquette, and fine dining steps of service.

Bartenders

With lightning speed and mixologist-level cocktail prowess, our bartenders can handle anything you throw at them.

Captains

Our Captains have top-tier organization, communication, and management skills, and can execute events of any size.

Event Staffing

“Worthwhile is shattering industry perceptions about agency staff, and they’ve quickly established themselves as a must-have resource for any company in the NYC events industry.”

-Will Keh, Owner of Cloud Catering & Events

Unparalleled consistency.

No more nasty staffing surprises on event day. Our ability to repeatedly get you the right number of staff to the right place at the right time is unprecedented in NYC—and we do it without sending a single bad apple. Set it, and forget it.

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Kick event day anxiety to the curb.

Typical agency staff have a way of turning even the simplest cocktail party into a white-knuckle affair. You never know what might happen.

Transform your biggest wild card into your ace in the hole with Worthwhile. Our vetted, trained, and battle-tested staff afford you the confidence you need to relax on event day.

Make any event a success.

Weddings

Ever-present and attentive to every change in timing.

Corporate Events

The hustle necessary to get the room set up on time.

Social Events

Well-groomed and well-mannered for a classy affair.

Private Dining

Precise attention to every detail, no matter how small.

Concerts & Music Festivals

The endurance to handle a marathon at a large venue.

Charity Events

Free or deeply discounted staff for the right cause.

Customer Reviews

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Caroline Garcia
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The Worthwhile Staffing team provides top tier services and staff members who have an exceptional work ethic. We worked with a team of 10 superstars, led by Paola who is an incredible leader! Their team works extremely efficiently and with initiative, and our event went more smoothly than we could have hoped for. This was our first time working with Worthwhile - it will not be our last! Shoutout to Kyle and Cameron for building a smart team who produces exceptional results. Thank you!!!
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Kim Tabet
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Working with Worthwhile was seamless. KP and Preston were professional, friendly, and did an incredible job. I will 100% use Worthwhile again.
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MICHAEL SKELLY
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Excellent service! Alice was personable, friendly, and efficient. We would definitely use Worthwhile again!
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Ali Schippers
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I just wanted to take a moment to share my experience with Worthwhile Events and their staff. They arrived on time, huddled and got right to work. Without my asking, they prepped the bar as well as facilitated guests arrivals, bussing, garbage management and even the smaller details of placing flowers in water upon arrival. The party was a huge success, in large part to their contribution. You have assembled a wonderful team of smart, reliable and kind people. We are so grateful and will absolutely reco your team to friends and family for future events - as well as our own.
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Laurie Rosenblatt
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We had an incredible experience using Worthwhile Events- particularly on short notice.They were better than I could have imagined and their staff anticipated all of our needs and executed perfectly!
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Sam Kaplan
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Great service!
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Tyler Simmons
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Worthwhile is a truly apropos name for this company. From the beginning, Kyle and Cameron were responsive, helpful, and flexible with my asks and schedule. On the day of the event, the staff was punctual, and was so friendly, helpful, and attentive to me and the 200+ guests in attendance. I highly, highly recommend Worthwhile for anyone looking for service for their event.
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Claire Raffel
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Worthwhile's fabulous team made our event such a success. Every one of the staff were incredibly professional, kind, helpful, and responsive. And I also truly appreciated Worthwhile's help in figuring out how to have enough staff while keeping our costs in line.
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Attingham American Friends
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Kyle and Cameron are so fast to respond! With less than a week to hire a bar captain for a private reception with more than 30 people attending, the Worthwhile team made the process very simple, efficient, and easy. Both bar captains we've worked with were professionally dressed, very competent, polite, and showed a genuine helpful spirit when it came to making sure the food/drink service was a success. We highly recommend Worthwhile Events. Thank you!
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Allyson Horn
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I just worked with Worthwhile Event Services to staff a last minute event for one of my clients. The entire team they sent was incredibly professional, kind, hard-working and positive. With minimal direction, our event captain was able to take responsibility into her own hands and assess where assistance was needed. I would absolutely work with this team again in the future!

Expertise like no other.

Worthwhile is the only event staffing company in NYC that’s owned and managed by a former Service Director of a major luxury catering company. We understand events and service on a level other staffing companies can’t—and it shows in our team’s capabilities.

Dedicated customer support, 24/7.

Your staffing needs can change at any time—including the eleventh hour. You deserve the comfort of knowing your staffing partner is available and responsive when you need us most. With Worthwhile, you get…

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