Working in restaurants as a teenager, Hanna began washing dishes
and worked his way up. He studied at Palm Beach Culinary Institute,
served a 2,000-hour internship at the five-star Breakers restaurant in
Palm Beach, and earned an associate degree in restaurant management
from Palm Beach Junior College. At age 20, he opened Two Cousins
Gourmet Delicatessen, Bakery & Catering Company in Jupiter, Florida.
He was soon hired to cater for Burt Reynolds Dinner Theater and Burt
Reynolds Ranch.
When the B. L. Stryker series
began production not far from
Hanna's restaurant, the cater-
ing company handling the job
frequented his establishment,
purchasing items from him. "I
developed a relationship with
them and became involved in
the catering of the movie. Six
months later I sold my busi-
ness and began catering only
for movies."
The 23-year-old relocated to
New York to work for Coast-
to-Coast Catering, working on
productions in New York and Chicago. Some of the early features he
worked on were Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls,
Folks!, Home Alone 3, Straight Talk, and Virus. He remained with the
company for nine years before forming Hanna Brothers. Some of the
company's credits include: Ali, The Contender, Gods and Generals, High
Fidelity, and Welcome to Collinwood.
Job Overview
Craft Services are the individual(s) responsible for providing between-
meal snacks and beverages for the cast and crew throughout the course of
a filming day. Meals are provided by catering, a different union than craft
services.
JOB TITLE: CRAFT SERVICES
"Get ready to
work long and hard."
--Joe Hanna
"Filmmaking is very laborious and
very intense work. You have to mentally
prepare yourself so you don't get surprised
when you get out there. Just know what
you're getting into and believe you can do
it."--Joe Hanna
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