Trigg Foods

Description

Valerie Trigg Copley was recently installed as the second woman ever to be elected president of the Rotary Club of Humble Intercontinental, effective July 1. The once all-male establishment put its trust in a long time Humble resident and seasoned businesswoman. “I am a proud Rotarian, and I can ’t say enough about the wonders of Rotary. I am surprised by all the good deeds Rotary is responsible for over the last 100 years. Many people are still unaware of what Rotary is, ” Copley said. “Rotary is an International service organization devoted to the advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of people united in the idea of service as a basis of worthy enterprise. As a group of like-minded, local individuals committed to pooling our skills, talents and resources, we are able to help so many here locally and around the world. My work with Rotary is extremely fulfilling, especially in working with our exchange students, and I feel I ’ve found a new family in my Rotary Club, ” she said. Copley attended St. Vincent de Paul private school in the West University area of Houston and graduated from Humble High School - class of 1993. She earned a degree from University of Houston's Conrad Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management in 1997, and earned a BA in English Literature with honors from UH-Downtown while her husband, Joby, was working on his architectural degree. “I ’m a lover of learning, so I ’m always taking some class or another. I guess education is my hobby, ” said Copley. According to Copley, Trigg's Catering Company director of catering, the company was recently ranked the eighth largest catering business in Houston by the Houston Business Journal, whose yearly ranking is based on volume. Trigg's Catering specializes in volume, catering annually for the Wings over Houston event, many Houston Rodeo and Go Texan events including the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo calf scramble, as well as galas and community fundraisers for charities. Copley said they once catered 13,000 meals at three locations simultaneously in one day. “Our business is all about family. Both of my great-uncles, Eugene and James Trigg, were cooks in the U.S. Army, so they were experts in volume cooking and passed that expertise to my dad. That really helped get our catering business off the ground, ” Copley said. The Trigg family has been in the food business since 1939 when Copley's grandfather, Wilborn Trigg, was one of the first meat distributors in the Houston area. Copley said her dad, Harvey Trigg, grew up in that environment, so he developed a respect for quality foods and a love for preparing them. “I mean, he loves food! I have never known another person have so much respect for the marbling in a steak or the perfect cut of a pork loin. Couple that passion with an Italian mom and you ’ll see I was destined to be in the food business, ” she said. Trigg's Catering offers full-service catering throughout southeast Texas, and Trigg's Humble Inn Restaurant, which was establish in 1969, is the oldest restaurant in Humble.

Products & services

Similar companies nearby