SECOND AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN FINE HOST CORPORATION NORTHWEST FOOD SERVICE, INC. AND ROBERT F. BARNEY

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.2



                                SECOND AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
                                     BETWEEN
                              FINE HOST CORPORATION
                          NORTHWEST FOOD SERVICE, INC.
                                       AND
                                XXXXXX X. XXXXXX


         This Amendment to Employment  Agreement is entered into as of this 17th
day of March, 1997, by and among Fine Host Corporation ("Fine Host"),  Northwest
Food Service, Inc. (the "Company"), and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx (the "Executive").

         WHEREAS,  Fine Host, the Company, and the Executive are parties to that
certain  Employment  Agreement  made as of June 30, 1995,  as amended on July 1,
1996 (collectively the AEmployment Agreement@); and

         WHEREAS,  capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Employment Agreement; and

         WHEREAS, the parties wish to modify and amend certain provisions of the
Agreement.

         NOW THEREFORE, the parties intending to legally bound thereby, mutually
agree as follows:

     1. Title.  As of the date  hereof,  the  Executive  shall hold the title of
Group President, Education and Business Dining for Fine Host.

         2.  Confirmation and Integration.  Except as expressly  amended by this
Amendment, the parties hereby confirm and ratify the Employment Agreement in its
entirety.  The Employment Agreement,  as amended by this Amendment,  constitutes
the entire agreement among Fine Host, the Company,  and the Executive pertaining
to the subject matter of the Employment Agreement, as so amended, and supersedes
all prior and  contemporaneous  agreements and  understandings of Fine Host, the
Company, and the Executive in connection therewith.

     3.  Governing  Law.  This  Amendment  shall be governed by and construed in
accordance  with the laws of the State of Idaho without  regard to its conflicts
of laws  provisions. 

 4.  Counterparts.  This  Amendment  may be executed in any
number of  counterparts,  each of which shall  constitute an original and all of
which  together  shall  constitute  but one and the same original  document.  

     5. Headings.  The section  headings herein are for convenience  only and do
not define, limit or construe the contents of such sections.
         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first stated above.



               NORTHWEST FOOD SERVICE, INC. FINE HOST CORPORATION




By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx                          By:   /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx                            Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Treasurer                               Title: Senior Vice President


/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx

Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx