About this vendor
Canvas Creations Catering provides delicious food for weddings based in Deltona, FL, founded by a husband-and-wife duo. Head chef Alton Hicks is a graduate from two culinary schools in Florida with a passion for gourmet cuisine and home-cooking. Growing up, Alton learned the basics of good cooking from his mother while watching her in the kitchen. Taking her lessons in creation with him, Alton strives to share his joy for tasty meals with happy couples tying the knot.
Originally faced with finding a caterer for their own wedding, Alton and his wife discovered a gap in the industry for an authentic and budget-friendly catering business. Combining their talents for cooking, event planning, and social media management, the duo formed the ideal team for delivering high-quality and affordable cuisine. This family-run business sources its ingredients locally to make fresh and mouth-watering dishes.
Canvas Creations Catering offers four main packages for weddings and events featuring delicious entrée options. Entirely customizable, menus are broken up according to appetizers, mains, and sides, allowing couples the freedom to choose exactly what they want for their special day. Specialties include items such as teriyaki-glazed shrimp, beef brisket, and honey-barbecue chicken with tasty nibbles like jalapeno poppers and cucumber bites also available.
Details
Business Attributes
- Black-owned Business
Cuisine
- African
- American
- BBQ
- Cajun
- Chinese
- Eastern European
Dietary Options
- Dairy Free
- Gluten Free
- Halal
- Kosher
- Nut Free
- Organic
Food & Catering
- Buffet
- Catering Clean Up
- Catering Delivery & Setup
- Chef Stations
- Family Style
- Menu Tastings
Awards and Affiliations
Reviews
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out of 5.020 reviews
DO NOT HIRE THIS COMPANY! Sadly I hired them to cater our 2023 community Christmas party . Where do I start? Late arrival, menu not as agreed, paper plates vs china plates, de...
lu sliced roast beef vs prime rib, tiny chicken breast vs chicken cordon Bleu, no rolls, no baby carrots or asparagus. Cheesecake was tiny squares. Food was served cold. The full service bar we contracted for was horribly under supplied - a single case of beer, 2 bottles of wine, 4 bottles of liquor for 120 guests. No ice. When asked about the discrepancy Alton Hicks tried to explain that the deli style roast beef was "thinly sliced prime rib". No explanation as to why the menu changed at the last moment. When confronted after the fact Alton Hicks offered money back but never followed through, only through the legal system was I able to obtain a very partial refund. If you hire this company you WILL BE DISAPPOINTED! I wouldn't let this company cater anything.
Canvas Catering is top tier! Our wedding was four days ago and it was absolutely perfect. From the venue to the music and of course the food. Alton, the owner, is very professional...
. He was puctual, kind and great with communication. Our food tasting with him was such a good experience that we didn't try anyone else and I have no regrets. Everyone loved the appetizers we chose and for dinner our guests raved about the mac and cheese. Thank you Canvas Catering for making our wedding a dream come true.
I should have wrote this review along time ago to spare any couple choosing to decide on this “company” I had a contract for specific Foods for my wedding and when they failed to ...
abide by the contract that we all signed they were rude unprofessional and laughed in my face. They were drinking before my wedding the food was subpar. Run don’t walk away from this unprofessional company. When we brought up the fact that they failed to provide the complete menu they give nothing but excuses and didn’t provide us any money back Or an apology or anything. We took a chance and we made the wrong decision on them don’t do the same.
I should've trusted the reviews. Just don't even bother with him.
We booked for a Vow Renewal in March 2023, yes.. 2023. We planned far out enough so we could afford everything we...
want!
We came up with a menu with Chef Alton Hicks and we paid our deposit. We booked a venue and ends up he doesn't meet the criteria to cater there. Bummer, right? So I contacted him about it so we can get a refund for the $600 deposit and he ignored us for almost 1 MONTH! No joke. He responds that he will cancel the contract and provide the refund for the deposit on September 7th. What is crazy is he cancelled the contract over a week prior to that message but never sent the refund with it..
We are now October 10th and we've never received a refund or had any communication from him.
I've been trying to contact him for weeks and still haven't received any communication. This man is a thief and a scammer.
Last year, I had a beautiful garden wedding, but my #1 regret was hiring Chef Alton to cater for us. I'll save you the trouble of reading thru my lengthy review of our disastrous e...
xperience–and going thru what I went thru with Canva Creations–by suggesting you look elsewhere and DO NOT hire this company!
But if you want to know why, here are the details...
When we hired Chef Alton, upon finding his company on The Knot site, we were under the impression that we were dealing with a professional that cared about his business, reputation, and food. We built a custom meal package with him and even had a tasting where he came to our home and served us what we selected for our menu.
The tasting was a great experience. Chef Alton accommodated me, my husband, my sister (who was his "Day Of" contact), my mom & grandma, and gave us the kind of experience we were hoping for. But fast forward a month later, the person we met at the tasting was nothing like the person I had dealt with the week of my wedding.
Two days before our wedding–and on the day of my Bridal Shower/Party–Chef Alton reaches out to me about having to cancel on us because he had contracted Covid and was in the hospital. (The attached pic is the proof he sent...) He offered to look for another catering company or give us a full refund.
I should have taken the refund.
Instead we allowed Chef Alton to still cater our wedding after telling him that hiring another company this late would cost us an additional $600. He said to forget about the cancellation, that he would come thru for us. He then asked me to send him our menu again. I did but at this point alarm bells were ringing. (It's two days before our wedding and you don't know what's on our menu?!?)
But in my desperation, I ignored all the red flags.
On the day of our wedding, Chef Alton and his crew arrive late. They are curt and dismissive of my wedding coordinator and sister (who again was the "Day Of" contact). They are not wearing masks (again pic included as proof), which we had discussed being a MUST after his Covid results (which he later claims he no longer had). Half of what was on our menu was not served at our wedding, and what was served was mediocre at best. (It was either undercooked, inedible, or cold.) The food was nothing like the tasting we'd had earlier with him. And to add insult, instead of the pre-cracked king crabs that we had paid extra for as part of our package, we ended up with stone crabs–a cheaper, smaller, and much harder crab to crack.
After our wedding, we contacted Chef Alton about all of these issues. We told him we thought it would be fair to receive a partial refund for the missing food items and poor quality service. But he ignored us and continues to do so. The fact that he totally made a mess of our wedding and refuses to acknowledge it is unacceptable. My 2nd regret is not posting this review sooner to save others the heartache of dealing with his company.
Unprofessional, stuck up, POS owner and company.
Alton can’t own up to the mistakes, or take the blame for not having the food in time to our wedding.
[blames the “highest qualit...
y chicken” for the delay]
He lacks big in communication. Wasn't even AT our wedding. But yet, denies anything happening from our food being late, cold and me and my wife NOT being served first. Our DJ (amazingly) saw my wife’s stress, and GOT US OUR FOOD, and managed to arrange our wedding to keep it going and stayed amazing around the food being late.
After back and forth messages about the issues and what happened. He refuses to own up to anything, lied about getting us a discount or any kind of refund for the stress and struggle. And THREATENED us with legal action if we put bad reviews. He’s very unprofessional, a liar and A THIEF!
STAY AWAY! Save yourself any stress, fights, lies, threats, and loss of money.
Horrible service. Cold food. Owner threatens legal action when telling them you’ll leave a review about your horrible experience. Please do not use this company.
Recently attended a friends wedding they were very unprepared and very unprofessional! No gloves had no idea what was going on or where the food needed to be. The actual meal showe...
d up in the middle of the reception. Staff didn’t bring enough utensils or markers to write on the food that was brought. Appetizers weren’t warmed up on time or served when they should have been. While going thru the line to be served you’d have to get their attention to be served. You get one big day and they ruined it.
0 out of 10 recommend.
Horrible experience. They were supposed to be there at 4 PM with everything set up and the main course did not even arrive until almost 7 o’clock. Then my wedding coordinator was b...
lamed for the lack of their unprofessionalism. We will never use this caterer again and we will never recommend him. They don’t take responsibility for their own mistakes
After the owners staff stole from us he continues to act like it did not happen. He can't take responsibility for his staff. And he is unprofessional. His employee admitted to the ...
theft which makes everybody elses statements to us fact and not hearsay.
He continues to go on about the pricing which has nothing to do with anything. We signed a contract and paid the amount that he set. It does not matter what he discounted or threw in. That is irrelevant to the situation and does not justify theft from his employee.
He keeps going on about his 5 stars. 5 stars across the board does not mean anything when anybody can review. He told us before he reimbursed us that we would need to sign an agreement to not post a review. He also called us greedy. Well in the end we know giving an honest review is more important than the money as long as it can save someone else from theft and issues.
From an honest client... look elsewhere.
As an update they immediately started adding fake reviews to boost their rating as soon as we gave our honest review. As soon as the truth came out they suddenly had more fake reviews posted than the 5 they had over the past year. Like I said before 5 stars means nothing when all the 5 star reviews are fake.
I am very disappointed with how my wedding catering went. Although the food was alright one of the members from the catering staff stole multiple items from me including alcohol th...
at they had no business touching. After three days we finally find out who did it and instead of reaching out apologetically and resolving the issue in a professional manner we were told that we would only be reimbursed for the things that the person confessed to stealing. There were multiple other items that we would not be reimbursed for and after expressing my dissatisfaction he agreed to refund us a bit more than just the cost of the items that he knew about. I had multiple eyewitnesses that saw his company stealing and even still he cannot accept that some of the items that were missing or stolen from his team. I would prefer to be honest than receive money back for not leaving a bad review so I am posting this for anyone considering working with him. Clearly members of his team are questionable and I don’t think anything is worse than hiring somebody and having trust in them and then knowing that things were stolen from your own event. In addition to this some of my guests witnessed his staff standing around while my coordinators were passing out food. I do not recommend this company and I do not think that they handle situations in a professional manner. While his employee was stealing from us he was standing talking to one of my guests for a prolonged period of time. After all of this he is still not taking full ownership for his actions and the actions of his team. Unacceptable.
Canvas Creations catering deserves five stars all across the board!! Truly a five-star company
I'd like to thank chef Alton and his whole team!! Any father wants his daughter to have this be a perfect day!! I forgot a few key items!! Just a few little things napkins some ext...
ra utensils! Lol. I didn't even ask and chef Alton personally went to the store and got the items. The food was amazing. His whole team was so professional . They truly made this a very special day. I can't tell you how many guests complimented the food and service his team brought.thank you Canvas Creations!!
So impressed with our catering! Our guests have been talking about how great the food is and we couldn’t be happier with it. Alton and his team are very professional, respond quick...
ly and truly made our wedding great! Would highly recommend and plan to use in the future.
Alton did an amazing job! Highly recommend for all food types.
Canvas Creations Catering couldn’t have been any better! They were so helpful throughout the entire wedding process, their pricing is unbeatable and their food is still talked abou...
t till this day. I highly recommend this company!
We absolutely love Canvas Creations! They worked with our budget to make it possible to have memorable, gourmet food on our special day! They are also extremely kind and attentive ...
and answer all of our questions in a timely manner! 10/10 recommend!!
Alton has been nothing but generous and kind and helpful when it comes to my wedding and accommodating my needs. He is very professional and his food speaks for itself. I’ve had pl...
enty of wedding food in my life but nothing compares to the authenticity of canvas creations food. It is made with 100% love and care for the community and you can’t Beat his pricing.
Canvas creations has amazing selection on the menu we had the Tuscany chicken package it comes with great sides and an amazing setup. Our guests loved the food and there was plenty...
for everyone to be well fed and even go for seconds if they wanted. We always recommend them to anyone looking for a caterer. They were on time and had an amazing experience with them .
When they say the one thing people remember is food, that is 100% true. A year later and people that were there are still asking me who made the food. It was delicious. They were p...
rofessional and the food was made to perfection. I highly recommend to everyone to use Canvas Creations!
Contact
Deltona, FL
Canvas Creations Catering LLC