Champagne Taste Catering

full menu. She has a huge list of options for hors d'oeuvres, sides, entrees, and desserts and every single thing we tasted was seriously delicious, it was hard to choose! We did passed hors d'oeuvres, family style plating, and a full dessert bar which all turned out great. We got tons of compliments on the food! We also worked with her and her team for our open bar and signature drinks which turned out delicious and a beautiful display. Whitney went above and beyond with the details and gave us two of everything packaged up for after the wedding to take home.

nce we were planning a wedding out of state. She has a large menu of various hors d'euvres and entrees that would fit the vibe/food preferences of any wedding. And I think most importantly, day of, she and her team went above and beyond to deliver a seamless catering event. Our family and friends loved the food! My husband and I were most particular about our signature cocktail selections (jalapeno margarita and the last word), and Whitney went out of her way to make these drinks a reality - and guests loved them. Whitney is very professional and experienced and was a pleasure to work with. 10/10 recommend for any newly engaged couple looking for a great caterer.

e is very knowledgeable in paring the perfect foods together. We also used Champagne Taste for cocktail appetizers, the street tacos, risotto balls and all the other food was amazing and the guests raved about it and thought it must have been very expensive to get such quality food. We were impressed with the cost for such high quality food. We were also happy with the catering staff, who were all very attentive to the quests needs. Thank you Whitney for providing and awesome service for one of the most important days for any parent. We would definitely recommend Champagne Taste to anyone looking for a high end caterer that doesn’t charge high end prices!

did a fantastic job catering our wedding!

ustomize our menu to perfectly meet our wedding needs. Her staff the day of the wedding was super professional and accommodating. We also had an amazing time at our two tastings leading up to the wedding. I would not hesitate to recommend Champagne Taste to any bride planning a wedding!

. When we did our tasting, we were blown away by how yummy everything was, and felt like we got to try enough to feel confident in our decisions! Then, she surprised us by letting us do a second tasting closer to the day. She was always available to answer any questions I had and everything went so smoothly the day of. So happy we went with Champagne Taste!

nalism shown from Whitney in the initial tastings, all the way through the night of the wedding was top notch! She provided all the Southern classics (shrimp & grits & pulled pork) for the Bride, taco station, carving and seafood stations, AND was also very agreeable in adding Turner Ham from the groom's family recipe for the ham biscuits! If food is important for your wedding I wouldn't recommend anyone other than Champagne Taste Catering! Thank you again!

uestions, even though she knew exactly what needed to be done and how to make the event seamless. We were determined to have great food at our wedding and Whitney exceeded our expectations. I'm looking for reasons to host another event just so we can eat her food again!

re amazing. There was no traditional wedding cake and Champagne Taste's dessert selections were perfect. All of the guests raved about the food. I highly recommend Champagne Taste for your function!

cooked a FEAST for us for our tasting, right in front of our eyes, and explained each dish as she made it. Whatever we couldn't eat, she packed up and sent home with us. Everything was delicious. Fast forward to 2020 when we were supposed to have our wedding, and instead we found ourselves asking our vendors to push to 2021. Whitney was gracious and immediately put us down for our new date. She didn't upcharge us or give us any hassle; she just went ahead and rescheduled like there was nothing to it. In the months and weeks leading up to the wedding, Whitney was in constant communication with us and really went the extra mile to make sure we were feeling good about the wedding. Once all was said and done, the food was delicious and had a bit of something for everybody, there was plenty of it, and her staff was kind and accommodating toward our guests, even remembering some of their individual drink orders! Throughout the process, Whitney was warm, flexible, and no-bullshit about what we could expect. Her food is tasty and she does what she can to work within many different budget levels. I'm absolutely delighted that she was our caterer and couldn't recommend her and her team highly enough! Book her!

y have absolutely raved about how delicious all of the food was. They were incredibly accommodating of a variety of serious allergies and helped us decide on a menu where all of our guests, regardless of dietary restrictions, had multiple options from happy hour to dinner. At the end of the night, they provided us with a large cooler bag full of individually packaged food and snacks, so my husband and I were able to enjoy a late-night snack after a hectic day. Whitney was just lovely to work with and is incredibly responsive via email – she kindly guided us through a handful of 11th hour emergencies (like surprise vegan guests) or when I realized a few months before our wedding that we hadn’t arranged for rentals. I mostly appreciate her flexibility during the planning process, as COVID threw some less-than-ideal circumstances our way! Her staff was professional and kind and our plated dinner service went off without a hitch. Champagne Taste provided top notch service and we are so glad to have worked with them for our special day – I cannot recommend them highly enough!

we received many compliments about the food from our guests. She also helped us with getting a rental quote and she even called and updated the order when we needed to. Her team truly made our reception everything we wanted it to be.

sion but also provided advice to alter small details to ensure our reception food stations were ideal. Whitney’s entire team on the day of the wedding were unbelievable and the quality of service was at the highest level to make our reception perfect. The team was fast and professional! If We had to do it all over again then there is no other caterer I would pick for my big event! Whitney - you’re the bomb! Thanks for everything! Melissa and Carmen

talent is outstanding.

ontinue to get compliments on the food...it was so delicious (the stuffed mushrooms and lamb chops were guest favorites!). Her staff was attentive and even packed food for my husband and I to take with us after the wedding. They were so thoughtful, worked wonderfully with our planner (Jennings Whiteway at Belles & Whistles), knew the venue perfectly (Bolling-Haxall House). During the planning process, Whitney responded quickly to all of my (sometimes silly) questions, she was super flexible with tastings, and put me totally at ease. Outside of the delicious food, it is nice to know you're working with someone that is quick to respond and extremely experienced. I knew that no matter what happened on our wedding day, Whitney and her staff would be ready to face anything, adapt, and maintain professionalism. And they proved just that when we had to postpone our wedding due to Hurricane Florence. Whitney was one of the first vendors to reach out and I knew she had it handled. She handled it all...they had to plan for a completely different venue, schedule for a room flip, and dealt with a change to the flow of the stations seamlessly. We are so happy we went with Champagne Taste!

to work with. When we first met her, she treated us like we had known each other for years. (Great conversation) She cooked a feast just for the tasting!! Her staff for the event were fun and did an excellent job. If I ever have another event I will definitely be using her services again.

experience. Communication was a bit choppy at times because we made all of the decisions over email, not in person. Everything came together so nicely and the guests still rave about the delicious food!

eef menu. Whitney put together a variety of foods for us to try at our tasting (with mimosas, of course!) and we loved it all. Throughout the process, Whitney was very communicative of what she needed from us and she was so, so helpful in coordinating all of our rentals from Classic Party Rentals. She even helped us source some last-minute carafes for our mimosa bar. At the wedding itself, the buffet display was gorgeous and they knocked it out of the park with our mimosa and Bloody Mary bars. We were so happy with how everything turned out. I highly recommend using Champagne Taste for any event—you won’t be disappointed!

emely well timed out and delicious. The event staff was fantastic. She sent us home with all of the left over food, which was a nice surprise! Would highly recommend for every event!

amazing with menu options. The day of, everything was timed and prepared perfectly. I thoroughly enjoyed all the food and so did my guests. People are still talking about how amazing it all was. I could not have asked for a better caterer.

t beef (on the rare side) and I was incredibly impressed with the appetizers and the vegetarian entrée. We also had a lot of kids at the wedding and they were really happy with the kid’s meals they got. Secondly, the service provided by the staff was amazing, they were so helpful and prompt. Since I didn’t have a “day of” coordinator, they helped me figure out when to do the champagne toast, etc AND they even bagged up food for us to take home. Finally, Whitney was really awesome in that she brought our tasting to our house (since we live out of town and she was passing nearby). We were so impressed by that, we knew she would put her all into making our wedding day great and she did!

Whitney made picking out a menu easy since she created anything we wanted and personalized the offering to our request. Amazing!! She also provided special touches - like bringing appetizers to the wedding party during photos and a "picnic" of each item served for the bride and groom to have later - that were both unexpected and incredibly thoughtful. A wonderful food experience!

re going for, I explained a budget we wanted to spend, she then decided to tell me to with other quotes that I got because according to her, her staff is paid highly and just rambled on. Anyway, after that conversation I was expecting a quote within a few days and I got nothing. Finally, just last week I got a quote and the owner said in the email, let me know when to set up a tasting. How can I let you know when it took you almost a month to respond? I told her that I am just now receiving this email and she of course apologize but swore that she sent it right after our conversation. If no one responds to you within a week or so after a proposal why don't you follow up and check to make sure I got it? Not great service.

ith us on the menu and budget. My daughter and I looked into several catering options and by far, Whitney allowed the most flexibility and was very reasonably priced. We had butlered hors d'oeuvres at cocktail hour and a buffet meal during the reception. The food was excellent! Her staff was friendly and helpful and even ensured the bride & groom were served food right away. At the end of the night, Champagne Taste packed up the leftovers and also made a wonderful picnic basket for the bride & groom. Be sure to get the lamb meatballs and chicken with smoked gouda sauce. The guests are still raving about them! You will NOT be disappointed!

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the best price and included a ton of extras. My fiance and my parents met Whitney for a tasting and we all are still raving about the food! Whitney is outgoing and energetic and it's obvious she really loves what she does. Unfortunately, we had to change our venue and had to use their preferred caterer, but Whitney will be my first choice for future events!

, and it such fun to be around. Our guests raved about the food - every thing we had was delicious. She went above and beyond to make our day perfect. She even arranged for us to have dumplings brought in for cocktail hour because we got married on Chinese New Year. She is so kind and full of life. She even sent us home with leftovers on our wedding night! Her staff is absolutely wonderful. We had a black tie optional event and the service was exceptional. We have and will continue to recommend her whenever we can. She will care very much about your event being exactly what you envisioned.

t every single time. From staffing levels, food options, customer service and professionalism - she knows how to create a fantastic menu, assemble a talented team, and create a well executed culinary experience for your guests.

or our wedding. She quickly developed a proposal that fit within our budget and it was so much more than we could have hoped for. There were so many options and such a delicious variety that my husband and I actually had the most difficult time narrowing down our choices! After attending a wedding that she catered, I knew we had to book her! The food was incredible and the service was impeccable. The same remained true for our wedding. Our guests raved all night about how incredible the food was and how professional and friendly her staff were. From start to finish, they ran a tight ship and made sure that the entire event ran smoothly. In addition to having the best food ever (seriously) at our wedding, Whitney kept me sane throughout the entire planning process. Her expertise about the wedding industry was invaluable and she was able to help me navigate a number of difficult situations. I just truly cannot say enough about Whitney and her team and highly, highly, highly recommend Champagne Taste Catering for weddings or any other events you may be planning!

very quickly and was very accommodating in getting us scheduled for a tasting on the one weekend we were in town! Our guests could not stop talking about how amazing the food was, and she even brought appetizers out for the wedding party to eat while we stayed outside to take all of the post ceremony pictures! They even boxed up a nice picnic dinner for my husband and I to take with us at the end of the night! They also boxed up the other leftovers and let my parents take them home!

es and sides that you can really customize your menu to fit any tastes. Her servers and bartenders were so friendly and welcoming to our family and friends, which truly made the wedding experience better. I would recommended and use Champagne Taster Catering again and again!

ut how yummy the food was! Highly recommended!

th her amazing crabcakes. I couldn't have asked for a better caterer!

g but compliments from all of our guests about how good the food was!! From beef tenderloin to Huntington salad, Whitney will fix anything - and it is ALL delicious!!! If a dish you would like served is not on her list, she will find the recipe to make it (and name it after you!!!) Not only does she make appetizers, sides, and meals... But she will also make desserts (pies, tiramisu, creme brulee, etc.) Any leftovers go home with you!!! If you want amazing food at your wedding (and leftovers that are just as good!!!), then look no further. You can't beat the quality of this food!!! Champagne Taste Catering is amazing!!! You won't be disappointed - guaranteed.

ally well. There was enough food, the bar was well tended, and everyone seemed to get along. I would have to recommend everything on the menu, but especially the crab cakes.

d. She treated me like her best friend and first priority and that made working with her a true pleasure. Her team was also the best! They made sure I had the best night of my life.

ld work. She is incredibly professional and reliable. I have recommended her to everyone I know.

had ever had!

e I get to work with her again. Everything from the menu to the tasting, to the day of the event. She was the epitome of class and professionalism. She even made special care with food allergies. We had family style dining, and I got rave reviews on not only the food but the set up and service. Her crew was on time, and on top of it. The food was hot, and AMAZING! Did I mention I loved our caterer?! Book Champagne Taste right now!!!

f food when we went for our first consultation. We arrived at the kitchen in Ashland, VA and were sat down by the owner and given delicious food samples of items on the menu which was accompanied by witty, humorous and detailed conversation that made us confident in her ability to meet all of our catering needs. She helped us pick out our menu and offered us her experienced wisdom with regards to what works well in outside venues like ours and what foods compliment one another without having too much of one type of food. She met us out at the site and was very specific and good at letting us know what she needed and where she thought certain things needed to go on site in order for the catering staff to be able to service our guests efficiently and not be in the line of sight of our guests at all times when coming in and out of the kitchen. We really enjoyed working with Champagne Taste Catering and the food on our wedding day was even more unbelievably delectable than we had remembered from our tasting. The guests at our wedding raved about the quality and deliciousness of the food during cocktail hour and reception. We have also had several people inquire about who catered our wedding and without any hesitation whatsoever I highly recommend Champagne Taste Catering for their catering needs! The staff that worked our wedding were very professional and did a wonderful job setting up and taking down all of our rental furniture and also nicely packed away all of out table decorations just as they had been delivered to them. They do not supply alcohol for the wedding but we were able to buy all of the beer, wine and champagne for the wedding and take it over to the owners home the day before the wedding so that it could get transported over to the venue with the food. Another wonderful detail different from other caterers was that Champagne Taste Catering packed up the left over food from the wedding and put it in a beautiful wooden picnic basket for me and my husband to take with us when we drove off which was wonderful because neither of us had really eaten during the reception and we thoroughly enjoyed having it all there for us to enjoy when we got to our hotel room the night of the wedding. Also, another plus is that we now have a really nice picnic basket that reminds us of our amazing wedding! Here's some words of advice from a bride with very high standards...DO NOT even look at other caterers without first meeting with Champagne Taste Catering because no other caterer we met with even remotely compared!!!

, no matter what their food preferences.

anized/detailed, who would present a set menu that we would follow. In his mind, this meant less margin for error. I was looking for someone who would allow me to be a bit creative, but would help me figure out exactly what I was looking for. Being a major foodie but not a chef myself, I needed that creative support to select/dream up our menu. I found that in Whitney Fero and Champagne Taste. She was not anal-retentive like other caterers I interviewed, but laid back while still getting the job done. I needed to connect with our caterer personality-wise, and Whitney was wonderful - I worked with her personally up until the day of the event, and she turned it over into her staff's capable hands. We did have an issue with one rude catering staff member, but Whitney took care of that situation immediately and made it right (that member was fired because of a horrible attitude, and Whitney MORE than made it up to us). Honestly, everything else was perfect. The food was delicious, the rest of the service was good, and from the get-go, Whitney went above and beyond the call of duty for us. I'd recommend her and Champagne Taste to anyone. We had a delightful experience with them!