About this vendor
Suzy Silvestre, the founder of Chive, has spent two decades helping clients create unforgettable occasions. Suzy focuses on presenting a personalized service to each client and creating a tailored experience for their special day. Taking your favorite designs, decor, vibe, style, and dishes into account.
From finding you the best-suited vendors, developing schedules and floor plans to decorating your venue, they can be there to help you every step of the way.
Our goal is for our couples to have a beautiful day, enjoy their efforts, and enjoy the beginning of a new phase in their life.
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Chive is based in Farmington, MI.
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
- Destination Wedding Planning
Planning
- A la Carte Wedding Planning
- Budgeting
- Day-Of Coordination
- Destination Wedding Planning
- Full Service Wedding Planning
- Honeymoon Planning
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Engagement Party
- Honeymoon
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Bachelor Party
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I booked Suzy for catering our wedding before we decided on anything else, and she recommended the venue we went with (which was also phenomenal). Because of my dietary restrictions, I did not want on my wedding day to be dealing with the hassle of trying to negotiate safe foods that I do every other day. Every photo I'm attaching, from the chicken piccata to the guava cheezecakes, are dairy-free. I found Chive Kitchen when it was a brick-and-mortar storefront, I wish it still was, and got a taste of Chef Suzy's skill at adapting to dietary restrictions without sacrificing flavor or texture, especially with desserts. If you get the chance, please, try the chocolate beet cake, trust me.
In addition to the wedding reception, Suzy catered the afternoon tea that was a part of my bachelorette party - everyone loved it, even my brothers who thought it was a bit silly at first, and she made it beautiful. She also brought with her catering trays that I'd ordered for the next day because we would be doing our "ceremony" over brunch with just immediate family. Another hit. The pimento cheeze spread was a particular favorite. I unfortunately don't have any pictures of those.
For the wedding reception, Chive made lovely table settings (additional decor is DIY'd), passed hors d'oeuvres, set out a tea and coffee station, did a multicourse dinner, huge dessert platters, and a first-anniversary cake that was still pretty good a year later.
In hindsight, I wish I had also booked Chive for wedding planning. Suzy and her team are professional, beyond competent, and dependable. I did my own planning and I am none of those things. Every other part of the wedding was a bit slapdash or difficult, but the food was, for once in my life, the thing I didn't have to worry about.
I cannot recommend Suzy highly enough! Incredible experience from start to finish. My fiancé and I actually found our venue through Suzy—as longtime fans of Chive, I knew I wanted her catering at my wedding, and things fell into place from there. We opted for her month-of coordination and I cannot imagine making it happen without Suzy. She is incredibly organized, creative, flexible, professional, and communicative. She knows all the ins and outs of weddings and pre-smoothed all the snags before we even knew they existed. She absolutely went above and beyond—we were able to relax and enjoy our wedding while Suzy put out fires (figurative fires, which were not at all related to Suzy’s planning, and which I only found out about later, thank goodness). She absolutely made our vision come to life and we had the BEST wedding day and were able to sit back and enjoy it. From creating the most beautiful place settings, to writing out detailed ceremony flow and day-of schedules, to whipping up an absolutely killer s’mores bar, I am now convinced there is nothing Suzy cannot do. Thank you so much, Suzy!
We hired Chive to cater our 44-person reception, and we also opted for Suzy's coordination/planning services - everything was PERFECT. We didn't get to try any food beforehand as we live out-of-state, but we trusted Suzy and wow - she nailed it. Every single thing I tasted was delicious. We had so many guests complimenting the food, and they didn't even realize it was vegan! The planning, coordinating, and decor was perfect. We gave Suzy a lot of freedom, and she blew it out of the water. It was such a great time, and Suzy and her employees were a big part of that. Thank you SO MUCH!
Suzy was amazing to work with - thoughtful, detail oriented, flexible and so kind. The groom's father died two weeks before the wedding and she was the first to put our mind at ease that managing through the grief came first and if we needed to change things she would help us. Fortunately, we were able to move foward with the wedding and Suzy was all over it! The food was incredible and her team was professional and efficient. I highly recommend this vendor for any event...and be sure to try the beef (her mom's recipe!)...sooo good!
We worked with Chive for our Detroit wedding on June 10th, 2023. Suzy was an absolute pleasure to work with over the past year and allowed us to customize everything - our florals, decor, cutting cake, and food and drinks menus. She is truly an artist and has a great sense of design. The end result was fantastic - we had a romantic, ethereal desert-themed wedding at the Jam Handy. It felt very personalized and incorporated some of our own touches. I highly recommend Chive for event planning and catering!
The experience at Chive for my wife’s 40th birthday party was amazing! Communication with Suzy was easy, she asked what I wanted and then made it happen. Suzy’s suggestions for the little extras really made the day special, the wish jar was great and the menu she put together was delicious. She was able to please all the guest with a 4 course plated lunch and the cocktails and mocktails were phenomenal!
The space was the perfect size to accommodate all the guests! Everything was perfect!
Suzy and her team were absolutely amazing!! Suzy was super helpful with planning and very thoughtful about details. The food was delicious! We did an all vegan menu and we got a lot of compliments from our guests that this was the best wedding food that they've ever had. Jackie was hilarious and brought a fun energy to the day. Overall Chive did such a great job with everything, 11/10 would recommend!
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33043 Grand River Avenue, Farmington, MI | Throughout Michigan
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