Culinary Concepts

Wedding planning is a stressful time by itself, but we are so thankful we chose Culinary Concepts as our caterer. They went above and beyond to make the whole experience really wonderful and fun for us. We felt so special, from beginning to end and we were excited to get married and feed our friends and family for our wedding. We knew our situation would be a bit difficult because we were planning from out of town, but Cailey at Culinary Concepts accommodated us at every turn, making us feel truly valued. When our schedules didn’t align for a tasting at their normal venue, Cailey took the opportunity to book a tasting at the venue where we chose to hold our wedding. We were lucky that Culinary Concepts had such a good relationship with our venue and it made us confident that both parties would work together seamlessly for our big day. On our wedding day, Culinary Concepts continued to deliver the high-quality food and service that we had expected from day 1. Not only was the food beautiful and delicious, but the catering manager was even sweet enough to ensure we as a couple had enough food and small bites throughout the night. The servers were professional and attentive, many of our guests told us that our food was the best wedding food they’ve ever had! 10/10 would use them over and over again.

The Culinary Concepts team exceeded our expectations. We hired them for our wedding reception (seated dinner for the main day, and a low key sandwich lunch for the next day). They were on top of things from the beginning to the end. - The food was delicious and fresh. We were worried that the food made for 70 guests won't be as good as a couple of portions carefully prepared for the tasting, but we didn't have to worry at all! The food was amazing, and even our most picky foodie friends appreciated the taste and quality. When we met with the chef during the tasting, he made me confident that we can trust him pick the best quality vegetables and ingredients, most appropriate for the season. Hot churro station was a great and memorable surprise for our guests too. - The presentation of food was great too, so it didn't just taste good but it looked festive and appetising as well. - The communication was impeccable. Our main contact was Cailey and she patiently guided us through the entire process for over6 months of preparation, including numerous quotes and menu options, and countless modifications we made to the order along the way. It was a destination wedding for us, which added layers of complexity, but the team professionally helped us with everything, and was flexible enough to squeeze a tasting in a very small window of opportunity we had. - The team is very helpful, kind, and caring overall. There are so many little details that showed their care, like keeping a separate plate with appetisers for the bride and the groom running late to the cocktail hour because of the photoshoot. The Culinary Concept team offered to help us with rentals too, but we decided to take care of it ourselves. Nevertheless, Cailey was so attentive that she checked our rentals order, to make sure we covered everything. They also helped us move chairs from the ceremony site to the dinner area, arrange the napkins/cuttlery/etc on the tables, and quickly collect the items (including decor) from the table to prepare rental equipment for pickup same night. We didn't have the day-of-the-event coordinator, but Culinary Concepts helped us stay on track with the timeline too. For the tasting, they even decorated the table according to our theme, which was a delightful surprise and demonstration of care again. Wedding prep is really stressful, especially if you do it without a planner. But the Culinary Concepts team really went out of their way to make the preparation and the event go as smooth as possible. Big thanks to the entire team, including the coordinators and especially Cailey, captain Xavier, chef Dough and his sous chefs, bar tenders and staff (especially Victor who was so sweet that we and multiple guests remembered his name and bright smile). Thank you all so-so-so much! If my friends have a wedding in San Diego, I'll insist on hiring you for catering <3

We were told by a number of friends that doing tastings with candidate caterers for our wedding would be one of the most enjoyable parts of our wedding planning - and they weren’t wrong! But Culinary Concepts stood apart by a lot, and we are incredibly happy that we went with them. Katie was our point of contact and she did such an amazing job helping us understand the whole process from the tasting to glassware rentals and then the big day. This was our most expensive option out of the set, but we truly believe it was worth every penny. Guest after guest noted to us how highly they thought of the food. And the staff was efficient, friendly, and discreet. We felt the “station” format that CC offered helped set the tone of “comfortable and relaxed” that we were looking for while keeping everything organized and on schedule. We’re writing this review exactly one year after our wedding which, according to many of our vendors, was one of the last that they held in 2020. A big thank you to the team at Culinary Concepts for the incredible memories - we can’t recommend them highly enough.

We absolutely loved working with Culinary Concepts- they were super helpful throughout the whole planning process. We mostly worked with Katie, who was amazing- we went back and forth on menu and rental decisions, and she was so patient and responsive as we made changes or asked for different estimates etc. The food was delicious! The staff was also very attentive and friendly. We did pasta and flatbread moving stations- they absolutely surpassed our exceptions. SO GOOD, but also felt more high-end than basic pizza and pasta. We also had tray passed apps, a charcuterie display, and assorted mini desserts- everything was perfect.