Farm to Fire

. Food and Cocktails were a huge focus throughout the planning process and we truly wanted our guests to feel like it was a huge family dinner. I can't begin to tell you how many compliments we received around our menu, Brandon's set up and the signature cocktails. By the time of our wedding we truly had a friend there cooking for our guests. I could not recommend Brandon and his team enough - the menu planning process was so collaborative, he was so responsive, and overall was just a blast to work with. He's a gem of a human - and I couldn't have asked for a better experience. -LK

efore the event to visit the site and plan out the logistics. As a nonprofit trying to keep our expenses as low as possible, Brandon was willing to work within our limitations and accommodate our needs. The day-of Brandon and his team were efficient, respectful, and measured. Most importantly, the food was delicious and plated beautifully. I had several guests come up to me and say that everything was delicious but the heirloom carrots were the best they had ever had. Brandon and his team even went as far as to make special plates for our vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free guests. I hope to work with Farm to Fire again in the future and can't recommend them enough for your farm-to-table catering needs.

ingly reasonable (but gaslighting) explanations. We will leave it at this, we urge you to protect yourself and find someone else to work with for your special day. If you would like more specifics, please feel free to reach out.

expectations! From the initial call where Brandon described what our wedding day would be like, to building our menu, tasting the food, then the actual wedding day, every step of the way was an absolute breeze! We are so happy we chose HVBBQ to cater our wedding. Every dish was vibrant looking and so fresh, my guests won’t stop talking about it! One thing I would like to note, wish I had known earlier before hiring a Day of Coordinator, that Heather offers planning services. Heather was so helpful and so communicative that at times I felt like she was my wedding planner. I would’ve 100% hired her to help with the entire wedding if I had known in time. So just a note to future brides, you will love her. Thank you Brandon, Heather and staff for gracing us with your cooking and services on our special day. It was a day that will never be forgotten!

as at a private home and Brandon and his team worked closely with our tent rental company, the house manager and even the band, to make sure everything went as planned. They brought all they needed to cook a fabulous feast to the location - including roasting a whole suckling pig!! From signature drinks - cocktails and mocktails - to passed and stationary appetizers, entree and dessert, every single morsel was delicious. The bride and groom opted not to have a cake and the desserts were perfect and very special - mini cannoli's and mini strawberry rhubarb pies among other things. Throughout the even, if I had something I needed or wanted, the team was very responsive. Brandon and Heather (the wedding planner), are really nice people and it was a pleasure to work with them. I'm sorry it's over!!

tter what we asked for Brandon was always willing to accommodate any requests with ease. Now of course to the food! We did not want your “typical” wedding dinner and we’re SO excited when we found HVBBQ. The food was exactly what we wanted and everyone raved about how delicious is was! It was not a wedding you left hungry with small portions either which was so refreshing. A dream team and amaaaaaazing food. I would highly recommend HVBBQ!!! Still dreaming about the steak and Brussels sprouts 😍

ngle item off. The food turned out AMAZING! All of our guests were blown away and have not stopped talking about it since. Brandon and his staff were extremely proffesional and did everything to make our day so special! Book them immediately, best decision we made.

, did an outstanding job. No detail was left out, and she was easy to access and communicate with.

rty, but they wouldn't let him. The venue confirmed that he lied about that. Then he ghosted me. 3 Tables told us they did not get to eat main courses. Some of the fried chicken from cocktail hour was brought back out to serve to later tables. As the mains were served, no one called tables to go up and I had to ask who should be. Nick was supposed to be doing it, when I went to him, he was unaware that it was his duty. Neither water nor wine were poured before or during dinner. No water was available to anyone until we asked, which was one of several such instances. Even then, it was Kate's crew that ended up pouring water and wine. Wine was meant to be poured during dinner as per our signed contract. Prosecco was meant to be included for the toasts. My wife and I had no water, no wine, and no bubbles for our toasts. We toasted with empty glasses. The paella was woefully undercooked. When I finally had a chance to serve myself, the only food remaining was pork loin and paella, but the only thing left in the paella was gray shrimp and unopened clams and mussels. A guest said our money was wasted. We paid for food that could not be eaten. We paid over $30k and there wasn't enough food. His and Her tacos and mini margarita shooters were not served at all. They were supposed to be passed at cocktail hour as per our signed contract. The signature drinks and prosecco for cocktail hour were not poured ahead of time and passed as per our signed contract. These steps were meant to be taken to specifically alleviate the line at the bar, which was "brutal" according to a guest. My wife confirmed in an email on March 29th and Brandon confirmed that signature drinks would be pre poured. The late night food was not ready, and I had to go ask where it was at 10pm. My wife's sister also had to ask about the late night food as well as dessert. Brandon said that he thought we were having food at 10:30 even though the hard stop for Hayfield has always been 10, including all the other weddings he's done there. Street tacos were not served and I saw maybe 5 plates of runny mac and cheese. We felt like we were constantly wondering where things were and why they were taking so long. It seemed obvious that there was not enough staff. For the price we paid, we should not have felt like we were part of the staff, worrying about what needed to be taken care of. We both specifically told our friends and family how good the food would be and how they should look forward to it, yet it was the only aspect of our wedding that anyone complained about. We were embarrassed. Multiple guests told us there was not enough food. By the end of the night, it was clear that things had gone so wrong that we asked Kate to return to us the check that was going to be for your gratuity. Brandon never followed up with us about that, even though he had originally tried to get us to pay 6k in gratuity weeks before the wedding took place. And yet, we believe the non-payment of gratuity for the products and services that were (or weren't) rendered does not begin to cover our grievances. We paid for services and food that were not supplied to us. We were massively overcharged based on the quality of goods and service that day.

cooked and seasoned to perfection! The only regret I have is not eating 60 more plates! His team was so friendly and helpful. I suggest you book them as soon as you can because this was an unreal experience that I wish I live through again!

so easy for us -- from little details like ensuring we got to try every dish, to problem-solving when our tables were too narrow, they were extremely helpful and professional throughout the day. Brandon also made the day that much more special for us by offering little extra touches such as delicious ribs and a meat and cheese board. The only reason I'm not giving 5 stars is because of the difficulty of communicating with Brandon in farther advance of the wedding. To be fair, these attempts to communicate were well in advance of the wedding (6-12 months ahead of time), and once Brandon put us in touch with his assistants - first Heather and then Jes - they were extremely communicative and helpful. However, there were months at a time before we knew of Heather or Jes where we struggled to get any response from Brandon. This was especially alarming given the couple of negative reviews we had read. However, once we were communicating with his staff and once we got closer to the actual date, we felt assured that everything would go smoothly, as it did. We were able to coordinate a tasting in advance which was delicious, and it was lovely to meet Brandon in person and helped us to feel more confident in his product and business.

oach was so sincere. The day of the wedding, they showed up early and cooked in front of our guests all day. What an amazing experience and the food was exactly what we hoped for. Thank you to the entire team for making our wedding day so special.

ravelled all over and really wanted those travels to be represented at our wedding. The food and the service were just amazing. From the raw bar to the open fire picanha, it truly added to our perfect day. We will never forget how much hard work was put into our wedding. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We highly recommend Farm to Fire for anyone looking to have that one-of-a-kind experience on their special day!

losely with his team leading up to the wedding day and the communication line was very smooth. Hiring Farm to Fire was one of the best decisions we made. I cannot recommend them enough.

l review and take it seriously. The good part about this caterer: his staff. The serving staff at our wedding was very kind. That’s the only good thing I have to say about working with HVBBQ. Brandon (the owner) is entirely unprofessional. I found him on here and his reviews SEEMED positive, the food looked creative, so I was excited to work with him! We also had a cross-cultural wedding, so I thought Brandon would be a chef who could produce a mix of our ethnic cuisines! First, I had to hunt down Brandon to get a response back with a menu. That SHOULD have been the first red flag, but when I did finally talk to Brandon, he seemed nice. My fiancé (who is Pakistani) spoke with Brandon and requested a tasting because we were mixing cultures and wanted to taste the food prior to paying almost $20000 for it! Brandon agreed to the tasting; we book him. LESSON LEARNED- some people do not honor their verbal agreements! After us reaching out MULTIPLE times to try to arrange the tasting… we finally ended up withholding our next payment in the hopes that this would encourage Brandon to actually reach out to us and schedule the tasting as he agreed to! ONE month prior to our wedding he calls my husband. Said he would stop by that next weekend with a sample of the food. We planned to write him a check for his full final payment then. We also needed someone to come visit our home because our reception was at our house, and we wanted to make sure he felt comfortable with the layout. HE NEVER SHOWED. This was TWO weeks until the wedding. He never even bothered to contact us to apologize, and essentially sent his assistant Jes (who is nice) to try and smooth it over the next day with the excuse “We forgot our wedding was on Sunday, not Saturday”… not comforting. She said she’d talk to Brandon to see if he could arrange a tasting for Sunday (ONE WEEK to the wedding). The next day, we get an abrupt email from Brandon addressing NO concerns but saying he won’t do a tasting and ALSO how dare we not pay our payment on time (he would have already had his full payment by now had he showed up when he was supposed to), so unless we paid immediately he was cancelling our wedding. Um… okay? So we made a payment that night. Well, Brandon called us the Friday before the wedding and tried to cancel. He waited until a week before our wedding, and we didn’t have much choice except to WIRE TRANSFER him the money and cross our fingers that he showed. Thankfully, I hired a day of coordinator who was an ANGEL. She informed me that the morning of the wedding, Brandon showed up and threw a literal childish hissy fit about how the layout wasn’t what he could work with (his assistant Jes came to see the property herself) AND apparently he tried to cancel on us AGAIN ON OUR WEDDING DAY! Inexcusable. Of course, the ethnic food was terrible. It tasted nothing like it was supposed to… not surprised. Brandon is full of excuses like “I never have cell service” and “I never do tastings” and takes ZERO ownership in causing any of the problems. Frankly, I doubt I need to leave this review because Brandon will do a great job ruining his own business. Brides, RUN far away and book someone else. You don’t want the stress we went through.

e fun of having our guests watch the fire set up and their food being cooked throughout the day was an added bonus. Brandon even popped into the kitchen where I was struggling to stack my homemade wedding cake layers, and offered support, advice and good cheer during a tense moment! What more can I say, these are fantastic folks offering delicious food and good vibes!!

he made the process super easy and stress free. My only regret is that I didn’t eat enough of his food. Run, don’t walk and hire HVBBQ for your wedding- you will not regret!! Brandon will be a friend for life! Much love! - Gilly

he overall vibe to every detail. Raw bar and ribs at cocktail hour were incredible! From cedar plank salmon, steak with chimichurri to the vegan options everything was truly delicious. The dessert and egg sandwiches gave us ALL the dancing fuel! It helps that Brandon is lovely to work with and truly is invested in making the night special!

o work with them! Thank you for everything.

s with families who love their meat), and was open to our many questions throughout the planning process. The food & drinks went off without a hitch and we're still getting compliments about how delicious it all was from our guests months later, not to mention it was beautifully displayed & served with a smile. Brandon genuinely enjoys working with couples to create a menu that represents them, and it's the cherry on top of HVBBQ's amazing-tasting food. We had a great experience & would recommend HVBBQ to others in a heartbeat!

e attentive, fun and talented. Brandon's food is artful and from the raw bar, to the incredible cocktail hour spread, to the elegant family style dinner, I was wowed from start to finish.

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elp us with items that were beyond his contract obligations. We knew we were in great hands. The day of the wedding could not have gone better. All of our guests raved about the food and the service staff. I would highly recommend Brandon and would use him again for future parties.

the bar service wow! We got so many compliments on the service and signature drinks! They really did amazing and we're so happy for Brandon and his team. Thanks guys your the best!!