About this vendor
Congratulations on your engagement!
A little bit about us-
We’re a family owned & operated company officially started in 2017. We are a full service Catering & Event Management Company which means that we handle everything from beginning to end. We can do as much or as little as you need. Don’t know the first thing about wedding planning? Our Event Manager & ‘Day Of’ Coordinator, Lauren, can help you with the “look & feel” of your special day. She can help you coordinate decor and linens, contact vendors, maintain logistics of the day's timeline and she will be your eyes, ears, and extra set of hands on your wedding day. Our team will Set Up, Work, & Break Down your event. You, your family & guests should not have to lift a finger.
If you already have your dream day planned out but you still need to wow your guests with delicious food, we can develop a menu specifically tailored to your big day. You won’t get a list of generic party food to choose from, Lauren & Chef Kerry work closely together to create a menu that matches the look and feel of your wedding, that fits logistically with your venue, & is affordable. Most of our menus run between $20 & $25 per guest. We try to be affordable & accommodating. We don’t believe that you should have to break the bank or create debt to have a gorgeous wedding day with memorable food so we make sure to give you our best each and every time.
Our next step is to fill out our Event Questionnaire. It will help us set up your tailored package and develop your sample menu. From there you can review and make changes to your package and work on the details of your menu until you are 100% happy with it.
We cannot wait to work with you for your BIG DAY!
Good Luck & Happy Planning!
Details
Cuisine
- American
- BBQ
- Cajun
- French
- Fusion
- Hawaiian
Dietary Options
- Vegetarian
Food & Catering
- Buffet
- Catering Clean Up
- Catering Delivery & Setup
- Chef Stations
- Family Style
- Menu Tastings
Reviews
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4.3
out of 5.06 reviews
Lauren and the Joie de Vivre catering and coordination team went above and beyond to make my wedding experience stress-free and make my vision become reality. The food was incredib...
le and we were complimented by guests all night on the food choices. The “day of” coordination is so much more than just for the day of. Lauren or someone in her incredible team is with you every step of the way for all your decor needs! They made sure everything was set out exactly how I wanted it and the ceremony and reception went just how I planned. They even picked everything up after so all we had to do was grab the boxes in the morning. Super easy and great to deal with. You need this team for your wedding.
We hired Joie De Vivre in January for our December wedding and it was honestly the biggest mistake we made during our wedding planning. So many things went wrong I'm not sure where...
to begin:
- They were over an hour and a half late, so they were late setting up and bringing things into the venue, which resulted in guests entering the reception area early and several guests saw me in my dress before I walked down the aisle.
-There was no food warmer brought like they said there would be and almost all of the food was cold
-The legs to one of their chaffing dishes collapsed and spilled scalding water onto one of our guests
-The menu items that were supposed to be served were not served. Example: instead of toast points bring served with our spinach and artichoke dip, we were served tortilla chips. We weren't asked to approve the changes.
-Our fruit display had moldy fruit on it. Fruit need to be rinsed before it's served so idk how that got missed.
-The noodles on our pasta bar were HARD. We paid $245 for the pasta bar alone and couldn't even eat it. The sauce was so bland it HAD to come from a jar
-We ordered a sandwich tray from the caterer, who actually ordered it from Rouses. We could have done that, but we wanted it handmade.
-When we reached out to the caterer we were basically told we were a charity case, that they "lost out" on money even doing our event. We were paying customers and were shown no respect, offered no solution, no refund, nothing.
I will be letting everyone know about my experience with this catering company. We paid over $700 to be treated like a charity case, like they did us a favor even doing our event.
The food served at our wedding was downright embarrassing, and the way this catering company handled the situation is unacceptable. Please don't fall victim to this same type of situation like we did
Lauren and the team were a God send! When searching for caterers we wanted a mix of Mexican and Louisiana cuisine and a affordable price. You’d be amazed at how hard this was too f...
ind, but we found it here. And a bonus Lauren was my day of coordinator too, which my made my day a lot less stressful. Lauren was very professional and kept me from crying when Hurricane Ida hit and talked me through everything and let me know my options. We ended up having to only move the time of the wedding up and didn’t have to postpone it. She worked with my other vendors (venue, DJ, photographer) wedding to ensure the day was a success. And the food was really good. I had already bought table decorations, but she has some as well. When they arrived at the venue, they hadn’t placed some of the tables outside and were missing chairs. Her team moved the tables that were supposed to be outside outside and got the chairs. I didn’t have to worry about a thing for the entire thing. Which was great because I planned the wedding myself and some of it was DIY.
Lauren was so amazing to work with! She made the planning process super easy and fun and kept me updated on everything! The food was amazing, and all of my guests absolutely loved ...
it. Would recommend them to anyone!
Amazing food, amazing people, no complaints!! 5 stars, 10/10 would recommend to anybody!!!
Lauren and her team are extremely professional and easy to work with! Highly recommend them for any of your catering or event needs! They will go above and beyond to make your visi...
on come true with high quality decor and absolutely delicious food!
Contact
New Orleans, LA | New Orleans- Baton Rouge- Thibodaux- Hammond- Belle Chasse
Joie De Vivre Catering & Events