Manis & Co. Catering

We had Manis Catering caterour wedding on October 18th. They were very professional from start to finish. Our menu consisted of the Italian Meatballs, Jalapeno Bites, and Caprese Skewers followed by the Beef Tenderloin (oh my gosh you have to try this), Cajun Alfredo and sides of bacon wrapped asparagus, pan fried potatoes, and Candied Carrots. Everything was fantastic and the guests loved the meal. Really was the highlight of our evening!

Loved this company! They had the most flavorful food out of any of the other companies we tried whom tasted like frozen pre-made stuff. This food was made fresh and tasted like a homemade meal. 💯

Manis catering is a 10/10! High quality, very professional, fast responses and detail to setup. Would recommend anyone to Manis.

Simply Amazing! The Food, Service, setup, all of it!

Manis & Co Catering made our special day wonderful. The food was awesome and the staff was professional and friendly. They were very accommodating with all of our needs. Thank you all so much.

We stumbled onto this caterer after we looked through our venues preferred vendors list and just wanted something more. From the time we reached out, to the day of our wedding, Manis and Co. went above and beyond to take the stress and pressure away from us. Their communication skills were impeccable, and they answered every question thoroughly. The tasting was easy, and the husband's cooking is truly amazing! Our small, 32 guest wedding was on 10/6/24. For our cocktail hour, we had a charcuterie board, bruschetta crostinis, and pretzel shooters. For dinner, we had the option between the roasted pork tenderloin and the shrimp skewers. Each entree had roasted Brussel sprouts, garlic mashed potatoes, and the smoked mac and cheese. I was going to choose some menu highlights, but you genuinely cannot go wrong with any of their menu items. The food was genuinely some of the best “wedding food” we have had.

We had a Great experience! Food was delicious and staff super friendly. Can't say enough good things about them.

Overall we really enjoyed working with Manis for our wedding! They were very professional and the table set-up looked amazing. They also cut our cake which was a big plus. The food was decent (mashed potatoes were a little dry lol) with no complaints. Communication was a little difficult at times (had to call/email multiple times), but we were able to get things figured out. The price per person was also very reasonable for wedding catering. We definitely recommend them!

We had Manis & Co. Catering serve our relatively small wedding (40 guests), and couldn't have been happier with our food! They were very easy to work with, from setting up an initial tasting, to getting our final menu in place for the big day. They were able to accomodate several guests with dietary restrictions, and everyone had great things to say about how it all tasted. We would definitely recommend working with Manis & Co. for your wedding!

Our food and the servers were great! We had some last minute changes of where the catering would be set up, and the servers were very flexible and so kind. All of the food we had was great and we had so much leftover!

the food for our wedding was absolutely AMAZING our families are still talking about the mac and cheese! the staff was wonderful and friendly the day of and made sure that my husband and I got to eat a little bit of everything. my only negative was that they were a bit hard to get ahold of when I had questions about anything. I sometimes had to email 2 or 3 times before I'd get a response. but other than that they were wonderful to work with

Very pleased with everything and thankful they stepped in after our first chef cancelled on us last minute!! They were very accommodating with allergens and we had no issues. Food was good and service at wedding was excellent!

No more scrolling looking for a caterer for your wedding because you have found the one!!! Manis & Co. Catering provided appetizers and dinner for my daughter’s wedding, and it was fabulous!! Everyone was talking about the delicious food and the generous portions! They arrived early and had more than enough food for everyone. Their information packet is very detailed, and they offer lots of different packages at different price points. They also have so many food options to choose from, and you can do a tasting too. The servers were so professional and did a fantastic job! ! This is the caterer you want for your wedding so contact them today!! So so pleased!!

My family has not stopped talking about the food from our wedding. We loved Manis Catering!! It was like having a home cooked meal. Everyone went back for seconds and thirds!

Kristen was so helpful throughout my lengthy planning process, and their servers day of were wonderful. They made sure my new husband and I had plates and even came over to ask what kind of dressing we wanted and brought us the salads. So thoughtful, it’s truly the little things like that on the happiest, most chaotic day of your life, that matter! More importantly- the food was delish! Not one complaint and we had so. Many. Leftovers. If you’re on the fence, these folks won’t disappoint!

We planned our wedding from afar (we’re from IL) My mom found this company, I have celiacs and we needed to be sure the dinner could be accommodated appropriately. They did not disappoint! The food was delicious and my guests kept talking about it and asking for recipes. We had great communication throughout the process and they even allowed me to change my guest count the week of the event. We had plenty of left overs and actually ate them during our honeymoon stay because the food was too good to just let it go to waste! The service and presentation was great! We really enjoyed having Manis & Co serve our events rehearsal and wedding night we had 50 people per night so 100 total served. Pork, chicken, ribeye, carrots, green beans - all amazing! Apps were great too! Highly recommend!!

Manis and Co catering we’re the absolute best! My now husband and I traveled from Ohio and did not know where to start with food for our wedding day, coming from another state. We were referred to a few places and ended up going with Manis and Co. We received so many compliments because the food was absolutely amazing!! As we all know food is what everyone remembers most at a wedding. Although we had a small private dinner of 25 people, they met all of our needs. I could not recommend a better catering business to go with, especially for your special day!

The food was delicious! Every guest mentioned how good it was, including our other vendors. From beginning to end, Kristin and Brandon were so easy to work with. They explained all our options, we’re very quick to text back, let us set up a tasting, and helped confirm all the details for our guests with dietary restrictions. The day of, the three staff members were so fabulous and easygoing. They helped make the day run smoothly and fulfilled every detail we had discussed from Kristin.

Absolutely LOVED working with Manis Catering! Kristen and her team are the nicest people, very responsive to communication, and truly go above and beyond. Kristen even saved my wedding when my DJ quit a week before the wedding. She found me someone new and really cared about our wedding. The food, service, pricing were all FANTASTIC. Don't hesitate to use Manis catering!!! Also to note that I am picky about food, service, presentation, etc and everything was absolutely perfect!

The best food for our wedding day! We could not recommend Manis & Co Catering more! Everyone commented how great the dinner was! The staff was also amazing! The whole experience with them was great!

So accommodating. Celebrated our family reunion over Labor Day weekend. Food was amazing, service was great, very reasonably priced, very professional, and incredibly kind. Highly recommend! Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner plus dessert stations every single day! Was amazing

I had them for my wedding earlier this month and it was an amazing experience! The food was so delicious, all the guests commented great things about it. They are so friendly and professional I highly recommend!

20/10 - read through my whole review. Every aspect was amazing you don’t want to pass this company up. I mostly was in communication with Kristen who does the admin/management. She was the most helpful and friendly person I could have wanted in a caterer. She walked through every aspect of the wedding day with me and provided solutions and ideas to every question I had about buffet flow, appetizer options, sauce options for the entree. Her team also went above and beyond with the charcuterie board for cocktail hour. My husband and I were taking pictures so we didn’t have any of the charcuterie but we had friends who all went back for 3 plates because it was so good. The minute I friend their pork loin I knew that was the option I wanted for our buffet dinner. We just did the 1 entree- duck a tender pork loin with plenty of herbal flavor. They also offered to add a sauce with the pork loin and I selected a mustard sauce that was unique and one fl the best additions to a meal I’ve ever had. I really just can’t say enough about the food, the staff, the helpfulness. All of it. SO WONDERFUL

We highly recommend the Manis team to cater your next event! We hired Manis Catering to provide hor d'oeuvres and dinner for our wedding in The Great Smoky Mountains back in May. First off they were very easy to work with and even with a full wedding season schedule they were able to answer our many questions leading up to the tasting in a timely manner. They have a ton of local experience. This was extremely helpful for us out-of-towners where they were intimately familiar with our venues and provided insight and recommendations for our big day. Case in point, when we held the cocktail hour with hor d’oeuvres and buffet dinner reception in two different locations, their team seamlessly set up promptly and efficiently where we had no delays whatsoever. The food was hot and delicious, especially the jalapeno bites and cajun alfredo! Krista checked up on us throughout the night and their crew even volunteered to work the bar during cocktail hour when our bartender arrived late! 10/10 would recommend!

The food was absolutely incredible! Kristen and her team were a huge part in making our day so special. Our wedding was 2 months ago, and people are STILL talking about the food. 10/10 would recommend! Kristen worked with our travel schedule since we were planning out of state, even bringing our tasting to our cabin while we were on family vacation. Everything went flawlessly, and Manis & Co Catering was definitely a favorite part for everyone!

Everything was great! The team was very responsive to emails and slight changes I wanted to make. They served our plated dinner in a timely manner and the service was excellent. Everyone commented on how good the food was. Highly recommend!

We LOVED Manis & Co. and are so happy we chose them to cater our wedding! Brandon and Kristen are a husband and wife duo from Knoxville who have made it their mission to provide fresh, locally sourced meals at affordable prices, and boy did they deliver! They were awesome to work with before the wedding, promptly answering my many questions and offering a free tasting at their kitchen. The day of the wedding, their incredible, kind staff provided food that guests raved about and even packed up the leftovers for my husband and me! On top of all of this, Manis & Co. provides their own plates, napkins, and silverware, buffet table linens, and servers. All at the BEST price I could find! I feel like I hit the jackpot when I found these guys, and I'm so grateful for their good work. Keep doing what you're doing, Brandon & Kristen. Brides, book them right now!

Absolutely amazing! I cannot give a higher recommendation! If I could give 6 stars I would. They went above and beyond meeting all my guests dietary needs and specifications. The nicest people, who are incredibly flexible to sometimes changing situations. Very communicative throughout the whole process. When we initially booked them, we were thrilled they could meet all our dietary needs. Later on we were even more overjoyed to learn they have and practice values that closely align with ours, from composting and recycling to various types of wonderful community outreach and giving back.

We used for my brothers wedding in June at a local Airbnb cabin. They were so helpful and accommodating! The food was amazing! Being from out of state, they made the process so each! Highly recommend!!

Amazing food and quality!! Catered our wedding reception and rehearsal dinner. We had about 40 people and everyone raved about how great the food was! I highly recommend.

As fellow wedding vendors, we love working with Manis & Co. Catering! They have the best food; their staff is wonderful; & they are just the best people to work with. They are both professional and friendly. Very helpful to other vendors at their events. No matter the situation, Brandon & Kristin go out of their way to make every event they work special & as perfect as possible for their clients. We always love to see them on the vendor list when we work a function. Plus, their taco bites are TO DIE FOR!

We just used Manis Catering for our November wedding. The booking process was easy and their menu and packages are 100 times easier to navigate than other companies that we tasted with. At the wedding both of our servers were very polite and seemed to truly care about our guests and of course the food was delicious.

Thank you so much for a great experience!

Manis & Co. were so accommodating for us! We needed a 2nd tasting, and they had us meet at their kitchen and were able to finalize everything. For our wedding, hey brought all napkin linens, chinaware, etc. to our venue, showed up on time, and packed up all leftovers! Their service was exceptional!

Me and my partner couldn't be anymore happy with the engagement dinner that was provided by Manis and Company Catering. We chose a plated option for our small group of 30 and it went as smoothly as we could have expected. We had the Vodka Pasta with Chicken and everyone kept saying how amazing it was. The only thing I would have changed was choosing Mac n cheese as a side because it was just too much pasta but that's not their fault, The Bacon wrapped asparagus and Sirloin skewers were amazing as well!

I am a Vendor that works with this company often. They have become my goto for referrals because of the ease of booking and satisfied clients!

Kristen was great to work with through the whole booking process and she even helped us secure our other vendors as well. One of the other owners was actually serving at our wedding and when we handed him the tips for both him and the other server he literally gave the whole tip (we tip well) to the other server and said because he is an owner he doesn't take any tips from the staff. That is so humbling to us. Bravo!

We cannot speak more highly of this company. Our favorite was the beef tenderloin, delicious and perfect for our Winter Wedding.

We hired Manis & Co. For our wedding kind of last minute after our other caterer fell through. For them to take on 150 guests two weeks prior is a God send and we honestly were more happy with the quality of the food. Our servers Brandon, Brittany, and Cory were literally the sweetest and handled everything perfectly! We cannot thank this company enough for saving our wedding day!

I really liked the owner of this company so this review sucks to leave but I agree with the review from Ana. They need to stick to smaller weddings as larger parties are not their forte. We had about 55 guest. We were grateful they took the booking 4 months before our wedding but wish they were honest about where they could fall short so I could hire additional catering but they acted like they had it covered. They did not. Don’t get me wrong each vendor had their own little screw ups but this vendor? Screw up after screwup. I was humiliated at my own wedding. Everything I’m about to list is 100% factual, not based off emotion. -the charcuterie table fell during photos. They replaced it with two blocks of cheese & one meat. Guest said a teenager looking at Pinterest could’ve done better. Just glad I didn’t see it. -the baked potato bar was boiled potatoes wrapped in foil with zero toppings. No bacon bits cheese sour cream onion nothing. Not even butter. Plain potatoes. -we wanted to honor a Chinese friend who had just died from cancer w/ asian dishes. I even offered to pay for rice to be brought in by a Chinese restaurant but they insisted they could make friend rice. Well they can’t. The rice was just burned in oil then tossed in soy sauce. No eggs, veggies or meat even added. Just rice & soy sauce. Skewers were good but they ran out. -they said they could do my Brussels sprout recipe. NOT even close. Wish they just told me they couldn’t execute the recipe and I would've said ok np let's skip it & do something else. -THE BIGGEST thing they ran out of food. Something I was adamant about not happening when I first booked them. She said we would even have leftovers. Yeah ok. I wasn't even able to get a second plate & the first one I took was small. My brother literally ran downstairs to park the car & when he came back no food was left he had to get some off my grandmothers plate. - no "serving staff" just 2 ppl. Her husband and someone else in T-shirts not even polos. her husband was running the cutting station, putting food out and clearing plates in a T-shirts at a 30k event (really 80k if you include the cost of my guest flying in). Didn’t even tie his beard out of the way. -The nacho bar meat & cheese was good but there was no salsa, sour cream, or guacamole. I didn’t realize I had to mention salsa or guacamole for a nacho bar. To me that should just be catering 101. At the end of the night her husband felt bad & offered a half tray of ribeyes. Ok nice but why wasn’t this offered to my guest when you first ran out of food? What am I gonna do with 20 ribeyes now? I eventually confronted Kristen. She refused to take responsibility & even told me there was leftovers from my wedding and she would verify with the venue cameras. I said to go ahead & asked why this extra food wasn’t given to my hungry guest as they returned to empty chafing dishes then? She never responded but offered to refund 2 items. Really? Refund 2 items that you screwed up anyway? Gee how generous of you. The overall food quality wasn’t awful but with SO MANY screwup’s. I just couldn’t let this fly without confronting them & they played dumb. If you’re having a smaller wedding w/ under 20 people they might be an OK choice. Anything bigger I would steer clear, especially if you want to make a good impression on your guests. As for me I realized there was nothing else I could do so I opened some champagne and tried not to let it ruin the rest of my night.

I don’t normally leave bad reviews but I wish I had someone to warn me about this place before I used them for my wedding. The food was not that great at all. Chicken was very dry, Mac and cheese was just noodles with hardly any sauce or cheese and mashed potatoes tasted very bland and dry. Very hard to ruin these simple things. Lasagna was the only big hit of the whole night. They were also short staffed because they booked another wedding the same day as mine and only brought two people with them to serve 90 people. There was a line out the door with people hungry and waiting to eat. At one point there was only one person serving all of the sides and entrees at the buffet. And throughout the whole process it was just very hard to communicate with them and get them to respond.

This company was absolutely amazing!! The food was fantastic and I couldn’t have imagined a better dinner

Manis & Co. Catering is the best! I had them for my wedding and I couldn’t tell you how many people commented on how good the food was. They are also all around great people, so friendly and easy to work with. I will definitely be recommending them. The food was delicious!!!

When you decide to plan a destination wedding in 4 months, this is the company to go with. Kristen knew from the get go everything I was going to need. Not only did she help me plan the menu, she knew exactly the wedding I wanted from the start. She helped me find a bakery for the desserts, a photographer, she helped me find the setup and tear down crew, she managed the park rangers all the way to the END. Our perfect day was flawless because of Kristen. There are not words that could show our appreciation. We will always be in your debt for managing everything.

I attended a wedding last month and me and my wife kept talking about how good the food was way after the wedding was over! Delicious!