About this vendor
Mellie Bellies Southern Barbecue is a mobile wedding catering company based in Harrisburg, PA, that specializes in Southern-style food. This family owned & operated business is led by Chef Bryan Sanders, who will create spectacular dishes to satisfy you & your family. Chef Bryan strives for success and puts his heart and soul into his company, and his passion leads to the creation of mouth-watering custom creations. For couples who would like delicious southern barbecue served at their wedding, Mellie Bellies will be able to provide an unforgettable experience.
Mellie Bellies has a vast range of dishes to choose from for your special occasion. Mainly serving smoked and barbecue-style food, you will be spoiled from beginning to end designing your menu! With food such as hickory-smoked brisket, roasted and fried chicken, candied sweet potatoes, collard greens, momma’s cornbread, and more, your guests will certainly be going back for seconds. There will also be a range of light sides that will complement the main dishes beautifully, and a wide variety of appetizers to choose from!
Mellie Bellies will happily deliver your cuisine to your venue and can remain onsite to provide any assistance needed. We offer a buffet service and have several customizable packages to choose from. We also can perform the setup and breakdown of equipment and can supply food signs and serving utensils. You can arrange a tasting with Mellie Bellies to fine-tune your menu for your special day!
Please visit https://www.melliebellies.com/weddings for more information today!
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Business Attributes
- Black-owned Business
Cuisine
- American
- BBQ
- Cajun
- Seafood
- Southern
Dietary Options
- Gluten Free
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
Food & Catering
- Buffet
- Catering Delivery & Setup
- Chef Stations
- Menu Tastings
- Passed Appetizers
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From start to finish our experience with Chef Bryan and the team was amazing! They are so easy to communicate and plan with. Their food was INCREDIBLE and all of our guests raved about it. They were timely and had the food displayed beautifully.
My goodness was Chef Bryan and his team extraordinary. Their food and displays blended sophistication and home in a way that felt just right and so special. They were easy to work with, a great support, and went above and beyond with setting out our dessert display organized by our friends. I recommend them with all my heart!
We chose Mellie Bellies for our May 2024 wedding, and it was an absolute delight! As a southerner living up north, incorporating a taste of home into our wedding was crucial for me.
Right from our initial inquiry, Chef Bryan and his team were incredibly helpful and responsive.
During the reception, Mellie Bellies was a dream team. They made sure we could enjoy our cocktail hour appetizers and dinner amidst the whirlwind of being newlyweds.
Our guests couldn’t stop talking about the food all evening, and even days later, the compliments keep coming.
If you’re in search of a caterer for your next event, I wholeheartedly recommend booking Mellie Bellies. You won’t be disappointed!
The food was out of this world. I want to thank Chef Bryan and his staff for preparing a tremendous meal for our guests. We started with happy hour and the guests were thrilled with the brisket corn bread sliders and shrimp cocktail. As for dinner, the food was honestly perfect.
I do wish I would have communicated with Chef Bryan a little better as there were a few of our guests that missed out on some of the dinner options. I will take the blame for that as I should've communicated better before the wedding. Thank you Mellie Bellies for a great meal at our wedding!
Chef Bryan was AMAZING to work with. His tasting was an awesome first experience, he had everything prepared for us to try and it made choosing our menu so easy. He was very approachable and easy to contact in the days leading up to the wedding and helped us to get the last minute details in place. The food not only tasted amazing, but it was presented so beautifully! We got so many compliments from our guests, especially about the cornbread. We are so lucky to have worked with Mellie Bellies!
The BEST staff! So incredibly kind, dedicated, and flexible! From deciding we wanted to work with them, to our tasting, to the day of- Chef B and his team were so easy to work with! From our time of booking them until the wedding, we had a few dinners from them because we simply could not get enough of their food! Everything was delicious!! Our guests raved about the quantity and taste of the food all night long!
Very glad we went with Mellie Bellies for our May 26 wedding. Chef Brian was courteous, professional, and accommodating. Many guests commented on how delicious the food was! Thank you to the entire Mellie Bellies team for contributing to our wedding beautiful day!
Mellie Bellies was fantastic from start to finish! Reasonably priced and we received so many compliments from our guests about how delicious all the food was!
Mellie Bellie's was our wedding caterer and they were nothing short of amazing! They were easy to work with, on time, affordable, and professional. Both their plated and buffet dinner options were significantly more affordable than other options and their food was lightyears above other options. We went with the buffet option - I was a bit nervous that it would take a long time for all of our guests to get through the buffet line, but Mellie Bellies brought multiple staff and got 130 guests throughout the line in less than half an hour. Our guests raved about how good the food was. Portion sizes were good, and they packaged up the leftovers for us to take home and enjoy after the wedding - not much was left as they advised us on the amounts well, but just enough to continue enjoying the delicious food. We will definitely consider Mellie Bellie's for future events and I would highly recommend them for wedding catering or any catering!
I cannot sing enough praises for Mellie Bellies!!! Bryan is a magician at BBQ and every single dish was out of this world delicious! My guests said “it’s the best food I have ever had at a wedding!”
Not only was the food incredible, but Bryan and his staff are wonderful to work with! Friendly, professional, helpful….just the best! Thank you so much for being a part of our wedding!
Mellie Bellies catered our wedding in August 7 for nearly 200 people. The food is going to be a great memory for our guests. The portions were filling, the costs was affordable and, most importantly, the taste was top notch. All of our guests complemented the food and staff. Bryan was phenomenal to work with from the day we inquired. He was patient and kind and made sure all of our questions were answered and addressed. Thank you for contributing to our special day. You're the best. - The Clarks
Mellie Bellies catered my daughter’s wedding at the Gold Fish Barn this weekend and we were beyond pleased! The food was amazing, the presentation was beautiful, service was phenomenal, and price was very reasonable! I highly recommend Mellie Bellies and plan to use them for all of our future catering needs.
Mellie Bellies did an amazing job with the food! It was a hit! We have a ton of left overs that are still good days after. The chef was welcoming and set aside appetizers and food for my husband and I in order to keep us going!
Mellie Bellies is the best! Chef Bryan is very kind and incredibly easy to work with. He made it so we didn't even have to worry about the food on our day. The food is excellent. We had dozens of guests come up to us just to tell us how much they enjoyed the food.
I would recommend Mellie Bellies to everyone. Thanks Bryan!!
I honestly don't even know where to start.. Chef Bryan and his team were just THAT amazing! Mellies Bellies' food was the talk of the wedding.. I mean people did not stop talking about the food all night. All the guests raved about Chef Bryan's delicious soul food combinations! It's so hard to pick a favorite, but if it came down to it, I would say you MUST have the mac 'n cheese, chicken and waffles, and the cornbread.. yum! Besides the incredibly delicious food, Bryan and his team showed true professionalism throughout the entire evening serving our guests and working with our venue. During the planning stages before the wedding, Bryan communicated clearly, quickly, and in a professional manner at all times, putting my husband and I at ease. His food is incredible and you would not regret it for one second if you picked Mellies Bellies for your next event!! 🙌🏻
Mellie bellies is AMAZING!!! The food was ready and hot on time with our dinner and we heard compliments about it all night! Our guests will definitely remember them when thinking about our wedding. Big venues are not an issue for them, they set up a tent on premises to keep things fresh and hot! Highly recommend! Thanks Bryan :)
Mellie Bellies is HANDS DOWN The best caterer you can get in central pa!! Bryan is amazing to work with and he made the food aspect of my wedding a breeze. I didn’t have to worry about a thing and everything was delicious! We had pulled pork sliders, jerk chicken, smoked brisket, Mac and cheese, turkey green beans, baked beans, and pasta salad!! Could not have been any happier with our wedding day and our experience with Mellie Bellies❤️❤️❤️
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