About this vendor
At Night Kitchen Catering, we believe great food has a way of bringing people together and turning special moments into lasting memories. For nearly 20 years, we've been helping couples celebrate with fresh, seasonal cuisine, thoughtful hospitality, and personalized service that feels as welcoming as it is professional.
We specialize in weddings and events that reflect the people at the center of them. Every menu is custom designed around your vision, tastes, and traditions, whether you're planning an elegant plated dinner, a family-style feast, a lively cocktail reception, or something entirely your own. We love collaborating with couples to create food that feels personal, memorable, and delicious.
Our culinary philosophy starts with great ingredients. We prioritize fresh, locally sourced produce and seasonal ingredients whenever possible, partnering with local farms and artisans to bring the best flavors of the season to your table. This farm-to-table approach allows us to create vibrant, creative menus that celebrate both quality and sustainability.
Night Kitchen is led by Chef Aaron, whose passion for cooking and spirit of curiosity inspire everything we do. A French Culinary Institute-trained chef, Aaron believes cooking is a lifelong adventure and brings both creativity and care to every menu. Alongside him is our dedicated event team, led by Angela, whose warmth, organization, and attention to detail help make the planning process smooth and enjoyable from start to finish.
What matters most to us is how people feel. We want you and your guests to be impressed, well-fed, and happy. From the first conversation to the last dance, we work hard to create a seamless experience so you can relax, celebrate, and enjoy every moment.
Night Kitchen Catering is proud to be a four-time recipient of The Knot Best of Weddings Award and a member of The Knot Hall of Fame. These honors reflect what we value most: exceptional food, genuine hospitality, and creating celebrations that feel personal, joyful, and unforgettable.
We would be honored to be part of your story.
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Cuisine
- American
- Fusion
- Middle Eastern
Dietary Options
- Vegetarian
Food & Catering
- Buffet
- Catering Delivery & Setup
- Chef Stations
- Family Style
- Menu Tastings
- Passed Appetizers
Awards and Affiliations
4-Time 'Best of Weddings'
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Earned by winning 'Best of Weddings' four or more times.
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Night Kitchen catered a party for 50 people in our home. All hors d’oeuvres and small plates. The guests were all foodies — people from France, people in the industry, serious home...
cooks. The food was outstanding. 3 weeks later, people are still raving about the food and recalling all of the details. Every step of the way from planning the menu, to communicating the budget and supporting us with rentals or items we chose to buy for the event, Night Kitchen staff were responsive, helpful, polite, and mindful of our budget. Guests commented on how gracious and kind the staff was at the event. And they cleaned up the space impeccably before leaving. I recommend Night Kitchen 100%.
I recommend Night Kitchen for any couple getting married! They were incredible from the tasting, through the wedding planning, and the execution on the big day. The number one comp...
liment we received on the day (and have received since) is how amazing the food was.
Along with amazing food, the staff is so kind and professional. Angela, who leads the events team, was incredible throughout the planning process and perfectly executed our vision for the dinner set up. We also threw her for a loop (adding a person 2min before dinner started) and she accommodated the issue without missing a beat.
Overall, 10/10 experience and would absolutely work with them again!
When we started planning our wedding we knew that having incredible food was the most important thing to us. When we booked our venue, Brooklyn Grange Navy Yard, and reviewed the l...
ist of preferred caterers, we knew that Night Kitchen was the one for us. We booked Night Kitchen for both food and coordination for our wedding based on the strength of the reviews and the sample menus on their website, and it was without a doubt the best possible decision we could have made! From our very first email interactions with Aurora, we knew we were in for a treat. The care the NK team took in putting together our proposal blew us away. After filling out a brief survey, they absolutely nailed the sample menu they put together for us, making us extremely excited to work together.
When it was finally time for our tasting, we could not have been more ready and Chef Aaron was too! Before getting to the food, it’s important to highlight how thoughtful the team was in the lead up to the tasting, making sure the space was comfortable and dietary preferences were taken into account, showing the care and kindness Chef Aaron and the whole NK staff bring to their work.
Our tasting was one of our absolute favorite culinary experiences in our entire time as a couple. The food was amazing, each dish better than the last, and our minds were blown away by each dish. One friend said it was the best meal she’d ever had in New York, and we agree! The most difficult part was choosing what we didn’t want to serve! When we did finally make our choices, and had a few requests for tweaks, the team was quick to provide alternative ideas and ways to make our requests work.
On our wedding day, Night Kitchen delivered! Our guests were blown away by the food and our guests are still talking about it weeks later. We talked up the quality of the food to everyone we spoke to and they all agreed that Night Kitchen lived up to the hype! We also appreciated that where possible the NK team used produce from Brooklyn Grange, giving us a farm-to-table, community-based experience that exemplified everything we wanted our wedding to be. We also want to shout out the day-of staff! The catering and bar staff were all kind, attentive, and were always sporting a smile—our guests all commented on how friendly the staff was and how it added to their experiences. Chef Aaron even came out during our last song of the night to share in the revelry with us all.
We would also be remiss not to shout out Angela’s incredible coordination services! We knew we were looking for a coordinator who could help us make sure that every detail came together perfectly and Angela did exactly that. She is meticulous in the very best way, and went out of her to way ensure that not only were the details related to catering taken care of, but the bigger picture was perfect as well. From our very first call to the day of the wedding, Angela was on top of it, building our day-of schedule, communicating with all of our vendors, and offering helpful insights into best practices that we might have overlooked. For couples considering Brooklyn Grange, Angela is very well acquainted with the space, which made a huge difference as she made recommendations for us (for example, we found our incredible DJ through Angela’s recommendation!) and made day-of management go off without a hitch.
You can’t go wrong by having NK cater and coordinate your wedding!
Wedding: 6/21/25 at 74 Wythe
Night Kitchen is simply the best! The food, the service, the support is all 12/10. From the tasting to the creation of our custom menu to Angela with C...
oordinating, I could not have asked for better. I did not have a wedding planner other than myself and Angela was absolutely incredible helping every detail and making sure it all went right, kept all the vendors and guests and myself on track and in order. We had a lot of food allergies/limitations and they were so easily accommodated and worked around without question. Wedding food never tastes good and everyone told us how good ours was. Just book them! It's worth it.
Chef Aaron and the Night Kitchen team were an absolute dream to work with. We had a fully plant-based wedding, and they went above and beyond to create a delicious, beautifully des...
igned menu that exceeded our expectations. It was important to us to impress our guests and show them how stunning and flavorful vegan food can be and Night Kitchen delivered.
The menu was incredibly creative and thoughtful, and every dish felt intentional. From the seamless communication with the team to the wonderful tasting experiences, every step of the process was a pleasure. Our guests were blown away by the food—months later, we’re still hearing how much they loved it.
We can’t recommend Night Kitchen highly enough!
We cannot recommend Night Kitchen highly enough! From start to finish, they were exceptional. Planning a wedding is stressful, but their team made everything seamless, thoughtful, ...
and personal. Logistically, the team is flawless. Angela was incredibly responsive, and in constant communication with our planner and venue, so we never really had to worry about anything falling through the cracks.
Chef Aaron personally called us before our tasting to learn about our favorite foods. My husband is Turkish, and my parents are Nigerian and Jamaican—he not only welcomed incorporating dishes from our cultures, he researched and tested recipes he’d never made before. That kind of openness, creativity, and care is so rare, and we were so grateful for it.
Our tasting was unforgettable—held in their Brooklyn kitchen, like a chef’s table experience. It was interactive, intimate, and full of little personalized touches from our conversations—things we’d mentioned offhand that they remembered and implemented. Chef Aaron and his team served everything exactly how it would be presented on our wedding day. And the food? Truly next-level. This was one of the most important aspects of the wedding for us, and they exceeded every expectation. Guests are still raving about it, including my mom who is famously picky.
One of the most thoughtful moments: they left a tray of every hors d'oeuvre and both specialty cocktails in our wedding suite so we wouldn't miss anything while greeting guests. It was such a kind and personal touch—something we didn’t even think to ask for.
If you're looking for a caterer that goes above and beyond in every way—with phenomenal food and a warm, dedicated team—Night Kitchen is it.
We cannot say enough wonderful things about Night Kitchen! From our very first meeting, they were warm, thoughtful, and genuinely excited to help us bring our vision for a fully ve...
getarian wedding to life. They worked closely with us every step of the way—listening to our ideas, offering creative suggestions, and customizing a menu that felt completely us.
The food was absolutely phenomenal. Guests are still raving about the passed appetizers—each one more delicious and beautifully presented than the last. Everything was fresh, inventive, and full of flavor, and even our most carnivorous friends were impressed and satisfied.
Beyond the food, the Night Kitchen team was professional, kind, and a true pleasure to work with. On the big day, they executed everything flawlessly, allowing us to fully relax and enjoy knowing we were in expert hands.
If you're looking for a catering company that’s as invested in your event as you are, especially if you want something unique or plant-forward, Night Kitchen is it. They made our wedding unforgettable, and we’re so grateful!
What an incredible experience and food! From start to finish Aaron and the NK team were a dream to work with. After the first few bites at our tasting we knew we were in good hands...
. They were super professional and responsive to all of our questions along the way.
During the cocktail hour our guests were pulling us aside and commenting on how much they loved the food. Then during dinner we literally had people texting us and coming over to tell us they couldn't believe how good the food was--not just for "wedding food" but better than they've had at bougie restaurants. I think one guest actually tried to get the sweet potato recipe from the staff.
Again it was an incredible experience and we cannot recommend them highly enough.
WOW. From our first call with Night Kitchen, we were blown away. When we spoke with other caterers, they would send us an extensive menu with items to choose for our tasting. Not N...
ight Kitchen: They asked us about who we are as a couple, what our favorite restaurants were, and about the cuisines we love. From there, they curated a menu for our tasting, and to say we were blown away is an under statement.
Every single dish, from the hors d'oeuvres, to the salad, to the main course. My now wife and I were shook. Every dish was representative of us as a couple. We knew Night Kitchen were going to be our caterer before we even left the tasting.
The day of the wedding, everything went perfectly. After the ceremony, we had a private tray of food waiting for us and we finally got to enjoy the food from the tasting once again. Every one of our guests was complimenting the food, and chasing down the staff trying to get more.
Thank you so much Night Kitchen. We are so grateful we found you, and could not recommend more highly.
Night Kitchen did an amazing job catering our wedding in Brooklyn! We knew we had found the perfect vendor when we met Aaron and his team for an initial tasting which was something...
we'll never forget. (If you can arrange a tasting, you'll not only understand what we mean, but also have one of the most delicious and fun meals of your life!)
Angela helped guide us through the rental process, timelines, etc and was quick to respond to any question we had. The whole crew was incredibly professional and receptive to whatever we had in mind for our big day and our guests raved about the food during cocktail hour and at dinner! 90% of our guests were from out of town and we wanted to show them a great time in Brooklyn. Night Kitchen was a huge part of that!
We would hire Night Kitchen again in a heartbeat and hope to snag a spot at one of their future pop-up dinners.
My husband & I both ranked “food” as one of the most important things to us when we started planning our wedding, and Night Kitchen didn’t disappoint! Aaron & the team at Night Kit...
chen created a delicious family-style menu for us that incorporated our favorite meals from our Malaysian Chinese & Scandinavian families, and we were completely blown away by how much effort they put into finding recipes that perfectly fit our vision. We received SO MANY compliments from our family & friends about how good the food was, and multiple people told us it was the best food they’ve ever had at a wedding. We also worked with Night Kitchen's event coordinator, Angela as a day-of coordinator and couldn’t have been happier – we were both totally out of our depth planning a wedding, and we were so grateful for Angela’s patient advice and recommendations. Her organization and attention to detail were essential to keeping us sane in the weeks leading up to the wedding, and she made the whole day run smoothly so we could just enjoy ourselves! If you can, absolutely book Angela & Night Kitchen!
We could not be more grateful that we chose Night Kitchen to cater our wedding. Everything was perfection. Deciding on our menu and the tasting was so fun and easy. The tasting was...
the highlight of our wedding planning process! The food looked beautiful and was DELICIOUS and plentiful on the wedding night. The staff was so kind and thoughtful - they even brought us one of each of the apps right after our ceremony so we had a chance to taste them all! We received so many compliments from our guests. We cannot recommend Night Kitchen enough. THANK YOU!!
We hired Night Kitchen for our Brooklyn wedding and could not be happier with our choice!
The Night Kitchen team were absolutely amazing! From our initial call with Chef Aaron, t...
o our tasting, to our wedding day itself we enjoyed the full experience of working with them.
The NK team helped curate a menu that was unique to our tastes, heritage, preferences and budget. They were thoughtful and friendly, and the food itself was incredible. All of our guests raved that it was the best wedding food they’ve ever had! Chef Aaron even made a custom dish for our cocktail hour that honored our family tradition - it was so thoughtful and meaningful and meant so much to us. The servers were also so attentive, friendly and all around wonderful!
We also worked with Angela as our day of coordinator as part of the Night Kitchen team and she went above and beyond ensuring our day was a success. She worked closely with us in the lead up to the big day ensuring all the details were ironed out and cared for. Our wedding day truly would not have been possible without her.
We cannot recommend the Night Kitchen team enough, they were integral to our whole day and we are so thankful to each and every one of them!
If you’re looking for a caterer for a wedding or other event look no further than this team! They were AMAZING to work with and our guests loved the food. They also take great care...
in selecting food items you’ll be excited about. I can’t recommend them enough. This is not your typical wedding food and it shows how much effort they put into everything from tasting to execution.
We can’t say enough good things about Night Kitchen. Highly highly recommend. The food was amazing, the service was seamless, and the process of coming up with the menu was easy, f...
un, and collaborative. Chef Aaron and his staff are really talented. We got so many complements on the meal - even dishes like veggies and lentils were raved about by the more meat-and-potatoes guests. From the initial tasting to them boxing up leftovers for us at the end of the night, the whole experience was a pleasure.
We also hired our coordinator through Night Kitchen, Angela, and we are SO GLAD WE DID. Even before she officially started 6 weeks out, Angela was extremely communicative and helpful. She is a wealth of information and advice. When we showed up on the wedding day, every single thing was taken care of by Angela and her assistant, Evgenia. We felt like we were in such good hands with them!
"OMG this is delicious! Can they do my wedding too? How did you find them?!"
-Real quote from an attendee at our very special wedding day.
The Night Kitchen Team is as legendary ...
as their reputation on this site suggests. The communication was clear, concise and so very professional. We had a very international wedding with cultural tastes from Mexico, the Caribbean and Southeast Asia - which we knew would be tricky to pull off. But boy did they deliver?!
The test dinner? My goodness - we are STILL trying to convince them to just start a public-facing restaurant. It was ABSOLUTELY incredible. The chef and his team really listened to everything we wanted and even offered lovely suggestions on way to really capture the flavors we wanted.
Wedding Day? They knocked it out of the park! You know they did a great job when the grandmother who has all of the secret recipes is nodding, smiling and has no complaints about the food. She even asked where she could find the spices they used for one of our appetizers.
Do you need any more convincing? Get Night Kitchen, thank the reviewers here later. You can't go wrong!
About halfway through our test dinner with Night Kitchen, we knew we were done for. Each dish we’d been served had been inventive, delicious, and wildly flavorful. Aaron and his te...
am’s easy banter made it clear that this was a business that was a good place to work and that really cares about their craft. Ultimately I would say that it ended up being one of the best meals I’ve ever had.
In the planning stages, communication was easy and clear. On top of the easy process of menu selection and other logistics, they were extremely helpful in managing our rentals. On the day of the wedding, we were understandably focused on other things, but it went off perfectly. Everything in its right place, everything easy and calm.
Obviously the important part is the food, and the food is incredible. Every time our wedding comes up with friends or family, they find time to reminisce yet again about how much they loved it. Multiple people told me they basically ruined their dinner because the passed appetizers were so good. Amazing flavors, unexpected combinations, fusions of different cuisines that are greater than the sum of their parts.
Night Kitchen is amazing, cannot recommend highly enough.
If you want high-end restaurant quality food and service at your wedding, you need to hire Night Kitchen. Wedding planning in general was stressful, but working with Chef Aaron and...
his team was an absolute pleasure and so much fun. Our planner & venue had recommended Night Kitchen and we are so glad they did. My husband and I chose to have a floating supper style party and wanted a NYC-themed menu. Our tasting was a private dinner with Chef Aaron and his team. We were so full and they sent us home with a bunch of leftovers (we also had a lot of fun hanging out with them, drinking wine and talking about food). They worked closely with us on the menu and even created some new dishes with us for our NYC-theme. We had so many guests tell us it was truly the best wedding food they have ever had! Some have even reached out to us after the wedding saying they are still craving certain dishes. The servers were amazing and professional. They made our floating supper style party (which was new to us and our families) extremely seamless. Everyone left full! We are so happy we hired Night Kitchen and cannot recommend them enough.
Food, for us, was the most important piece of our wedding and the part we put the most thought into. I’m glad we did, because it lead us to Chef Aaron and Night Kitchen. Not only w...
as the food some of the best I’ve ever eaten, period, it was also a bespoke menu that was created based on our wants and relationship highlights.
When we first contacted NK, they sent us back a series of questions that included lists of our favorite restaurants, our first date, etc. From there, we had our chef’s tasting table, which was a 1:1 service that was unlike anything we had experienced. We had the opportunity to watch Chef prepare our food in front of us and ask questions.
We never stopped getting compliments - and still haven’t!
If you’d like guests to tell you “this is the best wedding food i’ve ever had” or gush about specific dishes, hire Night Kitchen. Chef Aaron and his team were able to work with my ...
dairy allergy, and from our conversation was able to work in flavors and ideas from things we like & places we’ve traveled. The staff that worked at my wedding were awesome and had everything running smoothly. And Angela, we couldn’t have asked for a better day-of coordinator. She kept us on track with all the planning leading up and made sure our wedding day felt easy once everything was in place.
This review could not be easier to write... YOU MUST BOOK NIGHT KITCHEN. Period. I barely know where to begin... Our tasting was so much fun. Chef Aaron is an absolute jewel of a m...
an. We had such a great time in his kitchen, trying endless options of incredible food. We left absolutely sold. No one else held a candle to his food and vibe. I'm pescatarian and GF, and we had several guests with an array of allergies and restrictions. Nothing fazed Chef Aaron. We had the most eclectic, delicious menu, and none of it felt "restricted" in any way, shape or form. We elected to do floating dinner service at our reception. While this is becoming more and more popular, many of our older guests were pretty wary and confused before the big day. The abundance of food and staff passing small plates immediately put everyone at ease. Our parents' friends who were initially concerned we "weren't serving dinner" were instantly silenced and left full and beyond satisfied. Every guest -- to a person -- raved about the food. We even had a chef/restaurant owner in the crowd (and of course several self-proclaimed 'foodies') who wanted to know everything about this amazing caterer. The food you can (luckily!) taste for yourself at a tasting, but what bears mentioning is the experience of working with Night Kitchen. First off: hire Angela Siu as your day-of-coordinator. It will be one of the best decisions you make while planning your wedding. She anticipated every last detail and made the day run beyond smoothly. In the weeks leading up, she was right there at our side. We felt so at ease with her at the wheel. The catering staff themselves are an absolute delight too. Genuine smiles and great vibes all night long. I could go on... but you really should just leave this site and reach out to them ASAP!
Night Kitchen was amazing from start to finish! Highly, highly recommend them.
To start, we greatly enjoyed our tasting, it was so much fun. The appetizers were delicious and chef...
Aaron prepared multiple stations for food themes we were interested in (a wide range of cuisines all done very well). We also liked that we were talking directly to the chef, which wasn't the case at some of our other tastings and was important to me because have a strong milk allergy. Chef Aaron took my allergy very seriously and even went above and beyond to create milk free versions of their desserts for our tasting.
We absolutely loved our wedding menu: a Spanish station (paella, patatas bravas, kale avocado salad) and Mediterranean station (kabobs, falafel, Israeli salad, pita). For us food was one of the most important parts of the wedding, and Night Kitchen nailed it! Everyone at our wedding raved about the food, saying that it was incredible and by far the best food they have ever had at a wedding. It made us so happy.
On the coordination side, Angela was a pleasure to work with. She's incredibly organized, on top of things, and pays attention to detail. We could tell that we were in good, very capable hands. For the event the catering team worked flawlessly, a well-oiled machine that created a seemless experience for our guests.
Chef Aaron, Angela and team were incredible. Angela thought of every detail and made sure we were on top of them, too. We didn't worry about a thing all evening.
And then there w...
as the food! A few direct quotes from our friends and family about the food:
"Best wedding food of my life hands down 😭😻😋"
"It was the most beautiful, thoughtful, delicious evening. Seriously, best wedding food I have ever had, hands down!!!"
"Two highlights: the structure and content of your vows and the food!!!!!"
"Here are some of the things I've raved about so far... the granita with pop rocks, the food esply the rice and hors d'oeurves... the eggs, the foccacia, yum... spinach pies..."
"my god, the food. did sofreh in brooklyn cater?? i want the dried shallot yogurt on everything. and the fresh fruit bowls. and the eggplant!! AHH and the ricotta/pistachio/honey passed app."
Chef Aaron got our vision right away. We asked for a Persian inspired, vegetarian-friendly meal that would take maximum advantage of mid-summer produce. We had a mix of meat eaters and vegetarians, plus several guests with unusual dietary restraints. Everyone – seriously, ALL of the pickiest people in our lives – left so happy.
There are so many reasons that Night Kitchen is the most incredible catering a person could dream of for their wedding.
Chef Aaron is a gem of a human, kind and passionate and do...
wn to earth while also delivering the most elevated food you can eat. Planning with him is like having a boisterous goldendoodle who loves life and is also an inventive and considerate chef.
Angela, the catering coordinator who you should hire to be your wedding planner, just gets it. She's quick to understand your vision, relaxed alongside you with the things you are chill about, focused on the things you really value, and is just a warm, confident, calm presence throughout the event. She even thought of things we should have at the tables/for the guests that made the event and that no one else had mentioned, like high-chairs for kids.
Every server involved in the day was so happy, skilled, and kind. They gave such attention to each of our 150 wedding guests, I had several guests coming up to me during the wedding to rave about the wonderful, lovely, friendly servers... and of course... THE FOOD.
Oh, my God, the food. Let me preface this that there were at least 4 professional cooks at the wedding, and a few other guests who worked in the food industry and have strong opinions about food. My family and friends are obsessed with good food and have tried all kinds of dishes from all over the world. There was also a contingent of friends and their kids who like familiar, cozy food without surprises. There were meat eaters, and there were vegans. Multiple members of each of these aforementioned categories have come up to us - during the wedding, after the wedding, texting or emailing because they had to tell us - to say how extraordinary our wedding food was. Multiple people told us this is "the best wedding food - perhaps the best food - I have ever eaten." And it's true. There was food for every palate. There were surprises and there were comfort foods. There was thoughtful presentation and there was incredible food delivery timing. Picking Night Kitchen was one of our proudest decisions for the wedding. After picking each other, of course.
We did it across the country (two NYers living in Cali, planning a wedding back home), and before we'd had a conversation with Night Kitchen, we read their reviews. We didn't understand how people could have so much to say about their WEDDING CATERER, but we were curious, so we called them. And it's all flowed from there. Now we know.
This review is the restrained version of their rave, because I know you're reading this because you're planning a wedding so you don't have all the time in the world to read all the things. I could keep going. But let me just say: work with them. You will be so glad you did. And then, invite me to your wedding, because I want to get to keep eating this amazing food and interacting with these delightful people for the rest of time.
I had a fabulous time working with Night Kitchen. The tasting itself was a wonderful, memorable experience and the food day-off was wonderful. Many of my guests commented on how de...
licious and sophisticated the food was. I highly recommend Night Kitchen!
"The best wedding food I've ever had" -Every guest at our wedding
Do yourself a favor and hire Chef Aaron Unger and his team. The food was DELICIOUS and they were so much fun, eas...
y, lovely to work with. Every guest during/after told us this was the best food they've ever tasted at a wedding. We loved this crew!
Best wedding food my guests have ever had! I'm still receiving glowing reviews a few weeks out from my wedding. We loved working with Chef Aaron and his team. They went all out to ...
incorporate food they didn't know well and everything was incredible. Angela, their day-of coordinator, was also an absolute lifesaver. Our wedding wouldn't have been what it was without these folks!
If you are reading these reviews and figuring out what caterer to choose then you are in luck! The choice is easy! BOOK NIGHT KITCHEN! They are a phenomenal team and everyone at ou...
r wedding told us how amazing the food was. We created a whole new menu with them and it was absolutely delicious. We didn't even mind when guests talked more about the food than the wedding because they were right! Chef Aaron listens to every detail you are hoping for and executes perfectly. After our tasting in their kitchen, we loved the team so much we requested that everyone there be part of our wedding. And they came and hugged us and took photos and it meant the world to us. That kind of community is what you want at your special day.
If you want your guests—ALL of your guests—to specifically say that your wedding food is the best wedding food they've ever had, hire Night Kitchen. Do not even think twice. Chef A...
aron & Angela (day-of-coordinator and angel on earth) & everyone at NK made my husband and I feel like we were VIP clients—with their unbelievable communication, wonderful attention to detail & of course, the best food.
Everything we wanted, Night Kitchen delivered. During our initial meeting, we mentioned that our favorite restaurant serves an incredible chicken liver mousse and Chef Aaron immediately said "well that settles it—we need to have liver mousse on your menu then!" They are just the best. They go above and beyond and they were the true MVP of our wedding.
Night Kitchen was SUCH A JOY to work with! We hired them for our Sept 2022 wedding and they did not disappoint! Not only are they incredibly professional and experienced in the spa...
ce, but they are truly SO creative. We had a cocktail-style wedding and they knocked it out of the park. The food was absolutely delicious, all of our guests were raving and are still talking about all of the amazingness - including our request for late-night halal to-go boxes! UNREAL. We also used their wedding coordinator, Angela, who was our saving grace. Our wedding would not have happened without her - she truly made the entire day/night run SO smoothly without a single hitch (!!!), and we are eternally grateful for her experience, organization, insight, and service! WE LOVE YOU ALL!!!! Hire this team - your stomachs and hearts won't regret it!
There are no words to describe how phenomenal our experience was with Night Kitchen. In the early stages of wedding planning, we had tastings with three separate caterers so that w...
e could be sure to deliver a top-notch dining experience to our guests. We didn't just want the food to be good - we wanted it to be fantastic. Despite the fact that each of the caterers we tried was very highly rated, there really wasn't much contest - we knew after trying all of them that Night Kitchen was our caterer without a doubt. Chef Aaron was so thoughtful about creating a tasting menu just for us based on our wedding vibe. Our wedding theme was inspired by the roaring 20s/Great Gatsby, so we wanted an opulent feel to the menu. In particular, the passed hors d'oeurves Chef Aaron and his team came up with were exquisite (the caviar deviled eggs, saffron arancini with parsley pesto, tuna tartare on sushi rice cake, and mac and camembert with fried kale were probably my favorites, but they were all delicious beyond words). They also created a family-style menu for the main course including two proteins (hanger steak with duck fat fried potato roses and shug; Zaatar seared salmon with miso tahini) complemented by four vegetarian side dishes, plus a salad (kale Caesar salad with brown buttered croutons) and fresh bread course. So many of our guests absolutely raved about the quality of the food, even some of my family members who are very tough critics!
It was also such a wonderful perk that they offer in-house day-of coordination services. We were so happy to have Angela helping us with the details as the wedding approached - I truly don't know what we would have done without her attention to detail. She came up with a "run of show" day-of schedule early in our process with her which totally demystified how the day would go and what we needed to do to make sure we had all of our ducks in a row. Just knowing she was there making everything go smoothly was so reassuring.
Hiring Night Kitchen was one of the best decisions we made in planning our wedding. We are so grateful to Chef Aaron, Angela, and their entire team. If you book them for your event, I'm certain you will be equally blown away.
If we were to re-do our wedding all over again, Night Kitchen would be the first vendor that we’d sign in a heartbeat! All of our guests raved about the food, and they were incredi...
bly easy and professional to work with. Additionally, Chef Aaron and the Night Kitchen team pay incredible attention to detail and ensure that everything from numerous dietary restrictions to fussy-eaters are covered. One of the things we were particularly impressed by was that Chef Aaron really took the feedback we gave him during our tasting seriously and the food at our wedding was even better than what we had at the tasting!
A Night Kitchen review wouldn’t be complete without giving a shout-out to Angela, the in-house day-of coordinator. The days and weeks leading up to the wedding were and will always be a literal blur, and Angela was key to our sanity by being the point person between all of our vendors and making sure that our event went off without a hitch.
We absolutely recommend working with Chef Aaron, Angela, and the Night Kitchen team for your event–you won’t regret it!
~Judith & Tim
Night Kitchen was the MVP of our entire wedding. The number one comment we got was how delicious and unique the food was. My only regret is that I was too busy to eat all the passe...
d hors devours. The entire evening ran smoothly and my guests had nothing but great things to say. I would 100% recommend using them as a caterer for your big day or any special occasion!
Night Kitchen was incredible!! They truly took into account our favorite meals and flavors when creating the menu for our wedding! We and our guests thoroughly enjoyed all of the f...
ood all night, from the amazing range of hors d'oeuvres to the salad to the mains and side options. Our guests continue to compliment the meal they had, saying it was unlike anything they've experienced at a wedding!! Many thanks to Chef Aaron, Angela, and their team for their thoughtfulness and guidance leading up to such an enjoyable day!!
We had the best experience working with Night Kitchen for our wedding at the Brooklyn Grange in September 2022. Chef Aaron, Angela, and the whole team were so professional and so w...
onderful to work with - from taking the time to learn about foods that we love and that are important to our families and curating the perfect menu, to the amazing tasting we did, to the communication throughout the wedding planning process, to coordinating rentals, to everything on our wedding day - we are so glad we had Night Kitchen cater our wedding! Throughout the night and in the days following our wedding, we received SO MANY comments, emails, and texts from friends and family about how incredible all of the food was - so many people told us that it was the best food they've ever had at a wedding (and we agree!!!). Everything was so delicious! We'd highly recommend hiring Night Kitchen to cater your event.
Where to begin… We had just started wedding planning and Night kitchen came highly recommended by our venue. From my initial inquiry email to the random time I decided to call and ...
the head chef, Aaron happened to pick up and patiently answered and entertained all of my questions down to the most personable and delicious tasting.. we were so thrilled when they agreed to cater and work with us and meet all of our requests. They were highly professional without compromising on any of the small details or personal touches and simply so easy to work with. All the guests raved about the food and we were so thrilled with them that my partner gave the night kitchen team a shout out when he got a hold of the mic on our wedding day.
Also can’t forget our amazing coordinator Angela who worked so so patiently with us and literally had our whole day go without a hitch. If you are hesitating on hiring a day-of-coordinator (like I foolishly was for too long) don’t think about it and just hire Angela. It’ll be the best decision you can make.
We can’t recommend the Night kitchen team enough! Thank you Aaron, Angel, Angela and the rest of the wonderful team! You truly made our day so seamless and DELICIOUS! - Sarah and Steven
Night Kitchen was delicious and delightful! Choosing NK to cater our wedding turned out to be one of the best decisions we made during our wedding season. From initial planning to ...
our wedding day, it was a positive experience. They are organized, experienced and provide a lot of helpful guidance throughout the journey. The food was truly incredible. From seasonal ingredients to creative presentation, I highly recommend this company. We can’t wait to work with them again!
Night Kitchen catered our wedding at the Green Building in Brooklyn on 9/4/2022 and it was the best decision we made (apart from deciding to marry each other). We love good food an...
d knew that if we were going to have a wedding the food should match the occasion and reflect our love of food, and wow, did it ever! Multiple guests literally got up from their seats *during dinner* to rave about the food--that's how good it was.
We could go on and on about the food, the presentation, the generous portions (both for the dinner and the passed appetizers), but you should just taste it for yourself because it's so delicious. But what made the experience so worth it was the quality of the people who run Night Kitchen, and specifically, Chef Aaron and Angela. They were so easy and fun to work with, and all the staff at the wedding were incredibly professional. In addition, Angela helped us with day-of coordination for our wedding and we are forever indebted to her for keeping us on track and ensuring that everything went smoothly.
If they are available for the date of your event, jump on it! You will not be disappointed.
Let me start this review off by saying that I met with a friend a day after our wedding in September, and before he could say hello he mentioned the delicious white rice that accom...
panied his salmon entree. This was the white rice– can you only imagine what everything else tasted like?!
We prioritized finding the perfect caterer when we first started wedding planning. To me, great food is the most important thing to have at a wedding. We contacted Night Kitchen and actually spoke to Chef Aaron himself. He and Angela arranged a tasting within 5 days of contacting them, and my husband and I had the most incredible meal at their Brooklyn kitchen. Angela was a dream to work with. She is organized, helpful, and her communication was excellent.
We live in NYC and we are used to eating at fantastic restaurants. The food at our wedding was one of the best meals we’ve ever had. We asked for a Asian- Italian fusion to reflect our cultural backgrounds and they DELIVERED. Every single guest we’ve spoken to after the wedding raved about the quality and quantity of the food. People literally close their eyes when recalling the hors d’oeuvres they had.
If anyone is looking for a caterer, please do yourselves a favor and ONLY contact Night Kitchen. Chef Aaron and Angela are one of the nicest people we’ve met. We look forward to our next event so that we can eat their food again.
I mean it when I say that booking Night Kitchen as our caterers was the best decision we made in planning our wedding. We first had a tasting with Aaron and Angel in their kitchen ...
and were blown away. We planned to have a cocktail style reception, and I don't think anyone can do this better than Night Kitchen. Our guests raved about the food. It was unique, eclectic, and tasted five star. Their staff is on point (even guests mentioned this!)- efficient, quick and kind. We asked Aaron for a Paella station, and he took this request to the next level. Not only did we have a large Paella pan, this station included all the fixings, including freshly seared octopus. They do everything top notch. And the cherry on top- Angela. We hired her as our day-of-coordinator, and she went above and beyond, giving us awesome advice, checking in with all of our vendors well ahead of schedule, and on the day of we didn't have a care in the world. Our photographers go to a lot of weddings in BK and told us she's the best at what she does, and I believe it. If you want creative, great tasting food, made and presented by awesome people, this is your caterer.
Night Kitchen was an amazing caterer to work with for our August wedding at the Brooklyn Grange! I’m sure there are a lot of great caterers in NYC, but I’d choose them again in a h...
eartbeat. Reasons they rock are twofold:
#1 The people. Chef Aaron is not only talented, but he is extremely nice and his values aligned with ours greatly (he believes in really fresh ingredients, is non-wasteful, etc). And we simply could not have pulled our wedding off smoothly if it had not been for Angela, the NK admin who we also hired as our Day-Of Coordinator. She was always two steps ahead of us to make sure everything got done.
#2 The food. The food is delicious. So many people complimented us on it during and after the wedding, and many even said it was the BEST wedding food they’d ever had. The chef can do all kinds of world cuisines, so we felt like we had a really multicultural, diverse, unexpected menu for our wedding fare. They worked with us to build a menu that was inclusive of guests with dietary restrictions and that incorporated dishes that were meaningful to us too. In short, they are comfortable with customizations and pulled everything off expertly.
DO NOT skip the private tasting in Chef Aaron’s kitchen if you are offered the chance! It was so much fun to try many types of dishes, learn about the chef’s experience, and plan a menu with my fiancé in a private, intimate environment. One of my favorite parts of wedding planning for sure!
Angela, Aaron and the entire Night Kitchen crew did an amazing job for our wedding. We got married on a Saturday night at the Greenpoint Loft. Many guests have told us it was hands...
down the best wedding food they have ever hard. From our initial tasting to the day of the event, the Night Kitchen crew was top notch. Would 10/10 recommend them to anyone!
Angela and Aaron from Night Kitchen were a complete pleasure to work with. We started planning our wedding and had our first tasting meal with Aaron in early 2020, and they were ve...
ry understanding and accommodating as our plans got pushed back two years. They helped us make some late adjustments to the menu and were all around very flexible, as well as just being incredibly helpful with different aspects of our planning, beyond their job description as caterer. Most importantly, our food was delicious, and on the day of, Night Kitchen’s whole team was incredibly professional and well-organized. We have gotten countless comments from guests that it was the best food they’ve ever had at a wedding—and we agree.
Night Kitchen did an absolutely incredible job catering our wedding!! Everything was delicious!!! Night Kitchen stuck with us through an incredibly stressful time (re-planning our ...
wedding multiple times due to COVID). They were incredibly flexible, professional, and a dream to work with. We even used Night Kitchen for both a small ceremony with family in 2020 and our larger celebration two years later - Night Kitchen provided an incredible experience at both the large and small events! We are three weeks out from our wedding day and we are still receiving almost daily compliments from our guests that the food was the incredible and the best wedding food they've ever had. Would strongly recommend Night Kitchen to anyone!!
We could not have asked for a better experience than the one we had with Night Kitchen. From our very first communication about our wedding, the team was energetic, friendly, and t...
ransparent. Chef Aaron created an amazing tasting for us that responded to our ideas for what the wedding cuisine would be. The food truly blew our minds and the value they provide is unbeatable. We opted for the day-of coordination services in addition to catering, which we highly recommend. Once we signed and started working with Angela (coordinator and master of all things weddings), we felt supported and organized every step of the way. Many of our guests have told us since the wedding that it was one of the best and smoothest events they have ever attended, and we owe that to Night Kitchen and the team. We cannot recommend this vendor enough.
Although we didn't end up working with Night Kitchen, they were transparent about pricing, designed a fabulous menu, and were easy to communicate with about our plans. All things e...
very couple wants while wedding planning. Hopefully, we can experience their services at another event"!
Chef Aaron, Angela, Angel, and the whole Night Kitchen team truly went above and beyond for our wedding. From the very first conversation, they were incredibly helpful and professi...
onal, and you could just tell that they love what they do. We went in for a tasting trial before making a final decision, and the food was INCREDIBLE! We challenged Chef Aaron to make a menu that was a fusion of Peruvian and TexMex - two very different cuisines - and you could just see the attention to detail, ingredients, and flavors in every dish he made. Aaron and Angel are truly world class chefs and so versatile in what types of foods they are able to cook, and cook exceptionally well! And that was just the tasting!
Angela not only coordinates the catering, but also offers wedding day-of-coordination, which is probably the best decision we made for our wedding! She was so helpful making sure we thought about all details, no matter how small, and she created an incredibly detailed timeline, which made the day run smoothly. She reached out a couple months before the wedding to understand our vision and make sure we were on track with all of the vendors. And once we gave her the contact information for all of the vendors, she made the rest of the planning process stress free!
The day of the wedding was executed to perfection by the Night Kitchen team. They have their own staff for the kitchen and table service. Set up, rentals, and breakdown were all handled by the team. More importantly, we received so many compliments on the food! Highly recommend going family style, because everyone is going to want to try a little of everything - it's all amazing. And as a nice touch at the end of the night, they made sure to pack us a 'hangover box' of food for the next day. So thoughtful from start to end - don't even think twice about booking them for your wedding!
Night Kitchen is the only caterer we will ever work with again. A review can barely capture it, but to start:
First, the food is unbelievable. We hired NK because we saw reviews ...
that said this just doesn't taste like catering food, and that was an understatement. I'm not being hyperbolic when I say that every single one of our 100 wedding guests pulled us aside or texted us afterwards to say it was the best wedding food they've ever had. The passed hors d'oeuvres were the eclectic, globe-trotting menu of our dreams, and the meal was just bite after bite of impossibly well prepared dishes. It's some of the best food I've had period, much less at a catered event. (We have also attended one of Night Kitchen's Chef Tables, and it's no-joke one of the best meals I've had in New York.)
Second, Aaron, Angela, Angel, and the entire team are just world-class humans. We hired them for our originally scheduled May 2020 wedding, and they stuck with us through two postponements with nothing but warmth and love, even though I'm sure it was a huge pain for them. Not only that, but when we emailed in December 2020 (between rescheduling attempt #2 and attempt #3) that we'd decided to get married just with our parents in a tiny, COVID-safe wedding at an Airbnb in Brooklyn, Night Kitchen prepared an incredibly beautiful and special meal for our small group that Aaron personally delivered to us. And, of course, the food was once again phenomenal.
Third, Angela is a catering logistics champion. She was unfailingly friendly and helpful, answered even the dumbest questions with grace, and made the whole process a breeze. She even helped us navigate the order and delivery for our wedding dessert. And the entire catering staff was incredible—many of our guests actually called out how wonderful the servers and bartenders were. (At one point I popped over to a friend who had an allergy to a specific dish, since it was all family style and I worried she wouldn't spot the ingredient—and she told me multiple servers had already seen her allergy restriction on the seating chart and come by to make sure she knew before the dish was served.) They were all a huge part of the perfect tone of the night.
We are SO lucky that we found Night Kitchen and can't imagine how we would have gotten through the past two years of pandemic-rocked wedding planning without them. We would love them to the ends of the earth even if the food weren't so outstanding, but it is. If you need any catering, don't go anywhere else.
Dear Future Newly Weds,
I'm going to give you a wedding hack that'll take one stressor off your plate: choose Night Kitchen for your caterer. It's the easiest decision you'll make...
. And the best one. We were unsure how certain things would be received (e.g., the seating arrangement, the lighting, the music choice, etc.). But the one thing we were 100% on is that the food would be a mega-hit. And was it ever. Months later and people are still raving about the dinner from our wedding.
Night Kitchen prides itself on pushing the flavor profile of an event. So if you consider yourself a foodie, if you want to expand your guests' palates, and if you want your dinner to be a memorable part of your big day–Night Kitchen is the only choice.
Night Kitchen rocks. You should pick them for your event, they are so, so good at what they do.
We wanted to have a real food-forward wedding. No gimmicks. Food meant a lot to us...
, and we wanted a caterer that wanted to make fresh, interesting food for our event. Night Kitchen completely blew us away. On the calls they listened to what we liked to eat, and came back with an absolute dream menu that combined our tastes with our story. It seemed a bit too perfect though, so we went in for a tasting. The tasting was the best meal I ate all year. Basically a chefs kitchen in the coolest mad scientist garage, and every bite was revelatory. Pineapple+queso appetizers, calamari tapas, spicy and coconut-lentils, wild deserts. It was so good. And then they did it again at the event itself! Like the food for 150 was as good as it was for 4. Literally every person at the event complimented us about the food, they were so into it.
Other aspects were great too. We worked with the team at Night Kitchen to design special drinks (we had a punch and mulled wine) and they were extremely helpful about testing it out and giving us precise ingredient lists. They were very helpful in the walkthrough and arranging rentals as well, including small things like glasses for specialty drinks and coffee. All the aspects around the food went off seamlessly and so the food really was able to shine.
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