Tasteful Occasion

n we changed our minds on the entrees due to our budget. Unfortunately, things immediately went downhill after we paid our deposit. Getting any communication with questions and scheduling planning meetings felt like pulling teeth. So many cancellations and having to send multiple emails for a response. We sent a detailed schedule for our wedding day with directions and contacts for catering set up, which they confirmed they received but clearly never read as our actual wedding day had many slip ups. We also spent the week playing phone tag with Chef Michael and never ended up connecting despite multiple return calls and texts with extensive time frames given for availability. The non-alcoholic drink bar ran out of drinks almost immediately and was unmanned throughout the night. One of our guests had to step in to help. They were still setting up finger foods for cocktail hour when our guests arrived, and did not have enough personnel to support the size of our wedding so our bartender ended up providing assistance. He also had to help them pour the champagne for the champagne toast because they were understaffed. They brought the wrong kind of chicken and our guests reported most of the food was cold by the time they were served. Very disappointed in the service and communication. Would not recommend.

helpful in the weeks leading up to our wedding. However, things went downhill from there. The entire experience was extremely disappointing. Our food was cold, there wasn't nearly enough food all of our guests (which we clearly defined in our contract). Our vegetarian dish which was supposed to be a Hulu Hulu vegan dish ended up being white rice, clearly from a local Chinese takeout restaurant, as it was served in the cardboard box. We ordered upgraded dish-ware and our guests were served on Styrofoam trays. We literally had guests that were ordering food to our venue due to the lack of food our caterers provided. Our venue coordinator has blacklisted this caterer from her venue due to the lack of professionalism we all experienced with this company. I had to wipe tears from my wife's eyes on her wedding day, a day that is supposed to be the happiest day of her life. We have since tried to reach out to Chef Michael through numerous emails and phone calls with no response from him or his staff. I would not recommend this caterer to anyone.

people showed. Only about half our guests received the full plate of food. The food was cold. I received reports of guests chicken not being cooked all the way. The green beans were raw. We did not receive the bread that we paid for nor the water service. One of their staff members was caught visibly inebriated. There is venue security footage of their staff hiding venue items in bushes outside the venue, as well as venue security footage of them stealing a large cooler and two galvanized tubs that have yet to be returned to the venue despite the venues attempts to have them returned. The lead caterer, Candace, assaulted the venue owner during our reception. Their staff got into an argument with a guest of ours. Two staff members were caught outside making out when they should have been serving food to our guests. We were required to pay 195 dollars in stolen china to another rental service for our plates, mugs, and silverware. The lead caterer confronted me during the wedding and asked me to "understand that they booked five weddings that day" which would explain the lower quality/inadequacy of the food. We have attempted to contact Chef Mike via phone, text, and voice mails, as well as email regarding our concerns. We have also attempted to reach Candace via email. None of our attempts have returned any responses. A complaint was filed with the Better Business Bureau. I’d leave negative stars if I could. Do not use this caterer.

n tell Covid hit everyone pretty hard. But being that they have done two other weddings that I was a part of, I was confident that they will do great for us and they did!!! Not only did they cook the food perfectly but the Chef even stopped by to say hello and congratulate the family. Chef Michael and Candace were so humble and kind to all of us. Our food was a filet with gorgonzola cheese on top, lemon butter salmon, roasted brussel sprouts, mash potatoes. It was perfect. The salmon especially was so tender. This is a hard working company and we appreciate them.

tingly greedy. You will likely get inexcusable communication, misleading info., and a chronic headache from dealing with it all (just like multiple other reviews here mention). Back in February of 2021 I paid in full for a wedding in June of 2022, fast forward to May 2021 the wedding had been cancelled--I reached out to all of the vendors to ask about potential refunds since it was over a year out from the date we had booked. Michael said he would give a full refund, which was great given it was over two thousand dollars. I waited around all summer, then all fall and nothing. According to Chef Michael he had sent a check out at least three times and it "got lost" and then Venmo "must be having issues" because the return would not go through. I spoke with this man on almost a weekly basis (via phone call, text, and email), sometimes multiple times a week, with multiple lies and changing stories coming up as things went along. The standard in this regard has been pathetic. Fast forward to November, he tells me I can come get a check from him personally because he wanted to make sure I got the return. He cancelled the day of the first time, and then told me he would be there the next day with the check. I explain that I am a little over two hours away and would have to call off work, and that there could not be any change of plans or excuses given how drawn out the entire process had been and the loss of pay from needing to take the day off to drive to Dublin. I drive to him, sit and wait, and then get the check (which was dated wrong), Michael himself confirms everything, I drive home, auto deposit the check, and it clears. A week later his bank pulls the check back and/or it bounced due to lack of funds and completely overdrafts my bank account. I tell Michael this and he promises that it will be fixed and claims that he had fraud happen to his account and that must have been the problem (convenient). Since then I have talked to him more than a multitude of times, been given contact info. to a man who claimed to be his accountant (but this seems to be fake as well), apparently three-four wires have just "had issues" making it to my bank account, and received a fraudulent wire receipt two times. Despite me speaking to both his bank and my own, this man cannot seem to figure out the issue, or he simply is a compulsive liar. How this place is in business and how someone sleeps well at night knowing how poorly things are ran is beyond me. I am now in the process of taking things to court since this could not be handled professionally, and I encourage anyone else in a similar position to just try and get things sorted a more formal route (such as formal mediation with the DA's office or a date in small claims court--or both) rather than wasting time trying to deal with the owner of this company. If you don't have any grounds or time to pursue a court claim, take a second a write a complaint on the BBB website. Beyond tasteless customer service, professionalism, and integrity. Maybe the food is good (I wouldn't know and either way it wouldn't be worth it imo), but the ethics and communication are deplorable. Hopefully they do better or move on from this type of work.

week of the wedding we got a call from someone else confirming all of our food, so we felt good about everything! Wedding day comes, they don’t bring enough food at all (mind you we OVER ESTIMATED so everyone would have plenty). My 85 year old grandmother had a few green beans because that’s all that was left. We ordered 2 large charcuterie boards for cocktail hour and got store bought veggie trays instead. The owner Mike called us to make things right and he seemed very sincere. Offered us a refund for the services we did not received and we agreed upon the amount. “Give it 2 weeks”… 2 months later no refund, and he will not respond to any calls or texts. This was the only vendor that did not give us what we asked on our wedding day, which really put a damper on things. (Everyone wants good food on their wedding day!) I am highly disappointed in the professionalism of all those involved. I wouldn’t recommend them to any bride. It’s exhausting. The cherry on top of the cake is they accused us of extortion, blocked my husbands phone number, and accused me of harassment. Very classy!

eryone we interacted with. Chef Mike especially was extremely friendly and we felt really good about booking them. They were very accommodating due to pandemic circumstances when we wanted to move our reception celebration date, as we decided to get married with a small ceremony in April 2020. Later on, in February of 2021, we decided to cancel the postponed celebration altogether and sought to get a partial refund due to the circumstances. During this time, Chef Mike was extremely difficult to pin down for a conversation to negotiate the refund. At one point, he agreed to give us a partial refund, but wanted us to sign a non-disclosure agreement that went far beyond just not disclosing the refund. We were not comfortable signing a document like this and requested that some things be changed in the agreement. After several frustrating weeks of communication regarding this with Chef Mike, we finally disputed the charge with our credit card company. Throughout this process, Chef Mike was unprofessional in his emails, did not respond to emails or calls in a timely manner, and we had to do the vast majority of the outreach. I feel that overall, we were extremely reasonable, patient, and professional, while Chef Mike seemingly responded out of emotions.

and make sure you come understaffed. They set back our entire timeline and my DJ had to handle it. I would have rather ordered Pizza hut then have them cater. I've brought it up to them and now they are avoiding me. Doing nothing to remedy the disaster they caused.

nyone else in this company for almost 2 months to come to a resolution that is acceptable to both parties, with no response. I am convince that at least some of their good reviews are fake. We will be forced to take this to small claims court unless someone would like to reach out finally after reading this post. This is absolutely not the course of action we want to take, but we have tried everything else and have gotten nowhere.

y… did that happen.. NO. They showed up 10 minutes before our cocktail hour. They only brought enough eating utensils for cocktail hour and didn’t have enough for the actual dinner. Also, during cocktail hour we had bruschetta which of course goes on bread. Here’s the problem, there was no where near enough bread so guests couldn’t eat the bruschetta that we paid for. What a waste of money! Our dinner was supposed to be plated and it wasn’t. It was served buffet style and took FOREVER! They even spilled food on two different guests!! They didn’t have enough chicken for the guests so they started to cut the chicken into small pieces so they would have enough. They didn’t bus tables. They forgot our cake plates. We have been trying to get ahold of chef Michael and he won’t return any calls. DO NOT GO WITH TASTEFUL OCCASIONS. I have learned that we are not the only couple that this has happened to. People are taking this company to court. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

nd beyond what I expected. I couldve easily stressed about the small concerns like not finding the cases of beer (later realized that it was in my sons car). However, one of the onsite staff assured me that he would take care of it and we would have what was needed. He found it. I never knew that there was a problem and my day was perfect! They will always be my go to for future events.

very phone call seemed to be reminding them of what we had ordered. We had confirmed food details multiple times leading up to the wedding day and although our guest count was at 100 we kept the food at 120 guest to have the extra if needed. The day of, catering showed up and began setting up the “charcuterie boards” and “veggie trays that were meant to serve 60ish people. These looked like tiny store bought trays that maybe fed 20 people max. Catering forgot the rolls for the meets and salad completely. We were supposed to have loaded potato bites and we received plain tater tots that seemed to be microwaved. The worst part was the MAIN courses did not even make it to all of our guest before running out a little over halfway through our dinner. My wife’s 90 year old grandmother and family was stuck with green beans and a little Mac and cheese for dinner for the evening. What was our perfect day had a huge rut which was the food and catering. This company needs some serious attention to detail when it comes to what the customers wants and being able to deliver the correct amount of food. If you want a catering company that you can depend on look elsewhere.

rally, everyone at our wedding complimented us on how good the food was! More importantly to us, they operate this business with honesty and integrity. They are kind, trustworthy, and professional. I would recommend them to cater any occasion big or small. They are all just good, honest people, that can prepare some very delicious food.

ckwards to help us out at every turn. Responses were very quick and accommodating. Every detail question we asked was thoroughly discussed and answered! They were available whenever we needed to get in touch with them, from the menu planning, changes (like adding tables, chairs, and linens), and helping to coordinate picking up the rented items the next day. The service was outstanding and the the food was even better! So many compliments from our guests and multiple requests to try to get the recipe of our unbelievably tasty pork loin. We also had a wedding cake made and it was absolutely above and beyond our expectations. If all of that wasn’t enough, the pricing was extremely fair! During the Pandemic, when we have had so many vendors show their true colors, it was very refreshing to do business with high character people. Tasteful Occasion completely knocked it out of the park for us! Highly recommended.

ious, we had the crusted Parmesan chicken and blacked cod with mashed potatoes and veggies with several passed hors d’oeuvres (stuffed mushrooms, smoked apple franks, etc) We highly recommend booking Tasteful Occasion for your wedding!

fect!! Best catering ever!!!

es were reasonable and they were on time. Everyone that worked the wedding was pleasant and professional. They made a wonderful day, even more wonderful. We'd recommend them without hesitation and would use them again for a future event.

he service they provided was amazing. The food was EXCELLENT! Chef Mike and the kitchen staff made sure that the food was perfect. Everybody enjoyed it and went up for seconds. Tasteful occasion will always be a part of our memories and will always be in our hearts because you made our wedding day sperfect. Thank you so much for everything.

o work with our schedules. All of our wedding guests raved about the food - the filet was delicious, as were the green beans, salads, and potatoes. We were so impressed and pleased with the outcome. We even had a last minute change of plans and they were able to accommodate the change with no problem. I also learned last-minute of a dietary restriction of one of my guests and Chef Mike was able to make a special dish just for her. You will NOT be disappointed by choosing this caterer. We will be using them again for future events. I feel so lucky to have had such a great experience. Thank you, Tasteful Occasion, for playing such a big role in our special day.