4.4 out of 5 stars and 37 reviews Best of Weddings (2x).
4.4
(37)All over Ohio; Columbus area, Cincinnati area; Cleveland
About this vendor
Based out of Columbus, OH, Tasteful Occasion is a catering company that brings a globally-inspired cuisine to Ohio homes, workplaces, and venues. This eatery creates delicious dishes using fresh ingredients that will wow your wedding guests with their exemplary taste and style.
The Executive Chef at Tasteful Occasion is superbly versed in a number of culinary traditions from all over the world. These include Italian, Greek, Hungarian, American, Mexican, Japanese, or even Southern comfort BBQ. Whatever your desires, this chef will customize your menu to your tastes and ensure your dinner feels uniquely you.
Because of the range of cuisines offered at this caterer, Tasteful Occasion's catering menu fluctuates based on your preferences. All orders, however, come with disposable dishware, napkins, condiments, and equipment such as chafing dishes, hotboxes, and stainless steel serving utensils. The company also provides wedding planning services such as event coordinators, DJs, rental items, photography, and venues.
Details
Cuisine
- American
- BBQ
- Cajun
- French
- Greek
- Italian
Dietary Options
- Gluten Free
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
Food & Catering
- Buffet
- Catering Clean Up
- Catering Delivery & Setup
- Chef Stations
- Family Style
- Menu Tastings
Awards and Affiliations
Reviews
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4.4
out of 5.037 reviews
Tasteful Occasions team was great to work with. Kim and Crystal always responded quickly during the planning process to any questions or changes. Everyone raved about the food and ...
how wonderful everything was. They truly have a well oiled machine! The day of our wedding, my husband and I always had a drink in our hand. The bartenders were amazing and everyone said they were quick to serve and that the line always kept moving! Tasteful Occasions was absolutely amazing to work with and we are so thankful for them being part of our big day! They also did a wonderful job catering our brunch the day after the wedding for our guests! Food was delicious and they were wonderful to work with and deliver everything!
We were initially very pleased with this company, Candace & Chef Michael were friendly & personable at our tasting and even waived the fee. The food at the tasting was delicious, a...
nd they even allowed us to do another tasting free of charge when 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.
My wife & I had our wedding catered by Tasteful Occasion/Kool Daddy's BBQ on 11/06/2021.
At first, Chef Michael and his staff were very professional and accommodating and we actua...
lly really liked the food at our tasting. He was responsive and 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.
On November 6th, 2021, we utilized this caterer due to the positive reviews that we had read. We paid for the services in full before the wedding. On the day of, the caterer was 1....
5 hours late. We paid for 175 guests worth of food and only 135 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.
Tasteful occasion did my wedding this weekend…. Salmon was cooked perfectly the lemon butter chicken was so good. They were amazing.
My wedding was in November. We had requested Tasteful Occasion because they did my sisters, and my best friends wedding as well. I did notice they went through some internal person...
el changes in the company. As every other small business, you can 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.
Do not use this company. No matter how good your tasting was or how accommodating they seem when you are about to book, you will not receive what you paid for, in food quality, com...
munication, or service. We have been trying to contact Mike or anyone 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.
If I could give 0 stars, I would. Tasteful Occasions started off fine and the tasting was great. However, the day of the actual wedding was a complete catering nightmare. To start,...
I was told the caterers would show up to the event 2 hours early… 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.
I can not tell you how many compliments I still get about the tasty food. OMG!!! The crab cake balls were a hit. From The attention to detail. to the courtesy of the serving staff...
and consideration of my needs, Tasteful Occassions went above and 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.
The food and service was great, and they packaged up our leftovers for us. Thank you Chef Mike!
I cannot say enough positive things about Tasteful Occasion. They went above and beyond to ensure that our day was perfect. They were able to pull something together for us in just...
a couple of weeks and the food was amazing and affordable. Literally, 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.
Like so many others during the 2020 pandemic, we held a small family ceremony instead of our large wedding we had planned. We were scrambling to plan for our second wedding when we...
found Mike and his team at Tasteful Occasion. They bent over backwards 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.
I had a company event with Filet and Ahi tuna. The food was amazing. During these hard times Tasteful Occasion made sure we were taken care of and treated us with such care. Thank ...
you!
Brittany and Chief Mike were such a pleasure to work with! Brittany was extremely responsive to all our requests and accommodating to last minute changes. Michelle and Melisa were ...
an absolute joy to have catering the wedding! The food was delicious, 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!
Thank you Chef Mike and Melisa. You guys made my wedding perfect. The food was amazing and the caterers were so attentive and fun. Thank you
Such a talented crew. The chefs make and create the most amazing food. I especially loved our hors d sources, sopes topped with marinated octopus. We also had homemade lobster ravi...
oli which was awsome!!!! The service was so professional and perfect!! Best catering ever!!!
Chef Mike was caring, honest and really helped us out in a horrible venue situation!
The Staff and chefs were amazing! The food was perfect! They made my planning stress free. AMAZING! THANK YOU!!
This vendor provided everything our son and now daughter-in-law asked for. They met and taste tasted the food ahead of time. The caterer was very responsive to calls "on the day"...
when we were in a pinch for linens and helped us out. The prices 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.
Dear Robyn, we would like to thank you and everybody from tasteful occasion in making sure that our wedding was perfect. Your guidance was absolutely wonderful and you made the pro...
cess so simple and stress free . The staff was so helpful and the 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.
I cannot say enough good things about Tasteful Occasion, Chef Mike and his team. They were incredibly prompt and responsive, had a wonderful selection of food options, provided th...
e ability to rent tables, chairs, and linens, and were willing to 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.
I have been to a few weddings and I applaud how much effort the staff of Tasteful Occasion did to make our day special. Even a couple of weeks after our wedding we received a card ...
from The Chef and the partners with all of the staffs signature congratulating us. This company really shares a personal touch and care for their clients. Very good food and such a pleasant to work with. Thank you.
I was so impressed with this company. We had prime rib and chicken marsala and it was plated. This was my one day that I wanted to be perfect and the staff and food was amazing. I ...
would like to thank Robyn for all of her efforts in creating my vision into reality. Thank you guys for being there for my husband and I.
Disappointed is to say the least. It seems as if our entire friends and family guest list at the wedding have reached out to explain our wedding was one of the best they’ve been to...
except for the food.
It’s very disappointing to me that our wedding will be remembered that way for myself and for your business.
There are lists of things that went wrong that we discussed wouldn’t happen I can name a few but my family could name them all as I was too busy to be concerned at that time.
We discussed there being flame/burners under the food to keep warm because we were outside and there was not so the food was terribly cold even though my guests ate as soon as they returned from the ceremony their food was cold and mine was extremely cold I had one bite of the pasta and didn’t eat it.
For some reason there was a lack of spaghetti sauce and absolutely no bread sticks.
The salad dressing was never restocked when it went empty.
We had discussed that all food be removed by your staff or stored correctly. This was not the case. My family was stuck with food left out on the catering tables they had to throw into trash bags then into a vehicle to take to waste correctly. Even more disappointing the food your staff did store in the fridges had chicken in containers with nothing covering them to keep it preserved and healthy to eat.
We had also discussed staff helping with the clean up of guests food. That did not happen.
Mostly what upsets me even more than the inedible food is staff bluntly asking my family where their tip is when frankly I feel they didn’t fulfill their duties to require one but received one anyways.
When we met for our tasting a couple weeks before the wedding I was very excited the food was amazing and I couldn’t wait for our guests to enjoy the food. I wasn’t concerned because you did a great job and covered every base with us. So now I am unsure if this was something you now need to review to fix and didn’t want to tell us this was going to be a hard wedding to cater or if this is a problem all the time for your business and I should let others know to never acquire tasteful occasions in the future. If it would’ve been one thing wrong we would say shit happens but this was one thing after another after spending thousands of dollars and to be very unsatisfied.
I’m sorry to have to reach out to you for this sort of review but it needs to be brought to your attention if it hasn’t been already.
Chef Mike is a wedding god send! We loved doing every step with him! He was so sweet and helpful! A delight to work with. The food was wonderful and his staff took great care of us...
! We've raved about him continually since the day we hired him! Tons of food options and so willing to help with anything we needed
Tasteful Occasion, Robyn, was so helpful with anything we needed for our wedding. The china, the linen, props, the photographer and even the DJ was provided by them. The Executive ...
Chef created our menu and I cant believe how professional and wonderful everything was. The food was amazing. We had brisket, which was the best tasting Brisket I've ever had in Ohio, And we also had lemon chicken. The Chefs are so talented that we event had saucy Thai noodles in our menu. Thank you for everything
Tasteful Occasion Made our night perfect. The food was wonderful.
Unforgettable night
We booked with Tasteful Occasion a year ago. And there was not one month where they did not communicate with us. Our reception was awesome and fun. They provided great food. great ...
caterers. Billy was so helpful and Robyn and Heather were such fun bartenders. Chef Mike created such an art on the food. It looked and tasted amazing. They also provided all of the linens. They were so helpful during the process. The best part was we actually saved a lot of money with them.
Amazing food. Tasteful occasion met our budget and the BBQ was amazing
Great food. Great caterers
Great food Great service and perfect night.
Very nice company. Robyn and Chef Mike really went out to make sure our wedding was perfect . The food was so good. Thank you
Plenty of Food. All my guests were so happy. Such an easy process and Tasteful Occasion went above and beyond. The Food was excellent
This company is amazing. We had Filet and Halibut, plated. The food was Great. We checked pricing and our wedding should've been $125 per person at least. We had filet and Halibut,...
fingerling potatoes, Caesar salad, Shrimp and Grits, and lamb lollipops as the food. We also got our wedding cake from them, including the China and linen. Robyn and Chef Mike did everything for us. Anybody having an event or wedding should definately use them.
PERFECT PERFECT PERFECT!!! Did BBQ buffet. 400 guests came the BBQ was the best BBQ we've had. Little did I know they have another company called Kool Daddy's BBQ. I can see why. T...
he best brisket, and the pulled pork was so tender and juicy. The spices and rub they use is so different from anyone in Columbus. The chef knows what he's doing. And the caterers were so fast and personable. Thank you for making our day perfect.
Tasteful Occasion did exactly as they promised. They took any stress away. The food was absolutely amazing. So much flavor. Our family and friends had the best time. We did the Ita...
lian package . The scallops as an appetizer set the tone. The lasagna was homemade, you can tell. The staff was so fun and kind. Thank you Ribyn and Chef Mike for everything.
Contact
614-414-6120, Columbus, OH | All over Ohio; Columbus area, Cincinnati area; Cleveland
Tasteful Occasion