The Local Caterer

I would not recommend this caterer. Not one product we received looked anything like the photos supplied in this yelp advertisement. The presentation or the food. My son and daughter-in-law were married in October of 2024. They met with Kassandra and ultimately ordered a bruschetta appetizer for each guest, followed by a dinner salad. Dinner was a selection of pastas and dinner rolls. The rolls were cold and hard a rock. I watched as a male child opened and dumped a bag of Costco rolls into a mixing bowl right before dinner service started. At least bring a steamer pot to make them warm, soft and edible. I picked up roll as he dumped them in the bowl and was immediately embarrassed that this is what was going to be served to our guests. If I were a caterer, I'd be mortified to serve food like that. **The bruschetta appetizer my daughter-in-law ordered was NOT served with the dinner and each guest did not get one. **My daughter-in-law paid for the dinner portion of the wedding and I paid for a charcuterie table to be served during cocktail hour. Kassandra made the executive decision to put the dinner bruschetta on the charcuterie table instead of serving it to each guest as an appetizer. So I paid for a full charcuterie table to feed 120 and my dIL paid for a bruschetta appetizer separately but yet Kassandra combined the two separate orders and served one bruschetta. Essentially we were double-charged for food that Kassandra combined without consulting with us. I also paid $420 for a water and Ice tea station. Kassandra set up a makeshift table with a gallon of water (with some cut of fruit) and a gallon of tea and a little ramekin with 4 sugar packets. That was it. No decor, no cups, nothing. $420 plus an additional 20%tip for WATER and ice tea!!!! Once the dinner service was over, (the reception was just beginning- dancing hadn't even started ) Kassandra took the two containers of tea and water and Dumped them out!! I was made aware of it because people began asking me where the water and tea had been moved to. Meanwhile, I had a 2 - gallon containers in the bar area that were empty that Kassandra should've poured the tea and water into instead of dumping it out. I paid for it, I didn't borrow the tea until dinner service was over. She also took the water and tea and dumped it out on the side of my house. I know this because the fruit that was in the water was strewn about all over the ground beside myHouse. I also purchased a $1500 dessert table that was filled with stale lady fingers and little round mushy cheesecakes that were served in soggy PAPER wrappers that no one could get them out of without making a big mess. The dessert table underwhelming and disappointing. We also ordered a chocolate fountain.Kassandra brought a $19 Walmart version of a chocolate fountain and started setting it up during the reception speeches. Since the chocolate fountain was small and cheap Kassandra knocked it over right after the chocolate started melting and chocolate went everywhere. All over the table and candles and dessert plates (that I provided) the bricks and soaked into the antique wood table top. It took us two weeks to get the chocolate out of the creases of the wood. We had to treat the table with a product to help soak up all the oil that was in the chocolate and ultimately had to sand the table down. The entire dessert table went straight into the garbage can. There was nothing fresh or homemade about those desserts. I think this caterer is one of those businesses that decided to start a catering business and are figuring it out as they go along. That's fine as long as you are not charging five tier pricing on a 1 tier product and service. She also charged and was paid in advance for an all gratuity which is outrageous especially how the caliber of the product and service was not remotely comparable to the product and service we paid.I called Kassandra the day after the wedding to discuss the situation over the bruschetta - she said she couldn't talk so I texted her my concerns and she never responded back to Me. Again, I would not recommend this caterer. She is highly under qualified and over priced . And, I am telling you that nothing we had was fresh or locally made or homemade. It was Pure Costco through and through. The day after the wedding, once we had a day to settle down and process the event we realized that no one got a Bruschetta appetizer. I messaged Kassandra about that issue and that's when she told me she put them on the charcuterie table to make it "look more full." I paid for a charcuterie table for 120, it should've looked full because that's what I paid for. There was definitely not 120 bruschetta on the charcuterie table anyway.

These gentlemen recently catered my friends birthday party and it was wonderful. The food was amazing, there were delicious varieties and the staff was very professional and friendly. Their presentation was beautiful and I look forward to using them again for future events.

Awesome awesome caterer! Great food and great people. They have catering our Wednesday evening meet ups and the have been awesome

This place has great homemade cooking. The variety of food is always awesome. I recommend ordering from the local caterer to anyone who needs catering done or just wants to have an office party or a special event.

Great customer service and food. Would highly recommend them and I would use them again for future events!!! 5 stars in our book!!

Just WOW! Kasandra and the team were great! Her communication was prompt and detailed. She was very patient with questions. She left NOTHING out. I threw my bestie a baby shower with about 25 guests. Her husband makes the drinks and boy were they tasty. I recommend the tea, lemonade, and watermelon fresca drink stations for any event. The lemonade and tea were NOT like those overly sweet store brands in containers off the shelves. They were the perfect balance. The tea was unsweetened and yummy and sugar was provided in case folks wanted to sweeten it. The watermelon fresca was a hit! Cups were provided along with dessert plates and forks/spoons, little stirring spoons, and various sweetener options in small packets. The drinks are made fresh to order! She delivered the 3 drink stations with an ice bucket with tongs. She asked if I needed ice, but I provided my own. The caramel apple and strawberry cheesecake bites were divine. The flavors were splendid and so were the mini tiramisus. Hiring this company was definitely worth the value. They came back that night to pick up the drink station containers. I would hire them again. Thanks so much for making our special event so much more magical!

Huge shout out to Josh Bakken The Local Caterer. If anyone is looking to hire a caterer this is your person. We have been so impressed with Josh's communication from day one. We went over the menu that we wanted and he created it to perfection. He came by the day before to see the kitchen he would be using; brought all his own cookware as well as plates , utensils etc. The food was AMAZING!! Everything was so fresh, beautifully served and so organized. After 35 of us ate they had all dishes washed , all of their items loaded in their car and the kitchen was immaculate !Thank you for making this birthday celebration for Michele Schott even better than we thought !!!

Josh and his crew at The Local Caterer are amazing. We had another caterer booked for months for a private dinner, both when he bailed on us two weeks out, Josh jumped in and saved the day. He didn't miss a beat, and put together an amazing meal that accommodated all of our dietary restrictions ( dairy free, gluten free, pescatarian, and a last minute add of no garlic). The meal was fantastic, and the staff were lovely. Stand up guy, and a heck of a chef.