Private Dinners & Celebrations
Milestone birthdays, anniversaries, rehearsal dinners, graduations, and dinner parties, at home or at a venue of your choosing.
Restaurant-quality dining without the reservation
Private events are where scale stops being the point. A table of fourteen for an anniversary deserves the same attention as a room of two hundred, and it is often the more interesting menu to cook.
We work in home kitchens and at rented venues alike. For an at-home dinner we bring what the kitchen lacks, cook on site, serve each course, and leave the kitchen cleaner than we found it.
Rehearsal dinners, showers, retirement parties, holiday gatherings, and dinners with no occasion attached all fit here.
What private service includes
- Service in your home or at your chosen venue
- Multi-course plated dinners or family-style service
- Grazing tables and passed appetizers
- Cocktail and bar service on request
- Smaller guest counts genuinely welcome
- Full kitchen cleanup before we leave
The celebrations we cater most
At home or at a venue, across Kenosha County.
Bridal and Wedding Showers
Bridal shower catering usually means a daytime menu: lighter dishes, a grazing spread and something sweet. Most showers run two to three hours, so we plan for guests arriving and leaving across the afternoon rather than one sitting.
Engagement Parties
An engagement party is often the first time both families share a room. Passed appetizers keep people moving and talking, and a grazing table gives anyone who arrives late something to come back to.
Retirement Parties
Retirement party catering has to suit colleagues, family and friends who may not know each other. A grazing table or stations let people eat and mingle at their own pace, and they suit an open house where guests come and go.
Milestone Birthdays
Fortieths, fiftieths, seventy-fifths. A seated dinner for a smaller group or a buffet for a larger one, with the menu built around what the guest of honor actually likes to eat.
Anniversaries
Anniversary dinners tend to be smaller and more personal, often plated or family style for close family at home. Some couples want the dishes from their wedding day again. Others want something new.
Graduation Parties
Most graduation parties run as open houses, with guests arriving across an afternoon. Food that holds well over several hours, served buffet or grazing style, matters more than anything elaborate.
How a private dinner runs
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The occasion
Tell us what you are marking, how many are coming, and where you want to host it.
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Menu design
We propose courses suited to the occasion and the season, and adjust to your table's tastes.
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We shop and prep
Sourcing and prep happen on our side. You are not running errands the day of.
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Cook, serve, reset
We cook on site, serve each course, then clean the kitchen and go.
Frequently asked
How small an event will you cater?
Small is genuinely fine. Intimate dinners are some of our favorite work. Tell us your number and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit.
Do you cook in our home?
Yes, in most cases. We work in your kitchen and bring the equipment it does not have. If the space is tight, we prep ahead and finish on site.
Do you provide bar service?
We can add cocktail and bar service, including a bartender for the evening. Mention it early so it is priced into the proposal.
Do we have to clean up afterward?
No. Cleanup is part of the service. We leave the kitchen as we found it, or better.
Have something to celebrate?
Tell us the occasion and we will design a menu for it.