An Experience Your Guests Will Talk About For Years
At Chef Jeff Catering, we want to say “I do” to you!
We love weddings, and we love bringing each couple’s unique style, story, and vision to the table through thoughtful food and genuine hospitality.
Our fresh, flexible approach allows us to create a menu that feels like you while honoring your tastes, priorities, and budget. From your first ideas through your wedding day, our event coordinators will guide you every step of the way, making the process feel easy, seamless, and even fun!
With personalized menus, tastings, flexible service and rental options, and plenty of room for creative or nontraditional touches, we’ll bring the details together while taking exceptional care of you and your guests.
We’d be honored to be part of your wedding day and would love to connect!
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Chef Jeff Catering offers a variety of service options to perfectly complement your day.
Whether you need a full setup and teardown or a full-service meal with serving staff and chef stations, we’re here to make it happen.
We also offer essential rentals, including linens, flatware, glassware, and cutlery, to cover your basic needs and simplify your planning.
Sample Proposals
All sample proposals include appetizers, dinnerware (either rentals or disposable), and day-of service staff. These examples are designed to be as comprehensive as possible to give you a realistic starting point. We don’t have set packages or requirements— every proposal is fully customizable and can be adjusted to fit your wedding, preferences, and priorities. We’re always happy to offer suggestions and help shape a catering experience that feels just right for you.
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Why Chef Jeff?
For more than 20 years and thousands of events, we’ve done more than serve great food, we’ve helped bring people together. Our food is made from scratch with quality ingredients and big flavor, while our experienced team provides the guidance and logistical know-how to help your event run smoothly.
Our Food for All Philosophy means creating thoughtful, flexible menus for a wide range of tastes, cultures, and dietary needs. We’ll work with your priorities, offer creative solutions, and help shape an experience that feels like you.
At the heart of it all is people. From our team and clients to every guest around the table, we’re here to make your gathering feel welcoming, memorable, and well cared for.
Service Options
We offer everything from convenient pickup and delivery to fully staffed catering with setup, service, cleanup, rentals, linens, and place settings. Our team can support buffets, plated dinners, family-style meals, food stations, receptions, and more. Choose as much or as little support as you need, and we’ll help you build the right service plan for your event.
Event Types
From intimate dinners to gatherings with more than 1,000 guests, we’re experienced in events of nearly every size and style. We cater weddings, corporate gatherings, nonprofit galas, community celebrations, milestone birthdays, memorials, brunches, production sets, and plenty in between.
Whatever brings your people together, we’ll bring the same care, creativity, and big flavor to the table.
Service Area
We’re proud to cater to the Twin Cities and its surrounding suburbs.
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Venue Fees
Some venues require caterers to collect an additional fee, either as a flat rate or a percentage of the event cost. These fees are established by the venue and passed through to them; they are not set by Chef Jeff Catering.
We do our best to keep venue requirements current in our system. If a venue fee applies, it will be clearly listed in your personalized proposal. Because policies can change, we also recommend confirming the most up-to-date information with your venue coordinator.
Tastings
We want you to love your meal and we offer open house tastings throughout the year. If you are interested in attending a tasting, please contact our team at info@chef-jeff.com.
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Tastings
We want you to love the food you choose, so we offer advanced tastings in an open-house style throughout the year. You can invite up to 6 guests to participate (including the bride and/or groom). (Tasting fee covers the food and staffing costs for the tasting service and is waived/returned if you select Chef Jeff Catering as your catering service.)
Bar Service
As a recovery-friendly and sober kitchen, Chef Jeff Catering does not currently offer bar service. We do recommend our beverage partners, Liquid Motion or With a Twist, if you are interested in bar service. We appreciate your understanding.
Leftovers
We’re happy to package available buffet leftovers when requested in advance. Leftovers are NOT GUARANTEED, as reasonable overages are built in to support service, staff, and vendor meals.
If guaranteed additional food is desired, we recommend ordering additional portions. Clients must provide appropriate refrigerated/cooler storage and designate a point person to receive leftovers. Once packaged and transferred, Chef Jeff Catering is no longer responsible for the storage, handling, transportation, or consumption of leftover food.
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What Our Couples Are Saying
"So grateful for Chef Jeff and his team. Amber was extremely easy to work with and called me to see how I was doing when our venue cancelled on us. She was so helpful and willing to be flexible with our needs. The food was amazing. Highly recommend!"
"Amber and Chef Jeff were amazing to work with! They catered our son and daughter-in-law's wedding dinner in our home and everything was fantastic! During the planning process, Amber was friendly and responsive to our questions. Chef Jeff and staff took care of everything from the moment they arrived in our home which gave us time to truly enjoy the evening. We highly recommend their services!"
"I had a wedding reception at a park due to Covid reasons and these guys game in so clutch. The whole experience was great. The staff were friendly and responsive during the planning proccess. The menu was so customizable which really helped with me having a less traditional reception. We were in a rush so we only gave them 2 weeks to prepare but the food was amazing. We got the beef sirloin, grilled chicken with mango salsa, mixed veggies, mashed potatoes, penne pasta, with cheesecake for dessert and everything tasted so good. We had leftovers and I'm disappointed that they are running out. I can't recommend these guys more."
"Amber, Jeff's daughter, does the thinking, and Jeff does the Cooking. 🙂 They are two wonderful people that are not only organized, flexible, and creative, but find the time to give back to their community as well. They made our day so special, we hope to work with them again."
"We could not have asked for a better caterer for our wedding than Chef Jeff! The entire team was so helpful and quick to respond to any questions or concerns we had. They were true professionals and we got so many compliments on the food! It was clear that they truly cared about us and our wedding day, and were determined to make sure everything moved smoothly. Definitely consider Chef Jeff for any of your catering needs!"
"Chef Jeff was great to work with as our wedding caterer.The team was quick to respond and narrow down our order to exactly what we needed. And our guests kept raving about the food (especially the brisket) all night and continue to bring that up to us every time we run into our guests. They accommodated everyone of our guests food allergies and made us incredible gluten free brownies as a dessert. We're so happy we went with them for our wedding!"
"We recently had the pleasure of having Chef Jeff Catering handle our wedding, and they exceeded all our expectations. The food was exquisite, and the presentation was equally impressive. We particularly want to commend Leah and Amber, who were not only professional but also incredibly warm and accommodating. They went above and beyond to make our special day even more memorable, handling every detail with utmost care. Their passion for what they do was evident in every interaction we had. We highly recommend Chef Jeff Catering for anyone seeking a seamless and delicious catering experience. Their team truly embodies exceptional service."
"We loved working with Chef Jeff for our wedding catering! They were highly recommended as delicious, professional, and affordable by our venue and we agree. Pre-event communication was great and our food (Mediterranean buffet) was unique, delicious, and customizable."
"If you are looking for catering for any reason, look no further. We used Chef Jeff for our wedding reception and cannot say enough about the amazing food and even more amazing family owned business. The staff were open in communication and the pricing was so reasonable. Highly recommend to anyone and everyone"
"Chef Jeff catered our wedding and they were fabulous!! From the initial conversation and proposal development to the tasting and the day of service, all was excellent. The food and the service was fantastic and the prices were reasonable. I’d highly recommend Chef Jeff and team for your wedding or next event!"
