Reviews for Taste of Country Catering

10/18/2024 - Michelle
They almost ruined our wedding, and then proceeded to tell us we are greedy, gluttonous, liars! Jessica catered for our wedding last weekend, before the wedding we had 82 guests that would be needing food for the wedding so we decided to tell her to cook for 91 people that way we would have plenty of extra food even though she had told me weeks ahead of time there will be extra food if some of the guests would like seconds that's not a problem. In the end we only had 70 people show up and stay for dinner. By the time the last table was dismissed to get food it was nearly gone (both meats and the mashed potatoes, there was still green beans, salad, and rolls left) so that whole table including my mother in law and our photographer ended up with very bare plates! We tracked down the two guys who set up the buffet (and mind you they showed up looking very unprofessional in blue jeans and graphic t-shirts) sitting in the bed of their truck in the parking lot and asked if there was extra food because it was almost gone, they said no and that everyone was only supposed to take one kind of meat.. which no one had ever mentioned to us before this moment. A couple days after the wedding we called Jessica and explained the minimal food situation and how we had over 20 less guests than we had originally planned for, thank god! Her response was 'well I saw people loading up their plates and then throwing away excessive amounts of food after dinner, and I've never seen guests fill their plates like that in my 20 years catering.' I asked her if she was there and she said yes, my husband stopped her and asked again if she was there and where she was at during the event, she then responds that she wasn't actually there this was all information relayed from her guys.. who sat in the bed of their truck in the parking lot the entire time. She also told us that the wedding party was snatching food from the serving platters before the guys had a chance to take them out to the buffet line. This statement couldn't be farther from the reality of the situation, her guys were cutting up the tri tip on the cutting board and after he was all done and had loaded up the aluminum tray he left about 10 small scraps, mostly the fatty bites with minimal amount of meat on the cutting board and as he walked the tray out the door to the buffet line he said these few bites are for the wedding party to enjoy before we get to the buffet line. We went around and took photos with every table during dinner and have since asked several of our guests if they saw 'loading of plates and throwing away excessive food' none of us saw anything like she is claiming to have seen first hand. During the phone call Jessica kept telling us she 'is sorry that our guests took so much unnecessary food and then threw away heaping plates. She's never seen anything like that in her 15 years catering' .. I thought it was 20 years? She also said 'I provide enough meat for each guest to have 1/2 a pound which is why I cooked 40 pounds of meat for your event' but we told her we would have 91 guests.. apparently math also isn't her strong subject. She kept telling us she already apologized and she isn't sure what else we want from her, when her apology was nothing more than just repeating how our guests are selfish and gluttonous. The only thing we were looking for was some understanding a genuine apology for the added and unnecessary stress on our wedding day, we were only met with condescending judgement and superiority complex from Jessica. I'm sure she will respond to this review reiterating her points about our guests and reiterating we are liars. Overall, the food tasted good but the stress of running out of food and being called gluttonous liars multiple times is not worth anything she offers. Save yourself the stress and use any other catering company for your event!