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Kiss the Chef Catering, LLC

Kiss the Chef Catering, LLC

Gilbert, AZ
4.9 out of 5 rating, 153 Reviews
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4.9 out of 5 rating
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2024 Winner
4.9 out of 5 rating
153 Reviews
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    Michael A. Sent on 02/24/2024
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    Incredible food. Incredible prices. Incredible service. Incredible professionalism. An incredible caterer.

    I’ve attended your amazing events and I’m so impressed with how you conduct yourselves and how incredible your food is. One thing that stands out is how you make sure your guests are well taken care of, and; especially, satisfied to their hearts content. Your professionalism is outstanding! You provide far more in decorations and appetizers than any caterer I’ve ever experienced, and it’s so evident your motto is ‘succeed in excellence.’ Memories are created through the experience of fine cuisine so I thank you for the wonderful memories I experienced through your fine cuisine. Keep doing what you’re doing because it’s all good!
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    Logan H. Sent on 12/31/2023
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    Love them!

    Currently planning a December 2024 wedding and Kiss the Chef catering has been wonderful to work with! Recently, our original wedding venue shut down, leaving us to scramble to find something new. Kiss the Chef contacted me and was so kind and helpful during this whole process. It really shows how much they care and how much pride they put into their work!

    Looking forward to having them at our wedding this year!
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    Marnie K. Sent on 12/31/2023
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    caring- responsive professionalism - focused on pleasing YOU

    We are in the early planning process with Michael at KISS THE CHEF. Both Michael and “Chef” are class act professionals focused on providing a 5 star quality product, along with exceptional service every step of the way. Their #1 goal is to exceed your expectations and provide you with the most memorable culinary experience for you and your guests. I highly recommend KISS THE CHEF if you want to work with the best and experience the best.
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    Taylor K. Sent on 02/24/2024
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    Great experience!

    We are getting married in a little over a month and are in the process of making final decisions and focusing on all of the details. Michael and Kiss the Cheft have been wonderful to work with and have made the process very easy for us! From our original tasting, we were incredibly impressed with the taste and presentation of the food. We can't wait to have them part of our special day and to have a nice meal for our guests!
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    Megan E. Sent on 03/16/2024
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    Best people and best food!

    Wow! I don't even know where to start. Our original wedding venue went out of business with less than three months to go until our wedding. Kiss the Chef immediately, proactively reached out to us to find out what they could do to help. Our new venue typically doesn't allow outside catering, but Kiss the Chef worked with the venue and bent over backwards to ensure that we could keep the catering we wanted and had already booked! They're incredibly flexible, were proactive and always available for a phone call, and you could tell in their voices how much they truly care for their couples. Not to mention, THE FOOD! We received so many compliments from guests saying this is the best wedding food they've ever had. When we were reminiscing about the wedding a few days after with friends, they spent about 20 minutes straight raving about how good the food was and arguing over which part of the meal was the best (creamy corn elote was voted the winner). We'd highly recommend Kiss the Chef to anyone and everyone! Michael and Chef Ed, we cannot thank you and your team enough!
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    Rachael M. Sent on 01/07/2024
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    Amazing food and great customer service

    The food was so so good. My husband said the chicken was creamy and chickeny. He was very great when I wasn't feeling good and he packed up my meal to go. The serving staff was amazing and super helpful! We loved them and will def be recommending them to everyone! We had so many guests compliment the food and we appreciated how accommodating Michael and Chef Ed were.
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    Jeff H. Sent on 12/31/2023
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    Corporate Christmas Party

    Great to work with from beginning to end. Excellent food and excellent service! They will be catering our party next year as well!!
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    Diana G. Sent on 12/31/2023
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    Kiss The Chef catering

    Kiss the Chef is absolutely wonderful!! We received so many compliments on the food the day of our event. They were so fast and professional. Highly recommend!!
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    Larry Sent on 12/31/2023
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    An amazing & fun company with the best foodie vibe!

    We hired Kiss the Chef, Chef Ed & Michael to cater our Corporate Christmas party. It was THE BEST, holiday spread that we’ve ever had catered to our team & their families! The details on the appetizers & dinner was impeccable! Everything was created with a touch of holiday from the food picks to the garnish! We will hire them next Christmas & for any other events that my company puts on! Oh, & they worked with our budget to fit everything we wanted into it!
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    Grecia B. Sent on 12/31/2023
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    Amazing!! Amazing!! Amazing!!

    We had been planning our wedding for almost 5 months and had to shift everything suddenly. We had 3 months to get a backyard wedding together, and one of the best choices we made was hiring Kiss the Chef. From the moment we started inquiring, through the tasting, and the final product Michael was on top of it. Every single question, he was more than happy to find me the answers. The food is incredible. I mean, truly, we still have guests reaching out to comment about how incredible the food was. And it was. Just downright talent, and passion for what Chef Ed does, you can taste it and you can see it. The service was impeccable, before we knew they were set up, and before we knew it, they were packed. Super professional, our guests loved it, we loved it!
    If you want your food to be a wow factor at your event; look no further. You have found your wow factor.
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    Jayne Sent on 02/26/2024
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    OMG...the best ever. Just finished a very busy wedding season, our family had 5 weddings in 4 months. Talk about busy, totally crazy time...but for my daughter's wedding we chose Kiss the Chef. We could not have made a better choice. Food was amazing, staff professional and even with my last minute change in not having appetizers passed by servers, because of the heat and I wanted our guests to be inside with air conditioning. When I say last minute...like 36 hours. I called Michael in a panic...he said no problem we will take care of it. He calmed me and took this worry away from me. Thank you! Chef Ed created a beautiful full table charcuterie board. The guests loved it. All were very happy to have this buffet style so they could make their own choices. Our DJ made it fun so the line at the dinner buffet was never long and all were able to enjoy meals together. I was out of state attending the last wedding of our season, was able to meet up with some friends and catch up as I did not get much time with them at my daughter's wedding. During our conversation she had been to 8 weddings since ours. "Out of all the weddings I have been to, glad yours was the first and the best". They complimented the food and service as the best at all they had been to. Made me think about how caterers just do what they want, no personal touch to make the day special. I know that this is not the case with Kiss the Chef.
    Michael & Chef Ed took time to make sure that my daughter's special day was truly special. And during the wedding both were available to assist in any way for myself and our guests. Thank you both for helping in creating my daughters special day!
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    Donna M. Sent on 12/31/2023
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    Program Administrator

    Michael and Ed have always been amazing to do business with. The quality and display of food is exceptional, as is their attention to detail and customer service. We have used them several times and highly recommend.
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    Renae Sent on 12/31/2023
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    Best Local Southwest Inspired Wedding Food Ever!

    We hired Kiss the Chef Catering, LLC, & they wow'd our guests! We come from a family of "foodies," so when we went through the process of finding a catering company it was very difficult because no caterer in the valley that we tried was close to serving top notch cuisine, until we found Chef Ed & his culinary team.

    SPEECHLESS, because I cannot even describe the layers of flavors in his bacon wrapped tamale stuffed chicken which was topped with a creamy elote. It was even served with a nopalito/cactus salsa. The handmade guacamole had so many flavorful ingredients inside that I asked for seconds!

    We wanted a local Taste of The Southwest, & Chef Ed nailed it on so many levels! We had so many compliments on the food that our guests to this day, keep saying, BEST WEDDING FOOD EVER! We are so very happy with Kiss the Chef! You will be too!
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    Scott J. Sent on 01/29/2023
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    Helped make our wedding perfect!

    The whole team at Kiss the Chef were an absolute pleasure to work with from day 1. Not only was there food absolutely outstanding, but Michael and Chef Ed were friendly, fun and incredibly professional throughout our journey together. The staff they brought with them on our wedding day performed there job absolutely flawlessly, so professional, helpful and well presented. Our guests all commented on how good the food was, how pleasant the staff was and how much they enjoyed eating at our wedding. It was a cold night, and we were eating outside so one of the things that impressed me is that my food was a great temperature and at no point did it feel like I was eating anything other than freshly cooked.
    I want to thank Michael, Chef Ed and the whole team at Kiss the Chef for doing such an amazing job. Our wedding was a fantastic experience, and so many happy memories were made that night. Having them there was a big part of the nights success and I can only recommend them whole heartedly to anyone needing a catering service like theirs. Thank you all!
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    Kristina R. Sent on 12/31/2022
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    Absolutely Perfect in every way

    The best vendor you will work with and the most amazing food you will taste! I could not recommend Kiss the Chef more!! Michael and Chef Ed are so incredible. Michael will put you completely at ease throughout your whole planning process. Chef Ed creates meals that your guests will rave about and their staff is kind and professional. They did everything we asked of them to perfection and went way above and beyond that! They are also really fairly priced which is an added bonus! If you want your event to be memorable and go off without a hitch, use Kiss the Chef!
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    Scott J. Sent on 12/31/2022
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    Great food, great people!

    The team at Kiss the Chef were fantastic to work with from day one when we found them at an open house. The food we tried there was amazing, but then they helped us to try other dishes by cooking them for us at another event they went to. So accommodating, and such nice guys as well. Cannot recommend them enough.
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    Dawn Sent on 03/16/2023
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    Great Caterer for Our Church!

    We have a congregation of over 2,000. We hired Chef Edward & his team for our church event with over 500 attendees. They served appetizers & dinner so efficiently & quickly, we were shocked! We have had many caterers and never had any of this caliber. They worked with our small budget & provided high-end service, going above & beyond what was paid to them! Not only was the food truly amazing & delicious, the service & friendliness of their staff was impeccable! We Highly Recommend them for any church or corporate event!
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    Willie Sent on 12/31/2022
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    Wonderful & delicious catering for our corporate holiday party!

    I booked Kiss the Chef Catering at the last minute to cater a holiday party for my bank. They not only provided top notch customer service from the beginning, they also worked with my tight budget, and the day off provided a spectacular and deliciously plated entree’s for my staff. This is a catering company we will continue to use for years to come and I’ll be referring out to many of my colleagues.
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    Bara V. Sent on 10/12/2020
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    Amazing food, service and attention to detail and safety

    Last year we selected Kiss the Chef catering for our wedding because of their outstanding food and willingness to work together on ideas to make certain options more accessible and eco-friendly. We are so glad to have chosen them as our vendor and they have proven time and time again that Kiss the Chef is the #1 choice for catering. Our wedding is next month and we were having some concerns about how catering would be handled because of COVID during the start of the pandemic. Kiss the Chef has gone above and beyond to stay in contact with us about the work that they have put in and how they will be keeping us, our guests and themselves safe. Yesterday, while we did our wedding planning meeting during an open house, we really got to see how absolutely amazing they have been in person. Not only is the appearance, taste and obvious quality of their food and service superior, but the obvious precautions that they are taking are really amazing. They have streamlined their service to be fast and efficient while taking into account the proper safety guidelines, without loosing their charm and style.
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    Michelle M. Sent on 05/16/2022
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    Great Experience, Service and Food

    Wow. Just wow. We cannot say enough good things about Kiss the Chef. We did our due diligence, attending tastings for several caterers. By far, the food quality was the highest with Kiss the Chef. We went with the artichoke chicken, pork tenderloin with bacon jam, corn elote, grilled asparagus, and a individual salad. In addition, we had the seasonal crustini as a passed appetizer while the post-wedding photos were being done. Post wedding, we received many positive comments on the taste, presentation and quality of the food. We were really happy that our loved ones that attended our reception received a high quality meal. Working with Kiss the Chef was easy. The only in person meeting prior to the wedding was at a tasting where we met the chef and the manager. It was clear the chef takes his cooking seriously. He is truly a chef who enjoys his art of preparing food for others. We worked mostly with Mike, the manager. He was very responsive to our questions and concerns and had great suggestions for improving our event. His attention to detail and commitment to quality was evident throughout. The event. Kiss the Chef showed up on time and took care of everything they committed to and more. The table settings were immaculate. The serving line was beautifully adorned. The plated 75 people in about 20-25 mins and managed to make everyone's plate look wonderful. Here is an example of what makes them special, We had one guest with a very specific food requirement. When nothing on our menu filled the need, Mike disappeared into the kitchen onsite and prepared a specific meal to meets the needs of the guest. Wow.
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    Adair K. Sent on 03/30/2022
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    Great Ratings and Value

    They sure delivered on this! The dinner was delicious- received many compliments from guests and they served it so efficiently! The director Michael was a pleasure to work with. I would use them again in a heartbeat.
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    Pamela W. Sent on 02/04/2022
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    Absolutely Wonderful

    The entire Kiss The Chef team was very professional and the food was absolutely wonderful! We hosted a conference for 250 and served two separate catered meals, afternoon appetizers and breakfast the following morning. Our conference attendees were raving about the food and presentation of both meals.

    I worked with Michael in pre-planning details on a tight timeline and he was very attentive. Chef Ed created menus that were well suited to our needs and I was blown away by his creativity in the kitchen. Every single item served was delicious, plated beautifully, and had clear intentionality behind it.

    The entire team was professional, kind, and attentive. The set up and serving process was well organized, clean, and beautifully presented. I also received just the right amount of communication leading up to and during the event.

    I would highly recommend this team for any catered event and hope to work with them again in the future. Well done, team!
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    Best Catering Company - Forks Down!

    As my title states - Best Wedding Event Catered Food, "hands down," or I should say "Forks Down!" Meaning without any question this is truly the best! I wish they had a restaurant! Chef Farmer lived up to his name and I wanted to Kiss him, over, and over again for making my daughter's wedding better than any of my other family members recently catered wedding! Michael, the Director was so fun to work with, and so helpful. Michael took the time to give help me choose every vendor from their list of good people. These vendors along with Kiss the Chef LOVE what they do, it shows, and they all worked in unison to make our day special! They made it so "special," that I don't know how I could have done it without them. If they don't open a restaurant they need to open a consulting business for weddings!
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    Jennifer L. Sent on 12/31/2021
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    Kiss the chef is the best!

    Chef Ed and Michael did an amazing job for us at both my daughter, and my son’s weddings! At both events countless people remarked how delicious, creative, and fantastic the food was! Kiss a Chef will always be our go to for any catering and events!
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