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Catering By Design
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Catering By Design is a full-service wedding caterer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After several years of restaurant and catering experience, Peter Loevy founded the company in 1991 out of a passion for cuisine and event design. We offer personaized and seasonal menus, exceptional staff and our own full-service decor & floral division, Garnish.
Catering By Design is the exclusive hospitality partner at five historic venues in the Philadelphia area: ONE North Broad, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, James A. Michener Art Museum, and Bolingbroke Mansion.
Our team of event professionals have over 30 years of experience working with unique circumstances, parameters and goals. An event coordinator will work with you to understand your desires for your big day, and plan customized food menus and decor options with attention to detail. On your wedding day, our chefs will create balance and excitement through every dish by using fresh and quality ingredients. Our exceptional service staff will leave a lasting impression as they serve professionally and interact candidly with guests.
Cuisine
From Mediterranean to German or Chinese, we have an array of cuisine styles available for your special day. Serving styles including stations, buffet and plated options are offered. We can meet a variety of dietary accommodations, such as vegan and lactose-free options. We can also provide your wedding cake and other dessert options. Catering By Design has the following cuisine styles available:
- African
- American
- Asian
- Caribbean
- French
- Indian
- Italian
- Spanish
- Thai
- Gluten-free
- Nut-free
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
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Catering By Design can provide an open bar or bar services, including a signature drink, for your wedding. We also have a list of preferred vendors for everything from photography to lighting and sound.
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Megan M. Married on 10/23/2022Absolutely incredible
We of course used catering by design for catering as they’re the exclusive company for the venue. The catering by design team are incredible! Everyone who works there really loves what they are doing and it really shows. The service is amazing, they made every single one of our guests feel like it was their party. I can not say enough about the chef! My partner and I never had a chance to make it to a tasting since we live 4 hours away. We were a little scared going into the wedding because of that but we had heard nothing but high praises about the chef. Both my partner and myself are vegan, so we were pretty excited to collaborate on a menu with the chef.
We chose a lot of items from the pre offered menu because a lot of the food were our favorite foods anyways.
We added a few items for them to make at our request and they freaking killed it!
Same with the sangria they made for our wedding. Everything is made from scratch and you can really taste the amount of passion coming out of that kitchen. Our guests were raving about the food and telling us how they were scared going to an all vegan wedding and weren’t sure what to expect but they were more than surprised with the amount of flavor and creativeness they tasted that night.
My brother who says he is a meat-a-tarian just to make me mad snarfed so many horderves during the cocktail hour… he said he’s never had good vegan food and he was obsessed!
Catering by design also has a florist division ( garnish) which we used for the night. I personally have a hard time with the idea of cutting a bunch of flowers to be possibly tossed the next day and I expressed my concerns about that with her, showed her my mood board and my vision of what I was looking for and Carolyn freaking knocked it put of the park. There were enough flowers to make it look beautiful and like a wedding but subbed things like candles and vines to help make me feel a little better about it all.
Over all this was the best wedding I have been to in a very long time. And I’m not saying that because it was mine but I am saying that because of the staff, the building and the city it was in. They take pride in what they do here and it is worth every dollar.Catering By Design's reply:
Megan! Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us! Our team loved preparing an entirely vegan menu and are thrilled your guests, including the meat lovers, enjoyed everything. And you said it, Carolyn knocks it out of the park too!
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On September 12, 2020, Catering By Design celebrated its 30th Birthday! Peter Loevy, Founder and President of CBD recently took a look back at the last 3 decades.
"Our goal has always been to provide a personal boutique event experience individually crafted and designed for each specific client. Rather than catering “packages”, and telling the client what they can have, listening and sculpting each experience has been the most rewarding approach. Great cuisine with a breadth that spans the globe, presented with intentioned design and served with warmth and grace has been our hallmark. We have stayed true to this vision through the decades even while enjoying significant growth.
Email me or info@cbdevents.com for more information. We look forward to hearing from you!"
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I had the distinct pleasure to work side by side with Megan Aldritch of Catering by Design for an event that had to go together very quickly, with clients from out of state. I was more than pleasantly surprised by several things: open and fast returned communication, willingness to partner, consistently positive atttitude and good humor, and when the event came, incredible professionalism from the ENTIRE crew and especially Megan, and the food was INcredible!! I would recommend this vendor without any qualms for any event! Thanks to Catering by Design for making this event another one to remember fondly - a job well done by all!
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