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Chef Penelope's Catering is a full-service wedding catering company based in Nashville, Tennessee that services Nashville and the surrounding areas. The company specializes in delivering beautiful presentation of delicious wedding cuisine. Owner Penelope Pfuntner and her expert catering staff believe that every wedding deserves elegantly presented, delectable food, no matter what your budget is. The catering team will work closely with you to help design a custom menu, and also offer event planning and event design services.
Cuisine
Chef Penelope's Catering offers a range of cuisine styles and options to accommodate dietary needs. They can customize menus to fit gluten-free, lactose-free, nut-free, no pork, organic, vegetarian and vegan diets. They can deliver plated meals, buffets, stations, family-style meals and more. Their cuisine styles include the following:
- American
- Asian
- Caribbean
- Ethiopian
- French
- Italian
- Latin American
- Mediterranean
- Seafood
Services Offered
Chef Penelope's Catering offers couples bartending services and servers to elevate the atmosphere of their wedding events. They also offer the following catering services:
- Cocktail reception
- Cake cutting
- Setup and cleanup
- Delivery
FAQ
What is the starting price per person for bar service?
$6
What event services do you provide?
Delivery
Set Up
Clean Up
What catering services do you provide?
Breakfast / Brunch
Buffet
Cake Cutting
Cocktail Reception
Custom Menu
Hors d'oeuvres
Plated
Server(s)
Stations
Tastings
What types of cuisine do you cater?
African
American
Asian
BBQ
Caribbean
French
German
Greek
Indian
Italian
Latin American
Local
Mediterranean
Mexican
Middle Eastern
Seafood
Southern
Spanish
What dietary needs can you accommodate?
Gluten Free
Lactose Free
Nut Free
Organic
Vegan
Vegetarian
What bar services do you provide?
Bartender(s)
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Reviews of Chef Penelope's Catering
Sarah Sent on 03/29/2024
5 out of 5 rating
Compliments all night!
Hire Chef Penelope!!! She and her team did an incredible job! The first thing our guests said as soon as we spoke to them was how good the food was!!! That is not common for wedding food. For someone to serve 175 people and the food be amazing is almost unheard of. Highly, highly recommend! I wish I had more pictures to show!
Jaq Sent on 02/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating
The best of the best
We had an event for 400 +. Everyone was fed in less than 20 min. The meal was extraordinary! The chicken was moist. The buffet and app tables were stunning! The event was beautiful but all anyone could talk about was the food! Many said it was the best they’d ever had! She took care of every detail and was patient! We felt like an a-list client the entire time! Chef P will make your culinary dreams come true! A true master in the kitchen and beautiful soul! We plan to use her again and again!!
Paige Sent on 03/17/2023
5 out of 5 rating
Vegan plated dinner
Chef Penelope did an awesome vegan dinner with passed apps. It was so delicious that not one of our non-vegan guests had anything negative to say about it. I still dream about the salad dressing.
Truly fantastic, got tons of compliments, price was much better than other quotes we had. We had a lot of fun at our tasting too. Thanks, Chef!
Truly fantastic, got tons of compliments, price was much better than other quotes we had. We had a lot of fun at our tasting too. Thanks, Chef!
John Sent on 11/22/2022
5 out of 5 rating
Fantastic Experience!
Chef Penelope's Catering catered our wedding back in September, and we were thrilled with their service. The food was delicious, the staff was friendly and accommodating, the presentation fit seamlessly in with the decor, and the price was very reasonable. We were especially impressed with their offering the option of providing special meals for individual guest who have different dietary restrictions and preferences. We would highly recommend Chef Penelope to cater any event!
Kelsey Sent on 12/12/2021
5 out of 5 rating
Amazing Catering Experience!
My husband and I hired Chef Penelope's Catering for our wedding on 11/13/21. Their team provided an amazing catering experience from our menu tasting all the way until our wedding day! They were communicative and easy to work with throughout the entire planning process. The food was absolutely amazing and exactly what we had hoped for. They let us customize our menu to reflect us as a couple. We were blown away by how beautiful the interactive food stations were presented. The food, the presentation, and the service were all outstanding. Their staff is friendly, polite, and courteous, and made all our guests feel special the entire evening. Our guests were raving about the food and definitely left our wedding happy and satisfied. We highly recommend hiring Chef Penelope's Catering!
Sheila Sent on 09/23/2020
5 out of 5 rating
Food Stations and Custom Menu
Chef Penelope and Team-
We are still on cloud 9 after experiencing what was the most special weekend in our lives. Brent and I could not have had a better wedding day and every single detail was a dream come true. There was an incredibly magical energy throughout the day from the moment you drive up the gravel road and see the sun shining on the beautiful horses. I just can’t get over how perfect the day was.
All of our guests couldn’t stop raving about the food and I kept telling them that Dolly Parton hired your team for her events so I wasn’t even surprised. The food was definitely a way for us to show off our love for Nashville with the hot chicken appetizers to the little corn bread muffins. Our guests were so full and they felt spoiled! Specifically I was told that this was the only wedding where they didn’t feel cheated out of appetizers and nobody had to hunt down a server at cocktail hour. I wasn’t even there so that made me feel so taken care of by your team.
We are still on cloud 9 after experiencing what was the most special weekend in our lives. Brent and I could not have had a better wedding day and every single detail was a dream come true. There was an incredibly magical energy throughout the day from the moment you drive up the gravel road and see the sun shining on the beautiful horses. I just can’t get over how perfect the day was.
All of our guests couldn’t stop raving about the food and I kept telling them that Dolly Parton hired your team for her events so I wasn’t even surprised. The food was definitely a way for us to show off our love for Nashville with the hot chicken appetizers to the little corn bread muffins. Our guests were so full and they felt spoiled! Specifically I was told that this was the only wedding where they didn’t feel cheated out of appetizers and nobody had to hunt down a server at cocktail hour. I wasn’t even there so that made me feel so taken care of by your team.
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Josh & Erica
31 photos · 04/30/2016
Professional Network & Endorsements
Wow!! We cannot even begin to express just how amazingly delicious absolutely everything that comes from Chef Penelope's Catering truly is. Not only does every single item look stunningly gorgeous in its presentation but every single one of their offerings simply melt in your mouth!! Our clients always rave about the food and we simply love the exceptional level of professionalism with out a single detail going over looked. Everyone is always thrilled that we've recommended them for their event!
Chef Penelope's is amazing! We love working with everyone on their team and so do all of our couples! We recommend Chef Penelope's Catering to all of our booked couples.
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Chef Penelope's Catering frequently asked questions
Chef Penelope's Catering offers the following event services for weddings:
- Delivery
- Set Up
- Clean Up
Chef Penelope's Catering offers the following catering services for weddings:
- Breakfast / Brunch
- Buffet
- Cake Cutting
- Cocktail Reception
- Custom Menu
- Hors d'oeuvres
- Plated
- Server(s)
- Stations
- Tastings
At Chef Penelope's Catering, you can find the following types of cuisine:
- African
- American
- Asian
- BBQ
- Caribbean
- French
- German
- Greek
- Indian
- Italian
- Latin American
- Local
- Mediterranean
- Mexican
- Middle Eastern
- Seafood
- Southern
- Spanish
At Chef Penelope's Catering, the following dietary needs can be accomodated:
- Gluten Free
- Lactose Free
- Nut Free
- Organic
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
Chef Penelope's Catering provides the following bar and beverage services for wedding events:
- Bartender(s)
Chef Penelope's Catering is recommended by 99% of couples who have used their services. Their overall rating is 4.9 out of 5 with the following breakdown: 5 in flexibility, 5 in professionalism, 4.9 in quality of service, 4.9 in average response time and 4.9 in value.