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Ravi Jayara
Ravi Jayara
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10 years in business

We speak English and Spanish

30 team members

The award-winning Chic Chef Catering, based in Elgin, Illinois, provides delicious bespoke wedding catering and hospitality services across the Chicago Tri-State area. It prides itself on offering customized, tasty menu options, excellent customer service, and memorable culinary experiences.

Services Offered

Whether it’s an intimate celebration with the closest of loved ones or a large gathering with hundreds of invitees, Chic Chef Catering can provide. The business proposes a “White Glove” service where the catering menu is entirely customized and based on the marriage’s budget, theme, style, vision, and culture. The cuisine experts propose delicious buffet-style, family-style, seated, plated, or butler-style service with skilled and experienced staff. Depending on the wedding venue and requirements, food stations and on-site cooking are further possibilities, as well as delivery options. Bar service and passed hors d’oeuvres can also be added to the package. Furthermore, the company can provide tables, chairs, napkins, and all the necessary materials with Chic Chef Events & Décor or dedicated service staff for the event with Chic Chef Staffing. The catering experts have all bases covered for the big day. Couples can enjoy a complimentary tasting to delight their taste buds and see what the talented team can offer.

Cuisine

Thanks to its multi-ethnic culture, Chic Chef Catering is adept at many different types of cuisine. Starting with a specialization in aromatic and flavorful Indian dishes, the business quickly branched out to include other various cooking styles on its way to becoming one of Chicago’s leading small business caterers. From tasty traditional treats to mouthwatering, exotic, multi-cultural recipes and everything in between, Chic Chef can do it all.

Pricing information

$80 starting price
$15,000
Average price

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FAQ

What is the average catering price per person for plated service?

$35

What is the average catering price per person for buffet service?

$15

What is the average catering price per person for stations?

$15

What is the average catering price per person for hors d'oeuvres?

$12

Which of the following are included in the cost of your full service wedding catering?

Delivery
Clean Up
Tastings
Flatware
Glassware

What is the starting price per person for bar service?

$22

Which of the following are included in the starting price for bar service?

Open Bar
House Beer
House Wine
House Liquor
Signature Drink

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?

American
BBQ
Greek
Indian
Italian
Latin American
Local
Mediterranean
Mexican
Seafood
Southern
Spanish

What dietary needs can you accommodate?

Gluten Free
Lactose Free
Halal
Nut Free
Organic
Vegan
Vegetarian

What bar services do you provide?

Bartender(s)
Open Bar
Champagne Toast
Signature Drink

Which of the following items can you provide?

Chairs
Tables

Which of the following items can you provide?

China
Chocolate Fountain
Flatware
Glassware
Linens

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Chic Chef garners rave reviews for their exceptional wedding catering services in the Chicago area. Reviewers praise the friendly and accommodating team, delicious food offerings like braised short rib, lemon-herb chicken, and stuffed peppers, and professional service from tastings to the event itself. Guests were impressed by the numerous menu options, accommodating dietary restrictions, and beautiful presentation. Despite the competitive pricing, Chic Chef's quality, flexibility, and attentive staff make them a highly recommended choice for wedding catering.

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Chic Chef garners rave reviews for their exceptional wedding catering services in the Chicago area. Reviewers praise the friendly and accommodating team, delicious food offerings like braised short rib, lemon-herb chicken, and stuffed peppers, and professional service from tastings to the event itself. Guests were impressed by the numerous menu options, accommodating dietary restrictions, and beautiful presentation. Despite the competitive pricing, Chic Chef's quality, flexibility, and attentive staff make them a highly recommended choice for wedding catering.

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Lindsey Sent on 08/22/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Best wedding caterer

CHIC CHEF IS THE BEST! We cannot say enough good things about them! Ravi + Lily bent over backwards to help accommodate us with our tastings during the COVID-19 pandemic. They were so flexible and so easy to work with. Lily and Ravi were very responsive to every email and every question we had. They even worked with our budget and helped us chose things that worked well with our venue.

Having great food at our wedding was so important to us, and everything we tried was DELICIOUS! The day of our wedding, we got SO MANY compliments on our food and the service Chic Chef provided. We had the chicken florentine and the Brazilian churasco for our entrees, and the asparagus and rice for the sides. They were perfect. For our apps, we had the veggie eggrolls, the tuna wontons, and the bacon apple crostini. AMAZING!

Our passed apps were TO DIE FOR and there was plenty to go around for all of our guests. We chose a buffet style for our reception because it worked well with our budget- let me tell you, if you are worried about buffet style, like I was, DON'T BE! This was a served buffet and everything was warm, flavorful and delicious. Everything looked very professional - and it was perfect.

Ravi from Chic Chef works so hard to make sure your wedding is perfect. And he will not nickel and dime you. We wanted an open bar and he suggested we opt out of their liquor package and suggested we buy our own alcohol to save money. It worked out perfectly. They guided us on how much alcohol to buy and we had plenty for their bartenders to serve throughout the evening. Their bartenders (forgive me, I forgot their names!)were so fun and engaging! They even started dancing and had fun at our reception which our guests loved!

Also, during the reception, we wanted to have bottles of wine on each table to self serve as the bar would be closed during dinner. The bartenders opened all of our bottles of wine and ensured everything was at the tables before reception start. It worked out so well!

Now let me get to the star of the show (other than the food itself) --- ENRIQUE! A HUGE THANK YOU TO ENRIQUE! He was absolutely the best part of our wedding and he made sure our wedding was perfect, and it was all thanks to him! During cocktail hour we took pictures, and he followed my husband and I around with appetizers and drinks to make sure we actually got to eat the food! Throughout the entire reception he made sure we had everything we needed. He even brought us water to alternate with the alcohol we were drinking, which my husband and I appreciated! ;) We loved his light up serving tray too!

Chic Chef is, in our opinion, the ONLY caterer you need for ANY event. We would recommend them and hire them in a heartbeat. Thank you so so much Chic Chef!
Noelle
Noelle Sent on 07/23/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Book Chic Chef!

We could not have been happier with Chic Chef. This team is made up of some of the friendliest, easy-going people. The positive experience starts the minute you have a tasting with them. They are very communicative and quick. On top of being easy to work with, the service AND the food on our wedding day was top tier. Our guests just raved about the food and we were extremely impressed with the consistency! We had the chicken, short rib, children's meals and a few guests that had a vegan dish. Every single guest was impressed with their meal. We felt so cared for by Chic Chef on our day - do yourself a favor and look no further! Book Chic Chef!!
Cailin
Cailin Sent on 12/11/2023
5 out of 5 rating

1000/10 would recommend!

Planning a wedding is wild, and one of the biggest areas of complexity is catering. We wanted a sophisticated and refined experience, with food that would be memorably good, and fun details that would blow our guests minds. We got all that and more with Chic Chef and Lucy.

From our very first phone calls and emails, through our big day, the whole team was friendly and professional in all the right ways. The balance between the two can be hard, but we never felt like it was purely a business transaction. Lucy and the team were incredibly flexible and accepting of some of our weird ideas (like banana margaritas), and generally just took away all the stress.

They gained our confidence quickly within the first tasting and conversation around that, and had our trust as they guided us through what would look nice, go over well, what was reasonable and what wasn't. They clearly do this often, and do it well.

Their existing relationship with our venue and some of our other vendors definitely helped, but it never felt like we were on the sidelines.

On the big day, it was so fun to see Lucy and the team in execution mode. She was so attentive to us, and displayed a cool air of confidence that helped ensure we didn't even have a momentary thought that anything could go any other way than perfect. Everyone loved the food, the portions were immaculate, glasses were never empty, and our signature drinks and late night street tacos went off without a hitch.

We cannot recommend Chic Chef, Lucy, and the whole team enough! The only part we're sad about is not having an excuse to interact with the team more regularly, and that no one will live up to the bar they set again.
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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2024 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2023 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2022 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2021 Winner
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