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Chives Innovative Catering is a wedding catering business based in Saint Petersburg, Florida with over 18 years of experience. They are a full-service, off-premises caterer with experience with planning a wide variety of special events. As you prepare for your wedding day, the team will work closely with you to craft an unforgettable menu. Best of all, they will take care of your delivery, set up, and clean up so you can focus on enjoying your big day.

Cuisine

Chives Innovative Catering is quite flexible and can accommodate different types of cuisine requests. They can work with styles such as Cajun, Chinese, French, Mediterranean, Spanish, and more. Additionally, dietary needs such as kosher, vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free can be accommodated. You can enjoy a tasting to determine your final menu from their various options. Whether you are planning a small wedding or a large one, the team of chefs will expertly create your meal with those needs in mind, and servers will take care of your guests. You are welcome to choose from the following catering serving options:

  • Buffet
  • Cocktail reception
  • Family-style
  • Hors d’oeuvres
  • Plated
  • Action Stations
  • Woman-owned
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Frequently asked questions

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

$50

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

$45

What is the average catering price per person for stations?

$45

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

$22

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

China
Flatware

What event services do you provide?

Delivery
Set Up
Clean Up

What catering services do you provide?

Buffet
Cocktail Reception
Hors d'oeuvres
Plated
Server(s)
Stations
Tastings

What types of cuisine do you cater?

American
Caribbean
French
German
Indian
Italian
Mediterranean
Mexican
Spanish

What dietary needs can you accommodate?

Gluten Free
Kosher
Vegan
Vegetarian

What bar services do you provide?

Champagne Toast
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Reviews of Chives Innovative Catering

4.9 out of 5 rating
4.9 out of 5 rating
39 Reviews
98% recommend it
  • Quality of service
    5 out of 5 rating
  • Average response time
    4.7 out of 5 rating
  • Professionalism
    4.9 out of 5 rating
  • Value
    5 out of 5 rating
  • Flexibility
    5 out of 5 rating
Trixy
Trixy C. Sent on 03/29/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Chives Catering is all you need!

We have used Ken/Chive Catering twice now and he does not disappoint. Everyone is raving about his food from our February event (24 ppl), and today everyone (46 ppl) is raving about his food from last nights event. Ken has been wonderful to work with. He is very responsive and strives to impress. His staff is amazing and was very attentive during our sit-down family style dinner and is super detailed oriented while setting up to make sure everything was perfect. Ken's food is beyond delicious as well as beautifully presented. One our executives came up to me today and asked me to use him for all our corporate events! DONE! Top reviews were for his lobster rolls (I was told we HAD to have those at last nights event), crab cakes and his beef tenderloin (another must have). I can see why everyone told me to make sure they were on the menu. My favorite app was this skewer with shrimp and a snow pea (I think it was a snow pea...so simple yet beautifully displayed and so good) and these little vegetable spring rolls. YUM! Ken was recommended to us by our CEO last year after attending a party Ken catered and told me to keep him in my back pocket. When we had our post holiday dinner in February with the executive team, I knew exactly who to call and I'm so glad we did. Then last week when planning a very last minute event, we were so excited Ken was available. I recommend Ken at Chives Catering with the highest regard. He will not disappoint. I'm attaching some photos of some of the menu items while the chefs were cooking and preparing. I'm disappointed I did not try the mozzarella. I'm a cheese junkie.
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Danielle Sent on 01/03/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing experience, highly teccomended

Chef Ken is the best ever. Quality of food, staff, presentation, all the best ever. Above and beyond expectations
Natalie
Natalie Sent on 12/30/2018
5 out of 5 rating

The best caterer in the Tampa Bay area!

Our wedding planner recommended Chives, and said there was no point in looking elsewhere. They were so right! Our 200+ guests all raved about the food at our wedding. Ken set up little taco, skewers, paella, pasta, dessert (I highly recommend the cupcakes!!!), and beverage stations across the property, and made sure there was plenty for everyone. He even wrapped up all the leftovers and left them in the fridge for us, which the hungover wedding party much appreciated. His staff was extremely professional -- one of them even smooth-talked our way out of a noise complaint the police were responding to, without me ever knowing about it. He and his team went above and beyond. I would highly recommend Chives for any event you may be planning. Thank you Ken for helping make our wedding extra magical.
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Awards

39
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2014 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2012 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2011 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2010 Winner

Team

Ken Jurgensen
Ken Jurgensen
Chef/Owner

I was raised in Hartford, Connecticut, and began my love for the culinary arts at a young age, while being helpful in the kitchen prepping food under the supervision of a professional chef at a local catering business.

After serving in the U.S. Army stationed in Germany, I returned to the U.S. and began cooking professionally with a 5-star restaurant group in Connecticut. In 1998, I was the Executive Chef with one of Connecticut’s premier caterers. In addition, to my extensive knowledge of Italian cuisine, it was there that I enhanced my skills with other styles of cooking including Kosher, Asian, French, and Southwestern.

Using my experience in gourmet cooking and catering, my wife, Lynn and I, opened Chives Innovative Catering & Gourmet To Go in November 2001 in Connecticut, which became recognized as one of the area’s premier caterers. In 2008, my wife, daughter, and I moved to sunny Saint Petersburg, Florida, and have continued the catering business in the Tampa Bay area.

Professional Network & Endorsements

7 Endorsements
NOVA 535 Unique Event Space NOVA 535 Unique Event Space Banquet Halls

Chives catering offers delicious and innovative food, professional service with a smile and a great can-do attitude! Thanks Chives!

A Beautiful Day A Beautiful Day Wedding Planners

I had an opportunity to work with many talented Chefs and many of them were masters of their craft, but quite intimidating, to sat the least... Until I met Chef Ken from the Chives Innovative Catering. Not only Chef Ken can make you feel special by coming to your house to do a private tasting, but he will capture you with his great personality, endless knowledge of the gourmet food preparation and friendliness. He will make you feel special and one of the kind by creating a unique menu for your event, the menu that will be your signature and will reflect your personality and delight your guests with unexpected presentation, flavors and colors. If you want a unique, unforgettable and one of the kind dining experience for you and your guests, Chef Ken and Chives Innovative Catering should be your selection.

Polka Dot Events Polka Dot Events Wedding Planners

We reallly enjoy working with Chives. The presentation was beautiful and the food was delicious! Chives is so nice to work with and really does a nice job.

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Chives Innovative Catering frequently asked questions

At Chives Innovative Catering, the cost of the full wedding catering service includes:
  • China
  • Flatware
Chives Innovative Catering offers the following event services for weddings:
  • Delivery
  • Set Up
  • Clean Up
Chives Innovative Catering offers the following catering services for weddings:
  • Buffet
  • Cocktail Reception
  • Hors d'oeuvres
  • Plated
  • Server(s)
  • Stations
  • Tastings
At Chives Innovative Catering, you can find the following types of cuisine:
  • American
  • Caribbean
  • French
  • German
  • Indian
  • Italian
  • Mediterranean
  • Mexican
  • Spanish
At Chives Innovative Catering, the following dietary needs can be accomodated:
  • Gluten Free
  • Kosher
  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
Chives Innovative Catering provides the following bar and beverage services for wedding events:
  • Champagne Toast
Chives Innovative Catering is recommended by 98% of couples who have used their services. Their overall rating is 4.9 out of 5 with the following breakdown: 5 in quality of service, 5 in flexibility, 5 in value, 4.9 in professionalism and 4.7 in average response time.

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