John Serock Catering

I don’t even know where to start this review of John and his crew. We got put in touch with him as he’s the exclusive event caterer at our wedding venue, Loch Aerie Mansion, but even if I were booking my event anywhere else, I’d want John and his incredible staff. He treated working with us like he was planning a wedding for family.

From the jump, John as a human is down to earth, easy to talk to, accommodating, a phenomenal listener, and has a wealth of experience. As a professional, he handles everything, and thinks of everything:
Food: his food is TO DIE FOR, and not just like one or two signature dishes -- he has range (important as my husband and I are vegetarians, but we have family that think a meal isn’t complete without “meat”) and literally everything we ate was unreal. He boxed he has all the tools and software to make communicating (especially during COVID) super easy.
Staff: They were perfect and so lovely. We had a waitstaff dedicated to our head table/our hip who (unobtrusively) made sure that we constantly had fresh drinks and snacks if we wanted them all through photos, and dinner. The rest of the staff was super efficient, professional, and almost invisible in the best way. They moved our speakers from outside to inside (ceremony → dinner)
Planning: From the first moment we talked, he was immediately willing to talk about what we needed or didn’t need as though he was planning a wedding for his niece. We were doing a crazy thing planning a wedding for COVID times, and he helped us navigate the waters of -- do we pay a deposit to tent the lawn? Will legislation let us host inside? For how many people? What rentals do we need? Ugh it was a seeming nightmare but he handled it cooly, with information, and without making us pay a single unnecessary dollar. All of the tables, chairs, linens, heaters, etc. were rented through John. He coordinated it all and made it so, so easy. John has the software to make planning easy; allseated, his guest list and floorplan software, let us control the guest list and seating and have a say in the layout of the venue for the day-of, and also provided a place where he could give us expert advice on the flow of things. He wouldn’t let us make poor choices, and thought of everything from the guest perspective.
Event Logistics: Because our wedding was during COVID we didn’t have dancing and therefore decided to forgo a DJ/band and didn’t have an emcee. But you wouldn’t have known. John and his staff kept the event perfectly on schedule and helped usher people about the venue for ceremony, cocktails, and dinner. They kept us on schedule throughout dinner and speeches, and were literally perfect.

I booked John with the venue Loch Aerie Mansion, and their event designer Elizabeth. He was part of the dream team that made the event come to life and works seamlessly with the others. With that trio, you cannot go wrong

One million stars for John Serock + crew