We feel very lucky to have found Absolute Celebrations Catering in a wedding expo earlier this year because the quality of work they do is absolutely amazing. We have friends that are vegetarian and some need gluten free options, and Cleodia responded immediately with a wide selection for us to choose from! We were initially concened about using chicken as our entree item, but Chef Ryan blew everyone away! The meat was so tender and juicy and was packed with great flavors. The vegetarian quinoa dish suprised even our meat lover friends! I had friends come up to me and told me that the food was wonderful! (I mean come on, how often do you get that kind of responses about wedding meals? and it was even a buffet!!)
Questions and concerns were answered very promptly and with great professionalism.
I would definitely recommend Absolute Celebrations Catering to anyone who needs catering services!

The wedding catering service provided by Absolute Celebrations exceeded all of our expectations. From the outset, Cleodia Francisco was very receptive to our overall vision and unique set of needs. After the first meeting, we felt completely comfortable with the direction that things were headed in.

We were thrilled that Chef Ryan Martinez was eager to take on our non-traditional menu and he certainly rose to the challenge, delivering outstanding examples of both classic French cuisine and fresh California flavors. Many of our guests let us know that this was the best food they had ever had at a wedding, and better than most restaurants (no small feat when cooking for a very large group).

Cleodia is a fantastic event coordinator, making sure that every detail went off without a hitch. I would highly recommend Absolute Celebrations to anyone who is interested in catering services that go above and beyond the norm.

I’m not one of those girls who used to dream of a wedding day. I dreamed about waking up in a big bed with dogs and little kids climbing on me and my husband while we would pretend to sleep or playing with my kids in our yard. I dreamed of love, a full life and a marriage that would last.

While I was super excited to be proposed to by the man I could live out my dreams with and build a life together, I was a little overwhelmed with planning a wedding. All I wanted was a feeling of love, laughter, and to never have my guests waiting on food or drinks because I’ve been at weddings starving during cocktail hour and then fed last. Not my wedding!!! We need energy to dance and have a good time!!

My fiancé and I knew we wanted a small wedding of 90 guests (which was an adjustment at first for our Filipino parents but they supported), have it at a villa with dancing outdoors (we’re a fan of 90s hip hop and R&B!), with nature surrounding us, white linens, fresh flowers and we were a fan of Brazilian BBQ and Irish Mules.

Thanks to Google, I searched “Lafayette Catering” and found Cleodia’s # (owner of Midsummer). She picked up and instantly I knew I wanted to work with her. It was her energy that drew me to her and in understanding how I wanted my guests, my fiancé and I to feel love in the air amongst family and friends, and to be fed / hydrated throughout the celebration. And when it came to the details, she was so proactive and I had complete trust to in her make every single decision for our wedding reception. Often our calls would last 5 min or so because when she had an idea / question, I’d respond with “Yeah!! That sounds good!”.

Here’s how it went down… she created a personalized menu taking our Brazilian BBQ-inspired request and mixed it with Californian flair, family-style theme. We had snacks and light refreshments for our guests who were shuttled to a villa, upon arrival Cleodia’s team had cocktails (Irish mules!!!), beer, wine and appetizers (including mini Cubanos, BBQ sliders, crab cakes & artichoke fritters), and dinner was served shortly after the wedding party arrived (to this day people loved the pork belly, achiote chicken, and baked white fish with salsa verde!!!) and we literally danced the night away with market lights (her idea) under the stars and trees, family, friends around us. I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect wedding reception filled with love and the best catering company / owner to work with.