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Based out of Charlottesville, Virginia, The Catering Outfit offers delicious cuisine for weddings and life's other milestone events. Using locally sourced and seasonal produce, this company believes in giving delicious, sustainable food to everyone. A full-service catering company, they can take care of everything from delivery to cleanup to give you one less thing to organize.

Cuisine

The Catering Outfit creates a custom menu for every celebration, ensuring every dish will delight the couple. You are invited to attend a tasting to sample some of the food so you can choose your favorites to eat on the day. Your options range from Southern classics to mouthwatering Mexican dishes. Pork-free, lactose-free, nut-free, and gluten-free options are offered, too, as well as vegan and vegetarian choices. China, flatware, and glassware are also provided.

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FAQ’s

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

$130

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

$100

What is the average catering price per person for stations?

$120

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

$50

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

Delivery
Set Up
Clean Up
Cake Cutting
Dessert
Cocktail Reception
Server(s)
Tastings
China
Flatware
Glassware

What is the starting price per person for bar service?

$21

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

Limited Bar
Open Bar
House Beer
Specialty Beer
House Wine
Specialty Wine
House Liquor
Premium Liquor
Signature Drink

What event services do you provide?

Delivery
Set Up
Clean Up

What catering services do you provide?

Buffet
Cake Cutting
Cocktail Reception
Custom Menu
Hors d'oeuvres
Plated
Server(s)
Stations
Tastings

What types of cuisine do you cater?

African
American
BBQ
Caribbean
French
German
Indian
Italian
Latin American
Local
Mediterranean
Mexican
Middle Eastern
Seafood
Southern

What dietary needs can you accommodate?

Gluten Free
Lactose Free
Kosher
Nut Free
Organic
Vegan
Vegetarian

What bar services do you provide?

Bartender(s)
Open Bar
Champagne Toast
Signature Drink
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Reviews of The Catering Outfit

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4.9 out of 5 rating
4.9 out of 5 rating
91 reviews
98% recommend it
  • Quality of service
    4.9 out of 5 rating
  • Average response time
    4.8 out of 5 rating
  • Professionalism
    4.9 out of 5 rating
  • Value
    4.9 out of 5 rating
  • Flexibility
    4.9 out of 5 rating
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The Catering Outfit (TCO) received glowing reviews for their exceptional food quality, service, and planning support, with multiple reviewers highly recommending them for weddings. Guests raved about the delicious food, smooth coordination, and professional staff, particularly mentioning the remarkable efforts of Courtney Hildebrand and Nina. TCO's attention to detail, responsiveness, and collaborative approach in the planning process were praised, with guests appreciating their flexibility with dietary restrictions and ability to create a personalized and unforgettable wedding experience. Overall, TCO and Courtney were commended for going above and beyond to make weddings special and smooth-running events.

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This AI-generated summary gives you a snapshot of the overall ratings and feedback from the reviews this vendor has received.

The Catering Outfit (TCO) received glowing reviews for their exceptional food quality, service, and planning support, with multiple reviewers highly recommending them for weddings. Guests raved about the delicious food, smooth coordination, and professional staff, particularly mentioning the remarkable efforts of Courtney Hildebrand and Nina. TCO's attention to detail, responsiveness, and collaborative approach in the planning process were praised, with guests appreciating their flexibility with dietary restrictions and ability to create a personalized and unforgettable wedding experience. Overall, TCO and Courtney were commended for going above and beyond to make weddings special and smooth-running events.

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Taygra Sent on 05/21/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Such a Treat

The Catering Outfit was one of the highlights of our wedding for us and our guests. The food provided was absolutely amazing. We had a fantastic grazing board for cocktail hour and the bartenders were efficient with circulating our cocktail and pouring wine.
They provided us with a mini-grazing board for immediately after the ceremony so we could have a few moments to ourselves while still making sure we ate some food. The professionalism of all the staff was fantastic.
We had a number of guests that were vegetarian or vegan and TCO provided multiple meal options to cater to their dietary needs while being delicious. Many of our guests commented to us during the evening and after the fact that they appreciated the care and respect that was given to their meal.
Overall the level of food was 11/10, but I cannot say enough about the late night biscuits. We almost did not add them and I am SO glad we did. It was the perfect hit of salt at the end of the evening and a week later I still have friends and family asking about them.
Cannot recommend TCO more for the wedding weekend. They were wonderful to work with and really provided the best service and food.
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Andrea Sent on 12/19/2024
5 out of 5 rating

TCO/Courtney are amazing!

Could not recommend TCO more. Absolutely amazing food and planning support.
Scott
Scott Sent on 11/03/2024
1 out of 5 rating

Caterers from hell

We should have known TCO was a disaster from the day of the tasting, when the food was cold and they mixed up which cut of meat was which.

The Catering Outfit failed to fulfill the basic requirements of a wedding caterer in more ways than I have space to list here, but here are some highlights: 1) Throughout the planning process, from the moment we paid, TCO was extremely difficult to reach; at one point, we had to send 6 emails in a row over a period of 6 weeks before we finally got a response, which was “we are busy and will get back to you on Tuesday” (which they did not); 2) The ‘roasted broccolini with parmesan’ on the menu was instead served as limp steamed broccolini; 3) The french beans were supposed to be served with a compound butter which was entirely absent; 4) The salmon, which was delicious and heavily encrusted with pecans at the tasting, was bland, overcooked, and barely had any crust at the wedding itself; 5) The officiant (my best friend) never got her meal and the mother of the bride didn’t have a chair at her table; 6) There was supposed to be a water station at the ceremony but it never arrived; 7) Despite knowing that we had ordered 350 slices of cake, they only rented 110 cake plates(!!) When we asked why there wasn’t more cake being served, we were told that the plate count was on the final rental order – but they didn’t send this to us until 5pm the Friday night before the wedding, by which time we were already at our rehearsal dinner; 8) Despite serving us wine at the tasting and displaying a wine glass at the sample table setting when we booked rentals, they did not serve wine with dinner. We didn’t realize this would be the case, as they had never asked us if we wanted this service, and given its inclusion at the tasting, we had the impression it was included. Their response to our surprise to discover wine service was not included was that “it was not on the BEO”, but the BEO was sent to us full of many other errors just four days before the wedding, did not contain the dessert wine service (which was in fact served!), and did not contain any information about the glassware rentals (which, again, was sent to us at 5pm the Friday night before the wedding, at which time we were already at our rehearsal dinner and no longer able to check their work). While we did not, upon further review, pay for the dinner wine service, TCO should have flagged this omission from the contract during our many conversations with them before the wedding to confirm if we wanted wine served at the table; 9) We had discussed multiple times that TCO would pass wine and cocktails during cocktail hour and emphasized our priority to avoid long lines at the bar. However, TCO failed to flag that they would only have three trays of passed drinks during the hour and a half long cocktail hour; 10) They fed the tables in entirely the wrong order, meaning we couldn’t start speeches on time.

The repeated failures to provide basic food service significantly impeded our ability to enjoy the day and our memories of the event. We strongly urge anyone considering TCO to avoid them at all costs.

P.S. After we posted this review, they "contested" it with WeddingWire, which led to it being taken down; we shared dozens of pieces of evidence with the WeddingWire disputes team in order to get the review back online.
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Team

courtney hildebrand
courtney hildebrand
director of sales & marketing
walter slawski
walter slawski
proprietor & executive chef

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