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What do wedding bells make you dream of? An elaborate summer affair for hundreds...an intimate retreat for only your family and closest friends...or something in between? Chef's Garden has helped create hundreds of weddings; however, because weddings are so uniquely personal, no one is a better expert on your wedding than you. Therefore, our first meeting will focus on YOU! Your tastes, style, vision, and values. In order for us to serve you at the highest level possible, we must build a foundation of trust, integrity, and respect, much like the union in which you are about to engage. We want you to feel comfortable expressing your thoughts and ideas so that we can help make your vision a reality on the big day.
Who We Are:
Chef’s Garden was founded in 2001 by Liz Earnest with the simple aspiration of serving delicious joy. The company grew faster than she anticipated and in 2005, Liz’s daughter, Jennifer, joined the team. Together they have grown the company into a full-service catering, event, and restaurant firm, with exclusive venues that include The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens.
Catering is about more than just food. It’s about delicious food, gracious service, and innovative presentation. We believe that food should be pan to plate and hold ourselves to the highest standards and like to be judged against restaurant quality. We believe service should not only be discerning, but warm and gracious. We know that we eat with our eyes first, so food needs to look as good as it tastes.
Services Offered
Chef's Garden is a full-service wedding catering company that creates menus unique to each event. We also offer full-service bar packages.
Cuisine
Chef's Garden is a chef-driven catering business focused on elevating standard catering packages to provide a heightened service experience on your special day. Our culinary team is led by Chef Jamey Evoniuk, who's impressive resume includes time spent working under some of the biggest names in the restaurant world, like Louis Chatham of Commander’s Palace, and working as the Executive Chef of the Four Star and Four Diamond award-winning restaurant Manuel’s on 28th. Our culinary team is well versed in many cuisines including but not limited to American, Chinese, Caribbean, French, Mediterranean, Italian, Mexican, Spanish, and Japanese. We are able to accommodate many dietary needs so that you and your guests are completely comfortable on your wedding day.
- Woman-owned
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Chef's Garden received glowing reviews from multiple couples for their wedding catering services. The food was consistently praised as delicious and received compliments from both guests and vendors. Reviewers appreciated the professionalism and excellent communication of the staff, particularly Elizabeth. The presentation of the food was also highlighted as impressive, and the venue's attention to dietary restrictions and food allergies was commended. Overall, Chef's Garden was highly recommended for its exceptional service and incredible food, making it a great choice for catering weddings.
4-21-24 Lightner Museum Wedding
I wish they had a restaurant.
We primarily worked with Cassie. She was professional, was always available to answer our questions, and was flexible with any requests we had. She went above and beyond, constantly offering to bring items they had available that fit the theme to help make the event extra special. Our wedding was inspired by the movie Fried Green Tomatoes, so we had a southern themed menu.
Everything was delicious. A couple of standout appetizers would have to be the pulled pork and deviled eggs. The pulled pork on sweet potato cakes were absolutely amazing and I'm thankful to Cassie for suggesting it. We also asked for custom deviled eggs that they had no issue accommodating and did not disappoint.
As for the dinner, we were able to have a family style setting with shrimp and grits, chicken with vegetables, mac and cheese, and collard greens. Everything was amazing. We had tried the chicken at the tasting, so I knew that was going to be delicious and was looking forward. By far the standout was the collard greens; they were the best I've ever had, and everyone was raving about them and all the food.
The staff on the wedding day was absolutely amazing. They went out of their way to make sure we had everything we needed. They went above and beyond to make everything special.
Best Service. Period.
1. They worked with my budget and helped create an experience that was high-quality with a good price
2. They provided us (bride & groom) cocktail hour appetizers and drinks after the ceremony
3. They served both of us a plate of food, we didn't have to get up for anything
4. Every menu item and appetizer was bomb dot com
5. They cut the wedding cake for us (after we made our first cut) and served everyone in a timely manner
6. They gave us a bag of food to take with us on our honeymoon (this is SUPER helpful, as I didn't eat much on the wedding day)
7. Every guest at my wedding had nothing but amazing things to say about Chef's Garden; an engaged couple from my wedding actually inquired of the company after trying their food
If you're thinking about going forward with Chef's Garden, do it! I will never regret having a wonderful culinary experience at my wedding.
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Chef's Garden is creative and visionary. They are great to work with and always work to get the menu and service on par with your event dream. I recommend them as a true professional, easy to work with and always do an amazing job.
We love working with the wonderful staff at Chef's Garden! They provide simply the best catering food and service in Jacksonville and surrounding areas. Always a top recommended caterer of ours for several years!!!
Wonderful company. Highly recommended!
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