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Wooden Paddle
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Wooden Paddle Catering is Chicagoland's go-to for full-service wedding catering that's anything but ordinary. We roll up to your venue with mobile wood-fired brick ovens and cook everything fresh and live — wood-fired pizzas, chef-designed apps, desserts, and craft cocktails your guests will not stop talking about. We handle it all: professional staffing, full bar, rentals, setup, and teardown. Family-style, plated, or stations — you name it, we bring it.
It's a big day, and it's a big deal. You don't want to be stuck with the same old, same old wedding food that everyone knows and hates. We get it! We're here to help you scrap those outdated traditions, and serve a wedding meal that's fun, unconventional, and totally you.
Drab, banquet-hall buffets? Stuffy, white glove service? Hard pass. Your wedding meal should reflect who you are and what you love – not what tradition says it should be. Grams might not totally get it at first – "PiZza?! AT yOuR weDdINg?!" – but trust us, post-dinner, she'll be a believer – believe dat.
Your guests were mentally preparing for dry chicken and a sad vodka cranberry. But we make everything on-site, mere minutes before it's served. So get ready to hear "Ermergherd, this is all so delicious!" alongside weepy, heartfelt thank you's all. night. long.
Book us and chill. With 11+ years and 1,000+ weddings across Chicagoland, we've been to just about every venue in the suburbs. Our experienced, in-house team handles all the nitty-gritty — from coordination to cooking to cleanup — so you don't have to. Hakuna matata, babe.
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Wooden Paddle is consistently praised for delicious wood-fired pizzas, pasta, and creative family-style catering that guests rave about. Reviewers highlight excellent tastings, responsive planners, and professional, seamless day-of service that handled dietary needs. On-site cooking, generous portions, and smooth setup/tear-down made it a stress-free, memorable choice.
Very easy to work with and even more delicious
Amazing pizza!
Wooden Paddle is the Best!
Amazing, Legendary, Delicious! Wooden Paddle knocked our wedding out of the park!!!
In addition to being unique and different as a concept for a wedding, the food was delicious. Our guests walked away feeling extremely satisfied and filled with a deep appreciation for our vision as a couple on our special night!
The tasting experience was heads and tails above all others – which made the decision to go with WP all the easier. Wooden Paddle’s commitment to customer service and customer experience was on display from our first engagement all the way through our wedding day and it shows in the end product.
Working with Miriam and the entire team was seamless and took a big burden off us in making sure our guests had an amazing time on our big day! I could not recommend them more as your wedding caterer. Absolutely fantastic!!!
It’s a 10/10!
Perfect Wedding!!
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We had a few appetizers that went well with our cocktail hour and then for dinner had salad, pasta, and then 4 different uniquely delicious pizzas(delivered one at a time family style to tables), followed by a couple small desserts to hold people over until we got the cake as our late night snack. Everyone went home full and happy and gave rave reviews.
On top of the food the chefs and servers were excellent all night. We had a few people with allergies that Wooden Paddle were very attentive towards and the site of their pizza oven outside the venue was another fun element to add to the wedding day experience! It should also be noted that our tasting day with Wooden Paddle was probably or favorite part of our wedding planning! Couldn't recommend Wooden Paddle enough!
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Their pizza is amazing! We sampled a few varieties from one of their remote catering locations and were blown away. The menu is eye-catching and I like their flavor combinations and whole ingredients. Definitely recommend for a fun, delicious wedding food idea to wow the guests!
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