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    Laura M. Sent on 05/25/2024
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    Nailed it out of the park

    Chef Tara has been nothing but the best!!! The food is always better than expected and the service is top notch! You feel like family and I just can’t recommend her and her team enough!!!
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    Main S. Sent on 02/19/2024
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    Amazing Service

    Chef Tara provided amazing service for our winery event! The grazing table she provided was beautiful and well presented. She was super easy to work with and we will definitely be using her again in the future!
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    Jp Pleasants Sent on 12/19/2023
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    Awesome engagement board!

    I reached out to Tara on fairly short notice to put together a charcuterie board for my engagement and she was wonderful!! Super easy to work with and the board turned out amazing! Highly recommend!
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    Rachel H. Sent on 10/05/2023
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    The. Best. Vendor.

    Of all the choices we made for our wedding, hiring Chef Tara was the best decision we could’ve made. She is not only an incredibly talented chef, but a wonderful person to be around. The menu we created with her was amazing, but more than that was the service she provides. You will not find a better person to work with than Chef Tara. When I tell you this woman rescued my veil, rescued my cake, and was there at every single moment I needed her…she is above and beyond. Her team is above and beyond. We felt so special and so well cared for through this entire process. I cannot imagine anyone better.
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    Meera Sent on 12/21/2023
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    Tara was wonderful!

    Catering by Tara was the perfect choice for our wedding! Tara was so wonderful to work with - she was very organized and communicated well with us. She offered a great variety of culinary options that suited our multi-cultural families so well. It was a wonderful event!
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    Crystal Q. Sent on 07/19/2023
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    Catering by Tara you like family

    Catering by Tara catered my wedding and everyone loved the food. We were married in April and I still have people telling me how much they loved it. Her and her team were so attentive and professional. We could not have asked for more! Tara and her team treated us like family and took great care of not just the food but of us as well.
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    Jacob O. Sent on 11/30/2022
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    Chef Tara goes the extra mile

    Nothing but great things to say about Chef Tara. Not only did we receive endless compliments on the food at our wedding, but Chef Tara personally checked in with my husband and I throughout the night to make sure we’d eaten our full and had everything we needed. But perhaps my favorite moment was seeing Chef Tara and her team interacting with guests and having fun on the dance floor once dinner was done!
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    Erin M. Sent on 01/25/2023
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    Our experience was fantastic!

    Chef Tara and her team brought our food vision to life! They made all of our guests feel special on top of the food being absolutely delicious!
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    Lucas B. Sent on 10/09/2022
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    Highly Recommend: It's all about the details :)

    We recently had Tara & staff cater cocktail hour and reception for our wedding 9/17/2022. The culinary craftsmanship and dedication to professionalism we received from Catering by Tara was phenomenal. Tara provides turnkey services for each client she takes on, and it shows in every detail of her operations. From the personalized menu to the day of staff accommodations that provide a restaurant style service, we highly recommend choosing Catering by Tara for your next personal or professional event. Thank you for taking such good care of our family and friends, we are so grateful to have had you at our wedding.
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    Taylor S. Sent on 05/25/2024
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    Absolutely amazing

    Chef Tara and her team were so wonderful to work with!! She is the sweetest person and so personable! She responds quickly throughout the entire wedding planning process! The food was delicious! She made all the food nut and egg free for my nephew and this meant the world to me!! Thank you so much for making my wedding day special! :)
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    Eric S. Sent on 02/20/2024
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    Wow! Just Wow!

    Chef Tara exceeded all of our expectations! We would highly recommend her!
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    Tina P. Sent on 12/13/2021
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    Fantastic! Our guests are still talking about the food

    We had a wonderful experience with Chef Tara all the way from the initial conversation about what we wanted for our menu she was kind and incredibly helpful in giving us her advice and creating a menu that reflected both me and my husband’s tastes and cultures. It’s been a month since our wedding and our wedding guests are still gushing about the appetizers and dinner. Her staff was very professional and attentive- going so far as to walk out and bring fresh appetizers to our wedding party while we were taking pictures during the happy hour time (a bit of a walk from the venue). Chef Tara was very attentive and made sure we had fresh plate of food waiting for us at all times, and made special meal for a family member with severe food allergies. We can’t recommend her enough.
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    Christine D. Sent on 11/17/2021
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    Best caterer in Charlotte

    The food was amazing, the staff was wonderful, and the service was excellent! We had the best time and so did our guests. Highly recommend Chef Tara and her staff for all occasions!
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    Brandon M. Sent on 12/14/2020
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    Exceptional Service and Professional!

    Chef Tara and team are absolutely amazing! I knew from previous reviews and looking at her website that I wanted to meet her, and I am so glad I did! She catered our minimony last month and will again when we celebrate with our second wedding with all our families and friends next year. It was really important to us to find someone who understood the need to bring the cultures of Vietnamese food and Southern food together. Chef Tara not only takes the time to understand you, but she asks questions and "hears" what your needs are. She doesn't pressure you but makes you feel comfortable. She makes sure you are taken care of, and treats you and your guests like you're a part of her family, and that's really how it feels like. Our family couldn't stop talking about her food for days! She even took care of our pup! We love Chef Tara and would highly recommend her. She's become family to us and we plan on hiring Chef Tara for all future events!
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    Eileen R. Sent on 11/01/2021
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    Home cooking at its best

    Chef Tara and her amazing team gave our wedding such an amazing touch. Being native Puerto Rican’s from NY, it was important that we worked with someone who had the same expectations as we do. Her food is AMAZING. Speaking with her is like speaking to one of our “Tia’s”. She is very down to earth and breaks everything down to you simply and doesn’t try to oversell. She is professional, funny and very passionate. Her food is full of flavor and our guests STILL talk about the food! She exceeded our expectations. The food was very important to us. We definitely had the best in town. You cannot do wrong having her cater your wedding. We were definitely blessed and look forward to visiting the restaurant again.
    Thank you so much for everything
    Eileen & Danny
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    Collette B. Sent on 08/07/2021
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    Absolutely wonderful!

    Absolutely fantastic!! Tara’s personality was bubbly and helpful - many guests commented on how much they enjoyed her. She even stood in as photographer so we didn’t leave anyone out of the picture :-) I plan to use her again in November!
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    Rachel L. Sent on 07/02/2021
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    Our favorite vendor!

    Chef Tara is by far the best vendor we hired for our wedding!! My husband and I had such a hard time finding a caterer to create a custom authentic Italian menu for us, and Chef Tara did it! We were beyond pleased with the price, quality of the food and the service. Chef Tara really worked with us to ensure we were 100% thrilled with our menu. It did require a few tastings to lock down a meat option, and so thankful for all her support and dedication to making sure we were thrilled with our final selections. And i'll say it again, the food was AMAZING. We got approval from our Italian relatives, which is hard to do! All our guests loved the food and keep talking about it to this day. Thank you Chef Tara for everything!!
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    Cortnie Y. Sent on 07/01/2021
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    Best caterer ever!

    Chef Tara and her team are hands down the best in the industry! Not only is her pricing reasonable, service was wonderful, and food was even better! She was accommodating, compassionate, and understanding during the pandemic. Chef Tara is kind, always positive, goes above and beyond to make sure your wedding day is flawless, and is true to her word. Chef Tara also makes sure that the happy couple eats! We are so thankful to have had Catering by Tara cater our wedding! You are family, Chef Tara! Eddie and I love you!
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    Laura S. Sent on 12/06/2020
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    Amazing!

    Tara and her team were wonderful. The food was great and during the wedding she made sure my husband and I had a hot plate of food anytime we sat down. My family is still talking about how awesome the food and service were. I’m so glad she was our caterer!!!
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    Hunter B. Sent on 12/03/2020
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    Birthday dinner!

    Tara does an amazing job I would use her for all my events! Everyone enjoyed the amazing food!
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    Brittany P. Sent on 05/06/2021
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    Chef tara is amazing!

    Chef Tara and her team were amazing from start to finish! They stuck with us when we changed our date, not once, twice, but three times! She customized our menu exactly to our liking and was willing to make any small changes until we were happy with it! When we went for our initial tasting, Tara was super accommodating and made sure there was more than enough food to handle my crew (mom, dad, sister, niece and nephew). The food just kept coming and it was all so delicious! That made our decision to hire Tara super easy! She even made sure there was enough food to take home for my husband, since he could not be there. The week of the wedding Tara called to check-in and let me say her energy was through the roof! It made me so excited just to hear from her. She said I could call her any time day or night with any questions or concerns. The day of the wedding everyone was so kind and made sure my husband and I were taken care of! They brought all of our food, including appetizers directly to our table. I didn’t even get to see the buffet, but I didn’t need to! The entire staff was on it! And that’s not just with food, they kept the drinks coming too! They packaged up all the leftovers that we were able to enjoy with our family again the next day! I would definitely recommend Chef Tara and her team for anyone who wants good food, hard-working and kind-hearted people and not to mention budget friendly!
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    Ashley A. Sent on 04/10/2020
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    Amazing Service and Food

    Food tasted great and exactly what we asked for. Tara made sure my husband and I were the first ones fed - a biggie for me! She also made sure to ask if we had any specific guests with dietary needs, an attention to detail that was pleasantly surprising. She was also very honest with us about some of our requests so that we didn't have too much food. HIGHLY recommend Chef Tara and her team!!
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    Elise S. Sent on 01/14/2020
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    Best experience!

    After meeting with Chef Tara and tasting the food, we were sold. She and her team made the process so easy, fun, and delicious! We chose our venue based on the fact that we could bring in outside catering because after working with Chef Tara and tasting her food we knew nobody else could live up to our expectations.
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    Jill Sent on 01/04/2019
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    Phenominal!

    We hired Chef Tara to cater a client event for us. The food, the service, and total experience was excellent! We would definitely recommend Chef Tara!
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    Destiny B. Sent on 01/15/2020
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    Amazing food and service

    I LOVED having Tara cater my wedding. She put a personal touch on everything and really cared about making our big day special. Plus the food was AMAZING!!