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Culinary Crafts

Salt Lake City, UT

4.7 out of 5 rating, 75 reviews

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Amazing to work with!

So wonderful to work with! made everything effortless. I felt so taken care of. Not to mention Delicious! Worth every penny and then some !!!
Abby Sent on 10/21/2025

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The BEST in Business!!

We cannot say enough good things about Culinary Crafts. The food was absolutely amazing. Our guests are still talking about how delicious everything was! We received so many compliments throughout the night. The hors d'oeuvres were to die for!

They went above and beyond to work with us on international cuisine and all of our specific requests, and everything was executed perfectly. The staff was extremely professional, attentive, and made sure our guests were well taken care of from start to finish. Dinner service was smooth, beautifully presented, and truly elevated our entire wedding experience. They are the best in the business. Every other vendor we talked to about them said the same. They are highly professional.

If you’re looking for caterers who deliver incredible food, impeccable service, and are a joy to work with, we highly recommend Caleb and his team. Everything was perfect.
Katie Sent on 10/24/2023

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Great Team!

This team was great! They helped us create a menu that was unique to us and tasted great! On the day of, they pulled everything of and had a super friendly staff! Would highly recommend to anyone looking for good food with a classy feel.
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Kate Sent on 07/19/2023

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Incredible Service & Experience

We have worked with Culinary Crafts numerous times and are always impressed by them. Their service is some of the best in the state and their catering always wows the guests. I cannot recommend them highly enough. They create a memorable and stress-free experience that is worth every penny on your wedding day!
Beth Sent on 01/06/2023

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Outstanding!!

We used Culinary Crafts for our New Years Eve Wedding and their food, service, and professionalism was completely outstanding!!! Our guests raved about the food and their bar service was 2nd to none. We wouldn't have changed a thing, they were perfect!!
Alexa Sent on 07/26/2022

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Food was delicious!

WOW - Culinary Crafts absolutely crushed it! I worked with Madison Oliveira and she was seriously fabulous; I probably emailed her a dozen times to ask questions, tweak the menu, inquire about rentals, etc. and she would get back to me so fast and was always just so easy to work with. They were so professional and the food was really so good! They boxed up our leftovers and we are still eating them! They are the best in the state for a reason. If food is important to you at your wedding, do yourself a favor and hire Culinary Crafts!!
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Rave reviews of the food and staff

We had an excellent experience with Culinary Craft. From the site inspection, to the tasting to the final product; they exceeded expectations. Often I lower my standards for food when more than 50 People are served, but everything was delicious and cooked to perfection! Their catering staff was so personable, kind and accommodating. We had some dietary restrictions to maneuver and they were so gracious and kind about it! They left the venue spotless at the end of the night! I should mention they also ordered all of our rentals (linens, plates, glassware, umbrellas, chairs, etc. ) and that was very helpful!

My only constructive feedback is- if you are having a bar (we had an open bar), confirm they can get the liquor you ordered. We had specific wine, whiskey and beer ordered and learned 4 days before our event that those items were not available. They had alternatives, but this was a bummer when we placed the order 3 months in advance! In the end that was very minor to the overall wonderful experience.
Meredith Sent on 06/17/2020

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Exemplary service, delicious offerings!

Excellence in all arenas! Extraordinary service, food and attention to detail.
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They are reliable and easy to communicate with!

This Vendor is so full of life and fun! They are very professional and work quickly and efficently. They're food and service is great!
Sabria Sent on 05/27/2020

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Amazing service

Very professional and amazing service. Kind to the people they serve and treated them with great respect.
Brennan Sent on 05/27/2020

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Fabulous Food & Service

Culinary Crafts has such happy, easy to work with, and kind employees. They are so organized and responsive and you can tell they love their job. They have tons of food options but will work with you on what you need. The food we had was so yummy. I recommend the pasta salads, butternut squash soup, beef sliders, macaroons, chocolate mousse, and my favorite, the tomato bail and mozzarella skewers. So yummy!
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They Care About You

I have witnessed the professionalism of Culinary Crafts many times. When it comes to catering, Culinary Crafts pays attention to every detail. Along with great service, Culinary Crafts shows great hospitality to all guests and clients. Culinary Crafts cares about each of their guests and wants to create a memorable/ comfortable experience for each one.
Aisa Sent on 05/26/2020

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Best Service in the Business

I have been able to witness the service from Culinary Crafts many times, especially at weddings. Not only is the food amazing, but the people are amazing as well. They will do everything they can to make your wedding day very special. This includes the amazing food, amazing service, beautiful and elegant decorations, and special touches that really stand out. One of my favorite things Culinary Crafts does is make a bride and groom bag, which includes at least a couple of boxes o the food served at your wedding. This helps make sure that, even if you're too busy to enjoy the food during the wedding, your spouse and yourself will be able to enjoy it together later. Culinary Crafts really does help make every wedding special.
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Love Culinary Crafts

The food is amazing!! The service is great!! Easy company to work for.
Kathryn Sent on 05/21/2020

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Great Company

I think they did an excellent job with their service and performance for my event. They were understanding to all special requests and the staff was very friendly and helpful the whole time.
Emma Sent on 05/21/2020

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Confidence and Positivity you can taste

The food is amazing but the thing that makes Culinary Crafts stand out to me is the level of confidence and positivity shown in their employees. As if the food isn't already divine, when offered with a warm smile somehow it tastes even better. There are always unexpected things that come up during an event but their level of professionalism and experience eludes a confidence that puts everyone at ease. They create an experience that in enjoyable and delicious for everyone.
Leanne Sent on 05/19/2020

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Simply the best!

After working with Culinary Crafts for over 5 years, they are simply the best in the industry! From pre-planning to execution, their team is professional, highly detail orientated and talented in so many ways with designing and crafting a custom menu that fits your individual style.

A genuine 5 Star Rating!

-LeAnne, River Bottoms Ranch
Ted H. Sent on 08/22/2019

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Kate and David’s Wedding

As parents of the bride, we would not hesitate to recommend Culinary Crafts to anyone. Their team worked together very smoothly to provide our daughter and her husband a wedding day to fondly remember. The families and friends attending were very appreciative of the friendly and professional staff who helped to make this special day for us a delight.
Gabriele Sent on 06/25/2019

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10 out of 10

Every detail of my wedding was perfect thanks to Jocelyn at Culinary Crafts. She was more than the catering manager... and all the food items on the menu she created for my wedding were incredible! The staff at the wedding was so professional and hard working. I cannot thank them enough for making my day absolutely perfect. The food was so so so delicious, beautifully presented and featured local ingredients. If you are getting married and you care about delicious food, don't hire anyone else. Culinary crafts is the best in the business. Jocelyn is a perfect 10!
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I just can't say enough good things about Culinary Crafts! They catered our wedding at Louland Falls August the 6th and it was flawless! We are vegan and they pulled off the most beautiful and creative food. Our guests (most of which are not vegan!) were so impressed, we had people talking about the food all night! If you have a special diet or just want to have the best food, service, and care taken at your event you should look no where else because Culinary Crafts knows what they are doing. Rachel Collet was an absolute dream to work with too! Helped me when I had a breakdown over some last minute decoration issue and when I had a scare the weather may take a turn for the worse. She is amazing and helped a bride in panic mode realize it was going to be ok! Hands down the best caterer in Utah. I would never go anywhere else and will always highly recommend them. Thank you Culinary for making my wedding perfect!!
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Mary and her staff were incredible to work with. The tables were cleaned up at all times. The food was wonderful. The food stations were always kept up and clean. Mary did her very best to make sure the bride and groom had their dream wedding. She was always very friendly throughout the entire evening. We look forward to using her again, and encourage others to do the same.
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Mary was so fun to work with! She is the sweetest lady and made my day perfect! She always responded to my questions, and did everything I wanted! I loved working with her! Thank you for making my day perfect!
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Culinary Crafts is absolutely amazing! Mary is a perfectionist, she is lovely to work. She listens and does everything she can to acheive the brides vision of her perfect day. She offers her knowledge, advice and guidience so that everything will run smoothly. Culinary Crafts food, is something that the guests talk about months after the event. Everything is delicious! We would never consider using anyone but Mary at Culinary Crafts for our catering needs. ABSOLUTE PERFECTION!!
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Culinary Crafts was our wedding day savior! When the details slipped through the cracks and our wedding planner dropped the ball, they were there to pick up the slack and get things order. They took on the role of our wedding planner and quickly organized and delivered outside of their scope of services. Their staff was respectful, kind and courteous. As weddings usually go, we had no time to eat hor devours and barely any time to eat our dinner. The staff placed each kind of hor devour on our sweetheart table and was sure to cater to our needs for the dinner plate. We didn't miss a thing!

In addition to the excellent staff, the food was AMAZING. We're absolute foodies, which is why we chose culinary crafts. Mary Craft herself sat down with us and crafted an entire menu JUST for our wedding. It included a custom fruit infused quinoa salad, Utah red trout and a grilled flank steak with a chimichurri sauce that was to die for. And of course, their unbelievable in house bread and sea-salt crusted butter was served. All of our guests had nothing but great things to say about the food and the service.

At the end of the evening, her staff quietly broke down the tables and the bar and were kind, courteous and respectful of both I and my bride as they tried to gain our attention for some minor questions they had in order to complete their job. They left no trace and were out of there before the send off!

All around, our experience with Culinary Crafts was top notch. I don't see us using another catering company for ANY of our future events. You're not just getting excellent cuisine from Mary and her crew - you're getting unbeatable customer service as well. THANK YOU CULINARY CRAFTS!!!!
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Culinary crafts is a little pricey but so worth it. They were very professional and easy to work with. The event planner that they gave us was very helpful and helped us come up with things that we wouldn't have thought of. Not only that but the food was amazing and everyone at my wedding loved it!
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Culinary Crafts was absolutely awesome to work with. They gave us great options related to what we were looking for: a light dinner. Their prices were great, they did a wonderful job serving the food and making sure there was always plenty for everyone. They were very professional, and best of all, they did all this while barely being noticeable at all. We didn't have to think about them, which is great on your wedding day!
Danielle Sent on 11/17/2014

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Not only was the food amazing, but they were so patient and flexible with us changing things around in our menu. Everyone who worked for CC was so polite and helpful, and neither I nor my husband were ever wanting for anything. They took the same wonderful care of our guests throughout the night, and everything was beautiful. Holly was our coordinator, and she and her team made everything flow seamlessly. I would definitely recommend a tasting with this company to check them out!
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From the moment I met Mary Crafts I knew we were in the hands of a pro who genuinely cared. We went with all of her recommended vendors, so everyone involved was used to working together at the beautiful Red Cliff Ranch in Heber UT. Our wedding went off without a flaw, in spite of torrential rains which were unable to dampen the joy of the event. Food was delicious, service phenomenal and we were able to participate fully and enjoy our guests without worrying about any details. Culinary Crafts was at our house early the next morning to lay out a beautiful brunch, the perfect ending to our wedding weekend. I would trust Mary Crafts with any important event, and thank her and her excellent crew for a most memorable wedding celebration!
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THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS! Mary will make all of your dreams come true. She helped me sort out the smallest details to make my wedding extraordinary.
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Mary and her team provided us with a delicious high-end wedding feast that wowed our guests. She was able to interpret our requests into a meal and drink plan that was both sophisticated and felt like it fit well with our rustic setting.
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Culinary Crafts was an abolutely amazing caterer to work with in Salt Lake City, Utah. They provided such high quality service for our wedding, both my husband and I were very satified. The staff is absolutely wonderful and very professional at what they do. Holly was our coordinator from the company and she was so wonderful to speak with everytime I called her. She accomodated us in anyway we asked with a smile always. She has great taste and will give you great recommendations if needed. The planning went flawless with this company and I would recommend them to anyone. When our wedding day finally arrived, Culinary Crafts were there on schedule and handled everything beautifully, I didn't have to worry about a thing. the food was delicious. Holly designated a main Captain for all serving details named Rodger and he was amazing and very professional. To sum up this review, Culinary Crafts provides a top notch service and was very elegant and professional.
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The experience we had with Culinary Crafts was excellent. The service at our event was professional and the staff was so attentive to our guests. The quality of the food was amazing. All of our guest were impressed.
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I have nothing but the kindest words to say about the Culinary Crafts team! Holly was my wedding planner and couldn't have been more wonderful to work with! She has impeccable taste and suggested the most beautiful designs and most delicious foods all making for what I, of course, think was the best wedding ever. Gunnar was my day-of coordinator and did a fantastic job keeping everything on schedule and was so prefessional. It was so great to work with a company that could do it all...the catering, linens, set-up, rentals etc...and they have such great inventory to choose from! I never had to worry because I knew they could take care of everything and they did! They have earned thier reputation and I will never use anyone else for my catering needs.
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I so enjoyed working with Culinary Crafts and have received a splendid response from the guest who attended the celebration. The entire crew was very professional and gave me the opportunity to enjoy the evening.
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Mary Livingston (Mother of the Bride)
Aimee Sent on 07/09/2012

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From the moment I sat down at the initial meeting I felt like Culinary Crafts got exactly what I was going for. We had great communication back and forth, their services were fantastic, and everything at my wedding was done perfectly!
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Culinary Crafts provided catering for the "cocktail hour" portion of our wedding. Thay handled passed apps and a wine and beer bar. We had a very small guest list, so our food order was effectivly their minimum expenditure. Despite not being a huge wedding, they treated us as though we were VIP clients. Mary was very helpful in recommending a florist/coordinator and her and her team (Kaleb, Alton) were very responsive to all of my emails and questions. On the day of the event, the staff worked well with our coordinator, and were even flexible enough to begin service a little early when we had some early arrival guests. The staff were all friendly and professional. All of my guests mentioned that the food was delicious, and it was very nicely presented. Overall, I was very pleased, and would rcommend Culinary Crafts to anyone!
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The food was so amazing and equally delicious! I was getting raves all night from my guests. Everyone I worked with was so amazing. Katie, Aldon, Jackie, all of them! The staff at the event was very professional and very helpful. I am so glad I went with Culinary Crafts. My wedding wouldn't have been as great without them!
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So easy to work with. Very caring and willing to accommodate our needs. Great tasting food - I received many compliments from our wedding guests about the wonderful food. Very professional service staff. The place settings using their china were so elegant and romantic - and fit the theme of the wedding so very much. It was well worth the extra money for the china, rather than disposables for our buffet dinner. We used their flutes and Martinellis for toasts (since we didn't do alcohol), and that was so elegant as well. The food bag prepared for the bride and groom to take was wonderful.
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I could not have been happier with the service and the food provided by Culinary Crafts. These are services that many caterers can provide for a fee, but you cannot pay for the experience and peace of mind that Culinary Crafts provides, it is priceless. We are from Texas and were hosting an out of state reception for my daughter in SLC. Marrying off your youngest daughter is traumatic enough, let alone to try and do it a 1000 miles away. Culinary Crafts provided invaluable reccommendations and thoughtful suggestions. Kaleb was responsive and helpful all along the way, as was the staff on reception day. Our guests were thrilled with the food and service. My husband and I were able to relax and enjoy the evening along with our guests. Most importantly our daughter and husband had a reception that was a wonderful beginning for their lives together.
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My daughter saw a picture of a Culinary Crafts event when she was in high school and it was her dream to have them cater her wedding when she got married. When she became engaged years later, we weren't sure we could afford them, but decided to meet with them anyway just to see. Rachel was amazing to work with and we decided it was the best decision to choose them as our caterer. They were so awesome to work with even when I changed the entire menu from appetizer stations to a full dinner buffet A WEEK BEFORE THE WEDDING! They didn't bat an eye or give me a hard time. Being a foodie it was hard to turn over the event to someone else not knowing if I would be happy. The wedding was last wednesday and we were so pleased by everything. Well, pleased isn't exactly the right word, thrilled beyond belief? That probably describes it best. The food was amazing, seriously amazing. The staff...I wanted to adopt them. They were so wonderful, helpful and perfect. They went above and beyond and were amazing. It was so great how they kept the timeline and did all the announcing and I didn't have to worry about it. The presentation and displays exceeded my expectations. Choosing Culinary Crafts was without a doubt, the best decision we made of this whole wedding process. Thanks so much to you Rachel for all you did to make this event the best day ever. You are so amazing!
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Mary at Culinary Crafts catered our wedding this past June. To write a fantastic review is easy for us! Mary met with us several times before the wedding, even came to the location to add input in all areas of our wedding. We could not have pulled off such an amazing event without her expertise. We had a four course plated dinner for 120 people following the wedding ceremony which truly was one of the best meals I have ever had. Everyone at that dinner still comments on the quality and presentation of the meal. The reception included several different food and drink stations which created the perfect party ambience for our 500 guests. Just what we were looking for! And, I can't forget to mention the wedding cake... a chocolate delight to die for! Mary's work reflects the incredible and talented person she is. I would suggest to ONLY use Culinary Crafts!
-Kelsi Mellor
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Culinary Crafts was absolutely AMAZING! We met several times before the wedding to make the wedding be phenomenal. They personally got to know me and found ways to make the food match my personality and style. They worked with us to find food that was unique but still things that I would want at my wedding. They did much more than catering. A schedule was made and they were very resposive to get more of things that people were eating. The food was absolutely delicious and they made a take home bag for us to bring with us so we could actually try the food :) i would say Culinary Crafts made my wedding more than I could ever have imagined.
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An amazing company to work with. They are super professional, responsive, have amazing taste and fantastic food! We didn't have a wedding planner, but the Rachel and her team at CC did a fantastic job listening to what we wanted and running with it. The day of set up of the bar, dinner tables, cake, etc., were done quickly and looked amazing. They are so professinal, I didn't need a coordinator supervising them. i personally think that they offer a fantastic value for the cost. The food and set up made my wedding look we spent way more money then we did and people can't stop complimenting me on how impressed they were with the whole thing. They are the best in Utah for a reason!
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Mary Crafts and her staff were wonderful to work with. They catered my reception with a mocktail bar and a grand dessert buffet consisting of pecan pie, cheesecakes, and chocolate desserts. The mocktail bar offered two choices of drinks. The glasses were frosted with sugar around the rim and had slices of fruit hanging on the side. They were incredible. The guests enjoyed everything. The staff were pleasant and accomodating. They sliced and served the wedding cake to all the guests and put the extra desserts and leftover cake in take home containers for the parents of the bride and groom. They even made a fun bag of leftover desserts and added two bottled waters for me and my new husband to take with us as we drove away from the reception. Culinary Crafts is first class all the way.
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I loved them! The food was great, the service was wonderful, and the reception went VERY smoothly because I had a personal "consultant" that was making sure the reception went exactly as we had planned. The very first meeting, we went over the whole reception TIMING. They were familiar with my venue, and asked me where and when and how to put out all the food, and direct the guests and everything. After we figured out all of the timing, we picked out menus. I found that they were VERY willing to find exactly what worked for me, personally, and not just what they had always done in the past.

My only complaint is that the Salt Lake office was NOT helpful at all--in fact, I would even call them rude--- when it came to flowers and cake (extras that you can, but don't have to, add on to the catering package). Which, incidentally, caused me to seek those services elsewhere. All of the other planning was done through the Provo office.
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I honestly have nothing bad to say about Culinary Crafts. They were so nice and can do anything you wish. They can either do a low budget wedding or an expensive event. They are just wonderful. I love the way they present there food. It's not layed out like here you go. It is displayed on ice sculputures, high rises stands and just shown like art.
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Culinary Crafts was a fantastic catering company to work with! Not only was the food amazing and has been talked about by so many guests since the wedding, but the execution was equally as great. If any issues did arise, as the bride, I never knew about them and everything seemed to come off perfectly, which is exactly what a bride wants! I would recommend Culinary Crafts to anyone in need of catering services for an upcoming event.
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Culinary Crafts did a wonderful job on our wedding. With the help of Holly, our wedding planner we were able to plan our wedding from an entirely different state. We simply expressed what our expectations were, told her our ideas and they were put into motion by Culinary Crafts passionate, professional cooks and chefs. Our guest loved the food, the execution of all the dishes was of the highest quality. CC will be our cater for all of our future events in Utah. I highly recommend them for your future events!

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culinary crafts did an outstanding job with my step-daughters wedding catering! we experienced a few hiccups with the venue and other vendors and the staff from culinary crafts happily stepped in and helped in any way they could. they really went above and beyond!

the food was delish and the presentation was beautiful. i would recommend culinary crafts for any occasion!
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They did a beautiful job with setup and the food was amazing. All our guest were impressed and raved about the delicious food. They kept to a reasonable budget and gave us lots of great planning tips. We were very satisfied.
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Culinary Crafts recently catered my wedding. We had the opportunity to meet with them approximately four months prior to the wedding for a tasting and menu planning. I thought that the tasting was ABSOLUTELY necessary since we were planning a sit-down dinner. My fiance, mother and I enjoyed the tasting and found Mary to be very engaging and informative. She helped us come up with a specialty drink to serve at the wedding that was one of the night's hits! The food was excellent, and I fell particularly in love with the risotto (more on that in a bit). I did think that the cost of the tasting was quite steep, but I do understand that quality food and time come at a price. Because of the Banana's Foster demonstration at the tasting, we decided to include it in the wedding (Ryan, the chef, is excellent!). We did mention multiple times that my fiance had a serious shellfish allergy, it was on the notes for the tasting and was also included in the contract.

Over the next couple of months, little things came up and I found that they were quite slow to respond to emails. Wedding vendors are usually on top of responding but we could wait 5+ days for responses from them. The most disturbing of these interactions was to get our "final" menu and find that there was a shrimp appetizer. Especially after such care was made to point out that my fiance was anaphylactic to shellfish. Once pointed out, they replaced it with a salmon appetizer, though we had specifically mentioned that the salmon was not our favorite amongst the appetizers we had tried. I pointed this out multiple times, and salmon was still served at the wedding. Oh well, small point and the rest of the appetizers were amazing!

Fast forward to wedding day. First, everyone raved about the food. The presentation was beautiful, the service was excellent and the food delicious. Second, the staff were very helpful with how to cut the wedding cake etc. Everyone was very professional. The only thing that bothered me was when my plate was served the risotto I loved was not on it! They had replaced it with some other rice dish that really wasn't a risotto, more like a creamy pilaf. Everybody loved it, but I was really disappointed.

All in all, I do not regret hiring them. They were professional and provided excellent service. The appetizers were to die for, and the main course was very good. Unfortunately we didn't get to taste the Banana's Foster at the wedding, we were too busy, but everyone said it was excellent. You do have to be very patient when waiting for responses, and double and triple check to make sure that you get exactly what you want. I think that because they are Utah's Premier catering company that they get a bit busy and may just try to do the easiest thing for them rather than taking the time to pay attention to some of the minute details.

*Amendment (5/1/11) - After reading this review I received a lovely email from Mary Crafts (the head of Culinary Crafts). She explained that the communication issues were not from their end but rather from my previous wedding planner. Once she explained, it was very evident that all of the issues were a result of a poor planner (who I fired two weeks before the wedding). Even though the issues were not hers, she was very apologetic and lovely. They are even sending us "behind-the-scenes" pictures to add to our wedding album. Would highly recommend Culinary Crafts not only because of their excellent catering skills, but their professionalism in a very delicate situation.
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Culinary Crafts did a fantastic job at my wedding. They worked with us to create a wonderful menu that earned numerous compliments from our guests. Rachel was very helpful in creating a time line to make our event run smoothly. Food presentation was very nice, and the staff were professional and unobtrusive. They even gave us a bag of food to take home to make sure the bride and groom had a chance to taste everything :)
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Wedding of Zoe and Sam 09/09/23

Culinary Crafts is the "go to" catering company in Salt Lake and Park City. We had a wonderful experience with Amber and her whole team. I would definitely recommend them for any special events.
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Best Caterer in Utah!

I have been an event planner for 7.5 years, and primarily doing weddings for 6 years. I always tell my couples that Culinary Crafts is the best in Utah! Other caterers food usually tastes and looks like it was made in the morning and kept in hot boxes all day....because it has been. That's the nature of catering.

I had a MOB complain, after a wedding with another caterer, that the food at their tasting looked and tasted nothing like the food at the wedding and she was very disappointed in the food.

That never happens with Culinary Crafts. Somehow their food always tastes and looks freshly made!

Trust me, its worth every penny more than the other caterers!
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Great service and great food!

Culinary Crafts provides excellent service to all its clients. Through a variety of menu choices they are able to provide the best service in Utah.
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Culinary Crafts is an amazing company to work with! They are professional, responsive, and their food and customer service are impeccable. They provide so much more than just catering. Holly was our wedding planner and couldn't have been more wonderful to work with. From our first meeting, she sensed our vision for the big day and helped us bring it to fruition with our menu and rentals selection. She was always available to answer any questions and very flexible, even when we changed things up at the last minute! I highly recommend Culinary Crafts. They truly are the very best in the business.
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Mary immediately understood the vision I had for the food at my wedding. Her staff is very professional, and the presentation of food was beautiful.
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I already knew I wanted to use them based on other weddings I had attended so this was an easy choice.

We had a great experience with Culinary Crafts. They helped us plan a custom menu based on our two cultures (Alabama and France). The amazing food is what my guests are still talking about- we were even able to try it all ourselves.

Weather was a last minute problem and they had a back-up plan and executed that quickly and efficiently without having to worry about another thing on the big day.

The staff was great to work with an professional.
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The catering at our back-yard wedding was incredible -- some said "wedding of the year" -- and it was largely due to the food quality, presentation, and taste. Mary, the owner of Culinary Crafts, is the consummate professional. She knows her craft (no pun intended) and she runs her operations with precision. She is not the least expensive option, but she is the best option and the value is very, very high, even when adjusted for the cost. She is very busy due to her success, so planning early is a must.
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They will make your event look amazing! the food is great as well as the presentation. They are very experienced and will ensure that everything will run smoothly and beautifully. Everyone raved about the great food and how beautiful everything was. Rachael Nasser also a pleasure to work with!!
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Culinary Crafts is wonderful! Their food and customer service is impeccable. You do pay the price, they provide delicious food, beautiful presentation, and great service, but you definitely pay for it. They cost quite a bit more than other Salt Lake City caterers. For us, it was worth it: we cared most about the food and bar.
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Working with Mary and the Culinary Crafts team was easy and met all of my expectations. As big and busy as they are, they gave me a lot of personal attention and were very flexible and accommodating. I got so many comments on how amazing the food was and how much everyone enjoyed the presentation of it all. I could not have been happier with them!
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Culinary Crafts catered a wonderful rehearsal dinner and brunch for my wedding. Both events were served buffet style which they set up beautifully. The food was absolutely delicious as well. The staff were very professional and left the place very clean when they were done. Overall they did a wonderful job and I would use them again in a heartbeat.
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The food and service that CC provided was exceptional, from the planning process to the final event, my daughter's wedding. Mary and her team are professional and attentive.
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We used Culinary Crafts for our July 4th wedding and after our experience, I would definitely recommend them. The food was AMAZING! Several people commented that it was the best food they had ever had at a wedding. Ryan was our event manager and he was great in making sure my new husband and I got in on some of the hors d'oeuvres, and got all of the leftover food and desserts boxed up after dinner was over. He took very good care of us and all of our guests. It was great knowing that Culinary Crafts' staff was there to do all of the setup and breakdown for the event and they even provided the bartenders for our rehearsal dinner and wedding reception. We rented all of our tables, chairs (for both the ceremony and the reception), china and flatware, glassware for the bar, and linens through Culinary Crafts and used them as a full-service caterer. Two days before our wedding we received our final invoice that was significantly higher than we were expecting, largely because our wedding was on a holiday and the delivery fee was exorbitant! Kaleb was wonderful in arranging with our venue to have the tables and chairs delivered a day early so we wouldn't have to pay the holiday fee, and explained their error in not including it on the original estimate. I would not have expected them to do this, but they saved us literally hundreds of dollars. Catering was still our largest expense and although my husband was reluctant to spend as much as we did, he raved about Culinary Crafts and said that the money spent was worth it.
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Culinary Crafts did a fabulous job! The food was fantastically prepared and displayed and I didn't have to worry about anything the day of my wedding. Although they aren't the least expensive option, the final product and peace of mind Culinary Crafts delivers is worth every cent! They also know everything about the local venues and left me with no concerns that everything would turn out perfectly.

The night of my event, I had the most kind and professional on-site staff members to work through the evening. They were flexible and lovely to work with.

Everything I could have hoped for in a caterer. I worried about nothing on my wedding day!
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They were so easy to work with and the food tasted amazing! The only downside is the price and worth of the staff. The staff were kind and professional, but not worth the amount we spent for them to be there. Overall, it was a great experience using them, though!
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They went above and beyond to make my day special. :) A little pricey, but you definitely get what you pay for! Everyone commented on how amazing our food was and the great service provided by the staff.
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Culinary Crafts catered my wedding and it was beautiful! The food was so delicious! My husband still talks about the amazing cheese platter. They really did a fantastic job!
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Their food was amazing. I had a dessert buffet and it all looked great. They were a little slow responding to my emails, and the stand they brought for my cake wasn't at all what they said it would be. A 8x8x4 inch box became two smaller boxes stacked unevenly. However, as I said before, their food was great and I would recommend them.
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They did a wonderful job with the food presentation. Everything was arranged so beatifully from the buffet table to the bar. The servers were very professional and attentive. The food is average but all their services and presentation made them appear spetacular. The staff are great at helping you design a menu that is uniquely for your occasion and your budget. They have somethin for every budget and makes them all glamorous. I highly recommend them.
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Good catering.
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For the most part we had a very pleasant experience with Culinary Crafts. Though a bit on the pricey side, they were willing to work with us on our menu and different pricing options. Our planner leading up to the wedding was extremely helpful and great at listening and indulging us in our many, many shifts in menu and planning throughout the whole lead up phase.
Unfortunately (and I assume of no fault of Culinary Craft's), our planner left the company two weeks prior to our wedding. That was a rather stressful situation for us, however a new planner stepped in and handled things remarkably well. She made sure that we were comfortable with how everything was being handled and made sure she understood our plan.

Day of is when things sort of fell apart. We had planned for around 200 guests (which we inflated to ensure extra food would be available), of which we estimate only 160 showed up. Maybe an hour into the reception all of the food was exhausted. Many guests weren't able to try everything. Not to mention my bride and I. As you can imagine planning a menu for over a year tends to make you very excited to try the final product. So, it was incredibly disappointing when we found out nothing was left when we arrived at the reception. Our day of coordinator mentioned something about take out boxes the of food being saved for us, but we were never given anything, so I can only assume that never happened.
Additionally, the bar staff was given special champagne flutes to be used by the bridal party for toasts. When the time came, they said they never received them and had no idea where they were. When it was time to take everything down at the end of the night the flutes were given to family by the catering staff. I still have no clue where they were the rest of the evening.

Food is their business. I expected them to understand what is needed to feed the numbers we estimated. I know that we certainly paid for that expectation.
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The Vendor that Wasn’t

I thought hard about even writing this but I feel other brides should know. I worked for months with CC and curated a wonderful menu but never got to experience it. Our representative gave me red flags from the beginning because he would take weeks or a month or longer to respond to important questions. The closer the wedding got he became more and more elusive and wouldn’t respond to me. We also found out 2 weeks before the wedding the service didn’t cover our wedding timeline - only a 3 hour event. Limited service was never discussed before only how many staff were needed. We ended up firing them the week before our wedding when the communication problems continued and the price of extra time ended up being over $500. Disappointing.
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DO NOT HAVE THEM CATER YOUR WEDDING. At first we thought that about $2,600 for a wedding venue was very cheap. They require a $300 deposit to reserve a date, which we paid. What we didn't know, and wasn't presented to us was that we HAVE to use their caterer, Culinary Crafts. We told them we just wanted pasta and chicken as the main course, ice cream, and wine. For this simple meal they calculated that for our wedding they were going to charge us $28,000!!!! For freaking pasta and chicken. This is the most over priced caterer that we have ever worked with. A box of pasta at the store is about $1.00 which can feed 2 people. We have 300 guests, so that would be about $150 dollars. Tell me how can they get away with charging this ridiculous amount. They are running a monopoly. The planner (Jinous) was over 2 weeks late on the estimate. Avoid this caterer at all costs, there are better options as well as cheaper ones.

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