About this vendor
Center Stage Catering, Inc. is a chef-driven, service-oriented company dedicated to providing the very finest cuisine and friendly-professional service to the entire Southwestern Virginia area.
Founded in 2001, with many awards and five-star reviews under our belt, we pride ourselves on creating magical and memorable experiences from beginning to end.
We emphasize employee empowerment, hospitality, and focused delivery of safe-fresh-healthy, made from scratch cuisine. Our culinary team, as well as the majority of our beverage and service staff, is comprised of ‘culinary professionals’. With our stellar reputation, we continue to grow and take on team members who emulate the level of passion that have been instilled into our company. Along the way, we’ve become a leader in providing exceptional service that clients can rely on and trust.
We truly believe that you will find the Center Stage experience delightfully unique!
Details
Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Cuisine
- African
- American
- BBQ
- Cajun
- Chinese
- Eastern European
Dietary Options
- Dairy Free
- Gluten Free
- Nut Free
- Organic
- Sugar Free
- Vegan
Food & Catering
- Buffet
- Catering Clean Up
- Catering Delivery & Setup
- Chef Stations
- Family Style
- Menu Tastings
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Reviews
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4.9
out of 5.016 reviews
It’s has been a month since our wedding and our guests are still gushing about the delicious food and warm service from Center Stage.
Thank you to their incredible crew for making...
our day so special. Food at a wedding is infinitely important and something that every couple stresses over in the pursuit of a vendor that will impress the crowd. We had total trust in Center Stage.
A few special thank you’s to Lori, Karen, and Caleb for their care and precision with our venue and planning. You all truly made our day one we’ll remember forever!
Menu items to check out if you book:
Shrimp and grits
Champagne chicken
Deviled eggs
Ham biscuits
Mac and cheese
(You truly can’t go wrong though)
Excellent customer service, professional staff and the food is absolutely delicious. They did a wonderful job for our daughter's wedding and we highly recommend them. Not a single ...
complaint!
Many many service problems. Despite the notation that the bride has an anaphylactic allergy to strawberries, they were served to the vendors resulting in needing medication during ...
the reception. During the evening we were approached regarding many questions and decisions. However, we were not approached about the top of the cake. The ENTIRE cake was cut. When questioned it was stated that we did not give instructions regarding the cake top. The baker left a box for the top of the cake, which we found in the trash. With that being said, the food was very good.
Center Stage Catering was recommended to me by my venue and luckily enough they had a special menu just for my venue. Picking Center Stage Catering was one of the easiest decisions...
in the wedding planning process, though picking our menu items was so hard because I wanted it all. All their options looked so good! We decided with typical southern cuisine: fried chicken, ham biscuits, vegetarian lasagna, green beans, salad, buttered whipped potatoes, and mac n cheese. All of our wedding guests were from out of town/state, so everyone was looking forward to some good country cooking and Center Stage Catering did not disappoint. I definitely would recommend Center Stage Catering to any bride, no matter what food style they are looking for, I’m sure Center Stage Catering can do it!
Logistically, I communicated with Karen Schopp and she was very quick to respond and provided a lot of detail when I had questions. The buffet attendants at the wedding were amazing and I really appreciated just their smiles as people walked down the buffet line. Smiles go a long way for me
Wow. The amount of people that came up to us and complimented the food at our reception was insane! The food was absolutely amazing. We had fried chicken, pulled pork, mac n cheese...
, garlic mashed potatoes, and a wide variety of other southern foods. It was a HUGE hit and we loved it all!! Great pricing too. It was only about $20/plate which we found to be a very reasonable price when looking at all the other vendors.
Center Stage catered our wedding and they were AMAZING! Karen and her staff were all very personable, professional, accommodating, and dependable. With years of experience, Karen...
was able to not only deliver incredible food but also help my husband and I with our “Day Of” schedule. She had great ideas and helped us create a delicious menu. The Center Stage staff were very helpful with the set up and cleanup of the reception. Our guests raved about the food and we could not have been more pleased with Center Stage!
My inlaws used Center Stage as the catering for our rehearsal dinner. It was AMAZING! They did a variety of pizzas, with a fresh salad (wonderful dressings), and cute mason jar str...
awberry shortcakes. Everyone raved about the food! They were so helpful with the setup and cleanup of the event. I highly suggest their work at your event :)
It was a pleasure working with Karen and CSC from day 1! I always looked forward to my meetings and phone calls with Karen. She is so personable and is the type of person you want ...
to stay in touch with even after the event is over. CSC is full of culinary geniuses - we received so many compliments after our wedding! The service, quality, and creativity of their food was worth every penny. Thank you for making our wedding reception so special! I hope we get the opportunity to work with Center Stage again!
On October 9, 2016 I had the privilege of taking my best friend and making her family. One thing that we did not want to mess up on such an important occasion was the food. We cont...
acted with Center Stage Catering and Karen was willing to work with us on our menu, keep us below budget, and make our entrees inclusive for our guests with dietary restrictions. Karen allowed us to change our minds about renting plates less than two weeks before the wedding.
Shanna was very kind and made sure we had everything we needed at the end of the night. The staff of CSC was courteous and professional throughout the evening. Our guests are still raving about how wonderful the food was and no one left the reception hungry. CSC also plated and packaged our wedding cake and pies for guests who were staying and those who were taking the desserts with them. CSC even sent us a handwritten card with a quote from the Maid of Honor’s toast from Doctor Who, so either they have some Whovians on board (which is excellent) or they pay great attention to detail (which is also excellent).
We appreciate that CSC was there to share our day with us. We will certainly refer others to them in the future and look to them for any future catering needs.
The food is incredible, the main caterer is talented in putting together an EXTRAVAGANT menu. She is so detailed in from presentation, to seasonal products, to spices and sauces. ...
The food at our wedding was wonderful, the guests loved it. They also catered to us (the bride and groom) and made sure we had a drink and food that we wanted the entire night. They also packed us a plate of food to have at the end of the night so we could taste it too. Not only is their food amazing, but their staff is equally professional and there to serve the guests and make sure they have a good night.
A complete package!
I had the pleasure of working with Karen for my wedding 9/13/14. Anytime I had a question or concern she was quick to responding and helping me anyway she could. We went with a sou...
thern style menu and everyone loved the food and are still talking about it! They just went over and beyond with all of the food I was very impressed and the food was the best I've ever had. I wouldn't go with anyone else.
I consider myself an armchair foodie so this was the one aspect of the wedding I really wanted to be hands on. The people at Center Stage were very professional and creative when i...
t came to their menus. It was really a challenge to combine my tastes with my wife's as we are at the opposite ends of the spectrum. However, they managed to create an excellent menu. Their staff was friendly and professional and I received compliments about the food all night long from my guests. They are willing to cooperate with you on the menu and are extremely patient. I think I had to resend their suggestions for menu items a number of time before we found the winner. They were also great in helping out with last minute stuff as well as coordinating with the other vendors to provide a fantastic experience. They are also willing to work with whatever budget you have and I would book these people again, if I ever had the opportunity to do so.
Center Stage not only did a phenomenal job and made delicious food, but they also provided the best customer service out of ALL my vendors. Karen was there every step of the way t...
o answer any question I had, and she and her staff were so responsive and accommodating. I can't thank them enough for all their hard work, they truly made the evening.
Words can't do enough justice when it comes to John and Karen. They are amazing, patient and incredibly helpful. They go above and beyond what I expected from a caterer. Food wise-...
oh my gosh. Wonderful. Don't even get me started on the cake. It was so crazy good!! Their staff is helpful and so attentive. Don't even bother looking elsewhere. Go visit their cafe in Rocky Mount and see for yourself just how great they are.
John and Karen are amazing to work with. I planned my wedding from out of town and Karen was very easy to work with, answered all of my e-mails, helped with quantities, etc. They s...
at down with us a few months before the wedding to see what kind of foods we wanted, our style, etc and made it happen. The wedding was absolutely amazing! I can't tell you how many people complimented the food and service. Everything turned out perfectly. They had someone there to be sure my husband and I had a chance to eat, the staff always made sure we had plenty to drink. It was more than I expected! Can't say enough about the food, staff and service! Will recommend to anyone needing a caterer and will certainly use again if the occasion presents itself.
My guests are still talking about how amazing the food was at our wedding! They food looked beautiful and tasted even better. Additionally the owner John and Karen were so much fun...
to work with and really made the food a part of our day. The service staff was amazing as well. Anytime this bride needed anything someone was taking care of me!
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17 Claiborne Avenue, Rocky Mount, VA | We service many areas throughout Southwest Virginia!
Center Stage Catering