Good Food Catering

anning process and one of the biggest things I've learned is that having amazing vendors can make or break your wedding. I worked specifically with Kate for the majority of the planning, and she was so kind and understanding! She made sure to listen to every detail and all of our requests. This ensured that on the day of our wedding, my husband and I would not have to worry about anyone not enjoying the food or leaving hungry. The day following our wedding, we were so happy to hear about how much everyone enjoyed the food! It was definitely a big topic of the many compliments we received. Pricing was great as well! I would highly recommend that anyone looking for a caterer in the Charleston area book with Kate and the team at Good Food Catering!

me feel at ease with everything. The staff members that worked my wedding were also a joy to work with, I had some many comments on how great they were. The food was amazing and the lobster rolls were a BIG hit!

uests. I absolutely loved our wedding food and the customization of our package.

were very professional and personable. Contact Kate and Tristan for wonderful planning!

or our rehearsal and Southern/traditional for our wedding night. Everything was incredible and people who don't typically eat salmon or eggplant raved about those two dishes especially. We had a beautiful farmer's market and cheese display to start and petite fours to end the meal. We followed our rehearsal dinner with a two hour cocktail event that their servers stayed to cocktail and return glasses to the bar. For our wedding we enjoyed crab cakes, fried green tomatoes, and stuffed mushrooms for passed appetizers. We started the meal with a local green salad and our guests could choose from Ny strip, Shrimp and Grits, Apple braised Chicken, or Vegetable Napoleon. The portions were huge both nights. As good as the food is from Good Food Catering, the service is even better. Both nights their team was the same and we knew them by name. We can't recommend Good Food Catering enough!

ns of changes to be made along the way (including postponing my original date due to covid) but their planning team handled everything seamlessly! Tristan, who was my main point of contact, always responded to me promptly and had great suggestions along the way! This made things so easy on me during the stressful wedding planning process. On the actual wedding day, their service was AMAZING. All the servers were incredibly friendly, quick, and professional. We used their bartending services (we provided our own alcohol) and servers for passed hors d'oeuvres. We opted for the chef-attended stations, which was great because it wasn't as "casual" as a buffet but not as formal as plated meals. This gave our guests flexibility to choose which meals they wanted and go up for more serving, which they did because last but not least, the food was AMAZING. My guests couldn't stop raving about our food! The Coq au Vin chicken and Beef Braised Short Ribs entrees were particular hits! Both were so tender and delicious! Their food is top-quality and prepared by local chefs, so you get Charleston restaurant-quality food! I would definitely recommend GFC for your wedding!

responses, professionalism, patience and kindness. On event day, the staff led by Ms Olympia was prompt, knowledgeable of the details, friendly and helpful. And the food was fantastic!! Mini lobster rolls, bacon wrapped scallops, oysters and filet Mignon were the most notable dishes but all was amazing.

ktail hour and 2 chef attended stations and a sushi station for dinner. Everything tasted amazing! We got married during the COVID 19 pandemic and Good Food Catering was good about putting into place a sanitation plan for keeping things clean and following guidelines. We did have some trouble reaching them initially during the shut down, but once we got back into contact with them things went smoothly. Due to the pandemic, our guest count reduced significantly to just our wedding party and parents and they were flexible with allowing us to reduce our guest count given the circumstances.

my venue cancelled, forcing me to cancel my wedding. GoodFood only offered me $1,243 out of the about $5k I paid them. They had minimal regard for the fact that the cancellation of my wedding was out of my hands and postponing was not in option in 2020 for me, given my schedule (which includes summers). I would never recommend this business, because when it comes down to it, they will do what gets them the maximum profit, with no regard for how it will impact their client. We are devastated that our wedding was cancelled only 2 weeks prior, and now we are left with no funds to even have a honeymoon or elopement. Very disappointed in Good Food catering.

dating our needs when we had last minute adjustments to our head count. The food for both the cocktail hour and reception were delicious, and we received compliments from all of our guests. For the cocktail hour, we chose pulled pork on a johnny cake, lobster rolls, goat cheese stuffed date wrapped with bacon, fried green tomatoes, and shrimp on a chip. For the reception, we chose pecan crusted chicken with succotash, shrimp and grits, and beef tenderloin with asparagus and potatoes. Everything was perfect. We highly recommend choosing Good Food Catering for your wedding!

s exceptional... we are still getting compliments from all of our guests about how great the food was! They are extremely professional and affordable for the quality of catering. They also will change their menu to your preferences and will come up with new food options based on your vision and what you want! We can't say enough about how great Good Life is and we HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend them!!

absolutely recommend them to anyone looking for 100% satisfaction from their guests!!

nitely impressed all of our guests. We highly recommend using Good food catering.

p, beef Wellington, shrimp cocktail and stuffed mushrooms. They were all out of this world. They even brought the bridal party a platter prior to our entrance. We went with the low country buffet for dinner with some minor changes. They were very flexible when choosing our menu. They even sent us home with doggie bags which was perfect since my husband and I did not have much time to eat.

& grits, BBQ, and taco station that were chef attended. We also had mini chicken biscuits as a late night snack. All the food was amazing. The guests loved it. Presentation was beautiful & tasty!

beyond to make everything perfect. We started of course with our tasting which Eve handled. Food was amazing and she helped us pick out our menu, linens, rentals and rent. Passed appetizers, boiled peanuts, shrimp and grits, pulled pork, Mac n cheese, green bean casserole, blue cheese coleslaw and biscuits and an ice cream sandwich bar! She arranged a layout of our venue (down to every palm tree on the property) and made great suggestions based on her experience catering at our venue. Unfortunately our wedding was cancelled (4 days before it was planned for) due to Charleston having to evacuate for Hurricane Florence. It was devastating of course and I’m still dreaming of the day that Eve helped me plan that I know would have been perfection! With that being said I just returned home from my honeymoon to an email from Good Food Catering telling me that they were refunding me for our everything! It literally made me cry tears of joy! And was not something they had to do. Although I didn’t get to live out the day we had planned I would absolutely reccomend them. I could not have planned my wedding from California without Eve.

'Charleston' and got many many compliments on how great it presented and tasted. We didn't want to ordinary wedding meal menu, and Good Food definitely delivered on that. Highly recommended.

ervice exemplary. We were a bit clueless walking into our wedding planning and Eve was patient, communicative, and accommodating throughout the process. It's a bit of an undersell to call Eve our "day-of coordinator" because she was active and helpful from the day we called about viewing the venue all the way to after the wedding. Her creativity, warmth, and solution-focused attitude helped us create the perfect wedding day and to feel supported throughout the process. This venue is beautiful and incredibly charming - you won't have to do much to it. And the food is to die for. We did buffet and had 100 guests...there was more than enough space for everyone to sit. We embraced the low country cuisine and our guests were in awe of how tasty it all was. All in all, our wedding was such a wonderful experience. Our guests raved about it from start to finish and we were able to enjoy it ourselves. Eve, the Rice Mill, and Good Food Catering made it easy to create a personalized wedding day that left everyone feeling that they had experienced something special. I can't stay enough about how highly we recommend them!

ased on the gorgeous photos we saw online, then visited the venue a few months later to do our catering tasting and meet Eve, our day-of coordinator. Eve was amazing to work with - she was on top of every little detail and everything went off without a hitch! During our catering tasting she was accommodating, flexible, and provided great recommendations to help personalize our day. She was always quick to communicate about any and every question I had, and worked with my vendors one month out to create the perfect day-of timeline. I can't thank her enough for her assistance with our special day! I also can't write this review without mentioning the delicious food provided by Good Food Catering. You cannot go wrong with any of their delicious menus or food options. We did passed hors d'oeuvres during cocktail hour, and a surf and turf seated multi-course dinner. I had so many compliments on the food! Also worth mentioning is my maid of honor has a gluten allergy, and they were more than accommodating for her to ensure she had a dish she could enjoy as well. From the gorgeous view, to the exceptional service we received (from Eve's coordination down to the friendly wait staff), to the delicious food options, we cannot recommend the Historic Rice Mill enough!

s responsive, shared good ideas on decor, vendor options and had a calm about her that made me feel confident. I am from Toronto so I relied on her for early deliveries, long distance coordination, and meetings. She understood our vision and helped execute it into reality. Good Food Catering was excellent, the only dish we didn't love was the fish. The appys, the filet, and the chicken were outstanding! The ambiance was complimented by the eclipse and we had transformed this quaint old historic building into a romantic paradise. The team was also very accommodating; when we moved up the guest arrival time and opened the bar, it was not a problem. When we extended the wedding an hour the night of, it was not a problem. I would highly recommend this venue and team to help make your wedding day one of your best ever memories. Thank you to Jenna and the team for all your help.

laint would be they served the wrong beer during our reception (one we unfortunately did not care for at all) and did not put forks out with our cake. My mother in law had to find someone to scrape up some forks so our guests could enjoy our cake. If you're looking for great food, Good Food is the way to go! They just need to iron out those fine details.

pie, and it wasn't even on their menu. They really work with you for special orders. I also really enjoyed the mac and cheese and lobster. Also their caprese salad was so cute and served on mini forks.

ion and flow of our day, and great (fast) communication throughout the planning process. Eve made planning from out of town so easy. She also arranged all of our rentals, gave very straightforward and helpful advice, and even stayed super late after a wedding the night before mine to set everything up for our morning ceremony. Could not recommend Eve and the Rice MIll enough!!

ively modest budget and without question Rice Mill had far more to offer in terms of beauty and wow-factor than other venues in the same price range. Jenna and her team were fantastic to work with and all their help and guidance throughout the process was invaluable. The event itself went off without a hitch just a week after Hurricane Matthew. The Rice Mill Staff and Good Food Catering (their in house catering company) took such care to make it a beautiful event. Strongly recommended!

guests but there is a restroom on the second floor. Communication with the on site coordinator could have been a little better but the venue printed me is for the guests and did come through in the end to make our night special. Thanks!

d discussions about personal table runners and table number placement) until the day prior to the wedding, in which we were told certain items would not be placed. Her reply was something to the effect of "everyone knows caterers don't do that." I've never been married before and wasn't aware of typical expectations and relied on vendors for specific guidance. I was also confused because the contract stated they do all setup and because we had specific conversations about personal items that she said would be setup. We only had table runners, numbers and favors. I had to ask extended family to run over the morning of the wedding to take care of that. Then the caterers took our bakery items at the end of the reception and bottles of alcohol, which we purchased ourselves and provided. My mom had told Jenna she was going to grab bags to pack up the remainder of cookies (we had out as snacks), to find that they were gone 5 minutes later when she went back with the bags. Nobody claimed they knew where the cookies went. They also didn't serve both flavors of cake, or ensure that there was cake available at all times. We had many guests who didn't get a slice. They also threw out our favors that were on the tables while our guests were dancing. We personally bagged pralines with tags for our guests - not to have them thrown out! I realize not everything goes perfectly, and we expected a minor issue or two to pop up, most of which our guests I'm sure wouldn't realize, but what really stung was her attitude after we addressed our concerns. She disputed every detail and even went so far as to say the florist was talking poorly about me, which A) was completely unrelated and unnecessary and B) was completely surprising - we loved the florist and felt the whole process was easy with the florist! There were no apologies, just disputes and attitudes. With that said, the food was great - compliments to the chef! I recommended if you go with them to ask for someone other than Jenna as a coordinator.

rvice for about 160 people. As for the food, it was some of the best food I've had a wedding. They have a full kitchen onsite so everything was hot and delicious. We had passed apps during cocktail hour of lobster mac & cheese, baby lamp chops & bacon wrapped shrimp and scallops. We then had two stations, one a full Italian station with chicken, shrimp, and 3 sauces and the second was a pork tenderloin with mashed potatoes and asparagus. YUM! It was soooo good and Eve at the Historic Rice Mill is so easy to work with. Highly recommend this company for one of your biggest wedding expenses.

o gives you the option to have a mixer only bar which means you provide the alcohol while they provide the mixers and the bartenders. We were able to save tons of money this way - just be prepared to get the alcohol to and from the venue (if there is any left over).

ton was blocked off from access due to flooded roads. GFC being one of the places blocked from access. I don't know what they had to do to get to their kitchen, but they braved the flooded streets to be able to provide the food and beverages at our wedding. This really meant a lot to us and not only that but the services and friendliness of the staff was excellent. On top of that the food was to die for. GFC worked with us up until the last few days of our wedding to make sure the menu was perfect. We appreciate everything they did for us and I will always recommend them to anyone that needs catering in that area. Sincerely Drew and Ally

final result at the reception was amazing! The food was delicious and we received tons of compliments on "the best wedding food"! The bar set up was great and no long lines! The presentation was also beautifully done and service was great. I highly recommend Good Food, they also do off-site catering!

were fantastic. They have a huge menu to choose from from and they are more than willing to work with you on anything special you may want.

ds. We wanted to change some of the drink options for our open bar and they were more than willing to work with us. I would definitely recommend Good Food Catering and would use them again!

he perfect touch for my husband and his family.

e food was amazing! We had a homestyle southern buffet with fried chicken, veggies and mac n cheese, along with a little mexican fiesta of shrimp and beef tacos. Their setup was beautiful and I would call on them for any upcoming events I have in the future. They went above and beyond the normal expectations of JUST being a caterer.

style, and set the most beautiful backdrop for our wedding. You cannot have a more perfect background for your photos than the beautiful harbor and boats on the outside, and the inside with it's exposed brick walls, wide planked wood floors, and beautiful tin ceiling. You do not need much decoration to made this place look exquisite...just some candles did the trick for us! I cannot stress enough the beauty here! The experience of planning and having our wedding here was also equally as wonderful. The staff were very thorough and helpful, and great to work with. The only glitch was that our rehearsal that was supposed to be there the evening before our wedding was not able to happen due to another event being planned...and we did not get this information until 4:30 the day of the rehearsal. That was easily rearranged on our part, but was an inconvenience. I would recommend this venue to anyone. Beautiful, pretty affordable, and easy to "glam up" for a wedding without having to spend much money, and the food was AMAZING! Good Food Catering is the catering company that works at the venue, and I have gotten an overwhelming amount of praise for the food. They had a lot of choices for us to pick from, and were willing to customize anything that we wanted. The "total cost of service" that I have selected included all of our food, and alcohol, and we had the ceremony here as well, so it includes that fee too. Overall, we had a blast, and the day was perfect!

made sure everything the day of ran smoothly we actually had food leftover and they packed a basket for us to take with us-which we needed because there was no time to eat at our event.

I was so happy with everything! Emily was a huge help in helping us make all the small and big decisions. Thank you Good Food Catering for a wonderful wedding reception!

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l you what they think. We worked with Emily Weidle and she was AWESOME!

f this beautiful old building really shine. Emily at GFC was amazing to work with, she was full of great ideas and helpful advice, tailored the menu to our preferences, and coordinated the day flawlessly. She even helped me work through the few un-foreseen details on the day of. The food portions were huge, and guests were raving about the location and the food. I had read several reviews saying the building can get hot, but for my April wedding the temperatures in the building were perfect, no worries there. I just can’t say enough nice things about GFC and the Rice Mill building!

ers were friendly and efficient. I found Good Food Catering to be very flexible and our event coordinator, Emily, very nice and knowledgeable. They let us bring our own alcohol and mixers, so as far as beverages went, we only paid them for the bartenders (which was a HUGE savings). They coordinated all of our rental items and set up all of our tables, chairs, linens, and placed the centerpieces on the table. And at the end of the night, they packed up a basket with all the leftover food (there wasn't much!), our cupcakes, and two mini bottles of champagne, for my husband and I to take back with us! I think that little special touches like that, throughout the event, really set them apart from other catering companies. They compare with the more expensive companies, but at a much more reasonable price!