Gourmet Celebrations

I attended a party the Gourmet Celebrations was catering. There were many appetizer options all equally as yummy. The seafood appetizers were displayed on a gorgeous ice sculpture.
The main course took a little longer to come out than I think expected but no one noticed because of the beautiful drinks flowing and the staff were engaging.
Dinner was superb. Better than a lot of 5 star restaurants. I don’t know how they did it with so many guests but everyone’s food from what I could see was piping hot. I had to Instagram a bunch of pics because I’m a «foodie» and the presentation was top notch.
I would recommend them based on my experience however I was a guest and didn’t have to organize the party. Not sure how pricey or how difficult it is to work with them.

I recently attended an event catered by this catering company and had a terrible experience.
They were serving appetizers at an event and the food was slow in coming out. I finally got a taste of a small slice of cucumber then a taste of a beef appetizer. I told the server that I thought it was tasty and that I will look forward to having another piece when she came out.
When she did return I walked towards her and asked if I could have a piece and she said, «No, this is for people who have not had any!» Since I was with some important people who heard this, i was terribly embarrassed. When she walked by me again, I quietly told her that what she said was very rude to which she responded, «oh well!» laughed and walked away.
It bothered me enough to recently call the company to tell them about this server. If it were my company, I want want to know. I spoke to the Events Manager and told him the story. His response was this, «Well, we always tell our servers to make sure everyone gets enough food.»
So, there you have it — If you want your guests treated like if they are beggars in a soup line and not guests, hire this company.

Since 2011, Gourmet Celebrations has gone above and beyond in fulfilling our corporate catering needs at our busy private equity firm. They are the only caterer in the Los Angeles area who has been consistently dependable, always punctual and enthusiastic to fulfill our every request. It is a pleasure working with such a reliable company and I definitely recommend GC for any catering needs you may have, from baby showers, to meetings to weddings — there is nothing they cannot do!

I do a lot of office catering for working lunches and dinners and have recently started using Gourmet Celebrations for every one of my orders. They are fabulous! Not only is all the food delicious, but they make it so easy. I send an email with basic instructions on what I need: date, time, headcount, dietary restrictions, and budget. Then they plan the meal for me and deliver hot, delicious food on time!
There doesn’t seem to be any limitations on what they can do. The other night I wanted margaritas with my dinner order… not a problem! (they even included salt for the glasses) I need food for 10 people, but can one meal be packaged individually? Not a problem! I need vegan options, not a problem (and not just salad)!
Ayla is a fabulous event coordinator and I will definitely continue using them for all my catering needs.

They were AMAZING at my wedding! We had a slider bar and french fries and macaroni and cheese puffs and they were all delicious. All my guests were very pleased with the options they had. They really hit the nail on the head for the food I had requested for my event.
Everything was displayed great and looked amazing and tasted fresh and was extremely tasty. My guests still talk about how great everything was at the buffet table!
The service was also excellent. They supplied the bar, bartenders and servers and they were all professional and took very good care of us and all our guests.
They also created a wide variety of pies for our dessert table and they were adorable and incredibly good as well. They had three different kinds and were all decorated very nicely and matched our theme. I am so happy with everything they did for us and how they were a part of our special day.

I attended an event last night catered by this company.
Having gone the year before for the same event but catered by a different restaurant, I was a bit surprised how completely different last night’s event was. Last year, there was a brick ton of food. It was set up so that people could converge on a table set up in the middle of the room. The table was accessible from both sides. I remember happy people being able to get tidbits of tasty morsels with minimal effort.
Last night, they set up three small tables against the wall causing massive lines and general mêlée as people tried to scavenge for grub. There was pushing, a bit of shoving, a lot of sneaky food snatching and the poor servers bore the brunt of the disgruntled crowd.
Although I like the idea of being able to carve off a hunk of cheese, I think the cheeses should have been pre-​sliced as I watched old ladies make off with massive blocks. Which I suppose is fine since I didn’t like any of the cheeses. They had a pear they decorated to look like a mouse which was cute. The crackers looked like they came from Trader Joe’s. The olives and quince were good though.
The veggie plate was fine although the dip wasn’t all that tasty. I was shocked someone stuck the tongs into the dip though maybe they did that to warn us the dip wasn’t great? I thought the jicama carved to look like tulips was kind of cute. They didn’t carve the other veggies though. I did like the Southwestern salad with the avocado and tortilla strips.
Of the floating appetizers (or maybe they weren’t floating as the servers tried to get them to the buffet tables but would invariably get stopped by the food grubbers), I only really liked the tuna tartar on a wonton chip. A server offered me «tuna in a lettuce cup» but it was really just a tiny carved cucumber. Ahahah.
There were three desserts last night. The banana bread pudding was okay. The oreo cookie cheesecake was fine. But the chocolate mousse was odd. It had a minty aftertaste but it didn’t go well with the random blueberries in mousse.
Ah, but the champagne and wine were great!

***Update ⁰⁶⁄₀₈: After over a year of staff changes etc this company seems to have lost its edge. It went from being a small, nice group to work for that had pretty decent food to… well, blech. They don’t even call me anymore I believe due to the fact they have lost a lot of gigs. Oh well, raise a glass to another fallen friend.***
I work for them on occasion so how could I not give five stars???
Seriously though, I try not to work anywhere I don’t like the food and everytime I work an event I always have to sneak a lil’ «trial taste» because everything always looks so good and I am never disappointed.
They cater everything from small parties (I did two small graduation parties this weekend) to large events (AZN awards most recently)
This company is most well known for being attached to Air Gourmet which is known for première private airline catering so they are open ²⁴⁄₇.
If you need a caterer, give ‘em a call! Hey, maybe I can work your event ;-)