Catering By Design is the purposeful manifestation of pairing food and design in every last detail of an event, crafting the menu, décor, and staff specifically for each occasion. The team has the experience and professionalism to transform any concept into a reality, from a breakfast meeting to a sit-down dinner for a thousand. They are the official caterer of the Michener Museum. Reviews consistently highlight that working with the team is an absolute pleasure and a breeze, with excellent communication and professionalism noted. The staff is described as wonderful, excellent, and flawless. Multiple clients express that the organizational process was easy and stress-free, with one noting the food was never a worry. The food itself receives high praise, called tasty, great, incredible, phenomenal, and restaurant quality. Specific standout dishes include the seabass, white wine braised short rib, posset, mousse, and chopped rib-eye steak with fries for a late-night snack. For events, reviewers highly recommend the butlered crab cakes, spicy carrot tacos, tuna poke cone, and watermelon grilled cucumber with feta buffet. Overall, clients report a perfect and flawless experience, giving the highest possible rating and stating they would recommend Catering By Design to everyone and hope to work with them again.
Our wedding was at One North Broad. CBD did an amazing job throughout the wedding planning process and really showed up big on the big day! The food and drinks were perfect. Alaina and Roe were outstanding! Couldn't recommend CBD enough!
October 2025
Currently at a wedding with this staff and they are PHENOMENAL!!! I'm chasing them down for more lol BOOK ASAP!!
June 2025
It was such a privilege to work with James, Alaina and the CBD team. We were so lucky to work with them, as they delivered a flawless dinner service with incredible food and made the whole organizational process a breeze. If we could take Catering By Design with us to all of our global events, we would. THANK YOU for being... read full comment
