Catering Made Simple

1544 Fleetwood Dr, Elgin
(847) 232-6667

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Kathy Evans

Catering Made Simple really hit the right spot with delicious food without a lot of notice. Everyone I talked enjoyed the choices I made in finger foods for this light lunch after
my cousin’s funeral. Greg was great to make all the arrangements with. Try Catering Made Simple, you’ll be glad you did!

Anthony Lighthall

This company did an amazing job with out wedding requests. Great communication and service provided.

Alexandra Casanova

I have never had a better crab rangoon in my life than the ones made by Catering Made Simple. It was the first thing my now husband and I tried for our tasting and I knew from there that everything else would be fantastic. Every single guest who tried one, raved about them. The rest of the food was fantastic too. We also had Swedish meatballs and caprese skewers for our cocktail hour. For dinner, we had the pecan encrusted goat cheese salad, spinach and brie stuffed chicken, filet mignon, green bean casserole, and potatoes and it was all great. Because of the size of our wedding, we had to do a room flip and set 200 place settings in under an hour and the Catering Made Simple team got straight to business and got the place settings set and salads out in a beautiful fashion. I was nervous about the room flip but Cari assured us that their team does them all the time. As far as linens and place settings go, they had exactly what we had in mind. Their team seems to be very passionate about their food and their business. While sometimes the communication wasn’t as much as my stressed out, wedding-addled bride brain needed (or thought I needed), we were able to communicate all the details needed to make sure we had the wedding of our dreams. Every guest we’ve talked to has raved about the food and I’m just so glad we chose Catering Made Simple. But seriously, the crab rangoons alone are worth choosing CMS for your event. I think about them often. My friends, family, and coworkers keep bringing them up. I would very much like for CMS to sell these in bulk for me to buy and have whenever I want lol - I’m very glad we worked together and would recommend them for sure!

Alexandra Casanova

I have never had a better crab rangoon in my life than the ones made by Catering Made Simple. It was the first thing my now husband and I tried for our tasting and I knew from there that everything else would be fantastic. Every single guest who tried one, raved about them. The rest of the food was fantastic too. We also had Swedish meatballs and caprese skewers for our cocktail hour. For dinner, we had the pecan encrusted goat cheese salad, spinach and brie stuffed chicken, filet mignon, green bean casserole, and potatoes and it was all great. Because of the size of our wedding, we had to do a room flip and set 200 place settings in under an hour and the Catering Made Simple team got straight to business and got the place settings set and salads out in a beautiful fashion. I was nervous about the room flip but Cari assured us that their team does them all the time. As far as linens and place settings go, they had exactly what we had in mind.

Their team seems to be very passionate about their food and their business. While sometimes the communication wasn’t as much as my stressed out, wedding-addled bride brain needed (or thought I needed), we were able to communicate all the details needed to make sure we had the wedding of our dreams. Every guest we’ve talked to has raved about the food and I’m just so glad we chose Catering Made Simple.

But seriously, the crab rangoons alone are worth choosing CMS for your event. I think about them often. My friends, family, and coworkers keep bringing them up. I would very much like for CMS to sell these in bulk for me to buy and have whenever I want lol - I’m very glad we worked together and would recommend them for sure!

Larry Light

CMS catered our daughters wedding. Consider it a non traditional wedding menu which consisted of slow roasted pork, a creamy pompano chicken and all the sides to accompany it. We had nothing but excellent comments from all 200 guests! Cari and her team did an outstanding job. Highly recommend

Alexandra Stingley

Two parts: 1.) if you are reading negative reviews it is because a horrible woman put videos on ticktock and asking her followers who don’t live in the state nor some even in this country to post negative reviews to hurt CMS business. I wish it would be illegal to write a review on someone who has never used a company. Youll notice all the negative reviews all startee when she posted Sept 26. 2.) CMS is WONDERFUL. I have used them for going on 18 years. From my 200 person wedding, work events, personal parties, and always had people leave asking for his contact information. PLEASE DONT LET THIS HORRIBLE WOMAN GET AWAY WITH THIS. She has also written horrible reviews about her hairstylist she hired and was disputing with the venue as well. Please read the REAL reviews and see how wonderful they are.

Kayi Lawson

We had a relaxed start to the planning process, but everything came together beautifully on the wedding day. The food was absolutely delicious, and our guests couldn't stop raving about it. In the end, the service and quality exceeded our expectations, and we're so glad we chose them for our wedding.

Monica Monica Monica

If you read all the bad reviews, I think these people were put up to doing it. I find it in poor taste that they would leave a review for a company or a service that they did not use nor attend just because one person wrote something on the Internet they all attack a small business. You know who you are do better.

liza filieva

Cari, Leah, Greg and rest of Catering Made Simple team not only made my wedding day the most beautiful, seamless, and memorable day. They went above and beyond to make sure that my husband and I were accommodated the whole time. My guests have been RAVING about the quality of food, service and hospitality they received.

My experience has been nothing short of excellent with CMS. Cari has been commutative since beginning of time, explained the process to me over and over without getting upset and calmed my nerves down when things got closer to our day. Her professionalism, responsiveness and compassion is beyond me. With all the negativity around her and the company both Cari and her team have been nothing short of incredible.

Everything that was communicated to CMS was not only done the way I imagined but way way way better. Their attention to detail is something beyond what I could imagine. I can tell they genuinely care about their customers and will go above and beyond.

If you want a wedding or any event where you want your guests to remember your day forever, Catering Made Simple will make a long and lasting impression not only with their delicious food, but great service, passion and quality.

Alexandra Stingley

We hired Catering Made Simple for our wedding, and they completely exceeded every expectation. From the very first conversation, their professionalism, responsiveness, and attention to detail stood out. The team went above and beyond to make sure everything was perfect from the beautifully presented dishes to the flawless service.

The food was incredible fresh, flavorful, and clearly made with care. Every guest raved about it and still do to this very day! They perfectly balanced creativity and crowd-pleasing flavors, and the presentation was restaurant-quality. The staff were warm, attentive, and genuinely seemed to care about making our day special.

It’s rare to find a company that combines this level of quality, service, and passion. Catering Made Simple truly elevated our event and made it unforgettable. I can’t recommend them highly enough if you’re looking for catering that impresses on every level, this is the team to call!

Cynthia Brooks

I’m not one to write reviews, however, I learned that there is a woman on TikTok that is asking her followers to write negative reviews when they have never even used Catering Made Simple. No business/company should ever have reviews posted about them by people who have never used them but unfortunately it’s happening.

I have been using them for my corporate events for many many years and I continue to plan on doing so. They have always worked within my budget, with the theme of the event, have provided tables, chairs, linens bartenders, along with multiple different types of meals.

I hope that those reading the review are able to identify a fake negative reviews because this company to me have been nothing but amazing at all of my corporate events.

Maria Trikalioti

Despicable service - STAY AWAY! Giving 5 stars so they won’t remove my review, but be warned!

Amanda Coren

Catering made simple has outstanding food. I use them to cater my lunches on a weekly basis for doctor offices. A lot of them ask where the food is catered from. I love that there is always variety of choices to keep things new and fresh. Thank you for always providing delicious food!

Agnieszka KUSIA

Thank you for making my daughter’s wedding perfect. Catering made simple you made everything was so beautifully presented and delicious. You even went above and beyond to make my daughter’s favorite soup.

Thank you and look forward to working with you more

Suz Kozlowski

This company has the best service. I have had them cater lunches to my doctor’s offices and been to parties he has catered as well. The staff is always professional and food is excellent. Everyone always asks, where is the food from!!!! Thanks for all your help and making things easy.

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