Dining Innovations Catering

It was so easy and pleasant to work with Dining Innovations! The staff is wonderful and the food was excellent. Highly recommend!

We've used Dining Innovations for several years - from simple lunches to high profile elegant events. The food is always very good and the presentation is top notch! The chefs are always willing to talk through menu options to find just the right items to match our needs. All the staff are a pleasure to work with - highly recommend!

I have worked with Dining Innovations to cater corporate lunches and events for years, and they are fantastic! Caroline makes scheduling catering a breeze, and I repeatedly get amazing feedback from clients on the food. The team is highly reliable, so I always know I can count on everything to go smoothly. Cannot recommend them enough!

Caroline and the team at Dining Innovations absolutely nailed the food at our wedding and rehearsal dinner! Super responsive, and they made us feel like our wedding was priority! Any tweaks we wanted was never a problem, and the food of course was sooo delicious! Can’t recommend them enough.

Best cooks in town!

Just returned from a banquet dinner catered by this company. After 1 hour of watching everyone else being served by 3 staff, I went behind the curtain to get the food for our table and saw 7 people on their phones while a couple people tried to serve 275 people carrying 2 plates at a time. Approx ten minutes after I tried to get the food for our table we were served. And yes it was cold. Servers were removing dishes from tables while others had not been served. Would not recommend using them for a large event.

I really cannot say enough good things about Caroline and the team at Dining Innovations! They were so pleasant to work with, really understood our budget to help us to stay within it, and most importantly, the food was PHENOMONAL! We were delighted to hear that everyone absolutely loved everything that they ate.

We used Dining Innovations for our wedding last month, which had actually been delayed from 2020. We went through two catering coordinators, but both were fantastic! Very responsive, made sure we had our needs taken care of when we were in town (from Texas, so we were only there for a few days). Caroline was amazing with getting everything ready for our wedding. We had about 120 people for our wedding and the food was delicious! Our guests all said wonderful things!

We loved working with Dining Innovations - specifically Caroline. She made the process so EASY! On top of that, the food was delicious and we got so many compliments from guests on the food! We even got bartenders through them, they provided garnishes for the bar.... they can do so much and make it so easy, all while being delish!

Working with Caroline was such a joy! She was communicative and really great to work with. The food for our wedding was outstanding. We received so many compliments on the entrees and the awesome twist on some British classics. Maggie who was part of the catering team was so attentive during cocktail hour and dinner, always making sure my husband and I were fed and well taken care of. I will definitely use them again in the future for any events that need catering.

This was the easiest caterer that I have ever worked with. They truly care about what they do, produce and their customer. Wish I could give more than 5 stars.

From the first email to the post-wedding congratulations, Melanie was amazing to work with! Her energy and kindness made setting up catering the easiest and most fun part of wedding planning. I loved getting emails from her. My husband and I were looking for something different than their standard menu and sent her a couple of example menus from our favorite restaurants in Oaxaca, Mexico to see if something similar would be feasible. The chef LOVED that we wanted something out of the box. He had never made mole before but he knocked it out of the park! The tasting we did with them was mind blowing. We hired them on the spot and never talked with anyone else. When our rehearsal dinner plans fell through, we reached out again and asked if they would cater that too, but this time with a Moroccan theme. We didn't get to try anything before the night of and, man, we could eat that meal every week. If you are looking for something different, they have the imagination and skill to pull it off. If you are looking for something traditional, I have no doubt they would go above and beyond to make it beautiful and exploding with flavor. I cannot speak highly enough about Dining Innovations. They exceeded our expectations TWICE and I would hire them again in a heartbeat.

Ivan was such a blast to work with! We sat down for a very fun tasting with our parents and were presented with an impressive spread. Ivan was flexible with our budget. I changed the menu several times and Ivan was always quick to help me figure out what would work with my budget. And he even helped me rebook for my wedding when we had to CANCEL it 3 days beforehand due to a hurricane! He did not have to do this, but they were so understanding and helpful. I would highly recommend them due to they professionalism and creativity. 5 stars! Great food!

Ivan was such a blast to work with! We sat down for a very fun tasting with our parents and were presented with an impressive spread. Ivan was flexible with our budget. I changed the menu several times and Ivan was always quick to help me figure out what would work with my budget. And he even helped me rebook for my wedding when we had to CANCEL it 3 days beforehand due to a hurricane! He did not have to do this, but they were so understanding and helpful. I would highly recommend them due to they professionalism and creativity. 5 stars! Great food!

Ivan and his team were just simply amazing. Dining Innovations was one of the recommended vendors through our package with the Inn at Tranquility Farm in Waynesville, NC.After speaking with Ivan, we scheduled a date for my daughter and her fiance, along with myself to travel to N.C. to meet Ivan at their catering location. We previously selected several things to taste ahead of our visit based on our dining package which was a budget of about 75.00 a person. We did go over that with some items and we added a full open bar. In total we spent about 4600.00I can not express how well presented the food was and the quality and taste were amazing. The reception dinner was simply put beautiful. Ivan and his team made the process so easy and he was so much fun and helpful even at the last minute with changes to our bar. They were extremely professional and did not hesitate to help in any way requested.I hope you will consider Ivan and his team from Dining Innovations in the future for any event needed. They also provided a catered lunch up at the Inn the day of the wedding. From beginning to end, the process was a breeze.Debbie Wimsatt (mother of the bride)Our buffet style dinner included, Customized Buffet Station @ $75 per person*Passed Hors d’oeuvres- Spicy Sausage and Cheddar Pinwheel- Bacon Wrapped Shrimp- Sweet Dates Stuffed with Honey Goat Cheese........................*Mountain Elegance Dinner Preset Salad- From Tasting~From the Land Station- Stuffed Pan Seared Chicken Breast with Sundried Tomato, Queso Fresco, Spinach & White Wine Reduction- Char-Grilled Beef Tender with Wild Mushrooms & Demi glaze - Lobster Ravioli (In White Cream Sauce)Sides- Spiced Pecan Green Beans- Scalloped Sweet Potatoes ​with gruyere - Pan Seared Parmesan Brussels SproutsSpinach Salad with Toasted Walnuts, Pickled Onion, Bleu Cheese & White Balsamic DressingServed with Artisan Bread & Butter Roses