Catering by Chef Charlie

Was tremendously impressed to know that Charlie knew every song that I was playing. Mind you, the excellent scallop on the half shell to the bruschetta so garlicky/​sweet curved my appetite as I played sweet love songs. My wife was feeding me all the live long day whilst I played said music. Next up were the lamb skewers, pierced with rosemary. There were also tremendous cheese spreads alongside breads that I unfortunately did not get to try yet the presentation was on point. This man only messes around (with this dj) when he’s having a great time and I for sure loved this man’s savvy, professionalism and craftsmanship. Thank you so much to him and his staff. Delicious and beyond amazing. Much love was put into a wedding that was an honor to be a part.

Met with Charlie and was very impressed with his passion for his profession. He came through with flying colors, food was amazing, his presentation was amazing and got lots of compliments on the menu. He even sabered a bottle of champagne for us which was awesome. My only two comments are that he is hard to get responses from until your wedding is closer. The other, I hate blue cheese and told him I didn’t want it anywhere … it was on the salads. Ewe. Minor in the scheme of things but just a note. He really is passionate about his job, I love that.

We hired Chef Charlie to cater a garden wedding at our home on August 3, 2013. We had attended various events where he did the catering and were always impressed.
When we first met with him to discuss the event, we were impressed with his preparation. After we went through the list of menu choices and narrowed them down, Charlie prepared samples for us to taste. We were very happy and decided to have the entrees served family style so that our guests would be able to try all of them instead of just choosing one entrée.
Charlie did an excellent job with the food — we have no complaints about that at all. His staff was professional and efficient and did a great job of serving and cleaning up. Our only complaint is that they did not leave any of the leftover food — nothing whatsoever. We had paid for 53 meals and had 7 no-​shows so there were only 46 guests. Some guests commented that there was quite a lot of food left over when they removed platters of food from the table.
This was especially disturbing because one of our entrees was halibut my brother-​in-​law caught in Alaska, which we provided and took to Charlie to prepare. He left none of this, either.
We sent Charlie several emails and left voice messages. He never returned these and has ignored our concerns. I have used caterers in the past and they always left the remaining food. I was surprised that Charlie did not, especially since some of the other reviewers indicated that he left large amounts of food. If you decide to use his services, be sure to have it written in the contract that he will leave all remaining food.

Chef Charlie out did himself! Prepared a pick up 4 course meal for my families special visit. From three tasty apps (grilled pesto shrimp, roasted baby artichokes, and toast point with gorgonzola and figs), to fresh salad (cant elope, fresh greens, feta and pine nuts), stuffed and rolled pork tenderloin, grilled asparagus and the most ‘yummy’ potatoes. Finished with a lovely lemon blueberry tart. So much food, we made 2 meals out of it. Left overs were fabulous. I’d highly recommend him, great presentation, directions, professional and OH so yummy! Thank you!

Awful. We met him — nice guy. Charged us $ 25/​person for a tasting, which was great. He was nice, attentive, and clearly a good cook…
And then he stopped answering. All emails, phone calls. He disappeared. We were going to hire him for our wedding, and the only thing we are thankful for is that he disappeared with a few months to spare.
What a loser. And how irresponsible.
Go somewhere else if you’re looking for a wedding caterer in lovely Paso Robles.

Chef Charlie did an amazing job on short notice. He did a wonderful Happy Hour for our sons wedding. We received rave reviews from our guests which is the best compliment. If we are ever in the Paso Robles area again and need help with food we know who to call. Thanks for your excellent service and attention to detail.

Charlie you are the best!