Gourmet Fine Catering

We recently used Gourmet Fine Catering for our wedding, and I have to say that they delivered on all aspects.
Food. Simply amazing. They worked with my wife’s many food allergies, and despite the limitations the food was delicious. Our guests complimented the food the entire evening.
Service. We worked with Kendall for all the planning and she was nothing but patient with my incessant questions. Additionally, Kendall was there for the entire event. The staff was ontime and courteous. They even made sure to save my wife and I sample of everything to make sure we didn’t miss anything. Our venue was very unique, the Clocktower downtown. It doesn’t have a prep area for the caterers and they had to lug everything many flights of stairs.
Price. I comparison shopped several caterers before going with Gourmet, which is a feat in itself since most caterers are hesitant to mocking up a menu and a price. Despite being so awesome and accommodating, their price was inline with most. In the end, the familiarity with the venue and and the stellar allergy friendly menu won us over.
Thanks Gourmet, we wish we could get married again so we could use you all over again.

Gourmet Fine Catering put on an amazing reception at our home yesterday. Despite a glitch in changing planner staff, everything was wonderful. The food was superb, the serving staff efficient and friendly, and all our guests were sent home happy. This was the first time I have used a caterer and I won’t hesitate to use them again.
The staff arrived on time, went efficiently to work and by the time our guests arrived delicious smells greeted their noses! What was the best food item — LOVED all of the items.

They catered a large corporate event I went to last night and did a very nice job with both the food and service.

For the most part, Gourmet was very easy to work with. They made sure to make us special plates for our wedding and encouraged us to take a break and eat, which was so nice! The food was better than the average wedding fare. They also went above and beyond by helping us with a complicated thawing process for our frozen yogurt bar from a different company. Jenn there was great at handling so many details. We did have some confusion about cost towards the end, but it was likely just a misunderstanding. Just make sure you’re clear on all of the line items in writing to avoid confusion.

My lunch was so fresh and delicious, I took notice of who catered it. My salad was top notch with varied greens including baby spinach, craisens, artichoke hearts, grilled asparagus, parm cheese, ripe and fresh (not mushy) tomato slices and cucumber — and a generous portion of obviously-​homemade vinaigrette dressing.
Flavorful round crackers and a large, chocolate covered strawberry completed the meal.
I enjoyed this at Cherokee Ranch and Castle for the HawkQuest presentation on July 14. The quality exceeded the typical salad or sandwich at a conference or event. This was excellence achieved (see pic uploaded to Unilocal).

We had Gourmet do our wedding, and they are Phenominal! They helped us not only with the food, but decorating and finding a beautiful venue site (City Park Pavillion). They also made sure the whole event went smoothly. The staff was amazing and my guests still talk about how great the food was! Thanks to Kent, Kristin, Mike, Matt and the whole crew. Unbelievable! Hands down the best catering in Denver, or should I say event planners! They also did my bridal shower & bachlorette party! And I have had them do our companies open house party! Oh and did I mention their prices are awesome too! I really can’t thank them enough, my wedding was absolutely magical!

To all brides out there, I cannot urge you strongly enough NOT to use Gourmet Fine Catering in Denver. They made my event a disaster that still pains me today. Here are only SOME of the things that took place:
1, Food display looked nothing like we had arranged with our planner. It was tropical so we had agreed on fruits and flowers surrounding the food trays but instead we got drab white platters with not even a garnish.
2, Staff was not set up in time with passed appetizers and drinks on the lawn, so everyone went inside an hour early (the cocktail hour was to take place on the lawn).
3, Catering staff did not put out the sauce for the chicken; my mom went to ask for it and they brought it out eventually. . without a serving spoon.
4, DJ announced cake cutting twice, myself and groom standing there, the crowd was gathered around and it became apparent that no one from Gourmet was going to bring a cake knife/​server, photographer had to go back to the kitchen for it.
5, Gourmet staff arranged the ceremony chairs on the lawn such that I had to walk in front of my Dad down the aisle.
6, Bartenders said they were out of specialty drink when there were gallons of it in the kitchen.
7, Wasted hundreds on glassware rental that wasn’t used because bartenders brought out plastic.
I’m grateful for the many wonderful memories I have from our wedding day, but also often think of all the embarrassing moments that happened because of Gourmet Catering’s complete carelessness. The planner we had met with multiple times to arrange the details didn’t even stop by our wedding! It seems there was a bigger (more expensive) event happening the same day and so we got the «B» staff. They knew nothing of what we had planned and beyond that, showed very poor quality of service. Please don’t even think of having Gourmet Catering host your wedding or other important event! One final note, I later learned our local consumer bureau rating: F (if only I had checked).