Tina and her crew catered our wedding at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle in Detroit,…read moreand everybody loved it. She was friendly, thorough, thoughtful and we got a lot of positive comments about the presentation, variety and flavor of the food. This was especially impressive, since the entire menu was vegetarian, and this was not a crowd that necessarily has much patience for the wacky bride and groom's eating habits.
We initially contact Golden Spice because it was on the preferred caterer list; I live in Georgia, and very much wanted a caterer who was familiar with the venue, since I wasn't there to handle the ins-and-outs myself. Her website didn't do much for me -- the photo links were broken, and I didn't find much of a trace of Golden Spice here or on other review sites -- but she was extremely prompt with communication and the first to send me a menu based on our specifications. We talked over the type of reception it would be -- relatively casual, 60-80 people, beer and wine, and most important to us, entirely vegetarian.
Vegetarian food isn't a specialty for her, but she was down with trying anything, and confident we could cook up something nice. We decided to develop a menu based on stations, where people could circulate, chat, and get up to grab some food throughout the evening. What she came back with was very Detroit themed, with tons of variety and completely veggie-friendly.
Still, we shopped around, talking with other caterers on the preferred list, and some who specialize in vegetarian, vegan or raw menus. Some were just as friendly, but none were as easy to get in touch with and the price difference was stark. Tina and I reworked the menu to include a vegetarian soul food station, settled on a beer-and-wine arrangement wherein we'd buy the beer and wine and they'd serve it, and she worked out linen rental with another Detroit company. She helped me to develop a rain plan, in case our outdoor ceremony venue was washed out, and was a completely calm, friendly, mom-like presence throughout the final harried weeks. I would absolutely recommend her for anything from a backyard barbecue to a wedding celebration.
I'll say, too, that she was extremely friendly with everyone at the reception, but she checked back frequently to make sure my husband and I were eating, that our wine glasses were full and that we were happy. What more could we have asked for?
