We used Event Advantage for both catering and DJ services for our wedding at The Heirloom Inn and it was perfect! The Food: 10/10 It all started with our tasting. Louis was so professional and clearly passionate about the menu. He listened to exactly what we wanted and even accommodated a last-minute addition for a small kids' menu option. On the wedding day, the food was spectacular. Our guests are still raving about the scalloped potatoes--they were a massive hit! Everything was fresh, delicious, and served exactly as planned. The DJ & Atmosphere: Flawless Execution Louis didn't just provide the food; he also handled the DJ services himself. Every cue was perfect. He cut our first dance song exactly where we had planned it, making the moment feel effortless. During the cocktail hour and the downtime before dinner, he played the perfect mix to keep the mood right. He even handled excusing the tables for dinner, keeping the crowd's energy up and the evening moving smoothly. When the dance floor opened, Louis actually mixed the music himself. He didn't just hit play on a playlist; he kept the energy high and the dance floor packed until the very end of the night. Louis is a true professional who wears many hats and wears them all perfectly. He made our day stress-free and absolutely magical. We highly recommend Louis and his staff to anyone looking for top-tier service. Thank you for making our wedding perfect! read more

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We chose Event Advantage to DJ / Emcee our wedding and are so happy! Prior to our date, Louis always made himself available to chat & his replies were always quick and clear. We were never confused about the pricing structure or what was provided. They were on time & had everything prepped / on-site so that there was a seamless transition between our ceremony & reception. We were also thrilled when Louis remembered a song we had mentioned just once - such incredible attention to detail and we were so happy to have it played! We loved the music and the photobooth they provided was a huge hit with our guests. Overall, we highly recommend Event Advantage for any couple looking for a DJ that will make their day truly special. read more

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My husband I were married on August 8th of this year and Louie and his team were a such big part of what made the day so magical. We booked Avent Advantage for catering and DJ services for our big day and they blew our expectations out of the park. We had the grilled herb chicken, tri tip, scalloped potatoes, fettucine alfredo, caesar salad and various appetizers which were all phenomenal and still raved about by our guests even weeks later. Louie was a master MC and blended our ceremony music seamlessly, bringing everyone in the audience to tears. When it came time to party, he played a mix that catered to not only our personal preference but got everyone of all ages out on the dance floor. We are so grateful to Event Advantage and would recommend Louie and his staff for any important event. read more

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I was the wedding planner for a June 7th event where Event Advantage was hired to provide both catering and DJ services. Unfortunately, this experience was extremely disappointing, and I strongly encourage anyone planning a wedding to read current reviews carefully before booking. To start, the owner, Louis, canceled the couple's scheduled tasting just 35 minutes before it was supposed to begin--due to illness. This tasting had been arranged months in advance, and the couple had traveled from Arizona, where they attend college, specifically for this appointment. Because of their school schedule, they were unable to reschedule right away and had to wait several more months before tasting the food. While illness is understandable, the last-minute nature of the cancellation--without any advance notice to the couple or myself--was unprofessional and frustrating. When the tasting was finally rescheduled, the couple chose the pasta bar and genuinely enjoyed the food. They also felt confident after meeting Louis, who reassured them he would be present at the wedding and would handle everything professionally. Over the next nine months, I repeatedly communicated--both via email and phone--that the groom had a serious allergy to peanuts, tree nuts, and eggs. Louis consistently assured us this would not be a problem and that the groom's meal would be prepared safely. Event Advantage was also hired for DJ services. In early May, the couple submitted a detailed schedule, music selections, and announcements. I asked for confirmation of receipt but never received a response. This became a pattern. I had to follow up multiple times for important items like proof of insurance for the venue, and every time I spoke to Louis, he was rushed, disorganized, and often unaware of previous communications. Just days before the wedding, I had a final call with Louis to review all details--catering logistics, dietary accommodations for up to ten guests (including a vegan/keto meal for the photographer), and the DJ timeline. He again confirmed everything was understood and ready. Then the wedding day arrived--and Louis did not show up. He didn't notify me, the couple, or the venue. The venue coordinator finally reached him, and he informed her that he wasn't coming and had sent two staff members in his place. I had never met or spoken with either of them prior to that day. More concerning, the groom's allergy was not communicated to the staff. The groom was served food that had been cross-contaminated with egg. When I brought this to the server's attention, they scraped the plate and attempted to re-serve the meal without cleaning it--clearly unaware of the seriousness of the allergy. The groom understandably felt very insecure about the food at this point, as the staff could not guarantee its safety. The service team was also understaffed, and tables were not cleared. Guests began clearing their own plates. The DJ experience was equally poor. With the exception of the ceremony and exit music, none of the couple's music selections or planned announcements were followed. There was no coordination or crowd engagement. Relatives and groomsmen had to step in to get guests' attention before DJ announcements, and later, they had to encourage people onto the dance floor because the DJ made no effort to promote participation or create energy. Adding to the issues, the microphone did not work during the ceremony, and the officiating pastor had difficulty being heard by many guests, which was unfortunate. In the days following, I contacted Louis to share our concerns. While he initially responded, he quickly became defensive and dismissive, even inventing false narratives about the event. At the continued insistence of the groom's parents, he issued a partial refund for the DJ and refunded the mandatory gratuity for catering. However, he stated the refund was conditional on me not leaving a review. I never agreed to that. Louis has no right to dictate where or how I share my experience as a client. I have full documentation and email correspondence to support every part of this review and am prepared to share it if needed. Although Louis may reference awards or past recognition, those do not in any way reflect my experience with him as a wedding coordinator--and certainly not the experience of the bride and groom, who have shared their deep disappointment with me directly. My recommendation: Do not hire Event Advantage. The lack of communication, unsafe food handling, technical negligence, and failure to follow through made this experience deeply frustrating on what should have been a joyful and seamless day for the couple. read more

Ive had catered and in store. This man knows what he is doing and his staff is well picked. Everyone is help and the food is to die for. read more

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It makes me mad not more people know and rave about this place. This food and the people who take care of it know at they are foing and care. I love the food and their store in jackson ca. So worth the time and money read more

The owner promises you everything and then at the event doesn't deliver and then twist the truth around and you've paid for what you thought you were getting and ruined your whole event do not use them read more

BUYER BEWARE - If you are looking for a professional, caring and understanding catering and dj company to go with for the biggest day of your life - DO NOT go with this company. My husband and I hired them for our wedding. They had great prices and Lou offered to take off $100 if I booked their catering AND their DJ package. So we did. There was a bit of miscommunication to start with, I wasn't made fully aware of the process, so I was waiting for months to hear from them until I finally took the initiative to reach out to Lou - he apologized for the miscommunication and then gave me direction on next steps. About a month or so before the wedding, we found out that Lou wasn't going to be our DJ, and that he was going to assign one of his other DJ's. Lou vouched for him and said that we were in great hands, we have a seasoned DJ and that he trusts him to do a great job. We had inquired about the dancing on the clouds, and Lou mentioned that it would look nice for our first dance only but it's only good for about 1 dance. I also asked him since we had an outdoor wedding, if it would have the same effect - he said that the way it works and is designed that the fog should stay on the floor, mind you Lou said he had done weddings before at my venue, so he should know right? I was also very particular with the plates/chargers/utensils that I had wanted to use since I had a theme (like most weddings do...) and with the package we got - it actually came with plates, cups and utensils (plastic). I had talked to Lou, and had asked if we went out and purchased our own plates/chargers/napkins/cups/ and utensils - if he would be able to take a little off the price since they wouldn't be providing them. He said yes, so we went out and purchased cloth napkins, burlap chargers, plates (dinner & appetizer) and custom frosted cups for our guests. All of this came out to about $500 (give or take). Lou offered to take off $100. Which was fine, we knew we were going way over but it was worth it and the custom plastic frosted cups served as a party favor for our guests to take home. I had a very particular vibe that I wanted to set at our wedding, so I went out of my way to create a number of playlists on Spotify and added way more songs than needed to each playlist so that there was no reason why the DJ would run out of song selections. I had the following playlists : Guest Arrival, Processionals, Cocktail Hour, Dinner, Bride and Groom First Dance, and Reception Dancing. I laid out the order in grave detail for the DJ to follow and specifically asked for them not to veer of the playlists, not take any special requests, AND specifically NO explicit content as we were going to have a lot of kids there. Lou said it was unusual BUT that it was going to be a SUPER easy event for his DJ. I need to note that for our first dance, I gave Lou the mp3 file - the original song is very long so we edited the song and choreographed our waltz to the edited version. The biggest day of my life would soon be ruined, I am running out of characters for this review. To make it short, the DJ was late so wedding started late, mics weren't working, DJ played the wrong song for our First dance - played the original song so we had to do our dance twice once the song didn't transition to the edited version, DJ did some sort of robotic fade out on my father/daughter dance which was beyond embarrassing, DJ did not dress professionally, DJ was drinking on the job, DJ was no where to be found when we needed him (he was off chasing some of my female co-workers), DJ kept playing songs that weren't on my playlist AND were explicit, DJ kept "mixing" when I asked him not to, a TON of my guests got food poisoning the next day, and Lou's wife Shelly is super unprofessional and disrespectful. I'm attaching my last message to Lou about the matter, the conclusion - they've ghosted me and refuse to give any sort of compensation. Lou told me he fired the DJ, as he has a history of drinking on the job and chasing girls. I do not recommend this place to anyone - go someplace else. read more

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Planning a wedding can be stressful as it is and none the less doing so from across the country! I really wanted to give a better rating as I did for every other vendor on our big day, but need to be honest. With large gaps in communication leading up to the big day from the team at Event Advantage, to the DJ (not Louis & seemed incredibly flustered throughout the entire event) messing up several big announcements/names, dropped the ball on the ceremony music, fumbled through reception song choices (several family members including myself asked to kindly change songs and even gave a few suggestions), down to the cookies that I was assured by Louis were hand made by his daughter and would come in a mix of snickerdoodle, frosted, chocolate chip, etc., (for $300) when in fact we were told by the server behind the table that they were store bought. 2 stars is the best I could bring myself to give. A wedding is supposed to be that ONE time in your life where a business owner should do their very best to ensure they are paying the closest of attention to details (food, music etc.). Specially when you are completing an event planner form that listed out EVERY item, song, and name so all one had to do was print out and have the DJ read it at the specified times. I even went as far as sending photos of the venue to ensure they knew where things would go seeing how I was across the country. Unfortunately Event Advantage missed the mark and sadly cost my husband and I $3k for nothing more than delicious tacos. We unfortunately will not be recommending Event Advantage with Louis Chiero for any future events. read more

Lou was awesome from beginning to end, I highly recommend he and his crew for you next event!! Our wedding theme was elven and I told him if he had anyone from the staff who would love to dress up, boy did they deliver, it was one of the greatest experiences of our lives and Lou had a lot to do with it. Choose Event Advantage He even download specific medieval songs, I am still on cloud 9! read more

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Events Advantage did the most amazing job with my wedding! They were so helpful before with the food and sound. We had a tasting with Lou, a few months before, and it was the most amazing food! Adding the photo booth to my reception also made for a fun thing for guests to do. I couldn't recommend this business enough! read more

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Event Advantage was the perfect vendor choice for our DIY wedding at my grandparents' house. They have many package options and connections, making them an incredible, all-inclusive vendor. We used Event Advantage as our caterer and DJ and could not have been more impressed! For starters, the food was absolutely DELICIOUS! They helped us cater our menu to be the most cost-effective and custom to our wedding and guests. On top of this, we had the pleasure of having Loui as our DJ, and he absolutely popped off! His music selections were perfect, and he read the crowd really well. Communication was good and was especially productive when calling the company as opposed to messaging. Overall, we had an incredible experience with Event Advantage and Louis, and are so thankful for their help in making our wedding the best day ever! read more

Because we are getting married about an hour outside of Sacramento and in a small town, our catering needs were limited. We found EA that was local to the area we are getting married. $1500 total seemed like a great deal for catering plus a DJ. Little did we know then what we know now, you get what you pay for. From the start they have been terrible with communication. Each time I have reached out to them, my emails go un-responded and I generally get a text or email later asking ME TO CALL THEM after a certain time or certain day. I found that to be incredibly unprofessional, remember, You want my business, I don't need yours. Now that I am seeing so many reviews from brides whos weddings were destroyed, I am starting to notice the same things happening with my own wedding. Which made me look further into things. The food they make looks extremely dry and overcooked and the appetizers are slopped together. I do not want my guests eating that, nor do I want the general aesthetic of my wedding to be thrown off because my caterer does not understand how to present food. The reviews were bad, but we tend to give the benefit of the doubt to any small business, because mistakes happen. But what really hit the nail in the coffin was the utterly disrespectful, immature and unprofessional response to those reviews from the business owner. After that we emailed them and asked if they could provide something in writing that stated our food would not be overcooked and that we would be getting the DJ we thought we were hiring and not someone contracted. Once again my email goes without a response. I think they fail to remember that a wedding is the most important day of your life and you are spending thousands to make sure it is. So when the most important vendor in your wedding cannot respond professionally to an email and shows this amount of disrespect to clients, It leaves you no choice but to go elsewhere. We have cancelled our booking with them and have found a more experienced and professional caterer and DJ for our wedding. Did we pay more? Yes. But again, you get what you pay for. Hopefully this is a lesson learned to this business in professionalism. read more

Event Advatage helped to make my small backyard wedding a dream come true. The food was amazing, and DJ Bombero was really awesome! He had a few hiccups with equipment he wasn't used to, but the guests never new because his energy was so amazing! He helped to move our party along without it feeling rushed! He made me and the other guests laugh and feel like we've known him for years! The only thing not making it 5 stars was some communication issues as the date got closer. I would suggest maybe hiring an assistant to better facilitate answering emails/getting the fine details down. With that said, I still wouldn't hesitate to hire them for future events! Their staff the day of were polite, professional and very helpful! Thanks Lou and Chellie for making our dream wedding a reality! read more

Update: Please read their Facebook business page reviews. I included a post of screenshots of how the owner responds to clients on their fb page. The unprincipled, immoral, unprofessional response of her cursing and speaking down on her client publicly. She threatens everyone with their corporate attorney but I have yet to receive any contact from them. I have pictures, screenshots, and proof of everything. The owners constantly state they are ministers, but act with such inappropriate behavior. You can see not only how unprofessionally she responded to my review publicly, but can view how she does this with everyone. read more

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When my husband and I were searching for a caterer for our wedding, we were beyond excited to find Event Advantage. After our tasting with Lou, we knew they were the one. We also had a dj, bartender, and photobooth added to the package. We got married yesterday, and other than a few very minor hiccups, we were so happy that we went with them. I would absolutely recommend them to anybody. Thank you! read more

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My family booked this company for a wedding. The food was mediocre at best. There weren't enough hors d'ouevres for all of the guests. Special dietary considerations were communicated well in advance, but were ignored completely. Additionally, the company sent a TERRIBLE DJ who ignored all of the bride and groom's requests for appropriate music and thought nothing of playing profanity-laden hip hop with young children present. The icing on the cake was his attempt to learn how to scratch records on the spot, which resulted in poorly-timed interruptions to the music. This would have been forgivable had he not been regularly drinking and vaping on the job. I hope his dream of spinning for Def Jam Records works out one day because weddings are not his gig. read more

November 2020 we were married at the Sutter Hotel, Sutter Creek California. We used Event Advantage who was on the recommended list provided by the Sutter Hotel. Anita and I were incredibly pleased with Louie and his daughter Michelle. From the initial communications and picking genres things went smoothly. They provided a photo booth that we enjoyed, and my guest enjoyed very much. Louie was a great master of ceremonies. He worked with us on timing, when the toast would be, first dance and helped me pick out a perfect song for a daddy and daughter dance. Michelle and Louie adhered to COVID-19 safety measures which was reassuring to us. Our wedding weekend was epic, and we are incredibly happy we used Event Advantage! We highly recommend! read more

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Worked with Louis this past weekend (May 1). Was a pleasure to work with and was very professional. He made sure to keep the reception lively and on time. read more

From beginning to end Event Advantage did an amazing job at our wedding, dj Louie was very personable and I wouldn't have wanted anyone else take part in our day. Thank you for making sure everything was ready to go and perfect! read more

What an incredible experience, I am so thrilled to even have access to such an amazing company thats so family orientated. After three years of spreading their love and joy into all of our smaller and very large family events, I finally decided to make a post. We have loved you guys for years! Don't make the mistake of trusting a newbie. These guys know how to keep a flow for a my wild side family and my very loving church going side. Thank you !!! We will always and forever be dedicated !!! read more

We hired Event Advantage to DJ our wedding and to use their photo booth services. They were AMAZING to work with! We even had to postpone our original wedding date because of Covid and they were so helpful and understanding. The entire time Lou and Chellie were both super responsive. They worked with us on the timing of the events and helped alleviate any concerns we had. We loved DJ Clayton and received a ton of compliments on his music selection. I'd def hire them again for any party or celebration we have! Thank you! read more

After talking with several caterers, I found Lou and read great reviews and requested a tasting for our 30th wedding anniversary party...he accommodated us and had a full dinner prepared for my husband, daughter and myself. He even accommodated us with a special appetizer request of bacon-wrapped shrimp, our favorite, that we had our hearts set on, and he delivered! Everyone especially liked the garlic mashed potatoes! We enjoyed the food and he provided us great customer service...through the process, he was reachable and responsive to my questions via texts and phone calls and decided to also hire him as our DJ for a great package deal...DJ and caterer were on time, servers were professional and the food was delicious. He kept our party moving along and stayed on schedule. Overall, Lou and his team did a great job and helped make our special occasion a success! read more

I booked Event Advantage as a DJ for my October 2022 wedding because thier package and pricing fit my needs. The initial communication was great however leading up to the wedding there was a complete lack of communication. A month before the wedding I called and emailed them to confirm and go over the details however it took 3 calls and a few emails to get a response. I finally had my husband call and they picked up but couldn't talk at that moment. I had honestly thought I was being ghosted and I had started developing contingency plans. In early emails I was told to fill out the planning sheet and then call to discuss it and if I needed help with anything they would help. There planning sheet was difficult to use and outdated. Most of what was on it did not apply to our wedding. I sent it back to them as well as a table that clearly outlined our time schedule, music preferences and choosen songs. This was in the same detailed format that I sent all of my wedding vendors and the feedback I got from other vendors was that it was extremely organized and helpful, however event advantage told me that "there DJ's are not trained to use that". I was finally able to schedule a meeting with them to discuss details for the Tuesday before my Saturday wedding. However, after waiting an hour without them calling at the designated, we left for dinner and then they finally called while we were in the car. The owner was the one who called us and not the assigned Dj. It would have been really helpful to talk to the Dj that came to our wedding because there was many missed communications. I went into my wedding day thinking that it was a 50/50 shot someone would show up based on the lack of communication leading up to that point. A very nice man did show up, which was great. He was very friendly but unprepared, I do not think any of this was his fault. I think it is the companies lack of organization. He did not have our ceremony songs downloaded and our ceremony site had little cell reception. Thankful one of groomsmen was able to set up a hotspot for him to be able to download the songs. The perssesional was the wrong version of the song eventhough I had sent the exact version to the owner of the company. Getting to the reception the Dj did not know what the anniversary dance was and I had to explain it to him. We also had not picked out a song for it which was something I forgot, however it should've been something that the company noticed. One of the major things my husband and I were looking forward to was this "prank" we were going to play on all our guest were we called them all out to dance to the acoustic version of "Get Low" and then it switched into the normal version, which would then start the party. This got messed up because the DJ only called the wedding party out. This was a small thing but dissapointed me because we had really looked forward to that moment. Overall the music played was okay, we told them middle school dance vibes but it kinda missed the mark. Again that is something that could've been fixed if we had actually met with the Dj before hand. My guests did a great job taking over the song request sheet which in turn gave us the party we wanted. I wanna stress that I think the Dj there did the best that the company prepared him for and that the lack of communication from the company was the downfall. They were incredibly difficult to work with but they showed up! My only last comment is that the planning sheet should be a writeable PDF and not a word document. read more

High quality, professional services. Multiple experiences - All A+. Catering: food is delicious. DJ services are on point. Highly recommend. read more

Great owners ! They came for my baby gender reveal party ! Amazing food , great party stuff they supplied. Can't wait to have them do my baby shower soon! Highly recommend them for any thing your needing ! Party wedding birthday company get together even !!!! read more

Dj outlaw & his crew were wonderful to work with. He helped make our wedding day very relaxed and so enjoyable!! Dj outlaw is very professional and is amazing at what he does! We traveled from out of state to have our wedding and I was able to communicate with him over text or phone call and he handled every situation so smoothly and everything came together better than I could have imagined. I would recommend him for any big occasion if you're looking to have a great time & to keep the party organized and flowing accordingly! He also had two guys that worked with him that made sure the dance floor was alive so there's never a dull moment. Thanks again for helping make our dream wedding a reality!! read more

Terrible customer service. Woman who answered kept calling me "honey" while she had me on speaker phone. They had no answers to the questions I asked. Not even where they're located. They said they'd call me back to set up an appointment for the next week. Never heard back from them. Not a great reputation in the community anyway so I went elsewhere. read more

Requested a photo booth for a surprise party. Arrived as scheduled and provided excellent customer service. Louis communicated with us every step of the way and had one of the best deals in the area. Will definitely use Event Advantage again. read more

Great St. Patricks day with DJ Outlaw at the Hotel Leger! He knows how to read the crowd and keep folks on the dance floor. Easy to work with and he is happy to take requests! He obviously loves making people happy! Thank you DJ Outlaw for a fantastic night! read more

Recently contracted with DJ Outlaw to provide the music and a photobooth for the celebration of our son's marriage. The music was fabulous, and the photobooth, a huge success! We appreciated the time taken to understand and cater to our family's taste in music. The background music played during dinner was perfect and our DJ seamlessly transitioned our dance-loving crowd up and onto their feet! We had three generations of dancers out on that dance floor! A great time was enjoyed by all. Thank you, Lewis, for helping make our celebration so memorable! read more

It was a privilege to work with DJ Outlaw, aka, Louie, this weekend. He is professional and personal. The musical selection for the wedding at the Historical Hotel Leger was amazing and had guests of all ages dancing the night away and celebrating love! Thank you Louie. You are the best DJ ever! read more

DJ Cooper was great! Just had my Mom's party Sutter Creek Methodist Church this past Saturday and he was wonderful. It was an older crowd and he played great music, Sinatra etc. He was very professional and open for requests all night. Parties can be very stressful to pull together and yet working with people like this you know you have no worries, they've got their part handled, it was amazing. I will definitely use DJ Outlaw again. Thank you a million times guys!!!!! read more

I just went to a wedding after party at "The Cellar" beneath the Hotel Sutter and he had everyone on the dance floor. Definitely the best DJ in Amador County with a very diverse range and an all around super guy. read more