Specialties
At The Imperfect Pear, we provide custom event catering for weddings, corporate events, private parties, and specialty tea parties (The Perfect Pear Tea Parties). We’re also proud to sell our award-winning, small-batch salsa at local farmers markets, where many of our catering clients first discover us.
While we’re well known for our street taco catering, that’s just the beginning. Our catering menus also include BBQ catering, Italian and Asian-inspired dishes, charcuterie boards, appetizers, fresh salads, and handcrafted desserts. Whether you’re planning a wedding reception, business luncheon, or intimate gathering, we work with you to create a menu that fits your event and your taste.
History
Established in 2015.
We began catering in San Diego for friends and family because of our love for fresh food, great quality and beautiful presentation. When we moved to Southern Utah, that same passion motivated us to create The Imperfect Pear salsa which is sold at numerous Farmers Markets. We began catering weddings, corporate events and private gatherings, simply by word of mouth. We recently added specialized catered tea parties (The Perfect Pear) to our offerings which have been received with enthusiasm. We have tea parties for birthday's, "Just because", holidays, book clubs, showers and Mother's Day.
Contact us to help you create your next unique event. We look forward to working with you to make things beautiful, delicious, fresh, and unique and take the stress out of entertaining your guests.
Meet the Business Owner: Rachel and Rick .
We began catering in San Diego, California taking extensive cooking classes, traveling to other countries to taste their cuisine as well as take classes there and imploring friends and family to be our tasters. Thanks to them, we gained a solid reputation and started catering wedding receptions.
Rick is the Chef for the Imperfect Pear and employs a sous chef for larger events. He was born in Naples, Italy and his mother is Japanese and taught him authentic Japanese cooking. With a career in the Department of Defense, he traveled worldwide and enthusiastically enjoyed a variety of cuisines.
Rachel learned baking at an early age, winning several awards as a young girl. She develops menus with clients, works to make their vision come alive with the presentation of food with plating, lights, flowers, plants or other accoutrements. She also, along with her partner, Donna Thomas, is in charge of The Perfect Pear Tea Party which is a unique tea party catering event.