Taste Events — Local services in Bethany Beach

I am deeply disappointed and frankly angry at the complete disaster of this catering service for my 2021 wedding. It seemed at every turn there was something wrong and I keep learning more and more from wedding guests just how bad everything was. This will be lengthy but please heed my insight before pursuing this catering company. After booking Taste Events services for both my rehearsal dinner meal and my wedding, I was excited. They came so highly recommended and our tasting was delicious. That is where the quality stopped. Unfortunately the weather for our wedding weekend was cold and rainy so that made many things complicated however cold food and bad service should not have been on that list. As we rearranged the layout for the day, the charcuterie table was tucked into a random corner and most of our guests did not know it was there during cocktail hour. I will say that the passed apps and quality of our drinks seemed to be all good. Our wedding toast was supposed to be a local cider that Taste Events purchased a keg of for the event. However they did not bring the right tap (so we were told) and could not provide that to our guests until the right tap was secured. They served angry orchard instead (which was a fine alternative given the situation) however such a situation that was a meaningful thing to us should not have happened. The majority of the food served was cold when guests went to the buffet line. We had a relatively small wedding with just under 100 guests. We paid for extra meals as well (paying for 105 guests not including vendor meals). Guests that were at the last few tables to go to the buffet did not get food. Many of the trays were empty or nearly empty at that time however we took home a ton of extra food after the wedding so it is clear that the food was not being maintained or attended to by event staff. The fact that there were guests I paid an astronomical amount of money for that did not get food is inexcusable. Furthermore, the two vegetarian meals we asked for were a 'pile of mush in a pepper' according to the guests that required them. The only meal that was 'good' was the singular kids chicken tenders meal we purchased... something I could have purchased from the local fast food joint. To say I am upset by this entire ordeal is an understatement.

One of my biggest frustrations throughout the entire event was that the director on site came to me with every little question. I recognize that as the bride I was the caption of the ship so to speak but the ridiculousness of the questions I was asked was insane. Disrupting my wedding celebration for questions and problems that I would expect the catering/event director to handle is not ok. I felt as if I should have just been on staff and working the event at times. My mother and sister were both listed as day of contacts for all of my vendors yet they were never asked for anything from Taste. The lack of professionalism and ability to problem solve was just wild. I do believe (and this is just my personal opinion) that a significant amount of the issue was that the event director was also getting married a week or two before our event and handed over responsibilities to someone who was not up to the task. Our day of event director was incredibly sweet and kind but just did not measure up to the task.

After discussing a few of the issues (some of these issues I was unaware of just how bad it was at the time) we were offered a few hundred dollar backs. The compensation is appreciated but does not remotely make up for the disaster that was our wedding catering. I will never use Taste Events again nor recommend their...

I was quite disappointed with my wedding catering. At over 100 dollars a head and 1000 of that going towards two servers and a bartender I would not have expected to have 2 people who had never worked catering a day in their lives show up to my event... but unfortunately that’s what happened. They were really nice, but unfortunately inexperienced. I walked into my reception and not one of the many candles were lit so my friend ran around with one of the staff frantically lighting candles. There was no water in the water goblets on the table either. I was the first person to go to the buffet and my food was lukewarm. This put me in an instant stress as I really had high hopes for the food, which was meh. We also ordered 7 kids plates and only 3 kids got theirs by the time everyone was finished going through the buffet so I had to hunt someone down to get kids fed. I purchased cocktail napkins for the cocktail hour, so appetizers were not messy, however they weren’t used and guests complained later that the food was messy during that period. Also, the following day we threw away an entire tray of shrimp and grits that was either not served during cocktail hour or my guess is not eaten as the grit ball was really dry. Again, the staff was really nice, not their fault they are inexperienced. However at over 100 dollars a head you expect great food and top service. I definitely did not feel that what I paid matched my service. No one called or emailed me afterwards to ask my feedback so here it is. The one plus is the bartender was not actually a bartender so my guests got strong drinks and stayed on the dance floor all night! I give three stars for the effort the staff gave despite never having catered an...

I was very disappointed with the service for my wedding. Seemed like there were a lot of new servers who didn’t really know what was going on and/or didn’t care. Keep reading for the details but long story short - good food, service needs improvement.

During cocktail hour, they were passing around appetizers without napkins - I think one of the servers had some but the other one told me they had run out. How do you serve sticky appetizers (asian meatballs, bacon wrapped scallops) without a napkin or even a toothpick to grab it? One of my bridesmaids had to literally feed me one so I didn’t get my hands dirty. I had also confirmed with them ahead of time they would have napkins. Then towards the end of the cocktail hour, my husband and I went up to the bar for drinks and the bartender told us we had to go down to the reception for a drink - perhaps worse than not getting a drink was how she casually told us as if we weren’t the bride and groom.

During the reception, they forgot to bring the straws down at first so there were no straws. I supplied the straws myself since they are a strawless company (which is fine, I was happy to purchase them) but then for them to forget to use them for a little while seemed unprofessional.

Finally, I went up to the bar and asked for water and one of the bartenders told me they didn’t have any. Then the other one told me there was a cooler of water. Just seemed they were confused and maybe one was new.

Overall the food was very good and the drinks...