Chef's Market

Carol was our catering consultant from Chef's Market, and she was so kind and helpful throughout the entire process. The food was EXCEPTIONAL, and many of our guests commented that it was the best wedding food they'd ever had. Carol was extremely accommodating, even when we got a little nervous about the cost (as I'm sure most couples do!) she was very helpful in finding ways for us to fit what we wanted within our budget. The service on our wedding day was great, and if there was ever a problem, I certainly didn't know about it! I would absolutely recommend Chef's Market to anyone who wants exceptional food at a fantastic price!

We were referred to Wes at Chef's Market via our wedding planner. After meeting with him I was extremely excited. He had a great way of taking a small idea we had and making into a theme. We did a southern style cocktail hour with firefly sweet tea as our signature drink. Everyone loved the hor d'oeuvres!
Since I die for some french onion soup he also incorporated that into an appetizer. Every part of the meal was amazing!
We had a slight miscommunication on the menu options about a week out and he fixed it right away with no problem.
I was extremely happy with their service and food!

Chef market catered my wedding and the first thing people told me was that it was the best wedding food they had ever had, and that it was amazing food generally. Jim Hagy over at Chef's market more than made my wedding day, he suggested neat pieces they could bring free of charge to include with my vintage theme and asked me very specific questions to make sure our food and set up matched my vision. He even brought ribbon to adorn runners and added flowers to the top of my cake to make it look nicer! They went above and beyond and served everyone with grace and perfect timing. The desserts were terrific and it was so much fun visiting their home and tasting everything, we went several times! Jim worked on me to personalize my menu too, we created fun flavors for cupcakes and brainstormed about food pairings. Jim went above and beyond in so many ways that I cannot even list. They will make any wedding complete!

Delicious amazing food, and a very professsional staff- couldn't not have been more gracious during our tastings. My dad was out of the country at the time of the tastings, and they offered to hold us another one just some could be a part of it! I just wish I'd had more time to savor the food- thank goodness theres a restaurant!

great food and service. Highly recommend to people who care about quality of food instead of just quantity. We used Chef's to make the groom's cake which were their delicious cake truffles. Our guests loved them so much that when I went to try one they were all gone! People have sent me messages since the wedding asking who made those cake truffles!

Chef's Market did an amazing job catering our wedding reception! The food was spectacular (not just our opinion, but the opinion of most of the guests we've spoken with), and the crew did a great job prepping, serving, cleaning up everything. Jim and his team are very professional and offer great ideas when planning menus and tablescapes for buffets. We would recommend them to anyone for any type of event!

Absolutely amazing!! We had so many compliments on our food! We loved them and they helped make our menu so personal to what we loved!! Would use them over in a heartbeat!

Most importantly - it was delicious! There were so many compliments on the food. Not like typical wedding food, it was very authentic and original. I felt like the price was so low that when the 'table scaping' was so incredible, I could hardly believe it. Service staff was great as well. Only complaint was that the fried green tomatoes were so good they were gobbled up by our guests before I had a chance to eat one.

I can't say enough about the wonderful people, service and amazing food creatives of Chef's! The care and preparation of each dish and item was incredible and everyone remarked on how delicious everything was! I was plesantly pleased at everything and how it all was presented. I will use them again for any business or personal event I have upcoming. Highly recommended!

I cannot say enough about how incredibly pleased we were with the catering for my daughters wedding on New Years Eve. She had a winter wonderland wedding at a venue in Downtown Nashville. We chose to serve food in stations. The food was absolutely incredible! We had guests from all over the United States and the only thing we heard from everyone was that this was the best wedding food they ever had.

The presentation was over the top! We had given them our vision for the wedding and they carried it out perfectly! They even took some decorating items we wanted included in the displays and made it even more spectacular! When my daughter first saw it all, she said it took her breath away because it was so beautiful! That was exactly what I wanted to hear!

We also had her Bridesmaid Luncheon at the Chef's Market restaurant in Goodlettsville. Again, the food was incredible and the service was over the top! Loved our server, Cassie!

Jessica, thank you for all your hard work in making this my daughters dream wedding! We actually pulled it off! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Chef's Market make our wedding awesome! The food was incredible and the service was professional!

I was blessed to work with Ms. Shannon Bates. The catering was perfect. Further, she guided me through the wedding process and talked to and pulled all the vendors together. My husband and i truly had our dream wedding thanks to her ability to bring our thoughts and wishes to a reality. She was professional, VERY WELL ORGANIZED, has great insight into people and their wants and needs, and most of all fun!

I was going to use Chef's Market to cater my wedding, but they blew it. I couldn’t believe my experience with them since they received so many other great reviews, but it was awful. I almost didn’t bother writing about it because I hate to waist more of my time on them, but I figure somebody has to give a warning about them. I was in communication with Shannon, trying to set up an appointment that would correspond with the time that my parents would be in town (a month and a ½ in advance to ensure there wouldn't be any schedule conflicts), but then Shannon’s email replies just stopped – right after I requested an appointment. I thought that was odd, especially after 3 weeks went by, but I decided to give her the benefit of the doubt and contacted her again (after all, they had great reviews from everyone else). When I received a reply (almost a week later) I was informed of her limited availability during the days that my parents would be in town, but that she could squeeze us in (FYI, it wasn’t a holiday or busy weekend, just regular old Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday with no time restrictions from us). That's exactly why I tried to set things up far in advance. We went to the appointment, they had good food, and we were basically ready to sign with them even though Shannon acted distracted and rushed through our appointment, and made me feel like it was inconvenience for her that we wanted to give them business. Anyway, Shannon specifically said at the end of our appointment that she'd email me a price list within the next day, two at the latest. Since I knew she was busy, that was fine, although I found it odd that she couldn’t just give the prices then since the items we wanted were on their regular catering menu. I never heard from her again. I thought about contacting her again, but I’d been the one to initiated all the previous emails (with delivery confirmation and read receipt) and do all the follow up. Also, I KNOW she has my email address and phone number, so there was no reason I shouldn’t have received the price list, if she’d sent it, and if she had sent it, the proper customer service would have been to do a follow up call. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to want a reliable caterer with decent communication skills and common courtesy. I couldn’t be expected to keep tracking down the cater and cross my fingers that I'd hear back in any reasonable time - there are too many other things to keep up with in a wedding. If they're too busy to want my business, good for them I guess. If you want any sort of decent customer service, go somewhere else.

Excellent caterer!! Food was delicious and well presented.

Chef's Market did an amazing job for my November 6th wedding! We did a sit-down dinner served family-style, which had never been done before at my reception venue, but Shannon and her team were willing to take on the challenge and they did a great job. The service was top-notch, and we're still getting compliments about how great the food was. Shannon was great about listening to what we wanted and customizing a menu to fit our event perfectly. Their prices are very reasonable and Shannon is always willing to give you a detailed breakdown of where the overall cost is coming from. I would definitely work with Chef's Market again and recommend them for anyone's wedding!

We had a southern-style buffet for our Nashville wedding. We got so many compliments on the food and even more on the display. Working with Shannon at Chef's Market was a joy. The tasting was divine and she sent us home with 3 dinners worth of leftovers! Their servers were great and had a plate ready for us as soon as we sat down. The display was full of green apples, cute salad dishes, and all kinds of neat touches. I really couldn't say enough about this little place!

Great food! We did stations instead of a sit down dinner. We have gotten so many compliments on the food. I had to tell people they have a restaurant in the Rivergate area, if they want to try more. Shannon was very helpful and patient. Long story short, they put a hold on my credit card when the caterer bill was due. Shannon was very understandable and we were able to correct the situation quickly.
The food they sent home with us was an awesome guesture. We realized we didn't eat much during the wedding. We got this to go box of food, which was right on time.

The mango margarita drink we had at our wedding was a huge success. Everyone loved the mango margarita, including myself. I am really sad I can't find one of that caliber on a regular basis.

I love Chef's Market!!

Simply put, you won't find a better caterer for the money in Nashville. I spoke with some of our guests after our reception and everyone said they had never had such good food at a wedding. I've had to tell people where to go to find this place so that they can have more of it. Chef's Market was a hit for sure!

To be perfectly honest, I was a little put off by Chef's Market initially because it's in a suburb rather than the city, but those hesitations went away as soon as I tasted the food! Yes, I was being snobby because I thought that the only good food available was in the metro area. Boy was I wrong.

For our reception we went with dressed-up/upscale southern food. We had fried green tomatoes with brie, mini bbq sliders, gouda mac and cheese, stuffed chicken, baby greens salad, various corn breads, a corn/avocado salad, veggies, braised short ribs with some sort of magical sauce on them... etc. Our wedding was in downtown Nashville so that's where the dressed-up southern theme came from.

The catering coordinator is Shannon. She is wonderful and extremely professional. She majored in Hospitality at Auburn, so she definitely knows her stuff. As a reference she showed us her design book and my husband and I were both truly impressed. She assisted with the design/layout of our food and we were thrilled.

They were also super sweet about sending leftovers back to the hotel for us. I had no idea they did that until we got to the room and had the food. It was the perfect end to a perfect day.

Chef's Market was FABULOUS! Always prompt, organized, and tasty! Really, I don't think they could have given me a more wonderful experience. The only way they lost a .5 star on quality was because I noticed (being VERY picky) that the salad was not as chilled as it should have been, but I had an outside reception and it was really hot outside. It might have just been mine too because they fixed it for me because I was the bride. They are great and have GREAT prices! They were by far the best value I found on food. So be sure to check them out!

I could not have been happier with Chef's Market! My wedding planner (Sarah Willard of A Music City Event) suggested that we use them, and I am SO glad we did! Shannon was so easy to work with and was extremely pleasant. They will work with your budget and produce a very unique presentation that is both classy and breathtaking! I recommend them to any bride who wants to woo her guests with fantastic food (try the mashed potatoes! They are heavenly!) and a cool presentation!

We are so fortunate to have been introduced to Shannon Bates and Chef's Market!
Our wedding planner Sarah Willard of A Music City Event recommended Shannon to us. We went to Goodlettsville for our tasting and the only problem was trying to decide between all the wonderful dishes Chef's Market prepares! Shannon Bates was so easy with which to work, professional in every way! Shannon was so creative and had wonderful ideas for tablescapes and food presentation!

I was very pleased with Chef's Market as our wedding caterer. They were very helpful with choosing our menu. The food was amazing and so many people commented that our food was great. We had a small dinner for just the two of us before we were introduced, so I actually got to eat and I know that the food was excellent. They also packed us plenty of to-go food for us to take as we left. Additionally, they can cut your cake and they have bartenders if you are serving alcohol.

We did food stations for our dinner, rather than sit down. It worked really well. We had an appetizer station, a meat carving station, a starch station (with mashed potatos and mac'n'cheese), a drink/tea station, and a sweets stations (with cake truffles and cheesecake lollipops). I had a vision of what I wanted on my wedding day and they worked very hard to make sure everything looked beautiful and tasted great. I was VERY pleased with Chef's Market and would recommend them to anyone. -Kim Richardson (May 2010 bride)

We were so pleased with Chef's Market. The food was delicious and the presentation was gorgeous! The food stations were a big hit with our guests and helped with the flow of the room. They also presented the idea of having a family only dinner before our reception started. It was a huge success and I was so happy with the layout. Our guests are still raving about the macaroni and cheese balls, cheeseburger sliders, and mini salads. The catering crew was also nice enough to box up the leftover food for us so that nothing was wasted.

We really loved having Chef's Market Cater our wedding. The food was delicious and we were prepared a little appetizer downstairs before we were announced and took leftovers in a to go box afterward, so yes, I did eat the food! The salmon was some of the best salmon I have tasted and the salad was equally delicious. Our food tasting was also a very fun experience. I had 225 people and they handled feeding that many with set salads very well. My only complaint is that we ran out of asparagus which my mom informed me of later, but we were given a 100 dollar gift certificate as compensation which I thought was very nice. I would definitely recommend Chef's Market. They are a great value for the food you get!

Our wedding reception venue required that we used Chef's Market. We were a little nervous about that, but we were extremely pleased with the quality and amount of food we got for the price. Their prices are better than most of the other options we'd seen at other reception venues. They were great to work with, as well. They are totally willing to work with you to get as much as possible for your budget. For $30 a person we had 2 appetizers that were passed around during the cocktail hour, plus a plated salad and full buffet dinner with both chicken and salmon. My favorite dishes were actually the appetizers and the salad: crab cakes with a remoulade sauce, goat cheese on flatbread with a fig sauce (absolutely delicious!), and mixed greens with goat cheese, pine nuts, and strawberries. They also took care of cutting our cake for no additional charge.

Chef's Market catered our event. I worked with Shannon over email and phone to plan the menu and setup from NH for a wedding in TN. She was professional, attentive and friendly. The week prior. She was just as friendly and made several recommendations to assist in the best placement of tables and food.

The day of the wedding, her staff arrived as stated and set to work. They were friendly and polite as well as very helpful in anticipating our needs, often before we did. I have heard many good things about the food from our guests. The Jerusalem Chicken was a little dry but this may be due to the lateness in the bride and groom being able to eat. All other dishes were met expectations. These were the Garlic Mashed Potatoes (wonderful!) and Green Bean Amandine. Many guests took food with them when they departed and we were thankful that they were able to do that. I also received many comments about the cupcakes and know they were eaten very quickly and were very delicious.

AWESOME!!! The food is great, the staff is great. Did not have to worry about a thing, I knew it would be perfect! Shannon is amazing!! Also, they can handle rentals, and any other details that you want them too. Which is a great addition!!

Perfect food, easy to work with. I do event planning for a living and have worked with many caterers in Nashville. Chef's is by far the best. The prices may seem to be slightly higher than other caterers - totally worth it. Great food - that my guests are still raving about almost 3 months after. Great presentation.

This was the food for the bridal shower. Was yummy. My sisters had eaten there before I had never had there food but was pleasantly surprised.

Chef's Market provided excellent service and were great to work with. The staff were very friendly and the food was great!

Very friendly and easy to deal with Highly recommended

As a caterer, I have to say that Chef's Market is incredible in their table and buffet displays. I am always amazed and can appreciate the hard work that they do to each of their buffet displays.

I love working with Chef's Market.. I look forward to see the crew and the great food. They always try to get us a plate. Great food!!

Chef's Market is a wonderful resturant and catering option. The food is delicious and they go to great lengths to make every event extra special.

Chef's Market, and the staff (Jessica especially) is wonderful to work with. What makes them SO appealing is that no only is their food delicious, but they have wonderful props and decor items that fit just about any brides' style. They truly care about the presentation of their food and rent out (or allow you to use at no additional charge) most of what you see in their restaurant. they work with you to put together a menu that fits your taste, style and budget--I highly recommend them to all of my clients!

Chef's Market, and the staff (Jessica especially) is wonderful to work with. What makes them SO appealing is that no only is their food delicious, but they have wonderful props and decor items that fit just about any brides' style. They truly care about the presentation of their food and rent out (or allow you to use at no additional charge) most of what you see in their restaurant. they work with you to put together a menu that fits your taste, style and budget--I highly recommend them to all of my clients!

There are not enough compliments I can give to Chef's Market. Their food is out of this world..your guests will be raving. Not only is the food fabulous....but the presentation and display of the food is always creative and so different. You will never ever go wrong choosing Chef's Market.

I love working with Shannon and the Chef's Market gang. They are true professionals who make the evening so enjoyable and stress free. I can relax when I know they are around - and enjoy great food!

Chef's Market did a great job with my Loretta Lynn Event! The food and display's were fantastic! They gave me the rustic sheik look I wanted. Shannon was so great to work with and her staff was very professional.
Nita Baggott CMP
Nashville Event...

Great food, fun presentation and very professional!

One word...YUMMY!