Gourmet To Go Catering

Dan is A-​MAZ-​ZING!!! We hired him for our baby shower through a friends referral. Everything was incredible! I am an extremely picky person and he was completely flexible with me as far as ingredients in dishes and catering to my vegan and vegetarian guests. I could not have asked for a better person to cater for me on such a special day. We will definitely be using them again for our future wedding! Can’t wait thank you so much Chef Dan and Staff!

Dan has now catered a total of 6 events for our family! 2 High School Graduations, 3 Baby Showers, and 1 going away party. He just recently served a personal family dinner as a surprise for my husband on Father’s Day. Dan has become part of the family! The food is amazing, his presentation is always a wonderful surprise, always more than we expect. Thank you Dan! We will see you for our daughters wedding!

I have know Dan Shirley for five years now he catered my wedding and did the most amazing beautiful job! He has also done small events for me since, I know I can rely on him; his quality and standards as high. The food is always amazing and I always love telling people when they ask about the food where did it come from? Dan Shirley
Dan is exceptional both as a chief and member of the community, he is always willing to help out and is always recruiting me to help in the community.
Thanks for all you do Dan!!!

One star is too many! Had a large event catered in 2013 and it was a disaster!
Very similar to the review above. Prison food, very unpleasant to work with, etc., etc., etc.

I met Chef Dan Shirley at a Birthday party of one of our neighbors in South Reno. He provided the best fruit salad and appetizers I have ever seen! Not only the presentation was stunning but the unique mix of flavors was simply delicious. He also provided matching napkins and plates, the table was colorful and elegant. I recommend Dan and his business ‘Gourmet To Go’ to my friends and to everybody. He always provides the best service for a great value!

I had their chicken wings at a wing fest and they were the best I have ever had. Highly recommended!

we hired gourmet to go catering for a wedding a couple weeks ago the presentation and food was very beautiful and very elegant. we decided to make a appointment with him to discuss all the issues we have heard described in Unilocal post about the company and was very hesitant until he reassured us if there was a issue we would get full refund and it was in writing. well we made the right choice the décor and food was absolutely divine and they went out of there way to make sure every guest was taking care of he’s the only catering company that plates the bride and grooms plate and all the family tables as well this meant a lot to us… we highly recommend dan and gourmet to go catering…

I am unique in that I have a special day every year. I am the restaurant chair of a very large wine and food tasting fund raiser.
We serve about a thousand high end food tasters. I have had the opportunity to serve in this capacity for the last 4 years. And it means very much to me that this event goes well. I have requested the services of Chef Dan at Gourmet to Go for the past two years.
Dan’s professionalism and enthusiasm were «over the top» considering this is a charity event and most of his services were donated. They had more than enough food and they were able to keep serving till the very end of the event.
The food was fantastic. He served a beef crostini with smoked applewood au jus and mushroom medley and topped it off with with Gorgonzola… just delicious!
Thank you Chef Dan for your delicious food and your contribution to this important event.

Don’t even think about using this service. Chef Dan Shirley promises big time and delivers whatever the heck he wants regardless of what your written requests and invoices and prepaid amount. Example: Made big production out of providing linens of choice and brought colors for me to pick out. I chose gold for the table display and deep purple for the napkins. I got black for the table display and cheap flimsy PAPER napkins for the guests. Ridiculous small things but that was only the beginning. Grilled prawns turned out to be cold shrimp cocktail, beef wellington, ABSENT, substituted. For $ 1,600 for 12 guests It was outrageous for what I received. I cannot recommend you get sucked into this guy’s lies.

If you are fortunate enough to read this review prior to hiring this guy count your lucky stars…
Hired him to cater a party for 150 people and the closest I can come in describing the quality of food and professional experience is PRISON FOOD served by a prison guard!
Did not bring the food we ordered. Asked for chafing dishes full of beschemel/​cheesy laden scalloped potatoes. He suggested cutting out rounds of scalloped potatoes with piped mashed potatoes on top and we said sure that sounds lovely. What he brought was squirts of mashed potatoes on a cracker! When he was asked where the scalloped potatoes were his answer was «the scalloped potatoes didn’t hold together» so instead of plan A scalloped potatoes in chafing dishes we got mashed potatoes on a cracker.
Ordered TIGER prawns wrapped in pancetta. Got «steamy» tiny shrimp wrapped in slivers of prosciutto.
Over cooked asparagus with the woody stems still attached.
Tri tip sliders on POTATO ROLLS with so little meat you could barely see it.
Promised bernaise and lemon dill mayo but brought none of that.
We ordered substantially more chicken wings than original order. But there were not enough to go through line ONE time!
As a matter of fact people started ordering PIZZA to be delivered to our Christmas party!
The icing on the cake was when his one helper was caught scooping out the bruschetta topping with her bare hands and slipping it on the untoasted French bread. When called on it she answered with a very snarky attitude that yes she was using her bare hands cuz she had washed them!
The WORST excuse for a caterer EVER!