Temecula Catering

Came for our menu tasting for our upcoming wedding and not only was the food great but the service is excellent. We can’t wait for our big day next year and will definitely update once I’ve actually fully experienced their service.

Temecula Catering is superb! Michael Cragg & Lisa James were professional, courteous, honest and reliable. Their staff of 6 at our event were truly AMAZING and the food delicious, pretty and freshI Our wedding party of 70 guests was a great success as well as stress free largely due to Temecula Catering. From ordering to communication, and from set-​up to clean up, Temecula Catering provided classy, outstanding service. We will definitely use them again and highly recommend them to anyone wanting great results!

My wife and I used Temecula Catering to provide catering services for our wedding at Leoness Cellars in May 2015. At our first tasting we were assisted Lisa James and Chef Johnny Gonzales who prepared our selections. As we finalized our menu and scheduled additional tastings Chef Johnny provided delicious samples and great advice on food preparation and pairings for the cocktail hour and reception.
With these encounters we were 100% confident that our food would be extraordinary on the night and we were absolutely correct! The sous vide tri-​tip and sous vide chicken stuffed with mushrooms were amazing! We even had the pleasure of Chef Johnny leading the Temecula catering team on the night.

Lisa and her crew of professionals took over in a time of need when I had just lost my husband and needed their services on short notice for a memorial reception at my house. She quickly put together an elegant, but casual fare for my guests and not only was the food fresh and delicious, but the wait staff were super capable and accommodating. They served and took care of everyone’s needs as well as cleaned up after the event.
Absolutely everyone complimented me on their food and service. My husband would have been happy at his farewell party.
Thank you Lisa and Temecula Catering.

Can’t say enough about the awesome job Temecula Catering did at our daughters wedding reception on May 15, 2015. Our guests were very pleased with the dinner and we received so many compliments from them. The staff is wonderful, pleasant and hard working. An absolute wonderful experience with Temecula Catering. 100% perfect!!! Thank you

From the first time I contacted Mike at Temecula Catering to days after our event I was impressed with every aspect of his services. He answered my many queries quickly and went above and beyond to make sure my order was exactly what I wanted. The finger sandwiches he prepared for our daughter’s party were delicious. Many guests commented on them during the party and continue to do so. I would highly recommend Temecula Catering for any size party!

Chef Michael and team did a fantastic job catering our special day. I cannot express how thankful I am for such amazing creations and customer service. I look forward to using Temecula Catering in the future. Thank you Chef.

We had Michael cater my daughters wedding-​a VERY special day indeed!
Temecula Catering made it easy for us. The entrees on her big day were as planned and delicious. I was very pleased to have this part of the wedding taken care of so well by Michael and his staff. They really took a lot of weight off of us. Thanks again for the fantastic job you did!

We had Michael do a fruit table for our wedding and it was to be expected. He was on-​time, provided what we had asked for and supplied plenty of assortment of fruit. He was very quick and efficient with his email responses. His food presentations are spectacular and truly a sight for sore eyes but he didn’t provide the same presentation for our wedding fruit table. We had to use a third party to supply the setup, presentation, whole fruits, décor and elevations for the display. So overall, it was more expensive than anticipated.

My fiancé and I went in for a tasting for our upcoming wedding and our coordinator did not end up sending our menu to Temecula Catering… boo. No worries, Jonathan was beyond accommodating and made EVERYTHING we originally requested and was by himself to do it all. Bravo and wish I could do more than 5 stars, thanks so much Jonathan for making our experience so nice, we appreciate it and the food is INCREDIBLE!!!

Every review is 5 Stars… is that the best you can do… O.K. let’s face it, there’s always a couple…

BEWARE!!! Read your horribly written contract very carefully. We used them for our wedding and booked 15 months in advance. Booked with an estimated head count for the event day. Even though the contract states final head count isn’t due until 14 days prior to event, which is pretty standard for caterers, Michael said we were required to pay for the guest count we booked him with, again, 15 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE EVENT. Even though his contract states 14 days prior. What caterer requires a guaranteed head count 15 months in advance? Let me tell you. NONE!!! He then preceded to make us feel like the idiots and to say «sorry WE misunderstood the contract (which I presented to my $ 5 billion corporate company’s lawyers and all of them agreed that his contract was amateur at best and what he was trying to hold us to was wrong in every way) and lawyers always write contracts with things left up to interpretation.» Umm, no actually a contract is written so that absolutely NOTHING is left up to interpretation. Everything is on paper clear as day. So our option was pay the original contract amount which was $ 1500 more than expected and get extra food which we didn’t need, or take his «customer service» deal and pay $ 600 more for nothing. This was his was of «meeting us in the middle.» So to me, this is like hiring a plumber to fix an issue for $ 300, and he tears apart your bathroom then saying he won’t finish unless you pay him another $ 500. Pretty much flat our extortion in my opinion. After much back and forth, he agreed to charge us for the head count we had 14 days prior, like a NORMAL caterer. But it doesn’t stop there.
We ended up having to do two different tastings with them as in the first tasting, the entrees were sub par and the meat was very dried out with most of the options. We selected our two entrees though only liking one of them. We had to pay for a second tasting even though the food was prepared poorly the first time around which wasn’t our fault. We decided to make a change to the menu for our second entrée. Even confirming the menu several times before the wedding day, the food we decided on the first tasting is what was served, even though we changed it during the second tasting. So our menu cards were wrong, the meat was insanely dry and while walking around, nearly every person didn’t touch the second meat because of the quality. We brought this up to Michael the following week, respectfully, which given the amount of issues we had with him prior we should have been extremely upset, but we realize mistakes happen. No problem, but we should be entitled so some compensation/​credit as we weren’t served what was agreed upon. Michael referred to an email that in the body of the email was our correct menu, but attached the original contract (which was already out of date) from the original signing date and stated that is what we agreed to. When we were agreeing to the body of the email, not the already out of date contract. This was his justification saying that we agreed to it.
So all in all, be very crystal clear with everything you do with this vendor. This is the only vendor we had an issue with and we were extremely thorough through the whole process. Very disappointed. The only reason I am giving it any stars is the food that was correct and agreed upon was very good as it was in the tasting.

Temecula Catering was our caterer for our wedding reception and they did a spectacular job.
They were recommended to us by our venue and we were pleasantly surprised first of all by their reasonable prices. After our tasting we were sold on the quality of the food. Everything was delicious, and the unique, fun hors d’oeuvres were great. Best of all was hearing from all of our guests how much they loved the food. Even all of our food-​snob family and friends that we feared would be overly judgmental of food prepared en masse for 150 raved about how good it all was. Their website could use an update but don’t let that deter you, this is a great choice for catering a wedding. Highly recommended.

Food was great. Everything was very well prepared. But a major wedding flaw in food service. We didn’t have enough food for everyone. An entire table of 20 people didn’t get any of the main course. I gave an estimate of more people than we actually had to ensure everyone could eat well. All the food was distributed by food servers so the guests were not piling mounds of food on their plate. It’s hard to not be extremely frustrated about this outcome. The real kicker for me was that last table that didn’t eat was my co-​workers and executives at my work. In addition, the servers took the ice from the bar area for the water glasses. My brother in law had to round up two guests to go 30 mins away to get more ice.
Michael is very kind and he knows how to prepared quality delicious food. He was not on site that day for our wedding so it may have been whom ever was in charge that mismanaged the operation. There were other issues that occurred that I can live with, but when you add it all up it is a disappointment.

After our original cater dropped out 1 month before our wedding, Chef Michael Cragg stepped in and saved the day! Chef Michael Cragg uses a technique called «Suvee» to keep the food moist and evenly cooked and I have to say it was the best wedding food I have ever tasted. You will not be disappointed with Temecula Catering.

We can’t thank the chefs at Temecula Catering enough. They catered both our rehearsal dinner and wedding menus this summer and it was phenomenal! We are from Las Vegas but had our wedding in Temecula because of the beautiful vineyards in the area. Planning a wedding is hard enough, but planning one 450 miles away is even worse. The team at Temecula Catering made it so easy. They answered any of our questions quickly and made us feel valued.
Beyond the service, the food was amazing. We worked with Chef Zack and he put together an amazing meal for both of our important nights! I recommend the BBQ picnic. For our rehearsal dinner, it was not your typical cook out… It was elevated but still gave us the family barbeque feel.
You won’t be disappointed!

Seriously cannot get any better than Temecula Catering! Michael and Erin were great to work with from the very beginning to the day of my wedding!
Erin was always fast to respond to any questions I had and even made it a point to tour the venue before the event since they had never catered a wedding there.
Just like the review below me, we had apps offered to us right away and full plates of food brought to us at our table! We also had lots of people telling us how great the food was and people going back for 2nds and 3rds!
I dont have one bad thing to say about these people. Loved them all around.

Temecula Catering is amazing! They catered our recent wedding reception in Oak Glen, CA and my husband and I were extremely happy with their service and the food. They were a pleasure to work with from start to finish. The clear communication and quick response time made it so easy to plan. They took our budget into account and made a delicious menu that delighted our guest.
On our wedding day they showed up on time, dressed professionally, with amazing food! We heard from all our guests how much they loved it and were even told it was «the best wedding food ever!». As the bride and groom we were treated like royalty. The staff brought appetizers out to our wedding party as we were taking pictures and brought full plates to our table during the reception. I highly recommend this amazing group for any event.

Food: Amazing– Chicken with potato purée appetizers were amazing also.
Service: Amazing of course, Great staff and comfortable chemistry with my wife and I
Price: Cannot be beat!
I recommend 100%, I would write more but I am fresh out of time, but just imagine a long beautiful review!

After researching caterers near Carlsbad (our company is based in Massachusetts), we chose Michael to caterer an Appreciation Luncheon at our client’s workplace for 55 people. We selected a variety of sliders, salads and deserts.
Our clients were so HAPPY. We heard over and over the words «Delicious», «Fancy», «Amazing»,“WOW”, «We are all sluggish from eating so much great food». You get the idea — it was a glorious experience for our clients and we highly recommend Temecula Catering.
Michael was also very flexable working with us on the menu, his price was very fair — although a delighted client is priceless!