Farm To Feast

I should have written this review in October but I’ve been so busy. But regardless I wanted to make sure that Farm To Feast was reviewed because they did a fantastic job with catering my dissertation proposal. From the beginning they were professional and worked within my budget. The food was AMAZING!!! The theme was southern cuisine. They hit the mark. Even the dishes they brought the food in aligned with my theme. The food was warm and delicious. My dissertation committee was blown away and so was I. I would definitely recommend Farm To Feast for your catering needs. I will definitely use them again for my catering needs.

Farm to Feast catered my mom’s 75^th birthday party, and everything from start to finish was fantastic. I worked with Hannah on the menu, and she was always very responsive and helpful. Our event was small, but Farm to Feast made me feel as valued as if I had hired them for a huge party. The food delivery was on time, and the lovely woman (I’m forgetting her name unfortunately) helped us set up. And the food was wonderful, esp. the beef tenderloin… rave reviews all around. But it was all wonderful, including the ridiculously deep, dark, rich chocolate cake — which they customized a bit for my mom who loved it. Highly recommend Farm to Feast, and will use them again.

I worked with Hannah for my sisters baby shower in Georgetown. I was planning the shower from Philadelphia and had to depend on Hannah to tell me what expectations to have for DC. She was great to work with, responsive and open to suggestion.
The food was outstanding and my guests went for second and third helpings and there was nothing left. The short ribs were out of this world and all of our side dishes were seasonal and attractive. I can not say enough nice things about Farm to Feast.

I contacted Farm to Feast on behalf of my office for a client luncheon. I unfortunately did not get a chance to taste the food, but I am told that it was AWESOME and delicious! I corresponded with Hannah and Alexis who were both very helpful and accommodating. Very reasonably priced and worked with me on food substitutions. I would gladly use them again and plan to do so!

My friends and I recently did a private cooking class with Alexis and Farm to Feast for a bachelorette party in Annapolis and had a fabulous experience! I found them by searching Google and I am SO glad to have come across them. Alexis and her team was an absolute dream to work with — so friendly, responsive, and came up with the perfect custom menu to fit our budget and the bride’s favorite foods. The day of the class, her and her assistant arrived at our rental house with all of the equipment and ingredients, recipes, and printed menu ready to go and we had a fantastic time. I highly recommend Farm to Feast for a cooking class and I certainly plan to keep them in mind for any future catering needs I might have.

I have used Farm to Feast for catering as well as attended a cooking class run by their owner. The food is fresh, delicious and inventive, and we experienced excellent customer service on both occasions. I will use them again in a heartbeat!

I recently used Farm to Feast to cater my daughter’s Sweet 16. From start to finish, everyone at Farm to Feast was wonderful. Everything was handled through their online request for a quote and email. Responses were usually received within 24 hours. I never felt like I needed to pick up the phone and reassure myself that they were taking care of my request. The online quote form is very detailed and when I stated that the theme for my daughter’s party was Lord of the Rings, they ran with it. The creativity shown in the menu was amazing. It made my daughter extremely happy from the start. Hannah definitely worked to keep the menu within our budget, offering suggestions on where we could tighten things. The week of the event, they were back in touch to finalize details and on the day of the event, Chloe showed up with the food at the designated time and was very professional and polite but also very approachable. She did an excellent job setting up and explaining all the dishes.
Finally, the food! Absolutely amazing! The hits were the leaf-​wrapped elven lembdas bread and Balin’s spiced beef (brisket). The brisket was so tender it melted in your mouth. While those two were the standouts, the rest of the food certainly held its own and disappeared quickly.
I would definitely use Farm to Feast for any future catering needs.

We ordered with Farm to Feast for Valentine’s Day. I was truly amazed at the how easy the whole experience was! I emailed my questions, and received quick responses. We placed our order and received a confirmation with delivery information. They delivered the meal on time with reheating instructions. The four-​course meal was FANTASTIC! Generous portions — we had leftovers, except for the salted caramel budino, which we devoured! The salads were fresh and crisp. Unique combinations of flavors that were well balanced. Everything was delicious! I will definitely be using them in the future and would highly recommend working with them.

Farm to feast catered my valentines day dinner last night. I couldn’t find a good reservation then I saw their segment on Fox5 and quickly called them for a last minute valentines day meal delivery (not the 50 shades package LOL!). Even though my order was last minute the staff still agreed to take my order only a day before valentines day.
The staff was super personable and was able to deliver an incredible meal right to my door. My S.O. loved the food and said he would maybe want to hire the company for our DC wedding! Highly recommend for great last minute service, professionalism, and food quality.

We contacted the organization with high hopes about a month and a half before the event. I called and talked to the person who schedules the chef to confirm that the date we needed was available. It was a 40^th Birthday party and the date was a Saturday night, so we wanted to make sure we confirmed this date before discussing any options. I was told the date was available and that the next step was to talk to the chef. I had my friend’s husband talk to the chef about food preferences and he also confirmed the date. We then were told we would receive menu within a week. Two weeks later a menu arrived by email. Before the menu arrived we received an email asking us what date we wanted to reserve. We reconfirmed the date in email and were told we were booked. A week and a half before the birthday event, we received an email stating that they had double-​booked and that they could not honor our booking. We were terribly disappointed. The chef might be good but there customer service and scheduling are severely lacking. I would not suggest other rely on this business if it is an important event.

I really really wanted these people to cater my daughter’s wedding. I reached out to them in the fall and they were slow to respond and finally got to the point where I didn’t get any response and had to reach out to another vendor. I think they should get some administrative help to cover the communication with customers.

We are very happy we chose Farm to Feast to cater our wedding. Alexis and her team were a pleasure to work with throughout the process. We communicated mostly by email which made it easy to schedule the tasting and site visit and then to ask our many detailed questions as we got closer to the event. Her menu suggestions were excellent, and she was also happy to incorporate anything we asked for — marmite, e.g. — into the plan. As our menu evolved, Farm to Feast dropped off new additions at our house for a total of three tastings. We and our guests loved the food! The service was also great — I am unaware of any glitch and everything happened right on schedule — drinks and passed hors d’oeuvres outside, then moving indoors to a new bar setup and a dinner buffet followed by dessert. The servers were friendly and helpful. My husband and I did not stick around for cleanup, but my daughter reports that Farm to Feast handled the whole thing and Alexis herself did the final sweep of the dining room floor. I would sum up our experience as «amazing food and no worries.»

After having a great experience with Farm to Feast for my birthday party awhile back, I decided to hire them again for a cooking class for me and some friends. It was a blast! We made gnocchi by hand (Alexis even customized the recipe so it was vegan) with a sage brown butter sauce, and it was SO good! Everyone got to participate in making several appetizers and the gnocchi. It was totally fun to have a cooking class in my own home, and everyone learned a lot — from basic techniques to specific recipes.

Farm to Feast did an excellent job catering my wife’s 40^th birthday celebration. Alexis was very flexible in helping me design the right menu. The food was delicious, particularly the red velvet birthday cake, which received rave reviews from many guests. We were a small event — 25 guests and I provided the alcohol — so the event was not a big money maker. But throughout the planing process Alexis was very responsive and attentive to planning the menu.

We chose ‘Farm to Feast’ to cater a wedding party, since my daughter wanted fresh and healthy, locally sourced food, with enough variety to appeal to the many cultures and generations that the guests represented. That’s a tall order, but Alexis nailed it! The hors d’oeuvres and the dinner buffet were delicious, beautiful and imaginative — but, most importantly, they were perfectly tailored to suit the bride and groom and the guests. Alexis was able to translate some vague descriptions of the kinds of foods we enjoyed into an abundant and palate-​pleasing feast. And as others have said, she was a pleasure to work with in every way!

Farm to Feast catered my wedding and it was fantastic. I found F2 °F here on Unilocal because I was looking for vegetarian/​vegan caterers in DC. I called and we discussed my budget (tiny) and my requirements (all vegetarian with vegan options, and food that was accessible to meat eaters — no tofu, quinoa, etc.) Alexis Starkey, the head chef of Farm to Feast, worked with me throughout the 8 month planning process to cultivate and refine our menu, and to find affordable equipment rentals. Because she sources all her food from local farmers, she provides a list of all seasonal items and we built the menu off that. Even though I wanted a traditional conservative menu, I think she would also thrive with more creative, haute cuisine.
In many ways, Alexis acted as a sort of wedding planner in that we really worked closely together to talk about the mood and feel of the wedding as well as the logistics of serving food etc. That said, I would use her services for ANY catered event. Her staff is made up of total professionals.
Best of all, Alexis has a great personality. She’s really easy to work with, we had great communication with her throughout the whole process, and I felt like she was committed to helping us have a great wedding! Five stars isn’t enough!

Farm to Feast catered our wedding in the summer of 2011. We chose Farm to Feast because we love eating food made from fresh and local ingredients, which is something Alexis, the chef and proprietor, is passionate about. Alexis brought her dedication for local, organic food to our wedding, but she went far above and beyond our expectations – our wedding would not have been even remotely the same without the food and service that Alexis provided!
First, I loved Alexis’ approach to our menu. Many wedding caterers have a pre-​designed menu that you choose from (or will have some general choices that they will tailor to their customer’s tastes) – both a very top-​down approach. Alexis did things in reverse – she had an in depth conversation with us about our favorite foods and our personal vision for the wedding. Then she came up with a fully custom menu and met with us to see which we were most excited about. Since our wedding was a mid-​day wedding, we told her that we were looking for something informal – brunch or picnicky foods made with fresh ingredients. We also shared with her our love of ethnic foods (I love curries and one of my husband’s favorite foods is Pad Thai). She came up with the idea to do brunch foods (mini French toast pieces with dipping sauces, etc.) as hors d’oeuvres and incorporated a Pad Thai salad and curried chicken salad into our lunch menu. She also made sure to include all of our favorite fruits and vegetables into the other dishes that she designed.
In addition to getting such personalized service, Alexis did this with an extremely reasonable budget (in an industry where it’s difficult to keep budgets reasonable) and while working with some very challenging dietary restrictions. I am both gluten and dairy-​free, and we had guests that were vegan and other guests with soy and nut allergies. I could eat almost all the food at my wedding, and there were multiple options for the guests with other dietary restrictions. And of course, the food was delicious!
Weddings are very stressful events to coordinate, and it’s essential to make sure that you have good vendors that you can trust. My husband and I are immensely grateful that we found Alexis and Farm to Feast to cater such an important day, and I would give her ten stars if that were an option!

I used Farm To Feast for a private dinner party and was thrilled by the experience. Chef Starkey was very easy to work with, listening to what I wanted and offering creative suggestions. You really get the sense they get genuinely excited about your event. The party itself went off without a hitch. Both the food and service were excellent, and the price was very reasonable. I was so impressed, I used them at my company when I needed an entire conference catered. (The food was a major highlight of the event on the evaluations.) I went with creative, unique courses for my private party, and more standard fare for my work event, and both came out equally well executed. I highly recommend them.