The same chef
Whoever cooks your tasting cooks your event. What you tasted is what reaches the table.
Catering and events · Nashville, Tennessee
Your tasting is cooked by your event's chef
Weddings, corporate events and celebrations, with service staff already built into the per-person price.
Corkage, overtime and delivery are in the quote, not on the final invoice.
1 Server for every ten guests
8 Team services
3 Types of events
0 Surprise charges on event day
TASTE · SET · SERVE. What you tried at the tasting is what reaches the table on event day.
About us
What you tasted and what you're served should be the same thing.
Longtable is a catering company in Nashville. The complaint we hear most from people coming from another caterer is always the same: the tasting was excellent, and on event day the food was nothing like it.
- 01 Your tasting is cooked by the chef in charge of your day.
- 02 One server for every ten guests, included from the quote on.
- 03 We visit the venue before committing to a menu that might not work there.
Services
From the wedding to the coffee break.
Four types of events and four services that make them work.
01
Weddings
Catering, bar, setup and day-of coordination.
View service 02Corporate events
Holiday parties, product launches, conferences and anniversaries.
View service 03Family celebrations
Graduations, baptisms, anniversaries and milestone birthdays.
View service 04Office catering
Coffee service, working lunches and breakfasts.
View serviceSupporting services
Bar service, rentals and setup, day-of coordination and special diets.
Events
Three kinds of events. Three ways to run them.
The wedding you plan once, the company that comes back every year and the venue with no kitchen.
How we work
Five steps for every event.
From the first meeting to breakdown, with a coordinator on site the day of.
- 01
First meeting
How many guests, where, and what the real budget is.
- 02
Venue walkthrough
We visit the venue before committing to a menu.
- 03
Tasting
With the same chef who'll be there on the day.
- 04
Setup
The day before, or with hours to spare.
- 05
Service
A full staff and a coordinator who handles things.
Why LONGTABLE?
What you'll find here.
Staff already built in
One server for every ten guests, included in the price. It doesn't show up as an extra the week before.
No surprise charges
Corkage, overtime, delivery and setup are spelled out in the quote, not on the final invoice.
We walk the venue
We check the kitchen, water and power before committing to a menu. Anything that can't be done there, we tell you up front.
A coordinator on site
Someone from our team handles the day's surprises without the hosts ever having to know.
Allergies taken seriously
Special plates go out labeled, with a separate kitchen protocol, not improvised on the spot.
1 Server for every ten guests Built into the price, not tacked on at the last minute.
8 Team services Four types of events and four supporting services.
0 Surprise charges on event day Anything that costs extra is spelled out in the quote.
Past events
Past events in progress.
The cards below are format samples. We'll replace them with real events, with each client's permission.
Sample event Farm wedding with no kitchen and no power
A site visit that found too little power and no water nearby, a field kitchen with its own generator, a rain plan with a side tent ready to go, and full service with breakdown the same night.
- Event
- Off-site venues
- Venue and guests
- Farm venue, 140 guests
Sample event Conference coffee breaks in twenty minutes
Four parallel stations to avoid lines, staff sized to serve and clear within the break, a menu designed to eat standing up without utensils and attendees' dietary restrictions collected ahead of time.
- Event
- Companies and organizations
- Venue and guests
- Two-day conference, 400 attendees
Sample event Backyard graduation party with a support kitchen
A check of the kitchen, power and access ahead of time, a support kitchen in the backyard so the family's kitchen stayed free, a table layout adjusted to the real space after the floor plan, and full cleanup the same night.
- Event
- Social events
- Venue and guests
- Private home, 90 guests
Want to try the menu before you decide? Book a tasting, no strings attached.
Book a tasting Contact
Get an event quote.
Tell us how many guests, where and when, and we'll send you a proposal with the per-person price.
LocationNashville, Tennessee
Get an event quote. Tell us how many guests, where and when, and we'll send you a proposal with the per-person price and what it doesn't include.
Book a tasting. Try the full menu, cooked by the same chef who'll be at your event, before you decide.