The Best Wedding Caterers in the NC Triangle
Whether you and your fiance are foodies or simply want to ensure a delicious experience for your guests, the wedding caterer you choose will have a big impact on your celebration. The good news? There’s several NC wedding caterers we know and trust to provide an exceptional meal for your event.
First, make sure you have a clear budget for your wedding meal. The last thing you want is to underestimate how much wedding catering will cost or leave your guests hungry! Once you’ve determined your budget for food and beverage and the type of cuisine that suits your reception, you’ll be ready to inquire with local wedding caterers.
Heart of NC Weddings has partnered with Catering By Design to highlight unique flavors and curated menus offered by both the Cary-based catering company, as well as our recommended wedding caterers in the NC Triangle. Read on to find the perfect caterer for your rehearsal dinner, cocktail hour or wedding reception!
Top Wedding Caterers in the Triangle: Catering By Design
Catering By Design is a full-service caterer that has served guests at weddings of all sizes since 2000. This catering team will work with you to put together a customized menu to match your vision. Catering by Design serves up anything from Southern classics like pulled pork barbecue, Memphis-style chicken and its signature white macaroni and cheese to decadent Italian bites like hand-breaded chicken Parmesan and tortellini with peas and prosciutto served with an Alfredo sauce.
For an interactive element guests will love, opt for one of Catering by Design’s chef-manned stations like the classic carving station (your choice of rosemary roasted NY strip or prime rib) or jambalaya station.
Catering By Design is dedicated to providing you with the best possible service without the stress. We love that this Cary-based caterer uses a convenient, streamlined three-step booking process, making planning a breeze. Plus, Catering by Design offers private tastings for weddings with more than 50 guests!
Elegant Chapel Hill Caterer: Beau Catering
This classic caterer has been serving up delicious dishes for nearly 20 years. Founded by the late chef Beau Bennett. Beau Catering is now lead by chef Katie Hopkins, and offers a range of cuisine and customizable menus for weddings.
Chef Beau’s goal was to serve delicious, sophisticated yet approachable dishes, and that ethos still drives Beau Catering today.
Serving Favorites from Beloved Raleigh Restaurants: Empire Eats Catering
Empire Eats Catering draws on the menus of the popular downtown Raleigh restaurants that the group operates – including Gravy, The Pit, Sitti and The Raleigh Times – to deliver delicious, uncomplicated wedding meals.
Empire Eats’ menus offer everything from North Carolina barbecue to Italian classics to Mediterranean staples like fresh hummus and veggies to Southern shrimp and grits for your wedding.
One of Raleigh’s Best Wedding Caterers: Catering Works
Catering Works has been a Heart of NC Weddings preferred vendor for many years! Catering Works is the exclusive catering partner of the North Carolina Museum of Art, but you can hire its team to feed your guests at many local venues.
This female-owned team is dedicated to sustainable food service – which it achieves in part by using compostable utensils and composting food scraps – and loves to create dishes that are equally appetizing and visually stunning.
Locally Owned NC Wedding Caterer: Funky Fresh Catering
This husband-and-wife owned catering team strives to deliver delectable dishes that are a step above ordinary wedding food. Funky Fresh Catering works with couples to plan wedding menus based on their specific budget and desires for a truly customized and personal experience. Rather than being all about the food, this NC caterer is all about the experience of each couple and their guests!
Raleigh’s Most Creative Wedding Caterer: HL Catering Company
Innovation and creativity are never lacking from HL Catering Company‘s spreads. The HL Catering team works hard to continually refresh menus with inventive concepts, and if you can dream it up, they can execute it.
“We pride ourselves on constantly creating new menu items … from our liquid nitrogen frose station to savory, salted blue corn waffle cones filled with tater tots, beef short rib and Gruyere beer cheese, we love innovating to make our clients’ wedding food dreams come true,” says HL Catering Company co-owner and chef Houston Loper.
Mediterranean Wedding Catering from Durham’s Saladelia
If you’re looking for a Triangle wedding caterer that can serve up delicious Mediterranean or Middle Eastern favorites – along with Southern classics, for that matter – Saladelia should top your list.
This long-standing Triangle cafe offers a catering menu based around fresh dishes with Lebanese influences. And if you’re looking for a wedding cake or dessert baker, we highly recommend you check out Saladelia’s sister business, The Mad Hatter’s Cafe & Bakeshop!
Inventive Raleigh Caterer, PoshNosh Catering
“We are always changing up our menus and playing with new dishes,” says PoshNosh Catering owner and executive chef Coleen Speaks. This Raleigh-based caterer offers creative dishes with fine dining flair. Coleen is also the owner of Raleigh event space Whitaker & Atlantic, and neighboring restaurant Hummingbird!
Authentic Mexican Wedding Caterer: Ta’ Contento Mex Fresh Food
Husband-and-wife catering team Nora Anaya and Hans Vargas have been serving up creative Mexican and Latin American dishes in the Triangle since 2022. Ta’ Contento’s wedding catering menu offers couples a wide variety of dishes, each with bright and exciting flavor profiles.
If you’re looking for a fun catering option for your wedding welcome party, rehearsal dinner or reception, Ta’ Contento also offers a food truck and mobile dessert truck you can book!
Wedding Charcuterie with À La Cart
Owner Arwa Karame brings a new, exciting and convenient edge to wedding catering with Raleigh’s first mobile charcuterie cart! “Our stylish mobile cart rolls right into your celebration, serving premium meats, artisan cheeses, fresh fruits and perfectly paired bites,” Arwa says.
À La Cart is the perfect option for social guests who prefer to graze during cocktail hour, and its expanded late-night menu is sure to keep dancers and party animals sustained and energized all night long.
