Thomas John Events

I love their food! There is nothing to complain about their service and food. The food was even taste much better at the reception than at the menu tasting.

Very personable! Email response a bit slow but willing to help in more way than just food!

We worked with Thomas John Events for our wedding in July 2009 at Nestldown. We decided to work with them because of their unmatched quality and service level. Our expectations were exceeded on the big day when every detail was just as planned, and they even helped us deal with some small details (cake was undecorated, oops!) that we didn't anticipate. Thomas John is different from other caterers because they will work with you to give you whatever service level you need - whether it means having staff direct guests to a certain area or accommodate specific food requests. Unfortunately this means you end up paying a bit more. We definitely thought the extra cost was warranted because of the great service. Thomas John came to our apt in SF and spend 3-4 hours walking us through all the possibilities, and then we did a tasting (again at our apt - so convenient!) Kristin and her team were really fun to work with and gave us exceptional service. We would gladly hire them again (but we're not planning on putting on another wedding soon)!

TJE did superb work at our wedding. The very pleasant and well groomed staff arrived earlier than expected to set up and when they had spare time, they even aided our family and friends, who were helping with decorations and flowers, finish up their presentations. Directly after our ceremony they were their with wine in hand for our parched guests and served hors d'oeuvres fit for a king. All of our guests commented about the fantastic food and how friendly and efficient the staff was. If my new bride and I could give higher than a five-star rating, we would.

HOLY CRAP. I am AMAZED by these people. We have been working with Dana Miller to plan our wedding, and we couldn't be happier. She is incredibly professional, intelligent, kind and fun. We were impressed from the very beginning, when we met with Dana for a 2 hour initial consultation. We went over everything from the types of food we like/dislike and what we want our wedding to look like to the types of linens/dishes we could afford. She came back a week later with a 10-page, highly detailed proposal that knocked our socks off. The chef had created a completely custom menu for us, and their price was within our range. Then came the tasting. Fantastic. They actually CAME to our HOUSE and catered a dinner with our wedding menu for us and 6 of our family and friends. The food was fantastic. Fresh, wonderful, and BEAUTIFULLY presented. I was SO impressed, both by the food and by their service. All of our guests were impressed as well. We are all really excited for the wedding. I think TJE is this affordable because they're just starting out, because their service and food is worth far more than the price they charge for it. Although Thomas John has been in the catering business for over a decade, his company is a baby compared to others in the biz (I think they've been in business for around 2 years, but I could be wrong). This would have made me nervous, except that TJE was recommended to me by someone on theknot.com, and all of their references were thrilled with the service and food they received (yes, I called every single one of them. I am very thorough!). So when our wedding rolled around, I was very excited. I cannot tell a lie: I expected a lot from Dana. I know I'm not supposed to have high expectations, but I did. After working with Dana for over a year, I got to know her. I learned what kind of person she is (kind, funny, extremely organized, dedicated, and intelligent) and what kind of work she does (she strives for perfection). After seeing the chart she'd made of our reception napkins to make sure they looked awesome (they were all different colors), my expectations were really high. It didn't even worry me, though. I knew Dana would deliver. And damn, did Dana deliver. Actually Dana did not just deliver. Holy crap. I cannot even begin to tell you how amazing our wedding was. It was AMAZING. Yes, I am incredibly organized and a lot of why it looked awesome were the details I spent hours crafting. But you know what? All that organization and detail-obsessing is totally useless if it's not executed correctly. It's true! I am happy to say that not only were my details executed perfectly, but they added their own amazing touches to the reception that I couldn't even have dreamed up if I tried. They created a BEAUTIFUL bar with flowers and martini glasses and glass blocks. Our yellow signature cocktails had YELLOW sugar on the rims. Our soup was poured hot out of a kettle-like-thing in front of each of our guests. It is this attention to detail that separates Dana and Thomas John Events from the rest. Our wedding was so classy. Dana and the rest of the TJE staff were SO professional. There was thought put into every detail, and none of it was lost on me. From the water and hors d'oeuvres set aside for us after the ceremony to the take-home bag they'd prepared for us (complete with a doggy bag of each of our entrees, hors d'oeuvres, a bottle of champagne, plastic champagne glasses and flatware and boxes of our dessert), they truly thought of everything.