Doug Mead Catering

We love the fact that you are dedicated and focused on satisfying our family tastes. You have made our holidays more enjoyable with your cooking and presence. Doug you have a knack for focusing on your tasty dishes. Love that you are flexible and creative with your cooking. Doug~ you are becoming a part of our family celebrations. We love your accommodations to special dietary preferences– from vegan, or Gluten free to just decadently delicious foods. Crazy about your mustard prime rib. Your garlic mashed potatoes are to die for and love your perfectly fresh vegetables. Waking up to the smell of breakfast being cooked is pretty awesome to say the least. When our grown children come home for the weekend with their significant others – I feel pampered with your cooking and can focus on spending quality time with my family instead of worrying what will I make for dinner. Our kids appreciate having «mom present» instead of a «stressed out mom.» We enjoy that you teach us your recipes while you cook! Thank you!

If appetizers serve as the culinary previews for what is to come in a meal, Doug Mead’s bruschetta crostini at the Unilocal Elite Event in Walnut Creek yesterday gripped me from the first bite. Fresh tomato with the perfect proportion of garlic, oil and parmesan — I can see why this is one of Doug’s most popular starters. I’m going on first impression here, but I get the sense that if something as simple as tomato salad on toast can be so delicious, anything that this caterer makes is going to be equally straightforward and yummy.

Doug did an outstanding catering my wife’s 60^th birthday party! He really invested the time to understand what we wanted and then he delivered — big time! Imaginative, creative and delicious food. He did a great job from set up to clean up. I wholeheartedly recommend Doug Mead Catering!

Doug did a fantastic job for our wedding! From start to finish, Doug was extremely helpful, professional, and kind. Our family and friends can’t stop talking about how good dinner was. Doug was great at working with our budget and helping us make the most of what we were able to afford. I cannot recommend Doug highly enough!

Doug Mead catered my wedding last August for 200+ people and it was amazing! We had tri-​tip, bbq chicken, broccoli, potatoes, popovers, and salad with his poppyseed dressing (best salad dressing I’ve ever had) and honestly it all was so good. We did a food tasting with him before the event and that was really fun too!
Doug was easy to work with, friendly, very professional, and I would highly recommend him as a caterer (in fact I already have).

Doug Mead has done many events for me in the past. He has the ability to be flexible in many different scenarios. From dinner for events to small settings to leadership trainings. Doug also is an excellent teacher and instructor. He did a team building exercise for a leadership weekend that was awesome. He used the concept of meals and to teach the biblical principle of celebration and community, and the meal prep became team building. Each team was given a budget & time frame, had to come up with a meal and prepare it. I got to be the judge. Must say it was tasty!
If you are looking for a team building opportunity that is unique and effective, give Doug a call!

I’ve been to many conferences and eaten a lot of bad food. Thankfully, Doug was catering the most recent one. I actually looked forward to lunch each day. My favorite meal by far was the tuna casserole made with real tuna! It was amazing. I’m looking forward to what he’s going to cook next week for our BBQ!

Just had a fantastic Hawaiian dinner catered by Doug! The piña colada cupcakes were fantastic! Thank you Doug!!!

Doug Mead is a fantastic caterer!!! He took care of everything, I didn’t have to worry about a thing! His menu selections are amazing and the food was fantastic. ANYTIME I need to hire someone to cater an event — Doug will always be the first and only person I call!!!
Thank you so much for everything Doug Mead!!!

Doug has been catering at our Church Singles events for years now… Doug and his bride Sue are wonderful people who will get it done and do what it takes to succeed… they care about the customer, they are experienced, they are credible, they are fun and inventive… they would be great for a wedding or party…
The food is delicious… Doug prides himself on his extensive Mexican cuisine… I agree with him… his flan is the best…
As Brian said, they routinely handle 150 – 250 people using our small Church kitchen… Doug and Sue have an established team who are flexible and reliable.
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We attended a Dinner/​Dance last Saturday night and Doug catered the meal. The menu consisted of an awesome romaine salad, beef stroganoff, baked broccoli, and for dessert — carrot cake. I know it’s hard to prepare for over 150 people, just watch Dinner Impossible. The salad had good consistency and taste and was very fresh and crisp. The beef in the stroganoff was a bit tough and some pieces were much larger than others. I learned to cook from my Mom who made a great beef stroganoff and she always sliced the meat in ¼″ pieces about an inch in length and marinated to tenderize the meat (usually flank steak). The broccoli was a bit overcooked the first time around. When I went back for seconds the broccoli was much better. The carrot cake was good, a bit sweet, but very edible.