Saltbox Farm

Working with Saltbox Farm was a fantastic experience from start to finish. We had some out of the norm ideas for our wedding including serving a vegetarian meal, composting and or recycling all of the waste, using an outside vendor for rentals, and doing a lot of DIY, and Camille, Hannah and Ben totally ran with it and gave us a great event. The food was absolutely phenomenal and we’ve been getting e-​mails from our guests ever since to ask for recipes and contact info for the farm! We could not have asked for a better farm to table event than the one we got with Saltbox Farm. We’re already brain storming holiday parties so that we can work with them again!

Saltbox catered our wedding, and we cannot recommend them more enthusiastically. They are based out of a beautiful farmhouse in Concord that Ben Elliott, the proprietor of the small business, owns. In addition to farming, they do cooking classes and host events at the farm. We were sent there way by a friend who works at No. 9 Park, where Ben and others on the Saltbox team used to work. We were initially skeptical that they could do an event of our size (we had over 200 people), but any such concern was completely misplaced. Not only did they work within our budget constraints, and travel all the way up to our wedding venue on Lake Winnipesaukee for two site visits and the wedding itself, but the food they made was unspeakably delicious. Although we’re obviously a little biased, we both thought it was the best food we had had at a wedding, and we got an enormous number of compliments from guests saying similar things. Even beyond that, Ben and his team went well beyond what we expected a caterer to do. They helped us think through the schedule of the event, design the layout of our tent, review our rental order, and numerous other things. With everything, they were remarkably organized, thoughtful, and professional. (For full disclosure, Molly Loveday, who we mainly worked with and who was amazing, has left Saltbox to become the hospitality manager at Sarma in Somerville. But Ben was also incredible and I would assume things would be largely the same.) Hiring Saltbox was one of the best decisions we made in planning our wedding. If you’re looking for a caterer in the Boston area (or anywhere in New England), you couldn’t do better.

Not reliable. A couple of weeks after indicating they could cater our party, they informed us that another engagement prevented them from doing so. A caterer that doesn’t check their calender? Or did something bigger and better come along?

Ben is amazing. His food is always fresh and delicious, and he and his staff bend over backward to take care of every single last detail. Ben has created two spectacular pig roasts for our company and took care of large memorial service with only a few days notice. We are always grateful for all he does. I would HIGHLY recommend Ben and Saltbox Farm in every way.

The food that Chef Ben Elliott prepares is sublime. He sources whatever he can locally (including his own farm) and uses nothing but the freshest ingredients. All this attention to detail comes out in the food. Delicious. And in addition he’s is fantastic to work with. I would highly recommend Saltbox Farm to cater your next event.