Beurre Noir Catering

Such a disappointment! I purchased a voucher through LivingSocial like others did, for a special birthday activity with my nephews (yes — three boys who love to cook). No one would return my calls when I attempted to schedule. I’m glad that LivingSocial is refunding the cost, but now my special birthday plans are ruined…

Jess Sprague does not know how to run a professional business. I felt like it was a scam as well.
She NEVER answered my phone calls… She never returned e-​mails…
I finally reached her and made an appointment WHICH SHE CANCELLED «due to a family emergency» or something on the lines of that…
Now we received an e-​mail from Living Social that she is no longer accepting the vouchers? Ummm pretty sure she NEVER accepted the vouchers.
I didn’t even know we had to shop for our own food?! HAHA I would have said NO WAY to that if I got that far…
I only got to the point to where we had a confirmed date and she sent me a complicated confusing list of foods?
Very bad experience without even experiencing the class.
Very frustrating when you invite people to your house for a fun catering night, and you find out via e-​mail that she’s not showing up the day of.

Same thing happened to me. Jess Sprague did not show up to our appointment, did not returned my calls or emails.

Never experienced such bad business practices. This «catering» company is a total and complete scam. I hope they go out of business.
I called Living Social and they indicated that they are refunding people’s money for this because so many people have complained.
I wouldn’t hire her even if someone paid ME.

I repeat everything everyone has said! Worst company ever. Confirmed my appointment a week before and then never showed up and never contacted me about it! This company will go out of business if it hasn’t already.

This happened to me as well. I last heard from Jessica on March 7 to confirm my appointment for April 25. She promised me the shopping list 48 hours in advance, which I never received. I emailed her several times to ask for the list and confirm her arrival, and never heard back. I’d call it a bust.
Amazon local already processed my refund. Not a good experience!

Wish I had read this before I purchased their services. At least I didn’t do all the shopping since they sent me some bs menu that my children could have done without any help from a «chef». I am glad I didn’t wind up actually doing the shopping.

DO NOT HIRE THIS COMPANY!!! Jessica also emailed with us all week, gave us a menu and a shopping list and then didn’t show. She also did not call or email us to let her know that she would not be able to attend. Or return my frantic emails and phone calls. At first, I was worried for her safety, but after reading these reviews, I am convinced this is a scam. Luckily, Amazon Deals gave us a refund immediately.
To be honest with you, there is something creepy and Catfish-​like about this whole thing. Who emails repeatedly with a customer the week before an event and then doesn’t show? I can’t imagine that Amazon or Living Social continues to pay her.
On the plus side, our friends rolled with the change in plans and we came up with a menu on the fly using the primo ingredients Jessica had us buy. It ended up being a fun Top Chef sorta night, with delicious food. So, maybe we didn’t need the cooking lesson after all.

Seems like a scam. We also did this through living social like the other reviewer mentioned, and she emailed (AND CALLED) to setup everything… and never showed up nor called. DO NOT HIRE HER

Do not hire this company! Via LivingSocial, we hired Jessica to give our friends and us a cooking class at our house. The first signs of trouble came when she emailed us asking about our food preferences for the menu. She seemed to ignore everything we wrote and presented a menu with pretty much everything we hate to eat. After some back and forth, the menu issue finally seemed to be resolved.
The night before our class, Jessica emailed us with instructions to purchase various ingredients. We did so. Unfortunately, on the night of the class, Jessica never showed up. No phone call. No email. We looked like fools in front of our friends. We attempted to contact Jessica many times but never heard back. Not only was our time wasted, but we spent a lot of money on the ingredients and the class itself. Very disappointing!