Enjoy the fine cuisine and elegance of a high-end Boston or New York City restaurant as world-class chefs prepare an evening to remember forever. Work with your personal chefs to develop your theme and menu, whether it be a four or five course dinner or other. Build your own tradition with options such as seafood chowders and bisques, fresh shellfish, lobster, and grilled veggies.
Essential Chefs Catering will bring those down-home foods from Texas, the mid-west, or the south directly to your door. Enjoy juicy steaks, ribs, chicken, burgers - even the whole pig - with traditional southern side dishes, soul food, and desserts. In our Essential Culinary Classes, our executive chefs show you how to create delicious dishes all year long.
Essential Chefs Catering will bring those down-home foods from Texas, the mid-west, or the south directly to your door. Enjoy juicy steaks, ribs, chicken, burgers - even the whole pig - with traditional southern side dishes, soul food, and desserts. In our Essential Culinary Classes, our executive chefs show you how to create delicious dishes all year long.
Services
Essential Chefs Catering are the premier caterers in the Merrimack Valley serving the north shore of MA and Boston, southern NH, and southern Maine. Our catering kitchen is located locally. It is state-of-the-art, full-service commercial kitchen and storage facility equipped with top-of-the-line commercial equipment with separate cooking and baking sections; on-site dry, cold, and frozen storage areas; and a packaging area.
Tapas and Small Plates: Would you like to include Tapas and Small Plates at your next event? The following menus are SAMPLE MENUS for inspiration. Our chefs will work with YOUR BUDGET and likes to CUSTOMIZE your menu especially for you.
Passed Hors d'Oeuvres and Appetizers: By serving Passed Hors d'Oeuvres and Appetizers instead of a formal dinner, you can turn the "mingling hour" into a celebration that looks and feels expensive without the hefty price tag.Many of our Passed Hors d'Oeuvres.
Passed Hors d'Oeuvres and Appetizers: By serving Passed Hors d'Oeuvres and Appetizers instead of a formal dinner, you can turn the "mingling hour" into a celebration that looks and feels expensive without the hefty price tag.Many of our Passed Hors d'Oeuvres.
Our featured plated dinner party menus and theme ideas are simply a starting point - a sampling of some possibilities. The sky is the limit when creating your special day and we encourage you to work closely with John and Dan to "transform your dream event into a delicious reality". 1. Stir the peppercorns, shallot, and vinegar together in a small serving bowl and let sit for one hour.
Our featured tapas and small plates menu is simply a starting point - a sampling of some possibilities. Hi John and Dan - Thank you so much for the wonderful party. We weren't sure how the small plates and tapas would work as opposed to the sit down dinner, but there was more food than we could imagine and every plate was too beautiful to eat!
If you like your guests to mingle, consider our elegant Chef-Attended Buffet Stations menu featuring carving boards with roasted meats; charcuterie; international cheese and fruit displays; Italian antipasto and middle eastern delicacies; seafood raw bar; custom pasta stations; grilled vegetables and crudite ~ all arranged around a glittering ice sculpture.
Reviews (7)
Tess Martin
Jul 18, 2021
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Donna A.
Sep 20, 2020
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I can't say enough about the service and food of John Martin. We met to discuss the menu for an afternoon memorial service at my home for approximately 40 people. It was exactly how he said it would be. He prepared a variety of delicious foods for a variety of palates and people were going back for seconds. Many said they took his business card and my nephew wants him for his wedding next year. From beginning to end it was perfect and made a difficult day more enjoyable. Thank you John and your awesome, accommodating servers.
Jennifer Sprague
May 30, 2020
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Susan Lasch
Aug 25, 2019
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We recently had a cocktail party to celebrate our wedding catered by John of Essential Chefs. Everything from start to finish was absolutely amazing! His server and bartender were friendly and experienced and the food was exceptional. Our guests raved about the food. I would highly recommend John for any catering needs.
Ruth B.
Nov 07, 2016
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Very happy to have this catering company at my at-home birthday party. John Martin worked with me to come up with a menu that was fitting to my Gilligan's Island theme", delicious, and matched my budget. His staff took care of everything - prepping, cooking, serving, and cleaning up. Even the bartender handled the tiki bar with aplomb. As a hostess, John and his team gave me the chance to actually be out of the kitchen and with my guests.
Oh, and yes, the guests loved the food.....especially the beef sliders.
Oh, and yes, the guests loved the food.....especially the beef sliders.
Elizabeth A.
Dec 08, 2015
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John catered our celebration of life in July and it was delightful. We didn't have a final headcount until two days prior and they handled that without a hiccup. He and his staff are friendly, professional and made do with a very primitive outdoor kitchen. All of the food was scrumptious and their displays lovely. I would recommend them for any event.
Ted Riegel
Nov 22, 2015
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