As a company we have four main goals...
-Entice you and your guests with fantastic cuisine and unique design.
-Provide you with impeccable customer service.
-Take away all the stress of event planning.
-Keep you in budget!
We truly dedicate ourselves to being the best at what we do every day and encourage you to experience how that can make your event spectacular.
OUR STAFF
It take so many to produce fantastic events over and over so we thank all of those staff members who are the heart and soul of what we do. Here are just a few of our key players...
Heather Irvin
Owner & Creative Director
Although catering was not in the original deck of cards for Heather, she holds strong to the fact that she has always had a passion for food. After graduating with a BFA in Musical Theatre from Elon University and working professionally as an actor up and down the East Coast, her career took her to Manhattan. It was in the Big City that her love for food and cooking truly blossomed into that full fledged passion. She worked for several restaurant companies, including China Grill Management, where she ran an extremely large wine and beverage program. It was through the connections there that she was able to gain exposure to great chefs cooking for clientele with exceedingly high expectations.
Though the majority of her duties dedicated her to the front of the house, the restaurant lent a perfect stage for someone willing and eager to learn. She began working on her off days prepping in the kitchen and absorbing as much knowledge as possible. Being in New York gave her the opportunities to explore several varieties of cuisine and further strengthened her dedication to providing the highest quality product. This, coupled with her dedication to customer service and a keen eye for the slightest of details, proved invaluable.
After leaving the big apple she moved to Florida and became the Executive Sous Chef of KarlMarks Catering. Here, Heather focused mainly on menu planning, plating, décor, and event execution. Soon thereafter she relocated with her husband once again to North Carolina where she has worked with companies such as Rocky Top Hospitality and Mitchell’s Catering and Events.
In July 2009, after being the Director of Catering Sales and Marketing, Heather became owner of the now, Premiere Catering & Events. Permanently on the other side of the stove, she calls upon the culinary knowledge, business savvy, and event operation expertise she has gained throughout the years in the industry to create a wide variety of innovative and customized events.
David Sutton
Executive Chef-Patron
Starting at age 16 at Manchester's, his neighborhood bar and grill, David Sutton worked his way from dishwasher to Assistant Kitchen Manager in under two years.
Striving to advance his skill and palate, he would watch the chefs, asking questions, learning not only what the ingredients were and how they were prepared, but why those ingredients, when combined, composed something more than the sum of their parts.
He took these lessons with him to the prestigious Cardinal Club in downtown Raleigh where, as Chef de Partie, he learned of more exotic and tantalizing ingredients along with a higher level of food presentation. He learned how balance is the key to a perfect dish; how presentation is just as important as flavor; how food is more than just sustenance. It was art, and a unique way to present oneself to the public.
Later, at Riviera Mediterranean Resto and Lounge, as Chef de Cuisine, he developed menus around these principals. Not having a freezer in his kitchen, he learned how, when using the freshest ingredients, the simplest preparations can give the most amazing results.
Yearning once again for new skills and knowledge he went to Mitchell's Catering and Events, where, as Lead Production Chef, he learned how to prepare delicacies for larger events, with as many as 2000 guests, with the same attention to detail and level of precision as an intimate dinner party.
Now with Premiere Catering and Events, as Executive Chef de Cuisine, David has been able to take all of these experiences and combine them to create some of the most creative and sensory stimulating dishes in the Triangle area. Never settling for second best, he pushes himself to make every event an experience for our clients and guests… an experience to remember for years to come.
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Our Mailing Address & Sales Office:
Premiere Catering & Events
Cary, NC 27511
Banquet Hall Listing
We are proud to be the exclusive caterer to Historic Crenshaw Hall in Wake Forest and are approved at over 60 special reception locations including:
The Sutherland
Duke Gardens
Cobblestone Hall
The Greystone Inn & Conference Center
The NC Museum of History
Shady Wagon Farm
Cotton Company
Bass Lake Retreat Center
The Grand Marquise Ballroom
Lake O' The Woods Plantation
The Rand-Bryan House
River Ridge Golf Club
The Royal
Bay 7 American Tobacco Warehouse
Art Space
and many many more...
Our Friends
We have the honor of teaming with many prestigious industry proffessionals throughout the Triangle.
Triangle Bridal Association
Forever Bridal
ISES-GT
NACE
NCRLA
Professional Wedding Guild
Midtown Place
Weddings Magazine
Wedding Wire
The Bride's Book
photo by Martha Manning
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