Lexie Roberts

Review of A Spice of Life Catering Servi...

I worked at A Spice of Life Catering from May 2016...

I worked at A Spice of Life Catering from May 2016-July 2018 in a variety of different roles. I left Spice to become an event manager at a venue in Denver, and now see such a difference between A Spice of Life and their competition. I wanted to leave an unprompted review on a few ways they stand out:

1. Professionalism: There is an entire team there to help plan the event. The company is departmentalized between event specialists, operations, and chefs. Each group is professional, well-trained and responsible for their area of expertise. When I worked at Spice, I always appreciated the perspective from my Operations Director and Executive Chef to discover potential complications and problem-solve before the event ever took place. Now, as an events manager, I am surprised when caterers show up with no plan in place of how to execute an event - from basic things like where to setup, or the fact that there is no oven on site. These details can be really stressful on site without someone taking ownership in advance, which Spice always does.

2. Food quality: The food does not taste like "catering food." They use high quality ingredients and cook the food on site. The menu creation supports sustainability. This means a slightly limited menu so that the kitchen can reduce waste, and allow for seasonality adaptations.

3. On Site Staff: On site staff are well-trained, fun, hard-working, professional.

4. Zero Waste: This is maybe the biggest surprise since leaving this company. As an events manager at a venue, I am shocked at how much trash and waste is generated from events. Non-recyclable serving ware and general trash can fill a small dumpster from one event. A Spice of Life is a zero waste company which means they divert over 80% of their waste from landfills to compost and recycling. I thought "everyone was doing this," but my experience is that this is actually really rare and special. Spice will bring compost back from events to put it in their own compost bins on site, and take so much responsibility for their impact on the planet.

Other things to note: So much combined experience, so much passion, so much dedication to the company and clients. If you choose A Spice of Life for your event, you will be in good hands.