Essence Catering

Name: Essence Catering
Address: 430 Parkdale Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Y1H1, CA
Telephone: +16138504776
Rating: 5

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Essence Catering

Specializing in bringing the fine food restaurant experience to your home and special events.
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09/04/2024

Tuna with olivada. Saffron aioli. A tasty little bite with crunch and freshness.
Was a real winner last week.

09/03/2024

For my front patio tomatoes. It's always a gamble with the squirrels. How ripe can I get it before he eats it.
An age old game. One I seem to lose more than win...
One more day.

09/02/2024

1400 canapes in 3hrs. Certainly put this lovely kitchen to the test yesterday. Sometimes you just need to put your head down and plow forward.
This was one of those times. Another great service from our team.

08/27/2024

Round #1 of our fermented chilis for this year's hot sauce.
Still thinking on a name.
Our little fermentation box. Pretty simple set up. Works great!

Late night tacos aren't as much fun as when someone wants it hot!

How hot do you like it?

1-10.

08/26/2024

This weeks menu for don't miss the Korean fried chicken and waffles. Chive waffles with these chicken thighs for the win.
And who doesn't like pork belly burnt ends.
Orders in by Wed

08/22/2024

and I have teamed up for a fun night of Italian themed dishes. We use products at the store for the menu. They will be pairing two cocktail and two wines to the dishes.
It's sure to be a great night.

Call
To book your seating.
613-729-9100

08/22/2024

Really happy with how this new dessert for our pop up with has turned out.
If you'd like to try this very decadent take on tiramisu and three other stellar italian themed courses. Give a call to 613-729-9100 and book your table today. Still some seats available.
We'd love to see you there. And we will be preparing it all right in front of you. Really great interactive evening.

Tiramisu with espresso anglaise. Smoked chocolate cremeux. Cocoanib dust. Chocolate meringue. And an espresso balsamic.

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08/21/2024

I have had really poor success with these white alpine berries for 2yrs now. Each year I get maybe 3 decent strawberries. This year. Looks like maybe 2. I will keep experimenting.

08/21/2024

Last few hours to order this weeks BBQ takeout. Order via dm here or overate for pick up on Friday.

08/21/2024

Our fave bite of the year so far.

Duck confit croquette with romesco and cherry

08/20/2024

We still have seats available for this italian themed meal. Enjoy the hospitality and cool cocktails from the Cafe Ventuna staff. While eating and interacting with the Essence Team. This will be a meal to remember.

To book your seating please call, 613-729-9100

We'd love to see you there.

08/17/2024

After a week of pure gluttony, this is what my body craves.

Kitchen sink crudo. With passion fruit.

08/17/2024

A sneak peek at a dish from our upcoming collaboration with
Sitting at course #3.

Nebiolo braised beef short rib. Caramelized onion and squash cappelletti. Walnut gremolata. Pickled fennel. Parsley jus.

Make sure to call 613-729-9100 to reserve your seats. We will be plating in front of the guests and answering food and wine questions as we go.

We look forward to seeing you there.

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08/16/2024

I absolutely love making pasta. Serving large numbers at once at events I'd truly a labour of love. It take pretty impeccable timing for a team to bring all the components together on the plate and served efficiently.

Caramelized onion and roasted squash cappelletti. Squash puree. Brown butter. Parm shards. Walnut gremolata.

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08/12/2024

Scenes from the pass. This past weekends wedding. 4 courses with canapes.
The team was tight and super efficient. Love it when service is a breeze. I have the best onsite team in the region. So thankful for their commitment.

08/12/2024

Church Smojehouse menu for this week.
We are spinning a porchetta'esque pork belly stuffed with nduja and fennel. Cooked over oak and mesquite on our kamado joe. A real treat. A big enough slice for 2. And of course all our other usual suspects.
Order via DM by Wed at noon. Pick up on Saturday.

Note: saturday pick up this week.

08/10/2024

I wonder how many of these ive done over the years. A crazy number I'm sure.

This one is sea buckthorn curd and raspberry.

08/07/2024

Last chance to order this weeks bbq take out. And added last minute are these beautiful huge bone in short ribs. I have 2 left @$38. Small ones are mine;)

08/06/2024

Round 1 of smoked and braised short ribs are out. Time to start batch #2

08/06/2024

Locally foraged chanterelles for this weeks wedding. Going to be a beautiful plate.
Stay tuned...

08/05/2024

This weeks bbq takeout menu from
Head over to that page and dm your order by Wed at noon. Pick ups are on Friday right here at Essence. 430 parkdale.

08/01/2024

We need to have a conversation. For over 20yrs ive been going to the market to get local fruit and veg. In this case today, the Parkdale Market.
Now let's put aside that city has completely ruined this market and forced all the producers to leave. All we have left are vendors/resellers. With occasional producer showing up.
THIS WAS $27.00.
It isn't organic. These weren't the ones growing or picking. Just a reseller.

WE HAVE LOST OUR MINDS.

I continue to want to support the various markets around town. But this males zero financial sense for anyone.

Your thoughts?

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07/29/2024

For the past few weeks we've been doing BBQ take out from Essence. Under a new name. Church Smokehouse. It's really taken me back to my days as a chef in Texas. And we are really having quite a lot of fun with it.
We offer Texas BBQ. This means we use mostly Salt and Pepper for seasoning(though not always) and we smoke over oak and mesquite. We are sourcing our products from local farms and producers. Then we are taking our time and paying attention to the little details. All to bring you the best in Texas BBQ in Ottawa. Bar none.

How do you order or see our menus?

Head on over to and give us a follow. We will post menus every Monday. DM us your orders by Wed at noon. We will confirm and send a square link for payment. Then you just pick up on Friday. Between 2pm-7pm.
Couldn't be any easier.

Here is this weeks menu. It includes our signature beef short ribs from Essence. Southern fried chicken. Pork belly burnt ends. Brisket and chicken wings.

Place your orders and see why we've been asked over and over to offer our Texas BBQ full time.

07/27/2024

When a hard day is over and it's not late on a Saturday, this is the perfect place to unwind.
Cafe Ventuno. Inside

Lemon meringue pie cocktail.

Simply perfect. You should go!

07/19/2024

Last night we did a fun little bbq and Bourbon tasting with the great folks over at . Some fun little bbq plates were enjoyed with a great selection of rare bourbons and 2 awesome cocktails. Yup. Dessert came out of the bbq as well.
Really fun night. If you haven't already, stop by for some cocktail products, have a drink in their lounge or patio. Or better yet. Sign up for one of their classes. You won't ge disappointed.

07/18/2024

You are missed my friend...

07/16/2024

A throwback to a time when I took myself a bit more seriously and loved competing.
One of the best plates of my career. It successfully defended our chocolate title. I think 2014.
What a decadent dessert this was.

Chocolate and cherry.

Chocolate cremeux. Chocolate sable. Tempered Chocolate wafer. Cocoa crispy truffle. Smoke ganache. Cherry gel. Whipped white chocolate. Caramelized white chocolate. Cocoa nib crumble. Chocolate balsamic.

Or.

Chocolate and cherry

07/12/2024

Sometimes all you need is a nice salad. This one makes me smile each year at this time. When we serve it for a couple of months.
It hits all the right notes.

Grilled peach and heirloom tomato salad. Whipped burrata. Cucumber and pesto.

07/10/2024

I've been asked by a client to revisit this dessert we did for a benefit for the Sheppards of Good Hope. I can't believe I only ever made it once. Granted I made over 300 of them.
We accept the challenge.

Corn variations.

Corn bread pain perdu. Corn bavarois. Popcorn caramel. Moonshine cherry. Popcorn powder and crumble.

Damn!

07/09/2024

Seared tuna. Grilled asparagus maki roll. Avocado. Charred green onion. Spicy peanut crunch.

Needed to make a variation on our steak frites sushi for a pescatarian client.

Address

430 Parkdale Avenue
Ottawa, ON
K1Y1H1

Telephone

+16138504776

Website

http://www.essencecatering.ca/

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Tuna crudo

A little video from this weekend. Just decorating this tuna crudo dish. These plates were basically licked clean. Tuna crudo. Coconut lime sauce. Pickled peach. Jalapeno. Sweety peppers. Cilantro jus. Chili oil.