Bite Catering Couture

08/04/2024

Hi There!
I’m Elizabeth Goel, Owner of Bite Catering Couture and our newly renovated historic venue, 440 ELM.

I love creating gorgeous custom menus, presentation and service that tell my clients’ stories!

If you can’t tell from my picture, I’m more smirker than smiler) 😏
I’m the youngest of five kids to parents who regularly entertained - Mom, a good cook and dad who definitely knew a thing or two about keeping wine glasses full! 🍷 I learned early the pleasure and delight people take in carefully crafted food and a beautifully set table.
I graduated from Barnard College in NYC. After meeting my (now) husband in my senior year, I happily stress-baked my way out of a marketing career into working my first job as a pastry cook at Danny Meyers Union Square Cafe. I eventually earning my Grand Diplome in Pastry Arts at The French Culinary Institute. Inspired by the incredible NYC food scene - the pinnacle of which was a 23-course tasting menu at Aquavit (with Marcus Samuelsson still at the helm) - I took my first catering clients with a focus on multi-course tasting menus. Not long after, we moved to LA, were married and I started Bite Catering Couture - kicking off my first full year in business with an invitation to compete on the Food Network…and off I went!
In 2020 with the event industry shut down, my husband and I began to look at properties and, on a whim, we scheduled a tour of an old church in Long Beach… it took our breath away! Renovating 440 ELM has been a multi-year labor of love. I love that it has always been a place of light, love and celebration - a tradition I’m proud to carry on through the incredible events we get to host!
Fun facts:

Give me a themed party - no matter how obscure - and I’m in my happy place.

When I’m not working I’m spending time with my family - my husband, five year old son and my dog are “my boys.”

I’m addicted to listening to books on audible.
Dark chocolate IS chocolate.
Cheese can most definitely be a meal.
So nice to meet you! I’d love to connect and hear your story.

07/04/2024

“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.”

– William Faulkner

Wishing you a Happy and Safe 4th of July!
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06/28/2024

(yeok haew) Beef Tartare
truffle aioli, egg yolk gel, pickled shaved garlic, micro green

06/12/2024

The start of summer brings us back to this gorgeous private Los Angeles home wedding - blues, whites and a touch of yellow were perfectly paired!

We think our team looks pretty great too 😊

05/18/2024

And soon we move from Spring to Summer! 🌱 🥕 ☀️

Baby carrot and asparagus salad with roasted beets and pickled fennel with papaya vinaigrette.

04/21/2024

Our exclusive historic venue, , featured in a beautiful feature by !

02/18/2024

The pass… something delicious coming your way!

02/14/2024

heart-shaped raviolo al’uovo
beet pasta, ricotta-goat cheese and meyer lemon, soft yolk, crispy artichoke heart and shaved aged Parmesan

Happy Valentine’s Day!!! ❤️

02/05/2024

[Bite Catering] It's Super Bowl weekend (you might catch our new venue in a commercial) -

I have to say I’m not into football. The thought of big, fast people running into each other at full speed just sounds like it hurts. But my husband is, so I’ve had plenty of games on in the background over the years. And I love the social part of large games where you get the pageantry and the ...

01/27/2024

With the Super Bowl coming up we’re thinking about our favorite game day bites… but elevated!

Deviled quails’ eggs with California caviar, creme fraiche and scallion 🏈 🥚 👏

01/18/2024

So excited to be included in this article in which explores plated vs buffet, along with fellow industry experts:

📸 Ely Brothers
Contributors:

01/14/2024

Fresh summer rolls

01/09/2024

Vegan passion fruit cheesecake
passion fruit puree, coconut whipped cream, fresh mango, freeze dried raspberry crumbs. 🙌

12/30/2023

Thrilled to be included in this article about couples deciding between a daytime and nighttime wedding - both approaches certainly offer lots of exciting options for menus, service, style and decor!

12/08/2023

Excited to play with the new Pantone color in food this year!

Guava cheesecake tarts 🧑‍🍳😘

12/01/2023

Steak and eggs 🙌
Steak tartare, shallots in a sesame wonton cones - finished with creme fraiche, chives and California caviar

10/31/2023

Wishing everybody a spooktacular Halloween! 🎃 👻

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10/30/2023

A fashionably British menu at our in-store line launch for

-Quail’s egg scotch egg with truffle
-Tsar Nikolai smoked salmon blini
-Chocolate ganache tart
-Petit lemon curd tart with toasted meringue