Friends Catering

05/27/2025

May is always a busy month for weddings but this year has been particularly busy. May 17th seemed to be a really popular day to get married and Friends catered not one, not two, but THREE weddings at the exact same time.

Fruit displays, a nacho bar, chicken marsala, mac and cheese, a pasta bar, beef tips, and spinach strawberry salad were just a few of the delicious menu selections.

As always, our amazing staff helped us pull off the impossible and we had three very happy couples!

05/05/2025

Friends Catering would love to have your vote for best wedding caterer this year! Just follow the link below, scroll to the bottom of the page to find the best caterer category, and then follow the prompts to place your vote. Thank you 🫶🏻 😘

We want to hear from YOU on who you think is the best!

05/05/2025

We always enjoy being involved with events at Academy Center of the Arts! We recently provided some appetizers for a small event they were having. Thank you again for choosing Friends Catering!

04/14/2025

It’s wedding season!! Which also means it’s grazing table season! Here is another that we built recently for cocktail hour before moving on to our delicious taco bar for dinner. Who doesn’t love tacos?!

Congratulations to Mary Michael & Judd! 🫶🏻

04/13/2025

Come with us as we create a grazing table for 50 today! The Old Mill Farm Venue

04/04/2025

Fantastic News Friday!

We are so excited to announce that we were one of the winners of the Women and Minority-Owned Business Technical Assistance Microgrant! Made possible by Freedom First Credit Union.

Over 70 businesses attended the grant seminar, 25 businesses submitted grant proposals and 10 were selected as winners!

We will use this grant to enhance our online presence by building a new, more interactive website, upgrade signage for our storefront and expand into what is a frequent client request, bartending services!

By using these funds to hire other women and minority-owned local businesses to help us with the website and sign upgrades we keep the dollars local and support entrepreneurship!

Thank you again to Freedom First and the Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance.

03/10/2025

Client: “I need food for a birthday party.”
Us: “Is there a theme?”
Client: “Gnomes.”
Us: “On it!”

Thank you to this very special family who trusted us to provide food for their sweet kiddo’s 8th birthday.

Fairy doors, mushrooms, woodland creatures and the forest set the scene for a fun, interactive meal for all the little gnomes who gathered for the party!

No matter how young or how old our clients, we want your experience with Friends to be fun and delicious!

02/16/2025

Congratulations to Alicia and William on their winter wedding!

They had an intimate ceremony and reception at a beautiful house on Smith Mountain Lake where their friends and family gathered to celebrate this beautiful couple!

No matter the guest count, Friends is here to provide you with delicious food and smiling faces!

01/23/2025

January is usually the time where we have a moment to breathe after a busy fall wedding season that goes directly into an even busier holiday catering season.

This January though, you guys have kept us busy! Volunteer banquets, celebrations of life and tastings for new clients have filled our books!

We are grateful to be busy during what should be our slow time. Thank you!

Here are some pictures from our recent tastings.

01/07/2025

Our Chicken Marsala and Beef Stroganoff were the stars of a recent holiday event we catered. These two entrees were paired perfectly with our string beans and roasted potatoes and really wowed the crowd!

12/26/2024

From all of us at Friends Catering! And a happy New Year!

12/21/2024

December was AMAZING! You left us exhausted but grateful!

Eleven big events in fifteen days. Ten corporate events and a baby shower.

Thank you to everyone who supported our locally owned, female owned and operated business!

We even had to turn down some jobs because we were so booked. We have one client from this list who has already booked us for next December, it's never too early to secure your date!

Thank you again and we will see you in 2025!