Chowgirls Catering

12/04/2024

We've given Chowgirls By-the-Box a makeover! 💅 We're making our online ordering option better than ever with bold new packaging and an expanded menu. Artful and delicious cakes and pies as well as a variety of drink options are now available to order alongside our bountiful boxes. ✨️

View the menu at chowgirls.net/order and let us know what you think of our new look!

Package Design • Casey Brand
Photography • Armbruster Photo

11/28/2024

Chowgirls was proud to sponsor breakfast, lunch, and the reception of The Coven's Radical Leadership Awards! Our team members Mandy, Audrey, Eleni, and Lindsay attended, leaving inspired by a day filled with powerful speakers, badass leaders, and thoughtful learnings. Visit https://www.thecoven.com/ to learn more about their values and inclusive offerings!

11/26/2024

Warm spices, cold cider ✨🍎🍸 Swipe for the recipe on this classic drink from our cookbook – also available for purchase! https://www.chowgirls.net/order

11/23/2024

BITES BONANZA!!!!! 🧁🍪
…on our Holiday Menu 😌 https://www.chowgirls.net/inquire

11/21/2024

We're sharing a portion of proceeds from our Thanksgiving By-the-Box sales with Dream of Wild Health. This Minneapolis-based organization started as a small non-profit gardening program and has grown into a 30-acre farm in Hugo with a mission of restoring health and well-being in the Native community by recovering knowledge of and access to healthy Indigenous foods, medicines, and lifeways.

Please consider a GIVE TO THE MAX DAY donation and join us in supporting this outstanding effort, serving the Ashòògè (Apache), Ho’hou (Arapaho), WetAXkoosšteéRAt (Arikara), Pidamaya (Dakota), Ahéhee' (Diné), Pinagigi (Ho-Chunk), Miigwech (Ojibwe), Kherkhem (Tiwa), Chiokoe (Yoeme) tribes here in Minnesota

We grow seeds and leaders."We grow seeds and leaders," Dream of Wild Health Cultural Director, Ernie Whiteman, would often say as he reminded us of our purpose here on the farm.With your support, we grow strong leaders, rebuild indigenous food systems, and expand

11/20/2024

Any way you want it, that’s the way we’ll serve it!

👉 Passed Apps
👉 Plated
👉 Buffet
👉 Stations
👉 Family-style

www.chowgirls.net/inquire

11/17/2024

This Thanksgiving, be the host with the most by serving up two delicious mains! 🦃 Choose from our savory vegan Mushroom & Fennel Bake – a hearty entree with cremini mushrooms, fresh fennel, walnuts, and fried sage OR our classic Ferndale Market Turkey.

View the full menu at www.chowgirls.net/order

11/15/2024

Many Thanksgiving dishes we know and love feature ingredients native to the Americas, such as squash, pumpkins, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, maple syrup, cranberries, and pecans.

This year, we’re donating a portion of all Thanksgiving sales to Dream of Wild Health, whose mission is to revitalize health and well-being within Native communities by restoring access to traditional Indigenous foods, medicines, and cultural knowledge.

Learn more about their vision at https://dreamofwildhealth.org/

11/10/2024

As we celebrate 20 amazing years, we want to highlight the incredible people who make Chowgirls thrive. Today, we’re shining the spotlight on Nethanya, known by many as Yubba, who’s been a vital part of our team since 2012.

From day one, Nethanya jumped in with leadership across multiple roles—scheduling our Front of House team, moving into Sales, and managing all operations at our Solar Arts Venue. Now, as our Director of Operations, her passion for creating systems that empower others to succeed is unmatched.

Nethanya is the kind of person who can drop everything to support the team when it matters most. We’re incredibly lucky to have her as a friend, colleague, and leader. Every company needs a Yubba.

11/07/2024

Cheers to 20 years! 🥂⁠

Our service and offerings have always been evolving, and so has our brand!

From day one, Heidi and Amy knew they wanted to start with a strong brand. So they worked with Minneapolis font designer and Amy’s graphic designer brother to create the original cowgirl-inspired Chowgirls logo.

Over the years, many other designers—including , , , and —have collaborated with us to adapt our brand to the times.

In 2022, of guided our brand expansion to offer exciting sub-brands that highlight the variety of services we offer and shine on the heart of our work. Swipe to see how our image has evolved through the years, from our roots to where we are now!

11/06/2024

As we’ve experienced in our 20 years of Chowgirls, we have the ability to make a difference in the lives of our families, friends, and communities. It’s more important than ever for us as a business — and as a collective of individuals — to make small impacts every day: treat each other with dignity and love, support our neighbors, volunteer in the community, and buy from local businesses.

Inspired by Zingerman’s co-founder Ari Weinzweig’s writing on Dignity, we share this sunflower — the Ukrainian national flower, a symbol of hope, peace, and resilience.

11/04/2024

Have you read our cover feature in Upsize? Chowgirls co-founder Heidi shared how at Chowgirls we're improving operations with new tech to streamline everything from payroll to event scheduling. Read more below 👇

The catering company Chowgirls has about 50 full-time employees and another 150 who are seasonal. In its early days, the company functioned largely with an internally created technology system. But as it has grown, its technology needs have become more complex — and necessary — as keeping track ...

10/30/2024

🦃 Minnesota-farmed Ferndale Market turkeys fit our sustainability standards ✔️ They’re local, free-range, antibiotic-free, and naturally processed.

Par-cooked and ready for a final roast, our maple-brined turkey is available for preorder (along with many more Thanksgiving delights) at www.chowgirls.net/order 🍂

10/28/2024

The scariest part of Halloween isn’t ghosts and goblins. It’s the way it contributes to climate change! Halloween is one of the most wasteful holidays in the US. Americans trash a billion pounds of pumpkins and 35 million Halloween costumes each year, in addition to spending $2.36 billion on plastic decorations that end up in landfills.

Check out these 5 tips from Chowgirls sustainable party pros for a Halloween that’s both eco-friendly and fun!

10/24/2024

Cheers to 20 years! 🥂⁠

In 2017, we took a big leap by purchasing Joseph Catering to acquire our new headquarters at 336 Hoover St. NE

After seven years of expanding into three storefronts on Second Street in Northeast Minneapolis’ Sheridan neighborhood, it was obvious Chowgirls needed a bigger home. We found the perfect space in 2016, and with the acquisition of Joseph Catering, we built out our dream headquarters at 336 Hoover St NE. We moved in 2017 – just in time for a growth spurt with the upcoming 2018 Super Bowl in Minneapolis.

Our open-house celebration featured live paella-making, specialty cocktails, an ice cream cart, and our own empanada food truck in an al fresco setting.

10/23/2024

Big shoutout to Chowgirls Catering for sponsoring the 2024 Latino Business Awards! 👏
We are grateful for your support! 💪

10/23/2024

🦃 Back by popular demand: Chowgirls Thanksgiving By-the-Box! Our classic mains, pies, and sides return to round out your Thanksgiving table.

New offerings include big, fluffy, house-made dinner rolls and a chocolate-peanut butter pie heaped with whipped cream.

Don’t miss out—order now through November 23 for pickup or delivery on the day before Thanksgiving.

https://www.chowgirls.net/thanksgiving