The Catch-y Caterer LLC

09/01/2025

we are closed every day at 4pm until we can fill this position!! if you have any intel or leads, please dm me as soon as possible! as always, open for catering while we sit and pray…
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04/01/2025

may 23rd, 1993. my freshman year. it was overtime in the national championship game with just 2 minutes left to play. 3 times the game had been called on account of lightning. each time we went into the locker room, we had a lead. each time, somehow, we squandered it. we were down 7-6 . only way to stay alive was to break the stall the university of virginia was running, intercept the ball and score. it came down to one opportunity
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the ball was hurled down towards my goal to cherie greer. all american. usa team member. superstar. i saw my chance as clear as if someone wrote the script for me. i could have easily recovered the ball for my team. but i hesitated. i doubted myself. i didn’t believe i was good enough to do what i had done all season long to get us here, and in that split second, the cavaliers legendary attacker put the final nail in the coffin ripping a shot past me to make it 8-6 in OT. i can remember the feeling of shame as though it was this morning
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all summer long, i ran my training runs with that memory driving me. if we could get back to the final game, and i was ever in the position to make a play happen rather than sit back in fear, i would damn well do it. every single mile i logged, that was the prevailing thought. when a goal is in reach, hit the gas pedal and accelerate. just twelve months later, we were holding the golden trophy over our heads, covered in champagne, champions. it was glorious
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i’ve had a goal in mind for catchy. since the day we opened our doors. i never dreamed it was possible but i wrote it in my journal every day as though it had already happened. last year, we missed that goal by 1/10 of 1%. it was so close i could taste it. this year, this year we accelerated past it on december 6th with 93 events left in the month. BOOM💥. that’s the thing about believing in yourself, all it takes is a focus, drive and the right team around you and you can accomplish anything
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2024, you were our best year yet. but 2025? yeah 2025, we are coming for you
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05/12/2024

one year . who would have thought we would be celebrating 365 days?? of all the men in the world, i couldn’t have guessed how perfectly your heart would line up with mine. i simply didn’t think this kind of love was possible. but you believed it until i caught up. i am ever so grateful for your faith
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there aren’t words to accurately describe how differently i feel about love with you. i would hear people share about loving their “best friend” and talking until the sun came up, i just didn’t get it. what was wrong with me that i couldn’t find that? i figured i was destined to live out my days in another mediocre relationship because there was something missing in me. maybe i just wasn’t lovable. and then you showed up on my (virtual) doorstep, and everything i ever believed about myself was deconstructed
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i was lonely my whole life until you. I couldn’t find connection. now? everything, absolutely everything is better with you. you listen, you buoy, you shoulder, you hype; you are the funniest freaking person i’ve ever met. you are the first person i want to share my stuff with and the last call face i want to see every night. you are an incredible human and an even better dad, your kids are so lucky to have you. i have watched you transform yourself in every possible way these last twelve months: boundaries, health, relationships, you name it. you have committed to making yourself a better man. it is the sexiest thing in the world to watch someone fall in love with themself. i hope you are proud, because i am. who wouldn’t fall for a person with your heart?
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i love you scotto. here’s to another 30 years of laughing our asses off. you make me absurdly happy.
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01/12/2024

nine years ago we opened our doors. december 1st marks nearly a decade. man, i could drive a truck through what little i knew then about business ownership and what i know today. amazing what time will do
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when people ask how long catchy. has been in business, i tend to deflect with a tongue in cheek: “nine years but it feels like two decades.” but the reality is, it does. two decades of hustle. two decades of uncertainty. two decades of love and loss. two decades of fear. two decades of learning curves and growth. and two decades with this family of mine
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catchy. has always been about food and family. good flavors and wonderful people, two of my favorite things. to be honest, i never really knew much about the first, but growing up with four siblings and thirty cousins in my hometown, i certainly had a line on the second. i knew what kind of people i wanted to surround myself with to achieve the level of success i was aiming for, who worked best with others, what type of employee would grind when it was needed and who the most diligent and responsible ones were to trust with my books. little by little, we weeded out the dead weight and landed on this catchy. family that is absolutely everything to me. they carried me and mine through my divorce, they dug in when covid hit, and they stuck around for the miracle that is 2024.
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we did it: we achieved the goal i set for us the day i moved my kids from our home and took the road that represented failure to me at the time. what i didn’t know then was that humbling path would teach me everything i needed to know about how to be a success in business: sometimes you have to lose something to learn the lessons that will catapult you past the goal line. i found the best people stick around for the miracle. laura, luba, fredo, maureen, kyra, helen, harrison, natalie, and dozens more who i work side by side with every week: you ARE catchy. none of this happens without you. so grateful
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23/11/2024

see that smile? that was happiness
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eight years old. paling around with my big sis at a pumpkin patch. biking the mean streets of cedar grove until the street lights kicked on or we were summoned home by dad’s whistle. not a lick of pressure in my life
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in one year, i would have changed schools (moving from the local public to the bougie private one my parents could now afford), lost my neighborhood friends, be drowning in an academic world i couldn’t keep up with. and i had lost that smile and all the joy inside me it represented
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from that one transition, i went from authentic me to an imposter. insecure. uncomfortable in my own skin. i didn’t know who i was or was supposed to be. i had lost my mojo as the best girl athlete (albeit in her whopping class of 13) the one always picked first and bringing home 100’s on her tests, and my self esteem began it’s descent to a rock bottom it would hit somewhere around august 2012 (the 7th to be exact). through my college years at a university i felt like i didn’t belong at because i’d been admitted for sports rather than brain power. as a mom of four struggling to keep my head above water and smile with a partner who didn’t want the same things i did. my disappointment in myself for not making better choices haunted me until one day, the walls came crashing down. we can only go so far before we bounce. and that was the end of the ride for me
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the funny thing? i found myself in another pursuit i’d first felt like an imposter in: cooking. what did i know about rouxs and braising? so i went to cooking school to find the confidence to open my own business. and then i found my people, one by one starting with . we stood side by side, laughing, sharing without fear of judgement, me learning who i wanted to be as a mom, a partner, a business woman. then lu and laura and all the amazing catchy. people who would follow. and that imposter lessened as i recovered that happy, determined, competitive little girl and channeled her to find my purpose again
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remember who you once were and keep a piece of her. life will knock you around and leave its dents and dings, but you are in there. stay real
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29/10/2024

dinner party elegance
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raw bar
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acoustics
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autumn evening
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a plated dinner of halibut & filet, 30 family members sharply dressed to celebrate 80 years of life. all the right components to make for a perfect evening. oh, and catchy. helping create some magic
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you want you event to be seamless? you’re looking for delicious food and epic service? you know where to find it. catchy. cafe & catering is nestled right in the heart of ho-ho-kus and we’re just waiting for your call. don’t wait, this holiday season is gonna be a MAD one
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21/10/2024

someone asked me yesterday if we catered halloween parties. 🤔. i’d say these snaps from today’s party say it all
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this is first of a handful of halloween events we are about to blow.out.of.the.water. this october. if you like spooky, ghoulish and down right boo-tastic, wait for it, it’s coming
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you are elite status event planners!! from the games to the balloons to the kids tables & decor, this party POPPED. your bounce house made the day. love working with amazing people
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11/10/2024

gregory turned 60 and it was one for the ages. we rocked a parisian theme: berets, eifle towers & that hermes orange scarf tied around all of our staff’s necks. the catchy. & crews left no stones unturned to make this event SPECTACULAR
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doesn’t matter if it’s a birthday, bat mitzvah or your halloween celebration, catchy. will help you blow your guests minds
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29/09/2024

when you work with the best, it’s just easy
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five vendors, fifteen people, ten hours, one happy young lady. when a kid works that hard to make her bat mitzvah, we can do our part to make it as special as possible. think we nailed this one
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and her amazing girls & made magic happen with us overlooking lake mohawk yesterday while dolled the young guests up with crystals, extensions, tattoos and more. while the dj spun his music and the photo booth flashed all afternoon, my crew and i threw everything we had at food, decor and service. these guests left full, happy & wowed by it all
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if you have an event you want to stand out, hire us. we will set your celebration apart. our creativity, talent and hustle can help make anything you dream a reality
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13/09/2024

our events don’t run themselves. see these people? they are the magic. the creators. the hustlers. the comic relief, cocktail makers. they make our customers return, again and again, because of the way they do their jobs
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every single one of them is coming directly from another job. or from school. or from handing off their kids to a spouse and racing to the cafe to make it on time for pack out. and yet they are all smiles. all hustle. all hard work and pride in what they do
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and they are requested again and again. is lu/brett/laura/natalia free to be our chef? their boards are works of art. can rob bartend? he makes everyone laugh. can i have alex/gretchen/maria/ira (insert one of a dozen of our fabulous servers) to pass appetizers for our cocktail party? my house always looks spotless when they leave. yes, yes they are
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why are they requested? because they like what they do. because they love being a part of this team we have created. because they take pride in coming together with their teammates to make your events great. sure, it’s tiring as hell to race around for six hours after you clocked out of your other job. but they know if they pull together, these are the kinds of events they can create for our customers: white parties. back to school parent socials. 50th birthday celebrations. baptisms, weddings, bat mitzvahs and more
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10/09/2024

friday night in september. back to school parent social in far hills. just the indian summer vibe we love
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delicious food. attentive staff. fun signage. delightful specialty cocktails. you need those things at your school event? catchy. catering is the one to call
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27/08/2024

23/08/2024

ten days to turn this one around. food🥩. staff🤵🏼‍♀️. rentals🍽️. florals🌷. alcohol🥃. signage🪧. boom💥. let’s do this
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“it’s a corporate event,” said the event planner over the phone. “thirty guests. our client is entertaining her team. she wants everything top of the line, white glove, can your company do that?” hell yeah we can. let the calls begin
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this business is pure adrenaline. it pumps through your veins and if you aren’t careful (i’m not 😳), it’s addictive. it’s the closest thing to competing that i can find on a daily basis. and i’m here for it. the rush of pulling together intricate menus, finding the perfect staff to compliment the atmosphere we’re trying to create, getting our suppliers to commit to the job with less then a few days to place their orders, building the event one detail at a time without the actual time to debate what will work best is exhilarating. and i’ve found a team of people who share my passion to make our customer’s events exceptional. doesn’t get any better than that
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is it a bit tricky trying to get all those pieces of the puzzle to fit under the gun while juggling pre-season tryouts and college drop offs?? sure. at times it can all be a little too much. but man, my mind is built for it. if i didn’t have this to stress over, i would be worrying about bills or helicoptering all over my kids. so rather than criticize myself for only having one gear (fifth🙄), i’ve learned to embrace what i’ve been given and make it my super power
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so find what you love and dig in. start small. start big. just start. because i promise you, life is better when you are following your passion. it’s not work when you do what you love
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14/08/2024

it’s been some summer. grateful.
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07/08/2024

excellence is earned. everyone watching the olympics this week understands that. medals aren’t handed out to everyone participating like it’s kindergarten t-ball. you only get what you put into something and those athletes pour their blood, sweat and tears into their training and performances with pride and hope for recognition. it’s a winner’s mindset. it’s no different at catchy.
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this event was a fundraiser for the governor of our great state. people like to sh*t on jersey, but having been born and raised here, i couldn’t be prouder of the garden state. so getting the call to cater this event brought an enormous feeling of accomplishment for what we have created here at catchy. and the only way i know to execute at the highest level, is to call in the best people. my staff hustle and grind like no other, they pursue excellence and bring it home like it’s a drop in the bucket. no one knows more than i do that it’s not
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it was 99 degrees when we pulled into the venue. this team of fifteen carried and unloaded crates and rentals, unwrapped and set up hundreds of dishes, lifted and moved furniture, and then sliced, diced and poured for nine straight hours until the last of the 250 guests left. with smiles, positivity and unending energy that you just don’t find anywhere else. and it showed
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the customer called the next day to settle her bill and shared the highest praise: “i’m not sure how far this candidate will go, but however many more events we host, i want catchy. along for the ride every time. your staff is second to none.” damn, that’s some gold medal sh*t y’all. find what you love and don’t stop until you are at the top of the mountain. we aren’t there yet, but i won’t stop climbing until we reach the summit
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27/02/2024

it was some february
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first, a superbowl bar mitzvah in manhattan that was one for the ages. just a week later, a fundraiser for a presidential candidate. with secret service. and our specialty drinks. like literally, whaaaat??
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eight years ago, i wished that one day, catchy. might to be able to compete with the big dogs in bergen county. today, it appears we are our own breed
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we may not do fancy, we may not be the most elegant. but we are just the right catchy. for this life of mine. be yourself. and
shoot your damn shot.
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