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Holly Tate Fine Catering

Chef-Owned Fine Catering · Winston-Salem, NC

“This doesn't taste like wedding food.”

Because it isn't.

For 17 years, the choice of discerning clients who believe food should be the highlight of the event. Serving celebrations across central North Carolina, from Raleigh to Charlotte to the Boone area.

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A wood table set with blue cheese and sliced hard cheese on boards, a tiered stand of grapes, berries and apricots, pastry cones piped with cream, shrimp on small white plates, cream puffs in a basket, lit votive candles, and tall vases of white roses and greenery in front of a window.
79 Reviews · WeddingWire
5.0
Chef-Owned & Operated
17 Years
Guests, Plate by Plate
Up to 500
900 lb Wood-Fired Grill
On-Site Kitchen

From the Wood-Fired Kitchen

Every dish designed to delight.

What We Cater

One kitchen, every kind of celebration

We bring the kitchen to you, from portable ovens to a 900 lb mobile wood-fired grill, so every plate arrives fresh and full of flavor wherever you gather.

A candlelit wedding head table with a white cloth and blue runner, gold flatware, menu cards on gilded plates, clear vases of peach zinnias and dusty green foliage, tapered candles, and peach blooms hanging on gold threads above teal upholstered chairs.
OUR SPECIALTY

Weddings & Receptions

Plated, family style, stations, or a marriage of all three. Menus built around the two of you.

A wooden display table by a window with a row of savory cones piped with crab and corn filling on a riser, small white plates of jumbo shrimp cocktail over avocado, layered shrimp verrines in glasses, votive candles in square holders, and a tall glass vase of cream roses and red-tipped foliage.

Rehearsal Dinners & Brunches

Relaxed, memorable meals the night before and the morning after.

Guests in business attire holding white plates beside a long buffet table set with trays of micro green topped canapes, filled tortilla cones, olives and herbs, and oval platters of roasted vegetables with mozzarella and cherry tomatoes in a bright glass walled room.

Corporate Dinners & Lunches

Restaurant-quality food that makes the meeting worth attending.

A buffet table with a blue cloth holding a tiered silver stand stacked with croissant sandwiches, a tall blue and white porcelain vase of peach roses, cream lisianthus, blue thistle and eucalyptus, platters of green beans, tomato rice, lentil salad and greens, and a white tray of finger sandwiches.

Galas & Private Parties

Artful displays and passed bites that keep a room buzzing.

Custom Crafted Events

Menus we crafted for real celebrations

We listen to what our clients tell us about themselves, then create a unique culinary experience for them. Nine favorites, each a full sample menu on the finished site.

A long wooden barn table set with white linen, brass candlesticks, greenery and string lights overhead.

Rustic Elegance at the Barn

A refined take on the barn wedding.

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Canapes and small bowls arranged along a dark console in a bright furniture showroom.

High Point Market: Showtime! Partytime!

A showroom party with real food.

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A brunch table with pastries on a tiered stand, coffee cups, champagne coupes, white roses and pearls.

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Brunch, dressed for the occasion.

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A chef's hands finishing a plated dish with tweezers on a stainless pass in warm kitchen light.
Chef Ben
Service staff in black uniforms carrying trays of canapes through a candlelit reception.
The Team

The Tate Difference

A chef's kitchen, a family's standard

Holly Tate, founder
Steeped in a lifetime of Southwestern spice and formally trained in Paris, France, Holly first entered the catering scene in Winston-Salem when she founded the popular Everyday Gourmet Cooking School.
Chef Ben, 25 years in the kitchen
He is the chef who will cook 300 steaks to perfection, each one just as impeccably done as the last, and a silky mushroom risotto for 450 guests without sacrificing flavor, texture, or temperature.
The team, hand-selected
Water glasses are refilled without request, plates are cleared effortlessly, and every interaction is polished yet warm. This is the Holly Tate Fine Catering service secret.

An evening out, built in

Signature cocktails at Tate's Craft Cocktails

Design your signature drinks with us at our own cocktail bar in Winston-Salem. Couples call the tasting one of the most fun parts of planning, and the bar service one of the most raved-about parts of the night.

Plan Your Cocktail Tasting

How It Works

From first hello to last dance

The order below is the real sequence clients describe in their reviews.

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  1. I.

    Inquire

    Tell us your date, venue, and guest count. We respond within 24 hours, and the first call is about you, not a package list.

  2. II.

    Taste

    Sit down with Heather and Chef Ben for a tasting prepared exactly as it will be served, and design signature drinks at Tate's Craft Cocktails.

  3. III.

    Craft

    We build a proposal menu around your vision, note every allergy plate by plate, and adjust until it's unmistakably yours.

  4. IV.

    Celebrate

    The kitchen comes to you, wood-fired grill and all, with a team that refills glasses and clears plates before anyone has to ask.

Praise

5.0

79 Reviews on WeddingWire · Award Winner

“That was THE best meal that I've ever eaten at a wedding! And, the service was also wonderfully incredible.”
Lisa P. · Mother of the Bride · May 2024
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Good to Know

Questions couples ask first

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Let's plan a perfect meal

Tell us the date, the venue, and roughly how many will gather. We normally respond within 24 hours.

Prefer to talk? Call (336) 766-9196 or email Jtate@hollytatefinecatering.com.