Discover the Bliss of Asheville's Delicious Caterer's and
Catering Companies

For decades, Asheville has been mindful of the quality of its food -- and slowly but surely the quantity of caterers from which persons could choose to cater their weddings, corporate events and social events has increased. Take a look at all of the mouthwatering catering choices there are now.

Annie's Catering
(Annie of Annie's Natural Bakery located in Sylva) "... delicious, healthy, wholesome meals from scratch using the highest quality all-natural ingredients (we always choose organic when available). To make your meal complete, Annie's Bakery bakes European-style organic breads & pastries.... We cater private parties, picnics, weddings, luncheons, dinner parties, and any event special enough to need a wonderful, effortless, home-cooked meal...."

Celine & Company
"... A premier, full-service custom catering company, Céline and Company has been delighting clients in and around Western North Carolina since 1993. We provide elegant, upscale, trend-setting events, as well as smaller and more intimate casual gatherings..."

City Bakery Catering provides breakfast and lunch catering, as well as box lunches.

The Colorful Palate
"...Feeding the Community: Body, Mind & Spirit...

We believe that by preparing excellent food we can create communities, and we believe that communities can affect change. So, if A=B and B=C. Then, we believe that food can be a force for change.

"... We can deliver Breakfast, Bagged Lunches, Plattered Lunch or Hot Lunches to your office or an off-site location.

LaPaz Catering
"... When you think of La Paz Restaurante and Cantina, no doubt you are thinking of margaritas and good food with a fun atmosphere. This can all be brought to your corporate luncheons, special dinners, wedding receptions or any function by our experienced catering staff...."

Ruby's BBQ Shack
"... Pulled Pork, Sliced Beef Brisket, BBQ Chicken

Click on each of the dozens of categories to the left to uncover what makes the Asheville area so vital, so intriguing and so, well, UTTERLY BLISSFUL!

From Rolf Potts' Vagabonding blog:

I've never been one of those uptight literary types who thinks that you have to have actually read a book in order to recommend it to others. So I feel no trepidation in suggesting Eric Weiner's new travelogue-slash-memoir The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World The premise of the book is simple but intriguing-- here is Amazon's description:

Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes the reader from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness, or, in the crabby author's case, moments of "un-unhappiness." The book uses a beguiling mixture of travel, psychology, science and humor to investigate not what happiness is, but where it is. Are people in Switzerland happier because it is the most democratic country in the world? Do citizens of Singapore benefit psychologically by having their options limited by the government? Is the King of Bhutan a visionary for his initiative to calculate Gross National Happiness? Why is Asheville, North Carolina so damn happy? With engaging wit and surprising insights, Eric Weiner answers those questions and many others, offering travelers of all moods some interesting new ideas for sunnier destinations and dispositions.

In the imaginary Netflix queue of books-that-I'm-planning-to-read, this one has just jumped to the top. By the way, why has no one started a Netflix for books? This question, and many more, I'll leave for another day.

Asheville Caters Who Use as Much Locally Grown and Organic Produce as Possible...

Laurey's Catering and Gourmet to Go
"... We are a full-service catering company, operating in downtown Asheville. If you are downtown, do come visit us, have lunch in our shop, take a picnic with your on your tour of Asheville or perhaps sample of our 'made-right-here' sweets.... we make everything fresh for your order (no frozen, pre-made things) We taste everything to make sure its delicious. We use local, sustainably grown produce in season.... as much as we can find... We know that it is all about the details, and we care about those details. We are proud of what we do...."

Event Venues with Catering

Bright Leaf Junction
(located in Hot Springs, 40 mins from Asheville) "... weddings, receptions, fund raisers, rehearsal dinners, executive retreats, business meetings, weekend seminars, sales promotions, grand openings and formal balls with dinner, dancing with live entertainment. We can serve from 2 to 200... your place or ours. Private paries at Bright Leaf Junction have the whole hotel for your use for the night or entire weekend or just a romantic table for two for dinner. We can cater your function on-site here at Bright Leaf Junction... off-site catering the possibilities are endless. We are completely flexible... from a delivered luncheon for 4 at your place of business to an outdoor formal ball for 200 on your property...."

Duckett House Inn & Farm
(located in Hot Springs, 40 mins from Asheville) "... Charming country weddings at the Duckett House Inn & Farm. From casual to formal, let us help you plan your special day. Our Inn can cater up to 200 people on the grounds or a small intimate affair. We have been hosting weddings for 14 years and can arrange every detail, from minister to flowers, rehearsal dinner to reception..."