Chautauqua County, New York
The caterer who picks up her own phone.
Studio D is Allison Evans and a crew of two or three. She plans the day with you and runs the kitchen; the crew serves it. Twelve people or four hundred.
One event a day, up to 400 plates. On your date, nobody else is on the stove.
Owner-run since Ask Allisonthe year she startedSeven ways to feed a room.
Pick how the room should feel, or mix two. Every style is priced per person, so the headcount can move until a week before without anyone panicking.
- PlatedCourses to the table, timed to the toasts.
- BuffetAttended all night. No empty trays.
- Family stylePlatters down the middle, passed hand to hand.
- StationsA cook at each stop. The room keeps moving.
- Passed appetizersCocktail hour, fed. Skewers, sliders, flatbreads.
- Drop-offLunch for the office, set up and gone before the meeting.
- PickupTrays at the kitchen door, on your way.
- Tastings are by appointment.Priced per guest. Choose with a fork.
What we get asked to cook for.
- Photo: wedding receptionWeddingsRehearsal dinner through the late-night snack. Installments if you want them.
- Photo: boxed lunchesWorkThe Tuesday boxed lunch and the December party.
- Photo: backyard partyPartiesShowers, birthdays, the reunion that took three years to plan.
- Photo: gala tableFundraisersGalas and donor dinners, priced to the budget you actually have.
How it goes
- IWrite to us
Give us the date, roughly how many people, and where it's happening. If the date is open, we hold it for a month while we work out the rest together. The reply comes from a person, not from a form.
- IITaste first
Tastings are by appointment and priced per guest. Then we send a proposal you open on your phone, every line priced per person.
- IIISay yes from your phone
Accept, sign with your finger, pay the deposit by card. After that, we do the remembering.
Ask Allisona line from a real client, with their permission
Ask Allisonwho said it, and the eventTell us about the day.
Give us the date, roughly how many people, and where. If it's open, we'll hold it while we talk.