Dinner Party Menu

**Below sample menu subject to change. Each menu will be uniquely created for each event.**

Bringing Fine Dining to You

Chef Doug will work directly with you to craft a menu that fits your event perfectly. Both you & Chef Doug will review your custom menu until it’s perfect. Below is are a few menu items to inspire your next dining experience.

Appetizers

Mushrooms and caraway wrapped in phyllo

Chicken meatballs with tomato ragout

Grilled skirt steak with clementines and crostini

SITDOWN

First Course: Spring salad of mixed greens, grilled red onion, cucumber, tomatoes, pepitos with poppy seed dressing

Second Course: Fennel pollen dusted Halibut with roasted vegetable farro salad, vanilla bean vinaigrette

Third Course: Grilled prime NY strip, truffle fingerling potatoes, sea salt roasted asparagus

Fourth Course: Chocolate flourless torte w mixed berries

Testimonials

    
 
 
        
   Natalie dePasquale 
 2022-06-22
 
 
  We had an amazing 5 course dinner by Chef Doug! It was such a treat to bring him in for a night for our group of friends staying in Avalon for the week. We are a bunch of New Yorker food snobs and thought all of Doug’s recipes and courses were incredible. He also used very local and fresh ingredients which is extra special these days. He was a nice guy and we can’t wait to book him again!
  
 
       
   Mariel Di Biase 
 2022-06-22
 
 
  Our dinner with Chef Doug was amazing!! All the good was incredibly fresh and creative. Doug is so friendly and super easy to work with. We cannot wait to book him again for next summer.
  
 
       
   Daniel Ecke 
 2022-06-02
 
 
  Doug is your one call you need to make if you would like to have a private chef come to your house and cook for you and your friends/family. He is personable, friendly, knowledgeable, and extremely talented.    Tell him you want the pulled pork cannoli, it was a revelation.
  
 
       
   Lance Miller 
 2022-05-30
 
 
  Absolutely amazing food, Chef Doug Vaules did an outstanding job along with his professional team. Everyone enjoyed the fine dining and superb experience. In fact, this will become a tradition!
  
 
       
   Nicole Shockley 
 2022-04-15
 
 
  Doug cooked dinner for our bachelorette party of 15 and everything was incredible! He was so easy to work with from start to finish. Doug put together a wonderful menu that was conscious of our budget and food allergies and was super communicative leading up to the event. Day of Doug went above and beyond his chef duties and helped to set up our living room space for the appetizers , brought a table so we could all fit at one long table, made a beautiful tablescape and fully cleaned the kitchen when he was finished. All the food was delicious (we had charcuterie, Buffalo chicken meatballs, filet mignon deviled eggs as apps, a spring salad to start, petite filet for our main and chocolate flourless cake for dessert) and the timing of courses couldn’t have been better. We had so much fun with our amazing dinner - Thank you Doug!
  
 
       
   Colleen Councell 
 2022-03-30
 
 
  I can’t begin to express what a wonderful experience we had! Our dinner with Doug was absolutely amazing. We were celebrating a 40th birthday and had 13 women who all gave rave reviews about our dinner. Doug was responsive and extremely personable.  The food was fantastic start to finish and the kitchen was left spotless. It was beyond anything any of us expected.
  
 
       
   Vicki Gaddy 
 2021-11-14
 
 
  Huge thanks to Doug for the amazing 60th birthday dinner party you helped us pull off in Cape May last week!   What an exceptional experience from beginning to end!   Your creativity, thoughtfulness, good humor and just perfectly awesome food made the entire event more than we could have imagined!

Thanks, too, to Laura, who rounded out the evening with her warm and fun approach and tremendous attention to detail.  From set up to pack up it was so impressive to see the two of you eagerly at work to make for such a great evening for all of us.   And all of this great food, service and amazing experience at a price that no restaurant could come close to beating!  Much more than just worthwhile for everything you created for us!

We all look forward to finding other opportunities in the future to engage your talent and great spirit!
  
 
       
   Christine Gorshe 
 2021-11-09
 
 
  Excellent food, service and experience. If you are looking for a private chef to make your vacation great I would highly recommend Red Fish catering. Chef Doug and Laura took care of all the details; food, flowers, linens, china and flatware and the clean up, so we could enjoy our celebration. Thank you for a great evening.
  
 
       
   linda smith 
 2021-09-29
 
 
  In September of 2021 my husband and I were married at our home in Cape May County.  We were introduced to Red Fish Catering by a friend (what a hidden gem) and were so pleased to find Doug.  He and his crew made our day very special.  They were all pleasant, professional and so easy to work with.  The food was wonderful, and exceeded our expectations .  We recommend them highly, and will use their services in the future.  Thank you Red Fish Catering for a job well done!
  
 
       
   Candy Bathon 
 2021-09-26
 
 
  A wonderful 80th birthday party  for my Mother! Food and service were superb!

Dinner Party Menu

Bringing Fine Dining to You

Appetizers

SITDOWN

Testimonials

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