Emily’s Catering & Cakes

Emily took me at last minute for a 110 people wedding and was so awesome ! She made time to do a tasting and took me to venue and walked me through everything all in short notice !!! The food was fantastic and I had a lot of dietary request and she worked with me on all of it !!! Her staff was fantastic and we had a few hiccups… Rain!!! They were great saved my cake just in time !!! All my guest raved about food and staff !!! Thank you soooo much would use Emily again !!!

I had to plan long distance from So Cal for my dads funeral and reception in Grass Valley so I had to put a lot of faith into the caterer I chose. Emily’s Cakes & Catering came highly recommended and I’m so glad she was available for my event because I gave her such short notice (only a week and a half). She and assistant Mary were very helpful and flexible regarding my requests and even last minute increases and changes. When we got to the reception hall, everything was set up beautifully and just as she said it would be. The food was delicious, artfully presented and plentiful; she even brought to go containers so we could bring home any leftovers. We had a light lunch faire of various quiches, a delicious mediterranean pasta salad, green bean salad with fresh tomatoes and buffalo mozzarella cheese, focaccia bread and various bite size yummy dessert bars. It was perfect. Thank you Emily and staff.

Emily’s catered a retreat at Harmony Ridge. They were great to work with and both the lunch and dinner was excellent. Try the salmon w fresh tarragon pesto which was delicious and cooked perfectly

A friend introduced this place to me by having me try the lemon bars which was amazing, best lemon bars I have ever had.
Today 02÷27÷15 I stooped in for lunch and was very impressed with the great customer service, cleanliness and layout of the café. I ordered the turkey, bacon, pesto, & cheddar panini… it was excellent. I will now be frequenting this café often. I also ordered the mixed berry cobbler bar: BOMB! I’m excited to try all the other goodies.

Emily’s catered my event which they actually had a part of making happen. A portion of every credit card transaction at Emily’s helps fund The Friendship Club which mentors at risk girls. Emily’s food was amazing, fresh and there was a nice variety even though we did not have a large amount of it. The presentation of the food was professional and appealing. Emily’s really goes the extra mile to help make your event a success. Most events I’ve been to that have any type of food usually fall into two categories; either the food is pretty bad or bland, or it’s not really noticed or commented on. Not so with Emily’s. I’ve been to other events that they have catered and consistently hear and experience great things. I strongly recommend considering Emily’s for your catered event, and make sure you don’t miss out on their new retail location at 421 Colfax, they’ve done a great job there too!

I know that Emily and her staff are great for weddings but Emily’s Cakes and Catering is also wonderful for professional events, lunches and for a good cookie at her shop. I had heard so many great things and, this week, I got to experience it for myself! Emily is the most patient, kind and wonderful caterer. She has been an incredible asset for an incredibly large and difficult job this week. I know that most people cater only special events. I’m sure she is great for that. For me, Emily and her staff have helped with a 3-​meal per day, 7-​day catering job and, after experiencing her professionalism and support this week, I would recommend no one else. Having Emily in our corner has made our very difficult work a joy! She has been helpful, kind and most importantly, her food is damn delicious! Her prices are completely reasonable. She and her staff are wonderful to work with. The food is fabulous. I could write a 10-​page paper on Emily and how great she is. But this is Unilocal.So I’ll just end here.

Emily did a fantastic job catering my wedding in Grass Valley. She was a pleasure to work with and a good communicator, which put us at ease throughout the entire process. Emily is super knowledgable about wedding planning and had great suggestions for the layout and flow of the event during initial conversations. She is very detail oriented and has connections with a local event rental company which really streamlined things and saved us a lot of time.
The day of, her staff was extremely helpful and friendly. The reason we sought out Emily to begin with was because she uses organic and local ingredients and has a great relationship with farmers in this region which allowed us to source almost our entire meal locally. Most importantly, her food is really, really delicious. She has a modern farm-​to-​table style menu with plenty of variety for all sorts of culinary inclinations. The dishes we tried at our tasting were all fantastic, so we went with those for the wedding menu. The passed appetizers (polenta bites in particular) got rave reviews from our guests, and the dinner was not only perfectly timed, but the food was also just as delicious as the original tasting.
Emily is sensitive to those with dietary restrictions. She made our entire menu gluten free and accommodated other guest’s allergies as well. We would definitely work with her again and highly recommend her to anyone planning a catered event around here! Her food is so good, we really wish she would open a restaurant!

I would give her 6 stars if I could but Unilocal only offers 5. Emily is amazing. I can’t tell you how many times I had questions and she got right back to me. I used her for our destination wedding send off and she was wonderful with helping plan the menu and making sure the food got from point A to B with no issues. She was able to work with my budget and never once did I feel let down or judged. She is amazing at what she does! From the time line of events to the flavor and taste of the food to the wow factor of how it was presented. Emily was a blessing to work with and she made our event so very special. THANK YOU Emily, from the bottom of my heart! You ROCK and I will recommend you to anyone looking for a great catering company. Oh, I can’t forget to tell you how amazing her cake and desserts are. Good lord, I am glad I live far from her new store, I would be a regular. A+ on price, taste, selection, looks and over all professionalism and modification she was able to make.

Let me start off my saying I had two tastings with Emily the first tasting was good but for the second one I wanted to taste what I was having at the wedding. Second tasting last Friday went good loved the food picked everything out and now a week goes by she sends my mom a email saying she doesn’t want us as clients because of comments I made in the tasting when I asked her if anyone that was cooking or serving had dreads! I would have never done a second tasting had I known that she wouldn’t take me on as a client now I’m out $ 100 for two tasting and I have to start over on top of it she won’t answer her phone or call me back. This lady has NO business skills and horrible communication skills. And maybe her new location won’t have drunk bums hanging out by her business. P. S. To Emily if your going to have a business you need to learn how to accommodate all customers! And thanks for the added stress for my wedding

We hired emily for our rehearsal dinner and wedding reception. The food was outstanding. Everyone raved. She handled so much for us… linens, place settings, cakes, food and dealing with the absolute worst venue we chose. Emily went above and beyond and is VERY reasonably priced. Will definitely use her for our next catered event.

Great! Tasty food. Great price. Very professional.

First of all let me start off by saying yes she is a horrible communicator. Sent emails over and over and and calls with voicemail and nothing. She acted like it was no big deal at all that she can’t communicate never apologized for taking too long to get back to you or anything. I am so glad we did not use her for our wedding or we would have had a crappy one. We used her for our rehearsal dinner and only because our wedding cater Antonio who is AMAZING had a big wedding that night.
Not only is she a horrible communicator but the night we showed for our rehearsal dinner she had seating set up for 18 guests and we had around 24 which we communicated to her MANY times. There was also no ice, or bins to ice down our beers and white wine which she said they would have so we had to run to the store last minute and get ice. Which means we had no cold white wine or beers, awesome! Maybe you could actually let us know to bring ice hours ahead of time or actually set the seating for our entire wedding party which we paid for and planned for in advance. Better yet she was nowhere to be found that night leaving just one server who was running around busting her ass for us having to set more tables and chairs up since they weren’t prepared and didn’t even have enough table cloths for the tables either!
Honestly all around we were extremely disappointed. I have worked in the service industry for over 10 years and this lady operates like she has no service experience at all. Customer service is pretty damn important which includes good communication skills. I know it’s slim pickings up there in grass valley but believe me you’re better off going with anyone else. Please excuse any typos wrote this on a smartphone.

Emily catered my wedding, and I would not work with her again.
I disliked her because:
— she was very poor at responding to emails, which created a lot of stress as I tried to plan my wedding.
— when I confronted her about her lack of communication, she tried to blame me and my mother (who was footing the bill), saying that it was very difficult to communicate with so many people. I thought this was unprofessional, as it is certainly not too much to ask that a caterer be capable of communicating with the bride as well as the person paying the bill.
— her food was over priced, and much of it was not that good.
There were a few pros:
— her coordinator (Angelina) was a pleasure to work with
— the desserts she made were very good
— my wedding went off very well, although I was very concerned that it would not due to poor communication in the time leading up to it.
In short, my main reason for disliking Emily was her lack of communication skills via email, which amounted to rudeness at times. Reading other Unilocal reviews, I seem to not be the only one who has experienced this. I live in DC and had a ‘destination wedding’ with Emily, and as my main problem with her was her poor response time for emails (read: several weeks, whereupon I would email her again on the same subject, and then get a response which subtly blamed me), I think that perhaps she is better at working with brides who live in the area.

Emily has been an absolute DREAM to work with while planning our wedding! I can’t say enough good things about her. Her food is wonderful and made from the freshest local ingredients. She is very easy going and accommodating with her menu choices. You can even bring in your own recipe and she will happily add it to your even menu. Her staff is trained and available to help with as little or as much as you want.
Her prices for this wonderful food are also out of this world! She can do as little or as much as you need to accommodate any budget. After exploring several other options, we found her to be the most reasonable by far considering the quality, menu choices, hours of availability and for extra services she offers. She even is able to handle all of our rentals! She had a full estimate for us as well within just a few days. She does not double book events so there is no fear of her leaving in the middle of your event.
I couldn’t ask for a better experience when working with Emily and her team. She has made our day completely stress free so far. Thanks Emily!

Emily catered my daughter’s wedding at the Foundry in June. She is a sweetheart, very non bossy, non pushy, charming, listens to what you have to say. The food was FABULOUS, everyone loved it. I’d use her again. She also did the rehearsal dinner at our house, just a simple taco bar. Perfect. She is a hard worker. what she promises… is what she produces.

Emily catered my wedding this past September. I can’t say enough about how wonderful she is! She goes above and beyond a normal caterer. The food was excellent.. The cake was beautiful and delicious. Her staff was great! Very helpful and professional. If you’re looking for a great caterer don’t hesitate to hire Emily!

I was at an event this past weekend that was catered by Emily. I am very health conscious and extremely picky about food but Emily’s meals blew me away every time — delicious, wholesome, creative, and so flavorful. I wish she had a restaurant in San Francisco that I could eat at constantly. I would hire her in a heartbeat if I was having an event catered.

Emily just catered our wedding and the food was AMAZING! All of my guest are just raving about how good the food was. She was a pleasure to work with and even made something off menu for me. She is very reasonable and made my day perfect. She catered my wedding at the Nevada City Winery in one hundred degree weather, She even made cucumber water and this amazing lemondade to keep everyone cool. Big thumbs up! Her staff was quick and very professional as well. I am a very happy bride.

Emily’s catered a friend’s wedding this weekend that I attended and the food was exceptional. It was served hot and delicious (why do I bother to list hot, because I have been served cold food at a wedding before). The salmon was perfect the prime rib was picture perfect (I had the salmon but the prime rib was look-​in good).