On Thursday, March 25, 2010, Ecstatic Cuisine catered the Governor’s Green Jobs Business Council lunch @ the Texas State Capitol. We also provided morning coffee service. Laurie Foss of Good Company Associates in conjunction with Texas Foundation for Innovative Communities hosted the meeting. Ms. Foss was gracious enough to send in her feedback and thoughts after the event.

(For more photos from the lunch, visit our Flickr.)

1) Your comments about:

- The food?

The food was excellent, of very good quality, fresh and there was plenty of it. I received many favorable comments from the participants for the quality of the food provided.

- The service?

The service was excellent. Having the recycling bins was perhaps the part of the service that received the most comments, both from participants and from capitol staffers. It was a very impressive demonstration of the sustainability we were talking about at the conference.

- The overall event experience?

Excellent. Very professional-appearing staff, terrific presentation of the food tables, everything was clean and well-kept.

- Working with Ecstatic Cuisine in planning?

Outstanding. Jesse couldn’t have been more responsive to my requests, and there were many! He met our needs each time I had a request, and responded to a last-minute request for additional catering on Friday.

2) What was the best part of your experience with Ecstatic Cuisine?

Your commitment to customer service and sustainability practices.

3) Were your expectations met?

They were exceeded.

On Saturday, February 27, 2010 we had the pleasure of catering April & Brad’s wedding at Mercury Hall. April was kind enough to send in her thoughts and feedback regarding our service.

Is there a singular memorable moment of your experience with Ecstatic Cuisine?

We were impressed with Jesse and Ecstatic Cuisine from our first email exchange through to his post-event request for candid feedback. Jesse is undoubtedly a talented executive chef, but he’s also a great client manager who took the time to get to know us, worked with us to finalize the perfect menu for us, and was flexible in accommodating all sorts of requests we threw his way.

The moment that stands out the most for us was the tasting. It was a fantastic experience (possibly the *only* truly “fun” thing we did in 12+ months of wedding planning) and Jesse showed his creativity and understanding of our vision through the various options he presented to us. He was also someone we really enjoyed getting to know on a personal level, and the tasting gave us a chance to do so before the big event. After the tasting, we had the information we needed to make a few minor tweaks to our menu in terms of taste and budget, and Jesse was a great partner in helping us get to the final menu we used for our event.

What was the best part of your experience with Ecstatic Cuisine?