Private Occasions & Weddings
Imagine your wedding or private event drawing compliments for its true artistry of cuisine.

We combine careful planning with on-time precision to keep you confidently worry-free so your event will glow with success. Visualize this and you will see how our Above & Beyond catering will create your event, personalized to your needs & operating comfortably within your budget.

Private Occasions & Weddings

When planning your wedding reception, you owe it to yourself to consider one of New Yorks leading, cutting-edge catering professionals, David Josephs Catering. Our friendly and knowledgeable sales staff can assist you in selecting a venue, maximizing your budget resources by helping with equipment rentals, and designing a custom menu based upon your dreams and vision.

We will customize a complete wedding reception scenario to reflect your taste and unique personality. Based upon the number of guests, location of your reception, type of service, menu, and equipment rentals, our prices start at $65 per person.

Weddings

Each wedding deserves to be special. It is our promise to bring a special touch to every wedding. At David Josephs Catering Company, we understand that your guests' experience begins with the first impression and ends with a lasting memory. This is why we pay close attention to every detail of your wedding, ensuring that from beginning to end, everything is executed to perfection.

Our experienced consultants listen, and then design each event to fulfill your mission. The food, service and ambience will make exactly the impression you desire. Whether you’re planning an elaborate black-tie gala, wedding, or an intimate cocktail party in the privacy of your own home, we’ll create a unique event with cutting edge cuisine, meticulous service and dramatic presentation. We cater events of all sizes and shapes bringing to each occasion a personal touch and attention to detail.

Whatever your occasion, we promise you an event beyond what was imagined.

Staffing

Our professional service staff is as customized as your menu. We only hire enthusiastic, dedicated and conscientious people who meet and exceed our high standards. We pride our self on the high level of experienced staff we work with. Our ability to execute seamless events rests on the fact that our staff is highly trained and dedicated to the same standards of excellence.

Cuisine

David Josephs Catering Company works with local vendors to provide the freshest ingredients possible. Our culinary team is dedicated to creating cutting-edge cuisine. David Josephs Catering Company has on-site kitchens working diligently to provide clients with the superior culinary creations prepared fresh daily. Our operation includes a comprehensive culinary faculty including a customized bakery, pastry department, and butcher shop designed to prepare the freshest of foods. Our Chefs take pride in the ability to provide our guests with the highest quality of innovative options.

David Josephs Catering is able to custom create each event’s menu to accommodate our clients desires. From ethnic to organic we are dedicated to making each event truly one-of-a kind.

Decor

We work with a number of preferred partners in New York who share our same commitment to our clients and passion for perfection. We can assist you with entertainment, floral, design, photography and videography, calligraphy, linens and equipment, specialty table décor, lighting and tenting to name a few. Together we collaborate to bring your event to life with just the right touch.

Service Style

Full Service Catering with professional uniformed staff, servers, and bartenders. We can provide you with chairs, tables, china, glassware, silverware, tents and umbrellas, even arrange for your centerpieces, place cards, and party favors.

Hors d' Oeuvre

Small savory appetizers served before the meal, customarily with aperitifs or cocktails. They are usually one or two-bite size and can be cold or hot. Our servers offer your guests the selection of your choice on elegant trays.

Display Table

As your guests arrive they are lured by this colorful and enticing array of foods, beautifully displayed on skirted tables. The food items are easy to eat and allow for a natural flow of your guests entering your event.

Buffet

Your guests serve themselves from a variety of dishes set out on a table or sideboard. Items may be hot or cold.

Station

Small plate service from elegant, chef-attended “themed stations” that provide food to your guests in a contemporary setting, while keeping your party lively.

Family Style

Create an intimate tabletop buffet... Each guest serves him or herself from platters and bowls on a lazy-susan in the center of the table.

Sit Down Dinner

Your guests are served dinner at their table, consisting of several courses. Each table has servers assigned to take care of your guests in a friendly, unobtrusive manner.

Coffee Station, Beverages & Bar Set-Up

Our premium blends of regular and decaffeinated coffee served in our elegant coffee urns with freshly whipped sabayon cream and dark chocolate shavings. Espresso bar also available with or without frozen coffee drinks.

Full Bar or Premium Bar - the liquor, mixers, ice, bar fruits and other garnishes, glasses and napkins.

Partial Bar - Bar set-up, which is all of the above except the liquor.

Wine and Champagne - You will only be charged for the open bottles. We have a great deal of expertise in recommending wines. Our large volume and wide range of sources available to us from wholesalers allow us to price our champagne and wines very competitively. You may find that the benefits of not having to worry about purchasing the liquor or of running short, outweigh the savings, if any, you might realize by providing your own.