Catering in Georgia, South Carolina & North Carolina
Custom menus, real ingredients, and Chef Juan on the line. Serving Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
Chef Juan’s® catering runs across Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Every menu is built around your event, your guests, and the flavors you love. Chef Juan T. McAllister has cooked private dinners for two and buffet weddings pushing three hundred guests, thirty plus years in professional kitchens, roughly sixty percent repeat clientele, and the same chef on the line at every service.
Cooking as an Expression of Who You Are
Chef Juan’s® has been catering across three states for more than two decades. From a state representative’s plated birthday in Castleberry Hills, to a three hundred guest wedding in Charleston, to a private Thanksgiving for a family reuniting from out of town, every event is custom. Chef Juan does not run a cookie cutter menu. The point is that you tell us the function, the budget, the dietary needs, and the flavors you love, and we build a plan around it.
- 30+ Years professional kitchens
- 300 Guests largest wedding personally served
- 60% Repeat clientele
- 3 States served
Seven Ways We Cater
Every event needs a different plan. Chef Juan’s® runs seven distinct catering formats, each with its own menus, service style, and price bracket. Pick the one closest to your event, or ask and we will build something between them.
Wedding Catering
Buffet, plated, or family style. Up to about three hundred guests personally served. Menu tastings for weddings and larger events, so you taste the food before you commit.
Corporate Catering
Drop off lunches or full service events. Twenty four to forty eight hour turnaround available for last minute lunches. Boxed, buffet, or plated formats.
Private Events
Birthdays, anniversaries, reunions, milestones. Two guests to a thousand. Chef Juan cooks the private dinners himself and staffs the larger events with the same team he has run kitchens with for years.
Plated Dinners
Multi course plated dinners with service staff. Up to about thirty guests for an intimate seated meal. Ideal for anniversaries, board dinners, and small weddings.
Buffet Catering
The preferred format for weddings above seventy five guests and most corporate events. Real chafers, real cooking staff, real replenishment, none of the tired lukewarm buffet line you have seen.
Health & Wellness Catering
Vegan, vegetarian, gluten free, dairy free, keto, paleo, allergen safe, macro tracked. Chef Juan spent years cooking at Cafe Sunflower in Atlanta before opening the catering business. Health forward menus are part of the standard practice, not a bolted on option.
Holiday Catering
Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Eve. Book by October if you can. Chef Juan holds a limited number of holiday events each season so every one gets his personal attention.
Where We Cater
Chef Juan’s® catering runs across three states, from Atlanta to Charleston to Charlotte and everywhere between. Not on the list? Ask. Chef Juan can travel farther out with the right lead time.
Georgia
Atlanta, Marietta, Gainesville, Douglasville, Decatur, Athens, and Augusta.
South Carolina
Greenville, Columbia, Florence, Charleston, and Hilton Head.
North Carolina
Charlotte and Fayetteville.
Cooking as an Expression of the Land
The Chef Juan’s® family farm has been in the McAllister family since 1941. Twenty five to thirty five acres in Florence, South Carolina, now being brought back into working production. As the farm grows, so does what Chef Juan’s® can source directly. Family land, chef vision, one plan.
How Chef Juan’s® Catering Works
- Quote. Send us the date, the guest count, the city, and the event type.
- Menu. Chef Juan builds a menu around your event, your budget, and any dietary needs.
- Tasting. For weddings and larger events, Chef Juan proposes a tasting so you taste the menu before you commit.
- Event. Chef Juan’s® handles the food, service, staffing, and equipment. You host the guests.
Pricing depends on service style, guest count, menu complexity, staffing, rentals, and travel. Typical ranges start at $35 to $45 per person for buffet service (subject to a $900 to $1,400 small-event minimum) and scale from there. Servers are always a separate line item, and every event receives a written custom quote. See the full pricing framework →
What Our Clients Say
Chef Juan catered me and my wife’s wedding. The food was delicious. I definitely recommend him. Damien Smith
Great food, great service. Used him for years. I highly recommend anyone to hire Chef Juan for any type of event. Paul Brown
Chef Juan is amazing. He has prepared meals for our Thanksgiving and my daughter’s birthday, and every time the food has been incredible. Nikki Bess
Trusted By
- The Atlanta Chapter of the Recording Academy
- Physician offices and pharmaceutical representative catering
- Atlanta Public Schools
- Gainesville State College
- Fortune 500 companies
- Universities, government agencies, nonprofits, churches, and hundreds of private families
Food Safety Matters
Chef Juan is a ServSafe® Food Protection Manager, with certification current through July 30, 2027. Professional catering requires more than great food. Proper food handling, sanitation, temperature control, preparation, transportation, and service are all important parts of the process.
Ready to Talk About Your Event?
Send us the shape of your day: the date, the city, the guest count, and the feeling you want the food to bring. Chef Juan reads every quote request personally and replies within one business day. There is no obligation.