Catering Essentials
The core service, for hosts who have the rest covered.
from$50 / guest
- Initial consultation
- Written timeline
- Day-of coordination
Texas barbecue and wood-fired sides, served family style
Jul 2026
Smoke & Sage Kitchen has worked catering across Fort Worth and the surrounding markets for 4 years. Texas barbecue and wood-fired sides, served family style.
Alongside the core service, the team also covers food trucks — useful when you would rather brief one vendor than three, and coordinate one timeline instead of stitching several together.
26 events have completed the Verified Event Chain with this profile attached, each confirmed by both the host and the professional after the fact. Every review below is bound to one of them.
Most hosts book Smoke & Sage Kitchen between four and nine months ahead. Short-notice dates are considered when the calendar allows — send the date and you will get a straight answer.
Yes — the standard service radius is 50 miles from Fort Worth. Beyond that a travel fee applies, quoted up front in the proposal rather than added later.
Payment is arranged directly with the professional. A signed contract and a non-refundable retainer secure the date, with the balance due per the terms in that contract. EventConnective does not take a booking fee or a commission.
Terms are set out in the contract you sign before paying anything. If services are not delivered, you flag it during host verification, which opens a dispute and blocks the event from producing a verified review.
Starting prices. Every booking is quoted individually once the date, venue and guest count are known — nothing here is a final figure.
The core service, for hosts who have the rest covered.
from$50 / guest
What most hosts book. Coverage, coordination and a second pair of hands.
from$75 / guest
End to end, with contingency built in for larger or more complex events.
from$115 / guest
Each of these completed all six steps of the Verified Event Chain — created by a host, confirmed by both parties, and closed out after the event took place.
Each review below is permanently attached to a confirmed event. Neither the professional nor a competitor can remove or purchase one.
Verified eventFamily Reunion · Riverbend Gardens · May 2026EC-2026-47610
Delivered exactly what was promised. Communication was good, though I'd have liked a written run sheet a little earlier than the week before.
Response from the professionalJun 2026
This means a lot. Thanks for trusting us with such an important day.
14 found this helpful
Verified eventCorporate Event · The Bell Tower Gallery · Apr 2026EC-2026-85229
Our guests are still talking about it two months later. We'd book them again tomorrow.
5 found this helpful
Verified eventGraduation · Riverbend Gardens · Feb 2026EC-2026-62372
They asked better questions than anyone else we spoke to. You could tell they had actually done this hundreds of times.
0 found this helpful
Verified eventBirthday Party · The Statler Rooftop · Jan 2026EC-2026-99991
Handled a very particular family situation with total discretion. I cannot overstate how much that mattered on the day.
Response from the professionalFeb 2026
Thank you — it was a genuine pleasure. Congratulations again to you both.
15 found this helpful
Verified eventClass Reunion · Lakeside Pavilion · Dec 2025EC-2026-77134
Great outcome overall. Slightly more expensive than the other quotes we had, but the difference in polish was obvious and we don't regret it.
Response from the professionalJan 2026
This means a lot. Thanks for trusting us with such an important day.
10 found this helpful
Verified eventFamily Reunion · The Rosewood Mansion · Nov 2025EC-2026-24753
Booked them nine months out and they were in touch the whole way through. On the day, everything ran exactly to the timeline we agreed — no chasing, no surprises. Several guests asked me who we'd hired.
9 found this helpful
Verified eventCorporate Event · Wildflower Barn · Sep 2025EC-2026-91896
Turned up on time, worked hard all night, and left the space cleaner than they found it. Unglamorous things, but they're the ones that matter.
Response from the professionalOct 2025
Really appreciate you taking the time to write this. Noted on the run sheet timing; we've moved that to two weeks out for every event since.
4 found this helpful
Verified eventGraduation · The Rosewood Mansion · Aug 2025EC-2026-39515
Warm, calm and completely unflappable when the weather turned. They had a contingency ready before we'd even asked.
11 found this helpful
Vendors can only endorse someone they have shared a verified event with — no cold endorsements, no reciprocal trades between strangers.
We've shared a lot of load-ins. They're set up before anyone else and they leave the room in better shape than they found it.
Reliable in the way that actually matters to other vendors — they hit their timings, so everyone downstream hits theirs.
Easy to coordinate with, honest about what they can and can't do, and they never make another vendor look bad to win a booking.
Worked alongside them on some difficult rooms. They solve problems quietly instead of escalating them to the host.

Gulf-coast seafood and seasonal plates, cooked on site
Plant-forward menus with full dietary accommodation
Private chef dinners and tasting menus up to 40 guests