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Please use our menus as a starting point and know that we are creative and flexible. We can produce a function that will be remembered and enjoyed by your guests, employees, friends or family. We are a family-owned and operated catering business serving East Central Illinois and West Central Indiana. We love what we do and you will love it, too! Applewood Foods Catering delivers quality food with exceptional service at reasonable prices. Give us a call, or email us today, and let us make your next event one to be remembered!
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I founded Applewood Foods Catering, in Danville, Illinois, to explore the business side of cooking. My oldest son had graduated from Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Scottsdale, Arizona, and with his counseling, I felt the time was right to try my hand. It is no surprise that I ended up in the food business, all of my life I have been surrounded by good cooks.
Prices based on groups of 50 or more. All meals come in disposable pans. Meal does not include disposable ware or drinks. Sales tax and gratuities are not included. The picnic menus is designed for ease in ordering and executing in order to save you money, so no substitutions, please.
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Martie Cline
Jun 02, 2022
Sarah was wonderful to work with, its her personal business and she puts her heart and soul into it. The food and service was fantastic! I highly recommend!
Katie Janson
Sep 25, 2021
We had them cater our wedding in Urbana, IL and the food was absolutely incredible! We genuinely had at least 15 people come up to us after the wedding to make a point of telling us that the food was amazing. They also have a wide variety of menu items that accommodate all sorts of dietary restrictions, so picking out a menu that would work for everyone was easy and and we didn't have to sacrifice the taste in order to it! Overall, I would pick them time and time again!
Beth Stacher
Sep 06, 2021
Applewood Foods catered my wedding on September 4th and my experience was more than satisfactory! Sarah was so pleasant to work with, through both email and telephone communications. She was very responsive to any questions I had, accommodating to changes that were made when my (then) fiance and I changed our mind on our menu, and upbeat through the entire process of my wedding planning!

It was a bonus that she had previous experience with my reception venue and knew the most efficient way to get everything brought in without disrupting the flow of our guests arriving. The food was exceptionally good, and all of our guests had great things to say about it! I only wish that everything had not been packed up quite so early as I did have many people tell me that once they made their way back up for seconds everything was taken away.

I myself was unfortunately only able to have a very small plate and never got to sit down to thoroughly enjoy everything individually. I personally never got a chance to meet any of the catering staff, and was never approached to be told that they were cleaning/packing up or leaving. Admittedly, I was very busy all evening as I was being pulled in every direction by visiting with my guests. However, there was a line on the invoice about the cost for paying the waitstaff for X amount of hours, and we did not have them there even half the time that was stated on there.

The cost of this was not outrageous and therefore not enough for me to bring it up directly after the fact, as I did appreciate all the other aspects of working with this catering company. I simply want others to be aware that this may be something worth discussing prior to your event date, and/or designating someone you trust to communicate with the waitstaff on the day of.
Angela C.
Mar 13, 2021
Sarah catered our wedding and rehearsal dinner for our wedding this April. She was so easy and pleasant to work with! The food was absolutely incredible! We ordered the apple wood smoked chicken for the rehearsal dinner. For our wedding we had the salmon and rib eye. This was the best salmon ever and the steak was melt in your mouth good. The sides were very tasty and went well with our entree.

Of course, the apple cream pie was a hit! Best pie ever! Even after freezing some left overs, the meals were still moist and tasted fabulous! I have hosted and planned events before. I will never use another caterer again! Applewood Catering will always be the go-to!
Jim Graveline
Apr 12, 2020
Wonderful people who care about customers. Food is well above normal. Highly recommend
Brad Ross
Feb 15, 2020
I used Applewood Foods for my wedding and I could not be more pleased. The food was amazing. We had chicken, veggie lasagna, green beans and it was all cooked perfectly. This is by far the best weeding food I have ever had, and many of the guests felt the same way. Sarah did all the work herself and definitely puts care into all the food she cooks. It tasted like home made food and was very fresh. Highly recommend if you ever get the chance to have them cater!
Steve Pribulick
Dec 01, 2019
Great food, very fair price, plenty of quantity. If you need a caterer, this is the one you want. I hope to have an event in the area again so I can use Applewood.
Erica Peters
Apr 24, 2019
Applewood Foods Catering provided the food for my wedding in Paxton, IL. There cheesy potatoes and green beans are to die for and I still have guests talking about how delicious everything was. Wonderfully home cooked and very friendly and professional staff.