Heart and Soul Catering & Events
Caterer, Service establishment in Research Triangle Park, NC
- Address
- 4819 Emperor Blvd, Suite 400, Research Triangle Park, NC
- Phone
- (919) 307-1865
- Website
- cateringheart.biz
About Heart and Soul Catering & Events
Heart and Soul Catering & Events is a full-service catering and event planning company based at 4819 Emperor Boulevard in Durham, led by Chef Cassandra D. Caldwell. It was established in 2018 in Miramar, Florida, and has since relocated to North Carolina as a licensed, certified and insured business serving the Triangle. Chef Cassandra started cooking at ten years old in her mother's kitchen — her first meal a T-bone steak with mashed potatoes and string beans — and has spent more than four decades on it since, with over 25 years in hospitality. She has worked in five-star restaurants and hotels across four continents and eighteen countries, and folds those global spices and recipes into food built around health, in her phrase good for your heart and soul. Her background is unusually broad. She has been a restaurant owner (The Croaker Spot in Fayetteville), a line cook, bartender, server, food truck and festival vendor, hotel auditor, instructor, event planner for Fortune 500 companies, and a talent acquisition executive at Sodexo. She studied at Johnson & Wales University and The Biltmore Culinary Academy, and is a certified ServSafe Food Manager and ServSafe Alcohol holder. She also holds three degrees — a PhD in human and community resource development from Ohio State, an MPA from North Carolina Central University, and a BA in speech communication from UNC Chapel Hill — and still teaches, as an adjunct professor in UNC Chapel Hill's Department of Communication and as senior director for graduate student success and assessment at Winston-Salem State University. She sits on the NCCU Hospitality Program Board of Advisors and has spoken at the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago and given the keynote at the University of Houston's Conrad N. Hilton College. The business runs two divisions: Heart and Soul Catering & Events for full-service corporate and private catering and event planning, and Savor & Soul Charcuterie for curated boards and grazing tables. Menus are custom-built to each client's budget, occasion and season — past menus have run from Caribbean cuisine with vegetarian and vegan options through to tasting menus of shrimp cocktail shooters, meatloaf cupcakes with garlic mashed potato icing, and pulled pork stuffed cornbread muffins. Heart and Soul is a preferred caterer at several Triangle venues accommodating 15 to 400 guests, and takes bookings for family reunions, class reunions, retreats and corporate gatherings. Enquiries go to (919) 307-1865 or [email protected].
Services
- Full-service catering — corporate events, private gatherings and large celebrations
- Event planning — conceptual design through day-of orchestration
- Custom menu design, built to budget, occasion and seasonal availability
- Savor & Soul Charcuterie — curated boards and grazing tables
- Preferred caterer at Triangle venues accommodating 15 to 400 guests
- Family reunions, class reunions, retreats and corporate gatherings
- Wedding and milestone celebration catering
- Bar service (ServSafe Alcohol certified)
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