It was a slightly chilly evening up in the exclusive Southern Highlands Estates as Chef Alexis and Kyle looked out from across the Valley at the Las Vegas Strip.

“We got this Alexis, we’ll cater this whole valley!” Chef Kyle proclaimed optimistically.

“I know we will” she confidently responded.

On a euphoric rush from the event’s build up, we were convinced the clients and guests responses were exactly what they anticipated.

“Wow you built a chilled seafood bar”?, a guest enquired.

“Oooh– what are those I want to try” another guest responded as a tray of artisanal sliders passed by.

“Those are too good!” a husband exclaimed to his wife as he pointed to the crab cakes.

The bar had been set high, as this was not a normal housewarming. This was the estate of Mr. Barton– a 15,000 sqft. home with an additional 8,000 sqft. garage featuring classic cars from several eras (many of which had been published in magazines and documentaries).

You want to talk about a first event? We can assure you that they definitely did!

Everyone has to start somewhere. In the culinary world, that start is often followed by free labor to hone the talent for a craft most humans desire to have: cooking. It may seem like a mundane task, like walking or chewing gum; yet ask anyone who has dared to step foot in a kitchen to put on an apron and attempt to execute a soufflé, and they will tell you it is anything but mundane.

Commercial kitchens are much the same way for chefs. They seem like such an easily achievable goal– as most are whisked out of culinary school and directly into apprenticeships at multi-million-dollar hotels, resorts, and corporate food empires. The comprehension that those kitchens took millions in loans and losses to create their establishments is often overlooked by young graduates.

Chef Kyle and Alexis, however, took nothing for granted, and built AACLV organically from humble beginnings in a rented kitchen on the corner of Charleston and Rainbow in Las Vegas. No loans, rich uncles, angel investors, or silent partners. Just two “kids” with a passion to provide restaurant quality cuisine and concepts in a non-traditional catering setting.

A true Las Vegas wedding is not complete without a guest visit from none other than the King himself with his beautiful date Marilyn.

When local clients, the Eide’s, surprised their guests with a drop in photo-op with the King, his classic car, and his beautiful date– the response was phenomenal and created a moment all in attendance will never forget! If you are looking to add impersonators or a live performance to your event, we have a network of over 200 performers here in Las Vegas!

“Aaah, we won!”, Chef Alexis shrieked as the announcer read off that All About Catering Las Vegas had won Best Catering Company Las Vegas 2012! A packed room of who’s who in the Las Vegas Wedding industry sent each other a puzzled look. Who are these two? This is not some easily won award; this is Beautiful Bride Magazine. When we won the very first year we were entered, we definitely raised some eyebrows. Thanks haters!

Operating a successful small or local business is a wonderful way to provide employment and opportunity to those in the community. The community supports the small business, and it’s important to contribute back to the community that helps make it so successful.

We were fortunate to be introduced to Giovanna Racousta and her cause Dinner on Us! We worked with local donations and provided additional staff to provide a monthly catered meal to over 500 guests and residents of the Las Vegas Rescue Mission.

If you would like to know more about the local causes they currently support please follow the link.

It was two hours before the clients were to arrive for an afternoon private pool party with a coursed dinner. Our clients were a bunch of telecom execs who couldn’t give up the frat boy life from their youth; we had worked with them previously, and we knew that they were a rowdy group! We had worked at the rental property they reserved in the past as well.

When we pulled into the neighborhood, imagine our surprise when we saw that a series of police cars lined the street and individuals were being escorted out in handcuffs from the property our clients were to be renting shortly! Once we were finally allowed into the home, we looked around in absolute horror and immediately called the promotion host who had booked the residence for the client. We had a big problem! Not only was the house completely destroyed, with half eaten food and messes everywhere, but the previous renters had been smoking copious amounts of marijuana and shooting a rap video prior to being escorted out in cuffs! To us, however, that wasn’t even the worst part. The BBQ wouldn’t light, and there was literally one singular 50 qt. stock pot in the cupboard and nothing else. Had we not prepped everything previously in our commercial kitchen, and came prepared with our own cooking equipment, this event would’ve been a complete disaster. Instead we pulled it off and turned it into a huge success!

After securing our first commercial rental lease, it was only a matter of time before we would finally receive the equipment we so longed for. We needed bread racks, sheet pans, cambros, and most importantly: a walk-in fridge. We laid the flooring, sealed the tile, and put up the walls ourselves. When we say we built our kitchen, we mean we built our dream kitchen!

The Nightclub Convention is one of the many conventions we offer onsite staff to for booth exhibits. If you require additional staff for guest check-in, bartending, cocktail services, and more– we are here to help. We work hard to make sure you are free to party!

Protect Tint wanted to wow their previous and current clients with their milestone celebration for 10 years in business.

After researching multiple catering companies, they selected All About Catering Las Vegas! The menu was almost as unique as the exotic cars and services they offer. Nothing like sipping cocktails with the roaring of supercars in the background and the Las Vegas strip as your backdrop.

Asha, the CEO of Jaipur Rugs, is always way ahead of the curve. Whether it is a progressive style design, shift to ecommerce, plant-based diet, or gold colored sneakers, she doesn’t follow the trends– she embraces them before they are cool. A true trendsetter. So, it was not surprising that she was firm in her decision to serve a completely plant based menu in her showroom at the World Market Center as early as 2014. The response since has been overwhelming as showroom visitor attendance is through the roof!

It was early in the morning at around 5 a.m.; the sun was just beginning to rise across the Vegas valley, and we had just finished loading the refrigerated truck we rented. This was going to be our largest event to date at the time: 6,500 attendees would soon descend on the Bootleg Canyon bike riding trails for the Interbike Convention, in Boulder City, NV. Hungry cyclist CEOs from all over the world would soon be dependent on our healthy food options to carry them through the event. All of which was now located inside the back of that truck. The truck fired up just like the day before, except this time the refrigeration wouldn’t kick on. As we frantically tried calling the truck rental company, they advised us that they could send a new truck in 4-6 hours but not before then. This was simply not an option for us, so Chef Alexis and Chef Assistant Alex decided to take matters into their own hands. With the help of an instructional video from a kind gentleman in Wisconsin (remember this is YouTube 2015), they were able to reboot the entire refrigeration system. As a loud high pitch alarm sounded, and the unit rumbled to life– we knew we were in business!!

Brooklyn Bowl hosts bands and performers such as Beck, Erica Baidu, The Offspring, Journey, Dispatch, and more. When they require vegan and dietary restrictive menus while performing in Las Vegas, the production management team at Brooklyn Bowl request the services of All About Catering for their VIP artists.

Receiving a lot of business can be both a blessing and a curse sometimes. Throughout the years we have worked extremely hard to accommodate our previous client’s repeat business or events.

This becomes a challenge if the request falls on a popular date which has already been “completely booked”(maximum of three events per any given day), or if the event request is last minute. However, these clients know to depend on us no matter what as we truly live up to the name All About Catering.

One week in early August, this proved to be almost impossible. Originally, it was looking to be a great week. We already had three new clients, and each event had it’s own unique challenges. Then, the phones and texts started to roll in.

Not one, not two, but three additional previous clients requests for last minute events came in. Confirming the additional staff was the least of our problems. Storing, prepping, and cooking all the menus requested would be the true challenge. A challenge that was as large as the client events themselves was one of our clients, Mohawk Carpeting, who had a new product to be launched at the starting line of a Spartan obstacle course. It was only fitting as we would have our own obstacle challenge for the next 31 hours straight. Chef Alexis and the team worked around the clock to accomplish the impossible. Pushed to the limit most would’ve thrown in the towel, but not AACLV. Bent but never broken!

The TV show American Ninja Warrior is a show about an obstacle course competition wherein athletes compete against one another to hopefully finish the course in the pursuit of winning the $1,000,000.00 prize.

Cooking for the warriors is a war in of itself. For starters, the competitors don’t break for lunch until 2 a.m., as the show is filmed overnight in Las Vegas for the finale!

Feeding 200-300 warriors simultaneously creates its own logistical challenges. Add in another 100 or so production staff, and the competition really begins behind the scenes. Now add in dietary preferences such as gluten free, vegan, pescatarian, and “whoa bro I only eat meat, and potato chips”– and the real obstacles begin! Unfortunately we were not given an opportunity to compete, but Chef Alexis did get to pet Jessie Graff’s pet pig “Sammo Hog”!

Knowing your event date is something we take very seriously. We encourage you to do the same. When you receive your event estimate and invoice, you will receive a courtesy reminder to confirm your event date and location. This is in part due to client experiences such as this story.

It was a Monday in early March, and we were just about finished with prep for the day. We felt confident that the following day’s event for the 5^th of the month would be a huge success as we had worked with the client the previous year, and were familiar with the event location. At about 3:15 p.m., just minutes before we were about to leave for the day, the phone rang. It was the client calling to confirm if we could bring some extra chairs for tonight’s event.

“Tonight?” We asked puzzled.”

“Yes, my event is tonight the 5th, why? “ She questioned.

“We’re sorry, it’s just that today is the 4^th, but we will make it work! How many chairs would you like to rent?”

The next few hours were a blur, as orders were shouted, and a furiously paced staff completed 5 hours of additional prep work in 45 minutes. A race across town to setup before 6:00pm along with a detour to pick up additional rented chairs turned into a Nascar pit stop. At 6:02 p.m., as we patted the sweat from our brows, the Dean of admissions casually walked in and exclaimed “This looks amazing, and I’m sure it’s as delicious as last year!”

We have worked with Downtown Las Vegas Events Center and Miller Lite to provide VIP catering for several of their Miller Lite Concert Series events over the years.

At the time, we doubt even Chef Alexis knew this would be her last event together with Chef Kyle at All About Catering LV. However, if you were to look at all the pieces after a puzzle was completed, this would be the corner piece that was under the couch. The two chefs had literally kept their promise to one another since their first event together. ”We did it– just look Alexis!” Chef Kyle exclaimed as he put his arm around her as they stood at the top of the Ogden, and looked south towards the Southern Highlands where they had catered that first event years ago. “Yeah, we did. We literally catered the whole valley.” Chef Alexis replied with a smile.

We wish Chef Alexis only success in her culinary care in Lake Tahoe, California, and wherever else her travels may take her. To contact Chef Alexis click here.

Guests often inquire about some of the biggest events we have provided catering for.

One event that would definitely have to be included in that list is one that took place in an airport hanger. Cirrus Aircraft selected All About Catering’s services to complement their new product line. Companies like Cirrus know how vital it is to set a lasting impression with potential buyers and guests. Especially when those guests include Rick from the show Pawn Stars!

When a local music producer’s wife decided to throw him a surprise 50^th, no expense was spared! She had visited our website, and had drafted a shopping list. She was hoping to order a little of everything, and we provided!

We are located in the entertainment capital of the world, and as such, we have catered many loud and crazy multinational wedding events. That being said, local clients, Kristian & Ghada’s, Lebanese – American wedding took the cake. If the vibe in Beirut is anything like their living room, sign us up!!

University of Phoenix contacted us in the spring of 2019. Their request was for a plated breakfast to celebrate 25 years in the Las Vegas Valley. This event had to be perfect, as their guest speaker was the Mayor. We arrived early that morning, everything was set and ready, and the guests all arrived punctually and took their seats. After several minutes of waiting, we found out that the mayor does not eat breakfast! Her loss– that quiche was AMAZING!

Holidays are tough on chefs. Often the hours are spent prepping, preparing, and serving someone else’s family rather than their own friends and loved ones. Many of our staff are transplants from other states, so the ability to go home for Thanksgiving is rare. As a company, we will always be closed for either Christmas or Thanksgiving to help break this horrible hospitality trend.

Since 2013, Murray and Vivienne have hired AACLV for their annual Thanksgiving dinner in Spanish Trails. Although Murray has yet to adopt us, he and Vivienne are always such polite, inclusive, hospitable, and generous entertainers. Serving a plated sit-down Thanksgiving to their extended family and friends almost doesn’t feel like work, but home. We said almost Murray– there is still a bill!

We have made a great reputation for ourselves over the years as a premier food caterer in the Las Vegas Valley. Did you know we make some damn delicious cocktails as well? We are not limited to smaller events, and are able to take on festivals and outdoor concerts as well! We partner each year with festivals such as the annual “City of Lights Jazz Festival” to provide bartending services, custom cocktails, frozen drink promotions, and VIP lounge furniture.

2020 was set to be a great year, full of new interactive food and bar stations that we had been perfecting. Jenn Air/ Whirlpool was one of the first clients to book our “Bubbly Bar”, a perfect addition to a brunch, lunch, or bridal event looking to serve alcohol, but without the ability for guests to overconsume. Little did we know at the time that it would be almost 18 months before our interactive stations would return.

COVID played a naughty little “TRICK” on a few of our Holiday clients in 2020. Unfortunately, a few clients or immediate family members contracted or tested positive just prior to Halloween forcing them to cancel their events the night before. As food and desserts had already been prepared for many of our clients, those that were forced to cancel opted to “TREAT” the Las Vegas Metro Police Department to their event orders as a thank you for all the hard work they do for the community.
We loved turning a last minute cancelation boo hoo, into a woohoo!!

Northwest Career College has utilized AACLV for many of their administrative and alumni events over the years. Due to extreme limitations on social distancing in 2020, standard food service options would be out of the question. As a thank you to all their hardworking staff around the holidays, a unique new menu creation was born. Individual charcuterie and snack boards presented as presents were created (and will be offered for delivery only starting the summer of 2022!).

A little rhyme if we may;

‘Twas chilly mid spring when a request was made so absurd and bizarre,

The client, a referral,

asked to offer an open air roof top fry bar,

Verily we came prepared with heat lamp in hand

to keep those fries toasty was the original plan,

As the night drew and became eerie and ghostly,

The lamp was used to keep our Chef staff warm, mostly,

We believe fries are delicious best served crispy and hot,

Serving them in a wind storm probably is not.

Event venues, like casino wins and losses, can range dramatically. From rooftop penthouses to dry lake beds, each event space comes with their own unique set of challenges. No lights, power, or water? No problem! We can make your dream event come to life as we did for this amazing dad and his daughter on her 21^st They went all out with passed appetizers, a private cocktail bar, a seated coursed dinner, and an intimate concert with a “Taylor Swift” cover band!

(Services provided in partnership with Starryeyed events)

We have worked with The Palms at Turks & Caicos for several years to provide specialty themed desserts for their annual Las Vegas trip. From mobsters to monopoly- we’ve tackled their requests. This year they came back strong and wanted their party to be even more over the top than usual. We crafted a variety of tropical treats to fit their Gilligan’s Island theme.

Ah, the RV life; what a wonderful way to enjoy your golden years. Kyle and his team at NIRVC (National Indoor RV Centers ) have utilized our services multiple times for the Motorcoach rallies they coordinate as well as the training classes offered by Spartan RV.  This event was particularly picturesque as our Southwest BBQ buffet and smoked prime rib were served lakeside at the Lake Mead RV resort at sunset.

Although convention events have not completely returned to Las Vegas, the few that have have received a wonderful response and guest turnout. After being gone for almost a year, we were excited to return to The World Market Center furniture and home goods convention. Biannually for many, many years we have provided our services to multiple showrooms for a multi-day culinary experience for show room attendees, designers, and buyers. If your showroom could use an uptick in foot traffic, we highly encourage you to consider our services for the next WMC convention

We endeavor to create special relationships with our clients. We often have the privilege of being part of very intimate moments. One such privilege was catering Betty’s 90^th birthday party back in 2019. She was a blast! We hope that we are as much of a life of the party when we are 90! Sadly, early this year we were contacted by her family to cater her celebration of life. She loved her 90^thbirthday party so much that they wanted to pay tribute by having the same menu. “We Love You, Betty!”

Northwest Career College has continued to partner with us for exciting events. When we got the request for a Star Wars themed buffet for May The Fourth, our staff jumped right on it. We had fun creating these wacky menu items, but it was the NWCC employees who really got into the holiday spirit!

We have worked with brands to enhance their products in the past. So, when Gucci approached us to create special libations for their Gucci x Adidas collaboration we were on board! They then used us again to provide mini boutique bites for some of their VIP shoppers.

The Palms Turks & Caicos continues to up the ante every year for their annual party in Las Vegas. This year they went all out to create an immersive Alice In Wonderland experience. We created several custom intricate themed desserts to match the theme and impressive décor. Once all the food and décor was set up, we really felt like we had gone down the rabbit hole!

National Indoor RV Centers is a regular client of ours. We frequently cater for their Motorcoach rallies in and around the valley. When they came to us with a special request to travel to RV parks in Lake Havasu, AZ and Hurricane, Utah and cater onsite- we were skeptical at first. It isn’t generally our policy to travel so far due to food quality concerns. However, we were able to swing it by cooking everything onsite in another state! It was a challenging but interesting experience to say the least.