Giving Thanks: Distinguished Engagements is looking forward to some huge, exciting things this year, but first we want to thank everyone that has supported us over the years.  We are extremely grateful for you all! We also want to thank these venues for making Distinguished Engagements your preferred catering service: Pearmund Cellars, Effingham Winery, The Winery at La Grange, Graves Mountain, and Murlarkey’s Distilled Spirits.  Without your continued support we would not be where we are today, thank you!! Big News: We are overwhelmingly pleased to announce that we will soon be opening our brick and mortar home base in Sperryville, VA!  The Base at Blue Ridge, will be the…

We have been hard at work designing new occasions and events that allow us to invite you in for more sips, bites, and fine dining with our local growers and providers. We already have several engagements booked for the year, but some details are not available yet. We promise to provide updates as we finalize the specifics, such as menus, ticketing, and pricing. Please feel welcome to follow us on Facebook or our website where we (try!) to keep an updated list of opportunities to visit and see you again.   ~Theresa

Not every catered event is a large, formal affair. Winery outings and wine pairing dinners take center stage in the early fall for many of our clients. These can be fun and casual, or quietly elegant affairs. Fall for Great Food and Fun People Visiting wineries, breweries, or pick your own farms this fall? Picnic lunches and charcuterie boards are fun, casual fare for these gatherings. A catered lunch makes the afternoon more festive-and makes it easier for everyone to relax and enjoy the day. No need to make a mad dash to the store for snacks and cups. Our team takes care of it all for you. Our staff…

The last year taught this caterer and event planner that we can find a way forward through anything. Several of our wedding events were postponed for a year. Other events changed entirely in order to comply with health department mandates. At first, many of our hosts and brides were saddened and felt the day would be ruined. It just was not the day they originally envisioned. Fast forward to the solutions we created for them, and people were all smiles! The little things are everything. Event budgets and catering menus originally intended for large gatherings are easily adapted to smaller, more intimate gatherings. Our brides enjoyed special things that might…

Seems Spring is Flying by and we are rapidly heading toward THE HEAT OF SUMMER! DE is getting the gardens in and ready for our summer Customized menus. One of the things we love most about this time of year is the graduation celebrations from all the school platforms! College- springboarding the 20 somethings into careers– to the Highschools gearing the young adults for their big choices of trades, college and just life in general- then all the way to those precious preschoolers heading on to the school bus for kindergarten- So much excitement and change! WE at DE love to serve through all these spring changes in to the…

Well, it seems like it wants to be that time of year again.  In our beautiful state of Virginia trying to predict the weather is like trying to drive a chair.  It is not worth the trouble.  I often envy those poor weather people on TV, mainly because when I am wrong with my profession, there are usually consequences.  Either way, it’s time to start thinking about your garden. Now, firstly let’s understand that I am no green thumb 3rd generation farmer ready to begin the harvest.  I am a second generation gardening and food enthusiast who married into a family of very similar qualities.  My timing may not be…