Italian Banquet Company

We booked Giuseppe about 10 months before our wedding. A month before, he tells us that he won't be coming, and wants to send another chef, in his place. This was unprofessional and unacceptable to us, so we told him we would much prefer he was there. He moaned and groaned, but agreed to do his job after obviously taking a job with people who were paying him more, and giving him a place to stay for a month. He obviously thought he could send someone in his place, because he "didn't want to have to drive 5 hours". He didn't even tell us he had other chefs working for him, he advertosed himself as a private chef, not a private chef with a catering company. As we got less than 4 days to the wedding, he started acting completely unhinged with our wedding planner. He was abusive towards her (yes, we have the screenshots), for NO reason whatsoever. He screamed at her multiple times on the phone and hung up on her multiple times when she was just trying to ask him questions about when he would be there, etc. He told her he never got a menu from us, when he had one from the first few emails that we sent. He told her he was sick of "people prying into his private life, asking why he wasn't married and didn't have children, etc" and we had never once asked him ANYTHING personal, because we could have cared less about his back story, on our wedding day, we just needed a chef to cook, not a soap opera! He was eventually after all the abusive language, told not to come, and thankfully, our amazing wedding planner, knows many chefs and had one, who did the exact same menu, but better, with zero attitude! I cannot stress enough that if you are a bride, RUN!!! He only has 5 star reviews, I'm so sure, because he's had the others deleted, or paid friends to write them for him, or scared brides out of writing reviews that expose his absolutely insane behavior. I had to forward my wedding planner all communications with him because he accused me of "freaking out and crying", when that was not in any capacity, true. He told my wedding planner she was the one causing trouble, and drama, and that we were not to talk to him, at all, on our wedding day. It was the most insane, bizarre, mentally deranged behavior I've ever dealt with, with any vendor. My wedding planner said she had never experienced a vendor like this in her entire career, and she's been in the wedding industry for years. He kept calling her "sir" and saying that he hadn't offended her in any way, which couldn't have been less true. BUYER beware. We had to get a solicitor to write up a breach of contract letter to get our money back. Would NOT recommend hiring him, he seems like he's into some very shady things by the weird, cryptic messages he's posted lately on his social media about clients "behind closed doors". Again, RUN if you're a bride, you could end up without a wedding dinner!

My partner and I got married at Gretna Green and hired Giuseppe to cater for our wedding party of 15 people. He gave us total freedom to decide upon the menu and expert guidance towards our final choices for canapés and courses. He was very flexible for our guests with dietary requirements and preferences. The whole party was won over by his charm and warmth. He even allowed my 6 year-old niece into the kitchen, gave her tasters of the homemade ice cream, and let her wheel out one of the course

I met this charming man on my comunal terrace cleaning the floor and preparing tables for the guest to come for lovely sunset dinner.. we had a wee chitchat and here he comes with plates.. colorful healthy looking samples (tapas) and offering them to me to try.. Truly, it was such an amazing experience for me!!! Really delicious... Well we all love Italians especially for there's food . Thank you Giuseppe.

Giuseppe came out to the house we rented for a Christmas Eve/Birthday dinner for 12 of us. Everything about the meal was amazing, literally not one thing I would change! Each course was delicious and very generous portions (even had leftovers). Beyond the food, Giuseppe is a lovely guy and showed our group how to make agnolotti. I would recommend Giuseppe to anyone looking for a private chef.

At my oldest daughter’s big birthday Giuseppe provided the family with a beautiful meal. All of the food was prepared at our lodge. The menu he provided us with was wonderful. There wasn’t one single thing we didn’t like and I tried things that I would not normally have ordered. I would thoroughly recommend him and can’t wait for my other daughter to reach her big birthday because we will be booking him again

Giuseppe is a brilliant chef! He provided a wonderful birthday dinner for me and my family when we were on holiday in Aviemore. The quality of the food was fantastic! Loved all of it from the canapés including the fish ones which would not normally be my first choice to the wonderful main meal and desserts. The extra little touches were brilliant including the fresh focaccia. Giuseppe was so professional and nothing was a bother to him. Was lovely chatting about the different places he’s had

I've been meaning to write a proper review for so long now - we found Giuseppe online partly thanks to the strength of his reviews. Giuseppe catered our wedding with around 22 guests, we were expecting a good meal from a private chef but I don't think we could have hoped for as good as we got. Giuseppe was quick to respond to contact prior to the event and made us feel completely at ease on the day, he and his assistant delivered course after course of incredible food, from homemade sourdough,

This reviews ( N. 176) is Published in My ( private chef giuseppe manzoli google profile for reviews ) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Giuseppe's Cooked us (party of 12) a wonderful meal for my father's 80th birthday party. Service/timings were spot on, and the food was brilliant - a wonderful experience all round - thank you!

Giuseppe provided excellent catering to our wedding celebration. His dishes were creative, insightful and inspiring. Our reception, wedding cake, dinner and Guiseppe's breakfast next morning brought us close to our friends. We are very grateful for his service and friendship.

We hired Giuseppe to cater for our wedding back in November. We really can't recommend Giuseppe enough, he is down to earth & friendly, he will listen to exact what you want. AND his food is amazing. Real proper Italian food! All our guests loved his lasagna, it was a big hit on the night! Thank you again Guiseppe we really appreciate all the effort & love you put into your food