Chef Jack's Catering

Reviewer: NG

My wife and I hired Chef Jack to do our wedding this past month. I have celiac disease and cannot eat gluten-products, such as wheat, rye or barley. If I eat these items, I get very sick. We hired Chef Jack because he got rave reviews and in talking with him, he seemed to understand the gluten allergy. We decided to go with an epicurean style dinner.

Things up to the wedding seemed fine and my partner and I were very excited to be pampered and enjoy our big day. When the first tray of food was passed at the reception, I noticed an item on the tray that I was not familiar with, so I asked what it was, excited to try something new. I was told that the item was not gluten-free. So, not only was this flakey pastry not gluten-free, but it had possibly contaminated all other items on the tray.

Long story short, I ended up getting very SICK ON MY WEDDING NIGHT from eating something that contained gluten.

I assumed this was a mistake and Chef Jack would at least apologize for this VERY SERIOUS mistake. When I talked with him after the event, he admitted he fed me gluten and he didn't care, claiming that we never discussed having everything gluten-free.

Bottom line, Chef Jack violated the first rule of being a chef, DO NOT GET YOUR GUESTS SICK.

I would not recommend Chef Jack to anyone with a food allergy. He obviously doesn't understand the seriousness of the allergy, nor does he care to.