Catering & Associates was founded by gourmet chef and food stylist Taryne Jakobi who has been practising, both locally and abroad, since 1990. This premier Johannesburg based catering company believes that food should reflect your individual style and taste. As a diversified firm, Catering & Associates provides both exceptional catering for functions, weddings and parties in the time-honoured tradition, as well as pre-prepared culinary delights such as platters, cakes and ready-made meals. In addition to running some of Johannesburg’s most delightful in-house coffee shops and eateries, Catering & Associates is also the secret chef behind the many celebrated sandwiches in the Seattle Coffee Co’s chain of shops.

Taryne is also a distinguished freelance food stylist and cookery writer, whose work is regularly featured in Food & Home Entertaining magazine. Her passion and talent for table settings and decorating have made her a sought after speaker and presenter at many top events, expositions and demonstrations.

Catering & Associates custom makes delectable menus for even the most discriminating palates. The company’s food presentation and exquisite food styling will create an experience guests will always remember. Whether it is a corporate function for the masses a government indaba for heads of state, a picnic at the polo, an intimate dinner in the privacy of your own home, or providing the business acumen and operations experience to run a successful eatery, Catering & Associates will create an epicurean delight that will titillate the senses with a superb bouquet of tastes, textures and colour.

True to its founder’s vision, Catering & Associates continues to grow, innovate and explore every possible way to bring delicious and beautifully stylised eats to Johannesburg’s food lovers.

Dedication to quality and the underlying philosophy that no detail is too small is what makes Catering & Associates successful.