Betty Brooklyn

Brooklyn, United States

4.8

20 reviews

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+1 718-832-3889
Website:
www.bettybrooklyn.com
Address:
455 Utica Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11203
b/t New York Ave & Maple St
Wingate
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
0.4 miCrown Heights-Utica Avenue (3,4)
0.5 miSutter Avenue-Rutland Road
0.8 miKingston Avenue (3)
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Betty Brooklyn specializes in deliciously handmade catering. We begin by listening to you and designing a customized event specifically for you and your guests. We then source local, seasonal and organic ingredients directly from the farm and prepare them by hand. Everything we serve is made from scratch — from our homemade mustards and wild fermented pickles to fresh and exotic cocktail mixers. But our catering is about more than just delicious food. From hand-​selecting a professional and friendly staff, to making sure the tables are set just right, to returning nourishment back to the earth by composting, every detail is important to us.

History

Established in 2009.

It all began when Elizabeth and her then-​fiancé were planning their wedding. Frustrated by the lack of catering options available that focused on quality ingredients and delicious food made from scratch, Elizabeth decided to plan and cater the wedding herself. Afterward, the guests could not stop raving about the event! Thus, the idea of Betty Brooklyn was born.

Meet the Business Owner

Elizabeth K.

Business Owner

Elizabeth Kalin is the chef and owner of Betty Brooklyn and prides herself in being the face of her company. She began cooking as a little girl and since then, her life has been consumed with the wonders of food. Elizabeth is a graduate of both the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration and The French Culinary Institute. During her 11 years of experience working in the hospitality industry, she has worked for hotels including The Breakers, The Ritz Carlton and the The Marriott Marquis as well as fine dining restaurants such as Core: club and Mas (farmhouse). Elizabeth has also marketed her own line of Betty Brooklyn jams, chutneys and pickles at GRAB Specialty Foods in Park Slope.

In addition to Elizabeth’s professional experience, she has traveled extensively through France, Germany and Spain, studying regional cuisine. In France, Elizabeth worked on an organic farm as part of the WWOOF program.

At home, Elizabeth and her husband, Josh, are active member’s of their co

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20 reviews of Betty Brooklyn

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Place rating: 1
East Rutherford, NJ
My fiancé and I felt like we were on the ball in booking Betty Brooklyn to be both our caterer and day-​of coordinator. We signed the contract with them at the beginning of May 2015 for a wedding that would take place 11 months later (April 2016). Based on their reviews all over the internet, we were confident that we had scored a winner. We couldn’t have been more excited.
On 11/​30/​2015, they reached out to us to make sure we had scheduled an official tasting sometime in January. I wrote them back that yes, we had — in fact, my parents had booked flights from Texas to NY in order to come and join in the festivities! They told me «Yes, we have your tasting on our calendar and we are looking forward to it.»
Nineteen days later, they emailed us to tell us they were going out of business and thus would not be able to cater or coordinate our wedding, leaving us in the holiday season with four months to interview, select, and contract with a suitable caterer and coordinator. Four months to set up tastings and site visits. Four months to start the interviewing process again. We weren’t sad, but we were extremely disappointed.
They took it upon themselves to mail our extremely large refund check via certified mail, without checking with me about which address would be the best for us to receive and process the money. As it happened, we were not able to stay home at my home address during weekdays to do this, and as such, kept missing the check until eventually my fiancé took time off from work to pick it up at the post office. If they had given me the courtesy of a cancellation phone call, I would have given them a mailing address that would have allowed us to cash the check immediately, rather than waiting for two weeks.
This was a terribly disappointing experience. However, I am happy to say we look at is as an opportunity to work with a very competent vendor for our wedding.
Place rating: 5
Brooklyn, NY
To pile on to everyone else’s 5 star review: Betty Brooklyn make amazing food and have an amazing staff. We worked with several people, primarily Samantha and Betty, when engaging BB to cater our wedding of 140. They were incredibly responsive and flexible. We opted for delivery rather than full on catering. The food arrived on time, beautifully packaged, and ready to serve. Also included was servingware (plates, utensils, cups, etc) all made of eco-​friendly, compostable material bamboo. The servingware looked elegant to boot. I absolutely recommend them. The food is excellent and they’re a joy to work with.
Place rating: 5
NoHo, Manhattan, NY
Our guests are still raving about our party in particular the food by Betty Brooklyn. The Betty team were great to work with, the whole event was seamless from organizing to the day. They made hosting a dinner party for 17 very easy and totally stress free.
I would highly recommend Betty Brooklyn for their experience, professionalism and tasty food.
Place rating: 5
Upper East Side, Manhattan, NY
Betty, Samantha, Nicole and the whole team were incredible. The food was to die for – we had such a hard time choosing our dishes at the tasting because they were all so delicious. And, all the food came out great at the event – definitely not easy with 130 people.
They are also simply amazing to work with. They are very communicative and dot every «I» and cross all the «T’s.» (Great coordination website, lots of good e-​mail communication, etc.) They had every detail down, from seating, to dessert menus, to coat check in a summer rain. We couldn’t have asked for more and we can’t recommend the team highly enough.
Place rating: 5
Brooklyn, NY
Very creative and hard working definitely put time and effort in every order you can feel the love in the food
Place rating: 5
New York, NY
The team at Betty Brooklyn catered an event my school was hosting to raise money. We’ve worked with other caterers in the past and I am so glad we found BB this year. They were professional, presented the food beautifully and in an organized way, and we loved that all serving containers and utensils were either reusable or recyclable.
They were so helpful in choosing an appropriate menu for our event and even helped «make it work» when last minute we realized there was a date mix up (my fault). They just really do their jobs with love and passion. I’d highly recommend this awesome team!
Place rating: 5
Brooklyn, NY
Betty and her team deserve every single one of these 5 stars!
Besides being the sweetest person to work with (which lets be honest isn’t easy to come by these days) her team, food and drive for perfection makes her one my very favorite caterers to work with. by far! Go Betty!!!
Place rating: 5
Brooklyn, NY
We could not be happier with Betty and her staff after our wedding. We first met Betty at wedding vendor event in Brooklyn and we were blown away by her food samples and totally endeared to her quiet confidence. After an initial tasting and consultation at her office we knew she was the right choice to cater our wedding. My husband comes from a large Italian family on Long Island and the thing everyone remembers about every wedding is whether the food was good or not. We knew we had to make food a priority. With Betty, we had absolutely no doubts that everyone would be wowed on the big day (spoiler alert: they were). She worked with us to plan a seasonal and very personal menu — she even used my husband’s recently-​passed grandmother’s Italian meatball recipe upon our request, which was a lovely way to have someone there in spirit who couldn’t be there in person. The entire menu was on par with what you would get at a great Brooklyn restaurant — nothing like generic wedding food. We also wanted a Mister Softee truck instead of a traditional cake. We merely mentioned this to Betty at our initial meeting and she took care of every detail and made it a reality (which our whole family is going to be talking about for years). When it came to organization and planning, Betty was a true professional. She offered suggestions and guidance while never imposing her own tastes or personality above ours — at every step she made us feel like we were in great hands and that our event would be perfect (and it was). Our only regret was that we couldn’t spend more of the wedding night eating Betty’s delicious food and hanging out with her!
Place rating: 5
New York, NY
We would highly recommend Betty Brooklyn for anyone getting married in Brooklyn, or anywhere else for that matter. Her high level of organization and extensive experience working weddings made our day run so much smoother than we had ever anticipated. This doesn’t even touch on the food which was amazingly prepared and presented and had guests raving about it for weeks to come. She completely customized everything on the menu to our tastes while using only fresh ingredients– creating a dining experience above and beyond anything we had expected.
We would also recommend having Betty coordinate the event the day of. She coordinates with all of your weddings vendors making sure they arrive at the venue on time, are aware of their responsibilities and takes that all out of your hand on the day of the event when you have other things to worry about. This was such a huge help as all we needed to do the day of was show up and enjoy ourselves.
We had two minor issues the day of our wedding that could have been disastrous if not for Betty and her staff. First, I ripped a huge hole in the front of my dress as I stepped out of the cab before the ceremony. Before I could even begin to panic, Betty was right there with a calming presence and a needle and thread! She fixed it and I couldn’t even tell it had ever ripped. Later, a guest decided to sit at a table he wasn’t assigned to, displacing another guest, but as soon as Betty’s staff saw this they immediately set up another table setting to accommodate the displaced guest. To say Betty and her staff went above and beyond expectations would be an understatement… not to mention, THE FOOD! To cap off the night, Betty sent us home with doggy bags filled with the amazing dinner and desert she prepared. It was such a thoughtful and appreciated touch. We can not thank Betty and her staff enough for helping us to create & pull off our perfect wedding!
Place rating: 5
Jupiter, FL
Betty catered my daughters wedding at the Foundry. The food was amazing. Her attention to detail was over the top! No need to hire a wedding coordinator — Betty does it all!
Place rating: 5
Philadelphia, PA
I can’t recommend Betty Brooklyn highly enough. From the beginning, Betty has gone above and beyond in her catering services. From our first meeting to our correspondence prior to the wedding to day-​of events, Betty was professional, personal and thoughtful. By the end she felt like an important part of our wedding, not just a caterer. She anticipated our needs before they became needs and added generous surprises along the way. Not to mention all the compliments our guests had for the food served at the wedding — delicious, fresh, inspired. Truly, Betty made our wedding day the best it could have been. Many thanks to Betty!
Place rating: 5
Brooklyn, NY
This review of Betty Brooklyn’s incredible amazingness is LONG OVERDUE – my husband and I got married at the W Loft here in Williamsburg this past January, and WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT BETTY.
She is just a joy. She’s a fantastic person to work with, as is her entire staff – everyone was absolutely committed to making everything run smoothly with our wedding, and it went off without a hitch. She acted as our day-​of coordinator, and I didn’t have one droplet of doubt that everything was going to go smoothly because of it. Also? THE FOOD WAS ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS. Everyone loved it — and I mean everyone RAVED about it. Everyone raved about her staff, too, and we heard about a billion times about how nice everyone was and how tasty everything was.
Also, she set up our whole space for us, and it all looked just gorgeous. She’s a great communicator, and will just get you all taken care of.
If you are getting married in NYC, go with Betty! She is the best!
Place rating: 5
Manhattan, NY
First thing I can tell you is that she is worth every penny.
She catered our wedding April 4th at 501 Union. Betty and her staff is an all pro crew. We actually knew one of her servers at our wedding, so we can affirm she hires good people.
All everyone was talking about was how good the food was. The seafood bar was a huge hit, but we were too busy to make a visit during cocktail hour (It was big, but it did not last long). We saw some of the crab legs made it in our slowmo booth and photobooth photos, it looked delicious…
Almond crusted halibut FTW!
Thank you Betty and Sam! We had an epic wedding.
Place rating: 5
Greenwich, CT
Betty did a beautiful party for us and people raved about the food. She is a great listener, very low-​key, and a pleasure to work with.
She was very helpful in recommending other vendors and was a great collaborator.
Place rating: 5
Brooklyn, NY
Betty Brooklyn was AMAZING!
Planning a wedding if a fucking nightmare. Not only do you have your mother to deal with but… oh don’t get me started!
I feel like I planned it all by myself, but the truth is, Betty did it all! We only hired her as a caterer but she made fantastic recommendations about pretty much everything else — from colors, to flowers, to dishes to furniture. My wedding was perfect. No joke.
The food was EXCELLENT too. Huge variety of options for your menu, variety of styles ie plated, buffet, family style (we did family style). We got to taste a bunch of the food, which was super fun too!
The only wish I have is to go back again as a guest.
Place rating: 5
Brooklyn, NY
Betty Brooklyn catered our wedding last month in Long Island City. She killed it.
Elizabeth is a pro on so many levels, and made this event so fun and easy for us. We decided to do the whole thing vegetarian, and although most of our guests eat meat, they are still raving about how incredible the food was one month later. Based on the type of party we wanted, Elizabeth suggested a cocktail-​style service which meant that guests were free to move around all night long while food was brought out on tables and passed by waiters. The food was incredible, the cocktails were incredible and Elizabeth worked behind the scenes to orchestrate everything flawlessly. It was wonderful to celebrate with our families and friends all night knowing that Elizabeth was taking care of all the details.
Hire Betty Brooklyn to cater your wedding or party if you want delicious food, flawless service and total faith that everything will be taken care of at the highest level.
Place rating: 5
New York, NY
Not only was the food amazing, but the thought and care that goes into preparing each dish are exactly the philosophy that my wife and I share on enjoying exquisite seasonal food. We were so happy that we were able to share good food and drinks with our guests.
Elizabeth and her team were professional and easy to work with. They handled all the preparations the morning of our special day, many of which I hadn’t even anticipated needing, such as when it started raining outside and the ceremony had to be moved into the same room where the lunch was to be held. The team handled everything seamlessly, leaving me only to relax, breath, and enjoy my wedding day.
After the wedding event, Elizabeth and her team did all the clean up, making my life so much easier. There wasn’t a thing for us to do, allowing us to truly enjoy the day.
I would recommend Betty Brooklyn to all my friends looking for a caterer. They are awesome!
Place rating: 5
Sunnyside, Queens, NY
Elizabeth was wonderful to work with and really made our wedding day special! She came up with great menu options, and was very flexible and accommodating. Best of all, everything was delicious!
Place rating: 5
Brooklyn, NY
Betty Brooklyn (Elizabeth) did our October 2012 Wedding here in Dumbo. She is fantastic! Our guests loved the food, we had the most delicious pies, and the service of her team was impeccable. They really went above and beyond to take care of the whole event for us. It was fabulous!
As a bride planning most of my own wedding, Elizabeth was a treat to work with. She is professional, prompt, collaborative and helpful. Her food is delicious, and was exactly what I was looking for — fresh, local, tasty and not a typical «catered» menu. She has such fantastic selection to choose from!
I would recommend Elizabeth to anyone looking for a wonderful menu, attentive service and a truly personalized wedding experience.
Place rating: 5
Manhattan, NY
I LOVE working with Betty Brooklyn! Not only is the food incredible, fresh, and made with the best quality ingredients, it is made with love and passion. Being an event planner I work with many vendors and its rare to meet someone as kind and professional as Elizabeth.
Not only can I count on her to provide amazing food and service for any type of event but I can count on the process of working with her being a great stress experience. If you have an event coming up I highly recommend reaching out to Elizabeth at Betty Brooklyn! :)