- Unique Cuisine
Blue Onion offers catering with style! Enjoy the creativity and professionalism that the staff of Blue Onion provides at each and every event. Whether your event is a small intimate dinner or the wedding of your dreams, an elegant affair or a casual get-together.
A successful event is the result of personal attention to thousands of details. In fact an average 100 person function requires that someone handle approximately 19,256 details. That’s where Blue Onion is highly recognized.
There is no limit to the excellent service and exquisite cuisine of Blue Onion. We offer menu ideas & development to suit every budget and palate.
Blue Onion prides itself on offering unique and innovative cuisine, marrying classic cuisine with nouvelle ideas and international flavors.
Blue Onion won first place for taste and quality of food, and second place for marriage of food and wine at North Lake Tahoe’s prestigious 1996 and 1997 Autumn Food and Wine Jubilee.
Contact us for a complimentary menu & event consultation.
Anywhere
Historic Thunderbird Lodge
Blue Onion is a full service catering company, which means we have the equipment, vehicles, staff and experience to provide our services anywhere:
- A cocktail party at your home,
- A lakeside wedding,
- A mountain-top movie shoot, or
- An anniversary dinner on a yacht.
Beautiful Presentation
Private Beach Location
Services range from all-inclusive catered events to drop-off party platters, always providing award-winning fare and excellent service.
We pride ourselves in unique and innovative cuisine, marrying the classics with nouvelle ideas and international flavors.
Only the Freshest
Our chefs hand-pick the freshest fruits and vegetables from local markets, select the highest grade of meats and poultry, and only purchase the freshest seafood.
Always insisting on the best ingredients has helped us establish our reputation for excellence.
Any Theme
Choose an elegant five course French dinner menu, an abundant Mediterranean buffet, or for a cozy brunch fresh-baked pastries and sweet berries. We have a number of internationally trained chefs and menu consultants on staff who are able to create a menu to suit your personal taste, budget and any desired theme. Some successful themes include:
Sushi Bar
- mediterranean tables
- paella parties
- fondue dinners
- sushi bars
- fiesta menus
- classic barbecues
- tapas
- middle eastern feasts
- vegetarian
- and more . . .
Exceptional Service
We take pride in each and every event that we cater. Beginning with our planners, to our talented kitchen staff and our professional servers, it is our mission to provide the best catering service possible.Our servers are highly trained and have superb knowledge of food and wine. Servers, bartenders and chefs are for hire on an individual basis.
If you need a helping hand with a private party or function, please call for availability and price quotes.
Planning
Our professional consultants are eager to help in planning your special event. We can refer and help provide you with:
Elegant Catering
- lakefront and mountaintop locations
- ice sculptures
- wedding consultants
- incredible wedding cakes
- hard to find props
- high quality rental items
- unique invitations, place cards, menus, etc.
- musicians, bands, florists & photographers
Our Promise
Blue Onion is responsible for providing our clients with the best quality food, beverage, service and equipment available. All necessary set-up and clean-up related to catering services is included in every quote. Every space is left as found by the catering crew. We take responsibility and care of the spaces we “borrow” with respect to you. because we customize each and every catered event, we do not have set prices, nor can we generate quotes based on menus.
Our consultants are available to create estimates based on menu, location, size of function and other specific details. Please call for a complimentary consultation, which can be done over the phone, fax or e-mail, or by appointment.
Autumn Food and Wine Jubilee 1996 & 1997 – 1st Place for Best Food and Best Food and Wine Marriage.
Action Magazine Best Caterer of 2003 as voted by Tahoe locals.