Chef-led lunches, client dinners, and cook-together team events for firms across Scottsdale and North Phoenix. Prepared in a licensed, inspected kitchen and served wherever you need it.
From $45 per guest · $650 minimum
The offsite your team actually talks about.
You already know what catered corporate food usually is. Aluminum trays, a folding table, and a room that goes quiet because there's nothing to talk about.
I do a different version. Sometimes that means a properly composed boxed lunch that people actually finish. Sometimes it means a pasta station finished live in your conference room, or a team competing through a guided pasta build and then sitting down to eat what they made. The food is the same standard I cook for private tables — it just scales.
The Working Lunch — from $45 per person
Boxed & Boardroom
Herb-roasted chicken or citrus salmon over farro, seasonal vegetable, focaccia, and an olive oil cake square. Individually boxed and labeled for dietary needs, so nobody has to ask.
Best for: client meetings, board lunches, quarterly all-hands.
The Station Event — from $75 per person
Pasta Station, Carved & Boards
Live-finished pasta in wheel-tossed pomodoro and Bolognese. Carved herb-crusted beef with chimichurri. An entertaining board spread with a Seared Living oils flight.
Best for: client appreciation, holiday parties, open houses.
The Team Build — from $95 per person
Cook Together, Eat Together
Teams compete through a guided pasta-and-sauce build, then share the results family-style. Equal parts offsite and dinner party — and the rare team event where nobody checks their phone. Hosted at Seared Living or your venue.
Best for: team building, new-hire cohorts, leadership retreats.
BBQ & Backyard Formal — from $60 per person
The Sauce Legacy Menu
Smoked and grilled mains finished with Mitch's BBQ Sauce and Rib Sauce. Street corn, slaw dressed with Crème Brûlée white balsamic, and skillet cornbread.
Best for: summer gatherings, milestone celebrations, anything that should feel relaxed without being careless.
HOW IT WORKS
Send me the basics. Headcount, date, venue, and whether you want staffed service or drop-off.
I'll send a menu and a number. One page, forwardable, with dietary accommodations spelled out. No surprises at invoice.
We lock the date. 50% deposit reserves it, balance due day-of.
⚑ Where the food is made. All catering is prepared in a licensed, inspected commercial kitchen and transported to your event under proper handling. This is not home-kitchen food, and it never will be.
Every event is labeled. Vegetarian, gluten-free, dairy-free and allergy-specific plates are built into the count rather than improvised on the day — tell me the restrictions when you send the headcount and they'll be handled properly and discreetly.
Buy out a class for your team
The Thursday class program at Seared Living can be reserved privately for teams of 4 to 16. Same format, your people only, $55 per seat with buyout terms on request.
What are you planning?
Send the date and the headcount and I'll come back with a menu you can forward to whoever signs off.