Peri’s Palate ©️ Catering & Gourmet
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We believe exceptional hospitality begins with exceptional ingredients. Every menu is thoughtfully curated to reflect the seasons, honor the integrity of Whole Foods, and create memorable dining experiences that nourish both guests and community. Our commitment is to serve food that is vibrant, intentional, and rooted in quality where plants remain the heart of every table, and every meal is prepared with care, craftsmanship, and respect for those we serve.
⭐️ We are Allergen Conscious & Regulated
⭐️ We are a dairy free and GMO-free company. We opt out of artificial colors, dyes, emulsifiers, and gums. Instead, we use the colors and sweeteners nature has given us for the artistic aesthetic of food.
⭐️We locally source all of our foods and ingredients, for more than 98% of our food designs are not supplied by high food chains.
⭐️ We utilize the art of FIFO to cut less on food cost and waste protocols.
“Food waste is the lack of imagination.”
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At Peri’s Palate, we believe every meal has the power to restore, connect, and create lasting memories. We offer thoughtfully curated culinary experiences rooted in seasonal ingredients, cultural appreciation, and the healing relationship between food, family, and community.
Whether gathering around an intimate family table, celebrating a wedding, hosting a wellness retreat, or enjoying a farm-to-table dinner beneath the open sky, every experience is intentionally designed to nourish both body and spirit
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WHAT WE DO ➡️ Gather. Honor. Nourish. Build.
I. Celebrations and Sacred Unions
Weddings
Birthdays
Family Gatherings
Heritage Inspired Meals
Buffet service and Family style dining
We don’t just feed the party- we serve it as well. With our ordained priestess credentials, we not only feed and decorate but also officiate in ceremonies.
II. Founders Events
Seasonal Tasting menus and Garden Brunches
Chefs table dinners
Fireside gatherings
Multi-course private dining
Formal dining experiences
III. Nourishment
Herbal tonics and fruit beverages
40 days of nourishment; postpartum family meal preparation and recovery meals
Prepared nourishment for mothers, newborn families and households entering a new season.
✨✨✨Now offering styling and decorum styling curated to the atmosphere you envision.
D1 BASIC STYLING
Table linens
Simple centerpieces
Food display styling
Signage
D2 CURATED TABLESCAPE
Theme development and personalized coordinated colors
Florals and Botanicals
Place settings
Candles
D3 FULL EVENT DESIGN
Ceremony and reception design both incorporated
Custom installations
Specialty rentals (varies)
Complete atmosphere design
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Our nutritional coaching empowers individuals and families to build sustainable habits through practical guidance, education, and culturally rooted nourishment. Our approach is educational, encouraging, and centered on helping clients cultivate longevity relationships with food. Coaching is individualized based and not medical advice.
Plant forward meal planning (flexitarian and fasting diets included)
Pantry assessments & kitchen organization
Personalized nutrition consultations
Seasonal eating practices
Wellness goal planning and accountability support
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Our intention is to reimagine the plate not divide the table.
We want people to experience vegetables differently. To discover that legumes and grains can become something extraordinary. To see that seeds, mushrooms, roots, fruits, herbs, and whole grains can create depth, texture, color, protein, and satisfaction.
We believe food is more than what is placed on a plate—it is connection, culture, nourishment, memory, and community. The table was never meant to be a place of exclusion. It is a place where people gather, share, and are nourished together.
Our culinary philosophy begins with whole foods and intentional nourishment, with particular attention to amino acids and the power of thoughtfully combined plant proteins. We intentionally promote plant-based proteins and combinations of legumes, grains, seeds, nuts, vegetables, mushrooms, and other whole-food ingredients because they allow us to create meals that are nutritionally intentional, vibrant, abundant, creative, and accessible without relying heavily on animal protein.
We are predominantly vegetarian and plant-based in our culinary expression, but our table has room for those who follow a flexitarian or more complex amino-acid approach to nourishment. We do not believe that sharing a meal requires everyone to eat identically. We believe there is room for different paths to nourishment while still honoring the integrity of the food, the community, and the experience.
About Peri's Palate ©️
The INSPIRATION
The palate is first developed before a person ever eats solid food, it is the body’s interpreter of how we receive and interpret nourishment. Food is not only something we consume, but something we communicate with. Every ingredient carries a story, and every meal creates an experience, Peri’s Palate© is a living philosophy of personal reconnection, a practice of learning how the body truly receives, interprets, and responds to nourishment, and then bringing that awareness into everyday life.
Through mindful attention to taste, the sense of smell, texture, and response we begin to understand the language of our own biology. Mindful of how energy rises or falls after meals, how clarity or cloudiness follows, and how emotion is often intertwined with what we consume.
We honor that every body is uniquely designed thus every story of nourishment begins differently. We are in proud collaboration with Sankofa Full Spectrum Collective © Nonprofit, recognizing and uplifting individuals and families navigating cleft lip and palate differences, birth defect variations, and the journey beyond them. Our shared belief reflects that nourishment extends beyond food, it includes advocacy, education, community, and the honoring of each individual experience.
The HEAD CHEF
Chef Nelley’s background spans education in biological anatomy and nutrition, plant based culinary, herbalism, and birth and doula wellbeing. With a strong focus on progress and process, Nelley guides stewards and advocates of the divine to execute aligned nutrition and homeostasis living one step at a time. Health never had to be hard, and healing does not have to take away from your human experience.
“I believe that before there was a prescription, there was provision. Food was always the first medicine, the original pharmacy from the harvest to the heart and the palate to the plate. Culinary was meant for creativity, because every food we eat every meal we share it is not only consumed, but it is experienced, remembered, and felt.” - Nelley B El
The CHEF’ S HARVEST
Crafted with purpose.
A rotating collection of seasonal creations inspired by the harvest, the chefs imagination, and our commitment to intentional nourishment.
Celebrating the beauty of seasonal ingredients while inviting our community to experience new flavors, discover new menu offerings, and bring a piece of our culinary to your home.
From handcrafted juices and baked goods to broths, fermented foods, signature seasonings, menu previews, and breads, The Chef’s Harvest offers a taste of Peri’s Palate © beyond the table. Each release is thoughtfully prepared in limited quantities which require 1-3 day expedite delivering to preserve the freshness of our products.
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Your Questions, Answered-
Click on our Reserve The Table tab for further pricing, menus, and tiers for Peri’s Palate ©️ or you can reach us anytime via our contact page or email. We aim to respond quickly—usually within one business day.
For all Peri’s Palate©️ Inquiries you can directly email us at perispalatebooking@mail.com
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OUR PHILOSOPHY
Food is more than nourishment—it is memory, medicine, celebration, and legacy.
Our approach honors the rhythms of nature by embracing locally sourced ingredients, whole foods, and plant-forward cuisine while creating welcoming spaces where people can reconnect with one another through intentional hospitality.
Every menu is thoughtfully crafted to reflect the season, the occasion, and the unique story of those gathered around the table.
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Getting started is simple. Sign up for email list for our exclusive in season menu’s and receive 10% off your order. After that, head over to our A.R.T Storefront and go to the in season Chefs Harvest!
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When meat is incorporated into a catering package, our philosophy does not change. We intentionally pair it with whole foods, vibrant produce, grains, legumes, herbs, roots, seeds, and thoughtfully prepared accompaniments. We focus on intentional processing and preparation so that the dish remains connected to the same spirit of nourishment that guides our predominantly plant-based cuisine.
If meats are requested in your catering order, we thoroughly ensure that no cross contamination is detected. We will operate in two separate kitchens, with different utensils, supplies, and chefs. All meats are locally sourced to ensure the high quality of food.