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At Food For Thought Specialized Catering, our mission is to create a unforgettable spread of food by exceeding your expectations with innovative cuisine, exceptional customer service and a creative presentation.
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At Food For Thought Specialized Catering, our mission is to create a unforgettable spread of food by exceeding your expectations with innovative cuisine, exceptional customer service and a creative presentation.
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Food for Thought Specialized Catering is a small catering business that specializes in catering all types of events accommodating small and large parties. We cater events such as birthday parties, weddings, corporate events, private dinners and more. We also offer specialty services to our customers so that they’ll stay connected, such as cooking classes, cooking demonstrations, meal prep parties and event planning.
Katina Johnson
Master Shef™
Meet Our Head Shef™
Katina Johnson is a specialty chef and catering coordinator from St. Louis, MO. Katina was born June 3, 1990 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Only after 4 months of being born, Katina was adopted and move to St. Louis MO, where she was raised. Her mom cooked at home often, showing her a little at a time as she grew into a young adult. With food being one of the major keys to bring her family together, Tina was bound for greatness.
When Chef Tina enrolled into culinary school, she didn’t know what to expect. After weeks of classes, she realized that she was a natural. Katina received praise and acknowledgement from peers and instructors on her talents and that set fuel to her fire. She then went on to become a student ambassador, helping new enrolled students settle in and showing them the ends and outs of becoming a chef. Katina graduated Le Cordon Bleu School of Culinary Arts in St. Louis, MO with a 4.0 GPA and received recommendations from her culinary instructors to help jump start her career. After graduation, she began intensive training as a sous chef for various casinos, as well as high end resort & spas. Perfecting her skill and earning a reputation for savory dishes and expertise in executive catering. Her culinary philosophy “specialize in what you’re cooking at the moment” is the spirit in which she creates each impressive and flavorful dish. Katina’s passion for everyday cooking and her refined skill yields an extra ounce of “deliciousness” in every dish of her repertoire. All clients served by Chef Katina, love her specialty catering and remember her personalized service, for she nourishes the palette and the soul with Food for Thought!
After years of working in the field and becoming an experienced chef, Katina decided to start a catering business. Food For Thought was birthed in St. Louis MO, on March 29, 2016. Food for Thought is a small catering business that specializes in catering all types of events accommodating small and large parties. We cater events such as birthday parties, weddings, corporate events, private dinners and more. We also offer specialty services such as cooking classes, cooking demonstrations, meal prep parties and event planning. Our mission is to create an unforgettable spread of food by exceeding your expectations with innovative cuisine, exceptional customer service and a creative presentation.
Chef Katina now resides in Memphis TN, where she now operates her business. Food For Thought has gained high profile clientele and continues to thrive. Knowing that there is always room for growth and improvement, Katina continues to educate herself on her craft. Katina recently completed a 12-week entrepreneurial training program called “Operation Hope” through “First Horizon Bank” taught by Ms. Trudy Morrison. Chef Katina benefited from this program in so many ways that she has recommended it to other young entrepreneurs in the area. Chef Katina also does volunteer work for her community such as feeding the homeless, speaking to students at local schools about financial literacy and entrepreneurship in hopes to restore positivity in the City of Memphis.
Food For Thought is currently certified to do business with the City of Memphis, Shelby County Government, University of Tennessee (all locations), Shelby County Schools, MLGW, and Memphis International Airport. Along with being a certified local small business, minority and woman owned business, Food For Thought also has an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau since March of 2019.
As Katina strives to be great and a team player, she plans to help up and coming chefs on their journey with providing them with the tools to be successful.
There’s enough food for everyone, NOW LETS EAT!!!! – Chef Katina Johnson
