The Casual Gourmet is a locally owned and operated food service company specializing in high end Cape Cod weddings. From a continental breakfast for ten to society weddings for 300, we cover every base and every budget. Our professional sales staff possesses more than 70 years of combined event planning experience. We are one of the largest, oldest and most successful catering companies on Cape Cod, and our broad range of clientele includes noted corporations and prestigious charitable organizations.
From Cookies to Catering
Olive Chase founded the Casual Gourmet in 1986 in a tiny Centerville storefront. The original shop, selling assorted gourmet delicacies, was an instant hit, but off-premise catering quickly became the mainstay of the business. By 1991, when the Casual Gourmet expanded into a larger facility, Olive was a local legend – “the caterer” to call for a memorable event with flawless service of creative and sumptuous food.
In 2006 the Casual Gourmet purchased the former Hearth n’ Kettle Bakery building in Centerville, doubling the size of our commissary and adding a line of special occasion cakes and pastries to our repertoire.
More than just a Caterer
In addition to our Centerville location, the Casual Gourmet also owns and operates The Casual Gourmet Express, with two retail locations in the Cape Cod Mall and Cape Cod Hospital as well as contract food operations at public golf courses owned by the Town of Sandwich and the Town of Brewster. The Casual Gourmet previously operated the food service at Cape Cod Community College, Infinium Software, Excel Technologies and Heritage Museums & Gardens.
A Community Company
The Casual Gourmet and it’s owner, Olive Chase, are active members of the Cape Cod community. In addition to being members of five Cape Cod chambers of commerce, the Casual Gourmet supports a number of local non profit organizations and causes.
Here are some of the local organizations that we support:
Cape Cod Hook Fisherman’s Association – www.ccchfa.org
CCHFA supports stewardship of coastal ecosystems through education, research, and policy programs. They are a great organization helping to protect the oldest business on the Cape, fishing! Click here to donate or join.
Cape Cod Health Care – www.capecodhealth.org
We are fortunate to have one of the best health care systems in the country right here on the Cape. The Casual Gourmet is proud to support CCHC in all that they do! Click here to donate.
Arts on the Cape
“If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.” -President John F. Kennedy
Art plays a very important role in our society and is rarely fostered as much as it should. The Casual Gourmet supports the following organizations who are dedicated to fostering a strong and vibrant arts community on Cape Cod.
The Arts Foundation – www.artsfoundation.org
The Arts Foundation is committed to strengthening and promoting Cape Cod’s arts and cultural industry throughout the year. They also organize The Pops By The Sea, an annual concert on the Barnstable Town Green with the Boston Pops, that we are honored to have catered for a number of years. Become a member.
Heritage Museums and Gardens – www.heritagemuseumsandgardens.org
Heritage promotes and fosters the appreciation, preservation and stewardship of America’s culture and horticulture by connecting people, living collections, object collections and ideas. Check out one of Heritage’s latest fundraisers or donate here.
Cape Cod Museum of Art – www.ccmoa.org
CCMA collects, conserves, studies, interprets and exhibits works by outstanding artists associated with Cape Cod and the Islands. Join here.
In addition to the organizations that The Casual Gourmet supports, Olive Chase and her husband Dave are active members of the Cape Cod community. Olive is the past President of the boards of trustees at the Lighthouse Charter School and the Sturgis Charter School and a active supporter of the Charter School movement. Click here to learn more.
Dave Chase is the President of the Hyannis Youth and Community Center Foundation and one of the driving forces behind the recently opened Hyannis Youth and Community Center, a dual rink community center serving downtown Hyannis and the greater Cape Cod community. Click here to donate to the HYCC.
