Nashville, TN · Kitchen services & catering

Twenty-nine years
behind the pass.

I keep Nashville's kitchens clean and its tables full — from the exhaust duct to the last plated course.

Cara Schmitz in a commercial kitchen, wearing her work apron
(a) — The story

The line

It started in a fast-food fryer and ended — so far — in a fine-dining pass. Chef, server, caterer: twenty-nine years of every job a restaurant has, and I never lost the habit of showing up before the doors open.

The service

Grease, heat, and exhaust don't care about the menu. I built a company that treats a kitchen's back-of-house like the front — cleaned, maintained, and ready when it counts.

The table

And when the crowd's worth feeding, I'm back at the stove — catering the dinners, weddings, and community tables that keep this city hungry for more.

(b)

What I do

Cara giving a thumbs up under a freshly cleaned commercial kitchen hood01 — Exhaust & maintenance

Grease exhaust cleaning

Full duct, hood, and fan de-greasing for commercial kitchens. Scheduled maintenance, inspections, and the paperwork your fire marshal will actually accept.

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Cara with the kitchen crew at a Cajun cafe and catering company in Nashville02 — Chef & catering

Catering & private chef

Seasonal menus and full-service events, from a ten-person dinner to a hundred seats. I plan the menu, run the line, and leave the kitchen better than I found it.

Plan an event
(c) — HomeCara outdoors with her horse on a spring afternoon in Tennessee

Off the clock, it's three kids, a big table, and the same city that keeps feeding me.

I've cooked for a lot of people, but the meal I'm proudest of is the one at home. That's the standard I bring to every kitchen I clean and every table I set.

29
Years on the line
3
Kids at the table
1
City, Nashville
(c.2) — Nashville looks good on you
Cara in a straw cowboy hat outside a Nashville honky-tonkCara in front of the Nashville Looks Good On You muralCara with a guest in the restaurant, both giving a thumbs up
(d) — Say hello

Let's get the kitchen running.

Whether it's a duct that needs a scrub or a dinner that needs a chef, I answer my own phone.