About Us

Meet the Dream team of catering

Yes, we've won a lot of awards, but the way we see it, we're really only as good as our last event. It's our mission to make Utah an outstanding place to live, work, and celebrate. We've got the talent, creativity, and know-how to make that happen at every event we do as the lead catering company in Utah.

Executive Team

Ryan knows catering like the back of his hand. The palms of his hands however, show signs of a childhood spent doing dishes, repairing trucks, and playing with fire. Ryan lives and breathes the art of catering. His work, and passions are one.

Ryan Crafts

President and Chief Operations Officer

Kaleb was born the year Culinary Crafts began. Learning the catering business from the ground up is a slam dunk when you start out crawling on the kitchen floor. Kaleb loves people, he loves food, and he loves bringing them together. Born to cater.

Kaleb Crafts

President and Chief Sales Officer

When Mary started Culinary Crafts in 1984, her goal was for the company to always be the best it could be. Embodying that core value for 35+ years has put Culinary Crafts at the top of its field. Setting, and raising the bar to ever higher levels for gold standard catering in Utah.

Mary Crafts

Founder

Sales & Event Coordination Team

Ashley Veenendaal

Corporate Event Specialist

Jocelyn Gillies

Wedding & Event Specialist

Jinous Jahromi

Wedding & Event Specialist, Rice Eccles Stadium & Tower

Rachel Collet

Wedding & Event Specialist

Amber King

Wedding & Event Specialist

Culinary Team

Brandon Roddy

Director of Culinary Production

Hunter Hunt

Chef de Cuisine

David Dexter

Executive Sous Chef

James Arnold

Sous Chef

Dardree Mcclellan

Head Pastry Chef

Megan Gagne

Lead Pastry Chef

Raquel Ortega

Pastry Chef

Trong Nguyen

Chef de Cuisine, Rice Eccles Stadium & Tower

Shauna Asay

Scullery Supervisor

Néthan Limongello

Scullery Assistant

Anthony Stoddard

Scullery Assistant

Jayden White

Chef

Mistie Tunbridge

Pastry Chef

Jeremy Hanson

Prep Chef

Joe Howard

Lead Prep Chef for Rice Eccles Stadium

Event Operations Team

Adam Park

Director of Culinary Operations

Brian Gibbons

Director of Event Management

Clayton Price

Director of Event Operations

Danielle Mahoney

Logistics Manager

Megann Brimhall

Scheduling Manager

Allan Barry

Event Manager

Cameron Whitham

Event Manager

Madison Ver Steeg

Event Manager

Marcus Pace

Event Manager

Cambridge Dockendorf

Event Chef

Kayde Dexter

Event Chef

Calli Kassel

Event Chef

Candace Yocum

Event Chef

Melissa Chesdister

Event Chef

Natalie Davis

Event Chef

Sara Brimhall

Event Chef

Lydia Vidal

Event Chef

Paige Laughlin

Event Chef

Cam Whitman

Event Manager

Chris Brady

Event Manager

Business Operations Team

Meagan Price

Marketing Coordinator

Aysha Boushnak

Human Resources Coordinator

Alton Doller

Senior Accountant

Ellie Marks

Sales Office Manager

Tricia Garside

Accounts Receivable Clerk

Daniel Chavez

Facility and Maintenance Co-Manager

Cassie Brazel

Warehouse assistant

Kyana Aidukaitis

Warehouse assistant

Tyler Ashton

Facilities & Maintenance Manager

20x winner Utah’s Best of State

16x Best of State Caterer

3x Best of the Best / Hospitality

1x Entrepreneur of the Year