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Event Pros · Catering

Chef's Market Cafe & Takeaway

Four years running, readers' choice for Nashville catering

TN Trusted · Selected by NashvilleTN · checked October 1, 2026

Google 4.7 2,443 reviewsYelp 4.6 511 reviews

About

Chef's Market has been feeding Middle Tennessee since 1998, when owners Jim and Cheryl Hagy built a business that is part cafe and takeaway in Goodlettsville and part full-scale catering operation, with its own catering team. Nashville Scene readers have voted it Best Caterer every year from 2022 through 2025, and its website describes it as voted the city's number one caterer. Guests at the cafe rate it 4.7 on Google across about 2,400 reviews and 4.5 on Yelp across more than 500, praising fresh, varied dishes and its desserts; its chefs also appear in NewsChannel 5 cooking segments. The BBB rates it A+ with no complaints in three years.

Good to know

  • Nashville Scene Best Caterer 2022–2025
  • In business since 1998
  • Dedicated catering team
  • Google 4.7 across about 2,400 reviews

Services

  • Event and wedding catering
  • Corporate catering
  • Cafe and takeaway

Photos

A Chef's Market team member.

Photos: Chef's Market Cafe & Takeaway.

Questions people ask

Do they cater weddings and corporate events?

Yes, catering is a core part of the business, with a dedicated catering team (per their website).

Can I taste the food first?

Their Goodlettsville cafe and takeaway is open to the public (per their website).

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