At Dave's Specialty Foods, awesome food is standard and service is always with a smile! Chef-owner Dave Esau has been in the gourmet restaurant business for 32 years and brings his experience to suburban Chicago and your catered party. Our intimate, customized, in-home catered dinners for 10 get the exact same, 100% homemade food, special attention and quality as our catered weddings and large catering events for 300. Our hundreds of ecstatic customers all share the same opinion: "Dave’s is awesome."

Hands-on cooking classes led by Dave. A little bit of work, a lot of fun, life long lessons, and a great meal!

Italian classics 
Tuesday, November 19th  | 6:00p.m. - 8:00p.m
Tiramisu, Layered polenta with olives, taleggio and pesto, Orecchiette w/ peas, mascarpone, and peeled tomato

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Specializing in awesome catering for any size event.

Whether catering a party, taking a cooking class, having a sandwich in our shop or tasting our awesome selection of cheeses, we strive for taste and service beyond your expectations.

Our food, service, cleanliness and all-around nice personality means you always get treated with smiles, quick catering responses and the nicest staff around.

If you haven’t catered with Dave, you are missing out on incredible catered food and the joy of supporting a true local owner/operator who actually loves his job!  

We never have hidden catering fees and we literally blow away most other caterers in price and value