Words could never describe how amazing The Little Vineyard are! Glenn and all TLV crew made our wedding a day that we will never forget. The planning was so easy... read more and everyone always went above and beyond to support us on our special day. The food, drinks and vibes are absolutely incredible! We wish we could do this day all over again. You will never regret having your special day with The Little Vineyard!

We first used Going Gourmet in September 2018, for a sit down, 3 course meal for 40 people to celebrate my fathers 80th. It was perfect. Great service and great... read more food. On Feb 29th I had the good fortune to use Going Gourmet again for a surprise party at my place for a dear friend. Vincent(Chef) & Ash(wait staff) were wonderful, working so well together - the food was delicious and Ash made sure everyone was well catered for. Thank you so much Glenn and all your team - you stand out from the rest. I definitely recommend and will use you again. Keep up your high standards

Going Gourmet Catered a family wedding for us last weekend and I was extremely happy with the communications, booking service, price, staff that attended on the day and the quality... read more and taste of the food. The team quietly went about their business on the day, treated me with respect and really cared about our guests. I would highly recommend this business.

Going Gourmet catered for my wife’s and I joint 60th birthday celebration 2 weeks ago. We contacted them last June, approximately 8 months before our event. This was done so... read more in order to secure a good catering partner, iron out details and ensure smooth sailing on our special day. Our feedback relates to the organisation on the day and communication after our celebration. Going Gourmet arrived late to our event (guest arrival time 5.30pm) even though we had booked a dinner to be served at 6.30pm and a grazing table to be set up for our guests arrival. The owner, Glenn, was difficult to get a hold of on the day and anxiety set in when he finally answered after 5 attempts to contact him that the caterers were due to arrive at the same time as our guests. As the caterers had to promptly get the grazing table set up coming out 1 hour late, dinner was pushed back and didn’t get served til 8pm which was 1.5 hours past the agreed upon time in our pre-event documents. It was sad to see the measly grazing table put out that could not have served our 36 guests comfortably. We emailed Going Gourmet after our event to raise our concerns and find an amicable resolution but most importantly, an apology. What ensued was a bewildering email exchange that floored us with their responses. Glenn tried to deflect all the issues, put the onus onto us for not being cooperative and making last minute changes to the event even though none of the updates would be considered event-altering by any person with common sense. Any event-altering changes would be met with an updated price or new invoice yet there was no mention of it. Glenn constantly tried to pull the wool over our eyes by bringing up irrelevant points such as ‘my children don’t even eat at 5.30pm’ which were just plainly rude and condescending. His attempts at trying to absolve accountability of his company for their roles and responsibilities which they were hired for reflected poorly on his character. Glenn continued with his cheap remarks about the ‘food industry suffering huge price increases daily’, as if we were responsible for them or inflation was to blame for his poor service. He followed this by offering 12 bottles of wine as a ‘gesture of good will’ in an apparent attempt to shut us up. It was unfathomable that an owner of a service based business could make such comments to his customers in the hope of alleviating the stress and headache caused. The lack of professionalism completely dismayed us and could be considered nothing short of embarrassing and shameful. It was clear to see that the employees were victim to circumstance as they were well-mannered on the day and prepared lovely food for our guests.

Beautiful food - delicate, tasty and generous, great communication and service. Will be using Going Gourmet again!

Ivana, Vincent and Brodie were amazing at our wedding function last night. Many of our guests commented on the wonderful service that they provided and the superb quality of the... read more food. Those guests complimented us on our selection of Going Gourmet and asked for their details. Our thanks to Glenn also. He was great to deal with over the phone to organise the catering of our event. Thanks to the whole team. Wayne and Mel

This is a direct response to a review from Ms Hannah Fletcher. You've clearly ran into someone that previously worked with your good self at Going Gourmet and are now... read more clearly outraged at what as supposedly occurred to this person at the height of the pandemic? Well instead of wasting my time negating that rubbish, and rubbish of the highest order it was, let me tell you what really happened during the pandemic. The full-timers,(chefs and administrative staff) we were stood down. Not one person was "fired". We received the Government payment through Glenn's company! Glenn didn't makes us work for it, as was his right, he actually gave us the opportunity to come in for a maintenance day or a gardening day at one of our venues, weekly, and he paid us for those 8 hours on top of the covid payment. He didn't have to do that, but he did! Remember when you couldn't buy flour, pasta, salt or dunny paper at the supermarkets??? Glenn used his contacts to get it in for his staff! He didn't have to do that. But he did! During the lockdown when it wasn't clear when we would be open for business again. Glenn called in stood down staff and emptied the freezer and drystores of thousands of dollars worth of stock and gave away to staff and their families. He didn't have to do that. But he did! Is this the example of someone not appreciating his staff? No, I wouldn't think so. I could go on, but having worked at this company for 5 years now and having known Glenn during that time. I can say that Ms Hannahs review is clearly sour grapes and a fabrication of the truth. Do your job and you get rewarded. Im proud as Punch to be Glenn's Chef! Thank you.

Big thanks to Glenn and the team at going gourmet .All that attended our function were blown away by the quantity and the quality of the food ,it was exceptional,we... read more were so impressed with Brendan and Ash as they were extremely well organised .We would have no hesitation in recommending or using your company again ,Outstanding effort and thankyou .

Glen and his team provided excellent food and service at our wedding; the sharing platters and canapes were as lovely as they were at our tasting.

I hired Glenn and his team to cater my mums surprise 60th Birthday Party and it was a success! Glenn and his team were so easy to work with and... read more even managed to cater for 60+ people with only our small kitchen facilities available. The servers were lovely and accommodating. Guests raved about the food and I had a lot of people asking me for their contact info. Couldn't have been happier! Thank you Going Gourmet

Martha and I got married in October 2022. We had organised our catering with Going Gourmet. From the get go the service was professional and timely, we even got invited... read more out for a tasting session at Baxter Barn (even though I knew I already wanted the slow cooked brisket). The wedding service was excellent, completely stress free. The food was mouth watering and the brisket was even better the second time around. All our guests said they loved it and I'm pretty sure everyone needed to loosen a few notches on their belts. It was a perfect service and I would highly recommend to anyone reading this who are unsure still.

We booked Going Gourmet for our wedding catering in February, 2023. Firstly, the food provided was lovely and well presented. My feedback comes in relation to the management on... read more the day and communication after our wedding. Going Gourmet arrived 1.5 hours late to our wedding venue – they arrived at the time that canapes were meant to be served. The head chef called my husband on the day of his wedding approximately 15 min before the ceremony saying that he is stuck in traffic and will not arrive for another hour – the chef had no sense of urgency when speaking to my partner and provided no reason behind his lateness. Our wedding was located just outside of Ballarat, the catering company was travelling from Melbourne - that duration that they were late was equal to the entire drive of Melbourne - Lexton. The one-and-a-half-hour late arrival was not only unprofessional but more importantly caused a delay in our food coming out which in turn also put pressure on our wait staff which we had to pay a significant amount more in additional hours for having to stay back due to everything being pushed out. We emailed Going Gourmet after our wedding to explain our frustration and try and understand why this happened. They replied 1.5 weeks later stating that our venue was too far away and their staff did not wish to travel the distance. They also stated that they were not happy that our staff told them to ‘get moving’ when they arrived. In light of these statements, I would recommend not taking on regional jobs in the first place if you are unable to service them and I would also suggest having some resilience if suppliers tell you to hurry up after being 1.5 hours late to a wedding which put pressure on all of our other suppliers. The email response from Going Gourmet was unapologetic and unprofessional. We have not since received a reply back from our last email asking to arrange a call with Glenn, the owner. In light of these issues, it is difficult to recommend Going Gourmet catering company to others. While it is possible that they may have provided a great service on other occasions, their failure to take responsibility for their mistakes and the resulting delay was very disappointing. Overall, it is important for businesses to be accountable and take responsibility for their actions. In this case, it is unfortunate that Going Gourmet has fallen short in this regard.