Personal Touch Catering Experience

Personal Touch Catering Experience is a New York City caterer serving weddings, corporate events, and social gatherings, founded by John Policastro and rooted in a hospitality background dating to 1988. The company offers custom menus drawing from global cuisines including modern American, Mediterranean, Italian, Latin, and Asian, with service formats ranging from plated dinners and buffets to interactive food stations, plus full-service planning and vendor coordination. John Policastro opened Mamma Mia restaurant in Hackensack, NJ in 1988, which evolved into Personal Touch Catering and then into Personal Touch Experience in 2014; the leadership team also includes COO Nick, who joined in 2016, and Ashley, who has led the experience team since 2011. Based in New York City, with service extending to New Jersey and Connecticut, operating across venues from Manhattan rooftops and Brooklyn lofts to tented outdoor settings. Reviewers highlight the team's professionalism, flexibility during planning, attentive named contacts (including Nick, Victoria, Ashley, Tony, and Kait), and food quality praised even by self-described critical guests.