Sweet Baby Ray's Catering

"Counter-service barbecue joint with New Orleans-inspired offerings & a signature sauce."

Sweet Baby Ray's Catering is a full-service event catering company based in Wood Dale, IL, serving weddings, corporate functions, social gatherings, and picnics across the Chicagoland area. Founded by Dave Raymond and named after the Sweet Baby Ray's barbecue sauce he created, the company focuses on farm-to-table new American cuisine made from scratch using local and organic ingredients, with barbecue as a signature offering alongside open fire grilling, chef-driven seasonal menus, and event design services. The company offers full-service and drop-off catering, on-site chef grilling, and comprehensive event planning, and has fed film production crews of 50 or more people twice daily over multi-week shoots in the Chicagoland area. Based at 235 E. Irving Park Road in Wood Dale, IL, serving the Chicagoland area, with deliveries documented as far as Woodstock. Wedding couples highlight the food quality (notably brisket, pulled pork, and mashed potatoes), reasonable pricing, attentive communication, and guests who continued talking about the food months after the event.