Parties By Panache is a Brea-based caterer and event-planning company founded in 1987 by Hollis O'Brien, who is still named as the business's founder and remains its client-facing principal today. Its site also names an in-house executive chef (Henry O'Brien) and two further coordinators.
The business doesn't publish a dedicated wedding page or a wedding-specific menu — weddings appear as the first entry in a 23-item event-type list that also includes corporate events, bar and bat mitzvahs, memorials and galas. What it does publish, in detail, are several priced non-wedding menus: a Lunch "To-Go" option at $27.50 or $32.50 per person, a Brunch "To Go" at $35 per adult ($20 per child), a High Tea at $35 per person, a Shabbat Dinner package at $55 per adult ($30 per child, with staffing included), and two cocktail-party menus at $27.50 and $40 per person. Fully itemized platter pricing runs from $45 (a small crudités platter) up to $140 (a large lobster-deviled-egg platter). All of these carry a 10-guest minimum and 24-hour notice.
Parties By Panache states it caters events of 50 to 2,500 guests across Orange County, Long Beach, Los Angeles County and the Inland Empire, with an on-site event planner included. A $40-per-hour, per-server labor rate is published, though it comes from an older PDF at a 2015 upload path — treat it as historical rather than current pricing. No deposit, cancellation or tasting policy is published anywhere on its site, and the business carries no published award or press coverage of any kind.
For an actual wedding, expect a custom quote built from this menu catalog rather than a posted wedding package.
Full-service caterer and event planner since 1987 with priced lunch, brunch, high-tea and cocktail-party menus ($27.50–$55/pp) and a dedicated Shabbat Dinner package; no wedding-specific menu or per-head wedding pricing published.
We had Parties by Panache cater our wedding, and they were so kind, professional, and delicious! We had a buffet style brunch bar for our wedding and the food was a total hit!
Panache did the most spectacular job for my daughter's baby shower. The food was fantastic, the service impeccable.
I used Parties by Panache for my daughter's Bridal Shower. The brunch food I chose was delicious. My guests loved the food and presentation.
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