Crazy Dutchman Catering

Crazy Dutchman Catering is owned by Hans, who moved to Charleston in the 1980s, worked as a dishwasher at Cisco's Cafe, later owned the restaurant, and started the catering company before Cisco's closed in 2009. The site describes more than 30 years of catering experience in Charleston and a current team of 30 employees able to handle multiple same-day events ranging from 20 to more than 1,000 guests.

The company caters wedding receptions, rehearsal dinners, and engagement events in buffet and station formats, with a menu built around Lowcountry boil, shrimp and grits, chicken and waffles, barbecue, and seasonal oyster roasts (October through March), plus sides like pimento mac and cheese and boiled peanuts. Bar service is offered in four tiers, from beer-and-wine up to a premium liquor package with top-shelf brands, starting at $11 per person for three hours; the company states it carries $1,000,000 in liquor liability coverage, though it does not say on its site whether it or its bartenders hold South Carolina alcohol permits directly. Couples can taste the menu in the company's on-site tasting room before booking.

Crazy Dutchman is based in Charleston and serves the wider Lowcountry. Two separate pages on its own site publish conflicting food-price minimums for full-service Saturday events — one states $2,600, another states $2,700 — both explicitly excluding bar services, rentals, labor, and taxes.