Bezalel Gables Honored by Columbia County, NY Chamber of Commerce

Bezalel Gables Fine Catering & Events was recently nominated as one of the Most Promising New Businesses in Columbia County, NY (2005) by the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce. Out of the hundreds of new businesses that began in the county over the past year, this prestigious honor was bestowed on only three of them.

“We were incredibly flattered to be acknowledged by a panel of the most prominent business leaders in our community for this coveted award,” stated Bezalel Gables’ Executive Chef, David James Robinson. He continued, “Being recognized for what we believe is so important to a business like ours – partnering beautifully handcrafted food, customized menus, locally grown ingredients with highly professional and friendly service – means a great deal to me and to all of my staff. We’re incredibly honored.”

Bezalel Gables Fine Catering & Events is based in Chatham, New York, and provides on-site and off-site catering services for weddings, corporate events and various functions to the Hudson Valley, Berkshires, Capital District and New York City metropolitan area.

Bezalel Gables Fine Catering & Events, the Hudson Valley’s pre-eminent new catering company that specializes in luxuriously handcrafted foods from the Hudson Valley and Berkshires, catered a major birthday celebration for cookbook author and food legend, Irena Chalmers, on July 2, 2005.

Ms. Chalmers, a professor at the esteemed Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY, is also the recipient of the Julia Child Award and an author of over 100 cookbooks, whose books have collectively sold over an astonishing 18-million copies.

At the fete for 75 in Kingston, NY was Milton Glaser, the artist best known for the I Love NY logo, and a number of culinary experts from the CIA and the surrounding area. 

The extensive menu, including passed and stationary hors d’oeuvres, featured entrees of grilled leg of lamb with homemade lavendar/mint jelly fresh from the garden and lentils with black summer truffle, cherry-smoked quail marinated in merlot and homemade seafood saffron paella with lobster, scallops, mussels and chorizo.  In addition there were three single-colored salads in bright red, green and yellow. 

The evening culminated in the presentation of a custom cake in the shape of a stack of Ms. Chalmers’ books, complete with a champagne toast and hand-dipped dark chocolate/raspberry truffles. The buffet was complemented by an arrangement of 70 roses in varying shades of pink -- Ms. Chalmer's  favorite color.

“We were delighted and honored that Irena, with her consummate food skill and expertise, asked us to oversee the menu creation and execution for this very special night.  Everyone commented that they really loved the food and the service, and that’s what matters to us,” commented David James Robinson, Executive Chef of Bezalel Gables.

Bezalel Gables Fine Catering & Events makes its home in Chatham, New York, but caters events throughout the Capital District, in the Hudson Valley/Berkshires and in New York City.  The company specializes in on-site and off-site catering for weddings, holiday functions, business meetings and other special occasions.