“What does the heat of August, the stillness of the Currituck Sound, and the aroma of summer’s sweet harvest coupled with the aroma of an out door grill indicate? Love is in the air and the Red Sky cafe is at the Whalehead Club to satisfy its appetite.

Saturday afternoon, 200 family and friends from Williamsburg and adjoining locations converged to celebrate in the wedding!

The jubilation of the wedding party and guests were paired with the peaceful tranquility of the historic Southern landscape, in the shadow of the Currituck Lighthouse under a tent and the Carolina blue sky.

Kitchen Impossible has nothing on the Red Sky. The menu had local scallops and a mango BBQ to Currituck crabcakes, grilled beef tenderloin, to charred rare tuna. There was also grilled asparagus, summer tomato steaks dotted with fresh mozzerella and basil and sweet balsamic molasses.

And what’s a party without some spirits? Chardonnay to Firefly’s, the cocktail and service were beyond reproach.

The food, the drink, and the service were all supplied by the Red Sky Cafe and delivered with a second helping of Southern Hospitality!!

Thanks for the opportunity,

Chef Wes, Cindy, and the Red Sky Cast & Crew!”

Thank you Chef Wes, for being the best wedding caterer on the Outer Banks!

If you need a party caterer on the Outer Banks, call the Red Sky cafe, and let Chef Wes and the Red Sky staff take care of you!Similar Posts:

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Why is the Outer Banks the best spot for your wedding?

Here’s why:

• Wedding on the Beach – Getting married on the beach is certainly a memorable experience.  Taking your vows and pledging lifetime loyalty with sand between your toes is great way to start your marriage.
• Everything Else on the Beach – The days before your wedding and after your wedding can be enjoyed on our sandy beaches.  You and your guests will have a great time on some of the best beaches in the country.
• Local Wedding Experience – The Outer Banks is host to weddings year round.  We have so many companies and individuals to help you plan, polish, and complete your wedding that you will kick yourself for even considering any other wedding location.
• Accommodations – Accommodations for your guests is no problem.  The Outer Banks welcomes more than a few tourists in the summertime and has rental homes ranging from cozy beach cottages to multifamily mansions, as well as a large number of fine hotels and bed and breakfasts.
• Flavors of the Beach – Outer Banks dining is unbelievable.  We have the freshest seafood you will ever taste.  The local restaurants (especially Red Sky Café) are well known for their wide variety of fish and fresh off the boat shrimp at every meal.  You will also be treated to small farm fruits and vegetable, grown just a few miles of the beach in North Carolina farm country.

The Outer Banks will make your wedding more special than you could ever imagine.  Beautiful sandy beaches, the best food in the country, and a host of professional wedding staff will make all of your wedding dreams come true.

Chef Wes Stepp is famous locally and regionally as The Outer Banks Wedding Caterer and for his Red Sky Café.  The Flavors of the Beach section above is a specialty of Chef Wes, in addition to his homemade desserts and amazing prime cuts of beef.  Don’t settle for just any wedding caterer, call Chef Wes Stepp and bring the sensational dining experience of Red Sky Café to your wedding.Similar Posts:

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Why would anyone settle for less?

The Outer Banks is a popular place for big events.  In fact, it is tailor made for weddings and parties.

When you have an important event coming up, how should you choose a caterer?

Here are a few tips:

• Experience.  How long have they been catering both large and small parties?
• Recommendations/Popularity. Are they the first choice for everyone else?  Do their past clients plan to use them in the future?
• Food Sources. Where do they acquire their raw ingredients?  The choice of food sources will be easily tasted in the finished product.
• Tastings. Do they offer the opportunity to taste the dishes before you make a final decision?
• Staffing. Do they offer a full staff?  Chefs and wait staff are a must, but what about the clean up?
• Clean up. You don’t want a dirty kitchen after the party.  Make sure this is part of your catering package.
• Is your party special to them? You don’t want a caterer who is just grinding out jobs.  Ask your prospective caterer exactly how they will make your party an event to remember.
• The unexpected. Can they handle any problems that occur?  Ask your caterer about problems they have had at past events and how they dealt with those problems.
• Backup. A backup service (usually a restaurant) will give them people and supplies to call on in case of an emergency.

Only use the best for your special occasion.  Remember, a great party will create memories for a lifetime.

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Chef Wes Stepp with Herb Gordon

Chef Wes Stepp just finished shooting for the TV show Weekend Fisherman.  Thirteen years and still going strong, Weekend Fisherman is hosted by charter boat captain Herb Gordon and is well known on the Outer Banks.  Red Sky Café’s Outer Banks wedding caterer was thrilled to join Herb and camera Tony to cook up a fabulous meal using local ingredients.

Chef Wes made a return appearance on captain Herb’s Weekend Fisherman and once again presented a mouthwatering meal.  Using only fresh Currituck vegetables, Chef Wes seared butterflied Waho steak and served it on Summer Steak tomatoes.  A delicious cucumber crème fresh provided a tantalizing highlight for this perfect Outer Banks summertime meal.

That looks amazing!

This beautiful and aromatic feast is just a sample of what you can expect when you dine at Red Sky Café.  Be assured that just as in his TV feature, Chef Wes Stepp will be using local vegetables and fresh local seafood when you visit him at the Red Sky Café.

Look for Chef Wes’ on the Weekend Fisherman in the upcoming weeks and be sure to check back here for more info on his upcoming TV feature.  Red Sky at night, sailors’ delight!  That is how Red Sky Café found its name and it is certainly true, but Chef Wes Stepp makes Red Sky Café a delight for everyone all day long!

Join Chef Wes and his highly trained professional staff at Red Sky Café and be sure to call your Outer Banks party caterer for your next big event!

Chef Wes doing what he does best!

Quiet on the set!

Everyone loves the food!

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The amazing food from Red Sky Cafe

Red Sky Café is the only place to call for your wedding catering.  Chef Wes Stepp is the number one wedding caterer on the Outer Banks and has the resources to handle all of your catering needs.

Chef Wes has seen it all in his years of wedding catering and can help perfect a menu for your special occasion.  Fresh local seafood, luscious desserts, prime cuts of meat and more are all on the menu for you to choose from.  Allow Chef Wes to prepare his specialties for you in a personal tasting.  Once you try Chef Wes’ favorite dishes you will have an easier time choosing the menu for your party .

You will be amazed at the beauty we bring to your party.  The beauty of our décor is only matched by that of our food displays.  Red Sky Café wedding catering can fill your wedding album all by itself.

Beautiful Fruit Carvings

You will be glad you called Chef Wes when the big day comes around.  Apart from the best wedding catering on the Outer Banks, Chef Wes’ extensive experience has taught him how to deal with all manner of problems that can surprise you at a party.  From unexpected guests to equipment malfunctions, Chef Wes can handle any catering problem that may occur.

Let Red Sky Café and Chef Wes Stepp handle all of your Outer Banks catering needs.  Our years of experience catering weddings, rehearsals, anniversaries and more will give you piece of mind on your big day.Similar Posts:

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The trip up to Carova went without a hitch, as Chef Wes’ 4×4 glided effortlessly across the sand. Once we arrived at the Mark Twain, a monstrous house in Carova that is a popular spot for weddings, we found the Red Sky staff in full swing unloading trucks and setting up shop. Chef Wes had his young protege  Graham (the one on the grill in the video) in charge, and everything was proceeding according to plan.

However, the best laid plans of mice and men… As Chef Wes was starting to cook the pasta, he quickly noticed the ovens were not heating at all. He would be able to cook the meat on top of the stove, by ingeniously converting two pans into an impromptu dutch oven, but what about the pasta? Thankfully, with an experienced eye, he spotted three outdoor gas grills sitting unused on the porch.

While only two had tanks of propane, that was more than enough to cook the pasta the way Chef Wes wanted. Who’s ever heard of making pasta on a grill? It’s this kind of ingenuity that makes Chef Wes the premiere caterer around. After the fiasco with the ovens, Chef Wes stayed to make sure everything else went off without a hitch. He even managed to feed everyone when there ended up being a number of unexpected guests.

We eventually made it to the other catering events, but they had already pretty much finished by then. That’s why Chef Wes only has dependable, highly skilled fellow chef’s working for him; to ensure that no matter what, the job gets done professionally and everyone’s happy at the end of the night. We finally returned to the Red Sky Cafe at 10, worn and weary, but satisfied that Chef Wes’ extensive streak of perfectly catered events would remain unbroken yet again.Similar Posts:

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The Tasting- Chef Wes provides a tasting for every potential client, comprised of all the types of food he considers their specialty. And the best part about the tasting is it’s free for the bride to be!

Experience- We discussed the importance of hiring an experienced wedding caterer, but it never hurts to reiterate a valid point. Things can go wrong when you are away from familiar ground, and it’s important to have someone reliable who can handle any problems that may occur. Chef Wes has been in the restaurant business since he was thirteen. At this point, there isn’t much he hasn’t seen.

The Staff- If you’ve been to the restaurant, you know the Red Sky Café staff are some of the friendliest and helpful people you could have serving you food. And these traits apply equally to the catering staff as well. During your event, the servers all wear matching uniforms, and provide a professional service that’s hard to beat.

We could go on about the quality of ingredients, fresh seafood, beautiful food presentation and all of the other details that make Chef Wes and the Red Sky Café the number one party caterer on the Outer Banks, but sometimes, you just need to experience it for yourself. So stop by the Red Sky Café, and taste the difference.

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Chef Wes has been in the food industry since he was thirteen. He started as a busboy, and worked his way up the ladder to where he is now, while earning a college degree in psychology.  He loves his profession and is grateful to have had the opportunity to be where he is now.

But more pertinent to this conversation is how Chef Wes views catering. He feels caterers must be like the Marine Corps of the food industry, able to adapt and overcome. As he puts it, when you are on a catering job, your no longer in your home turf. Your the away team. If something goes wrong, you need to be able to deal with it in a calm and controlled manner. Only experience can teach you the tricks you need to know.

At a recent wedding Chef Wes catered, the ovens at the house would not work. There was quite a bit of food to cook, and no way to cook it. After a few minutes of thought, Chef Wes put the two grills outside to work cooking pasta. Everything turned out fine. Later on, when everyone was eating, it looked like some of the food was about to run out, due to extra people coming to the wedding. Chef Wes was able to rearrange the meal, so there actually ended up being leftovers.

These are just a small example of the kinds of problems caterers run into everyday. Chef Wes is never flustered, he just solves the problem. And this isn’t just for caterers. It applies equally to everyone at a wedding. The pictures on this page are all courtesy of Mary Basnight, an Outer Banks wedding photographer. She has to be experienced as well; she can’t stop a wedding because her camera breaks. She needs to have backups and emergency plans, which she certainly does.

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This was a real delight! Chef Wes Stepp and the Red Sky Cafe staff catered a rehearsel dinner in Corolla for around 50 people. It was a wonderful night for eating outdoors, and the Red Sky staff made the most of it!

With a station setup serving shrimp and grits, plus a sidebar with barbecue, chicken, roasted veggies, and plenty more, no one went hungry. The food was exquisite (as always!) and people were lining up 10 deep to get to the shrimp and grits!

After all th guests had a chance to get their fill of everything, a dessert bar was setup that offered vanilla and chocolate ice cream,  all kinds of different toppings-including chocolate and raspberry sauce- plus some amazing home made fudge brownies. A few enterprising guests were even combining the two to make a truly decadent hot fudge brownie sundae.

With food like this, it’s not surprising Chef Wes is being booked up fast. The season is definitely upon us, so if you want the Red Sky Cafe to cater your wedding, or any event you like, you better call now. The Red Sky Cafe caters weddings, parties, reunions, bar mitzvahs, whatever. Chef Wes can make a menu for any occasion, even a kosher one. If you need to feed a lot of people with great food, the Red Sky Cafe is sure to deliver!Similar Posts:

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This video was shot at the Whalehead Club in Corolla, NC during a wedding reception catering engagement. The reception was a huge success! Everyone loved the food prepared by Chef Wes and the rest of the Red Sky Cafe staff.

The reception started off with appetizers and cocktails. Bacon wrapped scallops and brie and mushroom empanadas made the rounds, and a fruit and baked brie  service was also setup so that guests could help themselves. And of course, the fruit and brie was decorated with several of the beautiful fruit carvings the Red Sky Cafe catering is known for.

The amazing food from Red Sky Cafe

Dinner started with a mixed salad, followed by one of several entrees, depending on whether the guest wanted chicken, fish, or steak. each entree was accompanied by it’s own selection of sides that were picked to perfectly compliment it. Everyone was impressed by the presentation and the food tasted even better than it looked.

And after dinner, the Red Sky Cafe presented a dessert bar consisting of lemon bars, bite sized cheesecake and as an extra special treat, hand dipped chocolate covered strawberries made right at the Red Sky Cafe. As you may imagine, they didn’t last long!

At the end of the night, everyone was definitely full and happy. The food was excellent and the Red Sky Cafe exemplified what a professional and quality catering service they provide. Over 100 people were fed and it all happened smoothly and quickly. There was no rushing or harrying involved. The Red Sky staff operated like a well oiled machine, and everything proceeded perfectly according to plan.

So if you have a wedding, or any event, coming up, call the Red Sky Cafe for your party catering on the Outer Banks. You want excellent food and quality professional service, and the Red Sky Cafe delivers it.Similar Posts:

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