AZ Sunshine Kitchen Culinary & Events

AZ Sunshine Kitchen Culinary & Events is a catering service in Flagstaff, AZ. The business provides catering, weddings, and private event chef services, serving clients in Flagstaff, Sedona, and across Arizona. It specializes in custom-made menus crafted from organic, local, and seasonal ingredients. Services include private event catering, retreats, family gatherings, micro-weddings, film production support, and event coordination and consulting. The team is led by Chef Deana Tatro, who brings 35 years of hospitality experience to the role. She offers both full-service planning and day-of coordination, building relationships with reliable vendors to provide trusted referrals tailored to each client's vision. The business aims to make occasions effortless, artful, and intimate through meticulous care.

Chef Deana Tatro’s culinary background is rooted in a Midwest upbringing that emphasized growing food and gathering with family. Her early experiences in Flint, Michigan, involved hand-harvesting from a five-acre farmhouse garden and orchard, where the family grew pears, raspberries, cherries, blueberries, apples, grapes, and rhubarb. These early years of canning, jam-making, and seasonal cooking shaped her approach to food, blending comfort and seasonal ingredients. Her career has been influenced by living in various regions, including coastal and central Florida, upstate New York, New York City, and Hawaii, each adding distinct cultural and culinary influences to her cooking style.

The business holds a rating of 5.00. With a focus on healing, seasonal, and comfort foods, AZ Sunshine Kitchen Culinary & Events serves the greater Flagstaff area and beyond.