Big Delicious Planet

heidi coudal founded big delicious planet in 1994 as a backstage rock + roll caterer, providing meals and fulfilling those notorious detailed dressing requirements for thousands of rock bands. today you’re more likely to find us catering stylish weddings, designing one of a kind events in the middle of our urban farm, and feeding globally inspired cuisine to the employees of chicago’s facebook office on a daily basis. just as the business began on a whim more than two decades ago, we enjoy taking an idea and seeing what happens, whether it’s planting a vegetable garden, creating a new menu, or implementing a new sustainability program. what started as a simple plan for a small organic garden turned into an urban farm with 50 raised beds and an apiary. we now plan our menus around chicago’s growing season and the crops we’ll be harvesting at the time of an event, which is a lot of fun. our green certification is a proud accomplishment. in 2013 we became a 4 star certified green restaura