About Us
Meet Lake & Co.
Lake & Co. is a woman-owned catering and food service company nestled in the heart of Southern Maine. We’re inspired by great food and drink, creating memories through culinary experience, and taking care of your guests. Our passion is making your next event unique and memorable.
Whether it’s a wedding reception, a corporate gathering, or just a casual Friday night meal, our focus is on delivering top-notch catering while staying approachable and down to earth.
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The Menus
We honor culinary traditions while keeping our menus fresh, modern, and easy to serve. Our offerings are as endless as your imagination. From tender red wine braised short ribs to duck confit spring rolls and sea salt chocolate chunk cookies, there’s no limitation on the types of cuisine we can explore together!
About Hannah Lake
Hannah isn’t your typical chef with a formal culinary background, she’s actually not a chef. However, her love of food, a perfect menu, a knack for assembling incredible teams, and her commitment to enjoying every moment sets her apart. Her mantra? “If it’s not fun, what’s the point?”
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With a diverse background in theater and event management, coupled with hands-on experience in some of Portland’s most renowned restaurants and catering companies, Hannah brings a fresh perspective to catering in Maine. It’s amusing to her how her career path seamlessly blends her early theater training with her work in the food industry. To her, catering is like putting on a show with food, delighting guests with an experience that’s both meticulously planned and improvised on the spot. Much like a play, event catering requires careful preparation, practice, and design—a challenge that Hannah finds exhilarating.
While Hannah takes the spotlight as the face of Lake & Co., her husband Chuck plays an important role behind the scenes, serving as her partner in both life and business.
Chuck isn’t just Hannah’s husband; he’s her longtime collaborator and confidant. With a background as a classically trained chef, Chuck brings a wealth of culinary knowledge and experience to the table. Chuck often makes surprise guest appearances at events and assists with team management and business decision-making.
Chuck’s support extends far beyond the professional. He plays a vital role in helping Hannah find the balance between work and family life, ensuring that she can fulfill her roles as both a dedicated mother and a passionate business owner. “I couldn’t have done it without him,” she says.”
About Kate: Lake & Co.'s General Manager
Our Team is Our Family
At Lake & Co. Catering, our team is our family. Many of our team members have been with us since the beginning, forming a tight-knit bond rooted in mutual respect and appreciation. Each member takes pride in their work, treating every event as if it were their own. Rain or shine, from early mornings to late nights, our team shows up with smiles on their faces, ready to put the best product forth. We believe that making work fun is just as important as delivering exceptional service, so we prioritize laughter and camaraderie alongside our hard work.
Interested In Working with Us?
We are always hiring, but we’re particularly excited to connect with community members interested in joining us during Maine’s “event season” in the summer months.
The Lake & Co. Story
While working in Portland restaurants, Hannah would often find herself in a management role. She enjoyed being a leader and overseeing how the system worked as a whole – from managing staff to executing food and focusing on the guest experience. Recognizing her knack for this role and encouraged by positive feedback from colleagues, she envisioned creating something of her own.When the beloved west-end catering company Aurora Provisions sold, Hannah knew it was now or never. With the support of both the clients and staff from that establishment giving her the fuel to put her ideas to paper, she created Lake & Co. Catering in early 2018.
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We started small that summer with only a few events, working alongside friends and coworkers from the industry. Through word of mouth, we started growing and taking on more events. However, when a global pandemic affected us all, events were canceled for the foreseeable future. Hannah thought to herself, “How can we use our services to help those around us?” and saw an opportunity to pivot. Within 72 hours of a weekend, we introduced Take Home by Lake & Co., coming up with a small menu and sending it to clients, not sure what would happen. Before we knew it, we were doubling our orders every week, delivering meals to frontline workers and community members. What was a plan to keep us afloat during the pandemic turned into a key aspect of Lake & Co.
As events resumed, we put more focus on catering and kept take-home meals due to popular demand. In 2022, our growth meant we were too big to be a part of Fork Food Lab in Portland, and we needed our own space! In the spring of 2023, we moved to our new kitchen in Yarmouth. Now, we’re expanding our take-home services, doing more events than ever, and looking forward to what the future holds while focusing on quality over quantity.
What Our Customers Say
"Just wow. I’ve been lucky enough to have had a lot of incredible food in my life, and I can confidently say that the food (and drinks!) Hannah and her team prepared for our wedding was some of the best. Lake & Co was so outstanding to work with, not only for being incredibly accommodating of my dietary restriction (celiac and gluten free), but just for their kindness, communicativeness, and enthusiasm about what they do! thank you all for what you were able to put together for our wedding weekend, it was nothing short of outstanding ❤️"
Madeleine S.
"Food was amazing! Best food we've ever had at a wedding! Awesome wedding and the food was great! These were some of the comments from our guests at our daughters wedding last weekend. Many of these people have attended some very high end weddings and were thrilled with how happy and impressed they were with the food. This was an outdoor wedding and logistics changed drastically due to weather. The cocktail party was to have plenty of space outside and ended up in a confined space in a barn. The reception was in a tent quite a far distance from the food prep area. Both of these circumstances made for a very challenging environment for the Lake and Co staff but they nailed it. The staff and service was awesome. Passed appetizers had to be navigated through a very crowded space. Dinner had to be taken quite a far distance through rain wind and cold to get it to the tent and yet everything was presented perfectly with smiles, Couldn't have been more impressed. A few weeks prior to the wedding they did a tasting for us at their facility in Portland. That experience was completely unexpected and amazing. Not only was the food and wine excellent but the vibe and presentation could not have been more perfect. If we ever get the opportunity to host another event in the Portland area this will be our go to for catering for sure."
Bill
"We recently worked on the vendor team with Lake and Co. for a September wedding. After 5 seasons of weddings, we were super impressed with the high level of professionalism, and tight-knit working environment shaped by their incredible and creative team, and also by the team's enthusiasm to use our fresh, edible flowers in their catering! We have worked with dozens of catering companies in the last couple of seasons alone, and were struck by the positive energy and exceptional quality this team provides! Do not wait! Hire Lake and Co before your date is booked!"
Jennifer J.
"Hannah and her entire team were an absolute pleasure to work with from the very start! The menu was a very important part of our wedding day and Hannah gave us delicious options and included local ingredients for our celebration of 80 guests. Everyone raved about the food - the presentation, quality, and service were stellar! I would highly recommend Lake & Co to anyone and I still dream about eating that meal again on my anniversary every year!"
A. Fields
"Lake & Co. made our Thanksgiving completely stress-free and the food was delicious! I highly recommend the incredible team at Lake & Co. for anyone planning their next catered event — you know you’re in good hands and that the food will be exceptional. 10/10!"
Abigail S.
Nourishing Our Community
We’re proud to partner with non-profits through our catering services, ensuring that those who dedicate themselves to helping others are well-fed and taken care of. Whether it’s a fundraiser, a community event, or a charitable initiative, we’re here to provide nourishment and support. Because when our community thrives, we all thrive together.
Non-Profits We’ve Served
Communities We Serve
Below is a short list of communities we regularly serve, but we’re not limited to these communities and towns!