About Budding Gourmet

Every day people walk into the store and ask what we do. Our response is “Whatever you don’t want to!” Budding Gourmet is all about entertaining in your home. 

So how does it work? - Pretty simple, actually... You decide you want to entertain and you may or may not have an idea brewing of what you’d like. You can come in and look around the store to find fabulous goodies for your party. If you need a little more help, set a consultation appointment with Leslie so she can determine what else you may need and how we can help!

The Store - The perfect place for finding things to entertain in your home or gifts for party hosts! We’ve got tabletop pieces, candles, cookbooks, linens, gourmet foods (non-perishable), invitations and fresh flowers. We continually get in new merchandise, so stop in to see the latest goodies for entertaining.

Party Planning - We specialize in “smaller” parties of fewer than 100 people. We typically don’t do weddings or bar/bat mitzvahs. I like to exceed expectations and as I like to say, “there’s too much pressure when you do a wedding…people don’t dream their whole life of their backyard BBQ…” 

There is a fee associated with consultation, but it is all discussed prior to getting started…we will work with you based on what you need us to do. The first consultation is free and basically this is where Leslie gets all of your ideas and expectations out so she can make sure your party is exactly what you want.