Dave the Butcher is, at its core, a husband and wife team dedicated to ‘dreamweaving.’ Dave is a classically trained whole-animal butcher, charcutier, and salumiere. Before starting their own catering company, Dave worked at James Beard Award nominated and Michelin-starred restaurants like Lilia, Misi, Ai Fiori, and Rolo’s, as well as at renowned butcher shops Beltex Meats and Foster Sundry. He spent several summers cooking with Wood Fire Food, where he honed his skills of cooking over live fire for large events. The other half of the operation is run by Melissa, a former event producer at the House of Yes, whose knowledge and poise make them capable of events that range from an intimate affair at home to large events on a festival scale. Though called Dave the Butcher (after a Tom Waits song), the reality is that Dave the Butcher is a cadre of people - great farmers, great cooks, good friends, a happy couple - that together exemplify an ethos. That ethos and collective effort, more than anything one person exemplifies individually, is what Dave the Butcher really is.
