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Northshore October 2025
When it comes to catering, there’s a lot of the same ole, same ole: Static dishes and menus, boring presentations, warmed-over food, and absent chefs who send their employees to work at functions in their place. That’s why Amesbury–based Essential Chefs Catering was eager to shake up the industry a little when it launched in January. “We don’t show up with a bunch of foil pans of stuff and say, ‘Here you go,’” says chef John Martin, who co-owns the business with his brother and fellow chef Dan Martin. Unless, of course, that’s what the client wants them to do. And that’s the di
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