About Us

Our Approach

Our passion is providing amazing meals and one-on-one service for your event of any kind. We create everything from seasonal hand-packaged lunches, to local comfort food, to elevated plated events. When we cater your event, we commit to not only impressing you but impressing your guests as well. We go beyond just providing catered food. Owner Amanda works directly one-on-one with her customers to ensure all their events’ specific details are carried through, start to finish.
 

The story

After working 17 years in many positions in foodservice Amanda decided to take on a whole new challenge and start her catering business. She catered for friends and family for fun in the past and really believed she could grow a strong business. With a fun and trendy marketing vision in place she needed a catchy name and was stuck. 
 
In the meantime, while making salsa one day, she tasted the salsa and was shocked by the flavor and heat. She knew her son was right behind her so with her “mom mouth” she screamed “THAT’S BUCKIN HOT!” It was too much fun to repeat ~and turned heads when done~ so it stuck as the name for Buckin’ Hot Catering L.L.C. With a slick new logo, local favorite inspired menu, 9 page business plan, and a ton of passion for business and food, she was ready.
 

MEET THE TEAM

Owner, Amanda Renfro

Amanda has 25 years of experience in the restaurant, foodservice, and hospitality industry. Amanda was a sales rep for two of the top foodservice purveyors helping restaurants successfully run day to day operations and menu planning. Her B.S. in Human Services helps the center of her work to be on providing excellent personal service and cultivating long-term customer and business relationships.

Prior to starting Buckin’ Hot Catering, Amanda catered for friends and family on holidays and birthday parties as a hobby and knew she could turn her hobby into a successful, enduring business.  Amanda is extremely passionate about creating meals you will remember and making your event process effortless and seamless for you. She is deeply involved with managing every aspect of her business on a daily basis.

 

Chef, Amanda Kordes

Buckin’ Hot Catering is blessed to have a  local Rolla native, “Chef A” who brings her more than impressive resume and catering experience to the kitchen daily. Chef graduated with her Associates Degree in Professional Catering and Hospitality Management, from Sullivan University, Louisville, KY. She trained under a pastry chef for Her Majesty Queen Elizibeth II. She rose to Operations Manager for one the the largest catering companies in Dallas with multiple locations. During her time there she catered Tony Romo’s wedding reception. She later became chef at The Mansion on Turtle Creek, Dallas. A 4 Diamond Hotel with a 5 star restaurant and celebrity hot spot for Jerry Jones, Emmit Smith, Leonardo DiCaprio, Colin Hanks, etc. She’s catered many high-profile events such as Super Bowl XLV VIP tent, the Kentucky Derby, and private chef residence events for the Ford Family, members of the Eagles and Aerosmith. She expanded her repertoire becoming General Manager at Unrefined Bakery, a specialty bakery specializing in gluten free, dairy free, vegan, and sugar free baked goods.