Chef Tony has been with Martha’s since May 2018 as Executive Chef of Martha's Catering. Born in Oceanside, California, Tony attended culinary school in Grand Rapids at the Secchia Institute for Culinary Education with a focus in culinary management/culinary arts/baking and pastry. He also studied business administration at Ferris State  University. Tony has over 20 years’ experience in the food industry - experience that ranges from operating a café in the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel at the age of 21, and more recently managing a brew pub in Lowell, Michigan -  and is skillful in both Mediterranean cuisine and American comfort fare. Tony manages all aspects of food production and is a team player with a passion for pairing food and beverage. As an experienced team-builder, Tony is enthusiastic about business growth and development techniques. He believes professionalism is key to success in our industry.

Tony loves red wine (specifically Argentinean Malbec), and perpetually maintains a positive attitude with a big smile on his face.  In Tony’s spare time, he is a devoted family man and the father of five young kids! 

Cheri joined the Martha's Catering management team when she moved to the Grand Rapids area in January 2016, bringing ten years of experience in the hospitality industry as a restaurant manager in the eastern side of the state. Along with her natural passion for the food and beverage industry, Cheri's business management studies at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan equipped her as a skilled manager in ensuring that customer expectations are exceeded throughout the planning and execution of each catered event. Martha's Catering is fortunate to have added Cheri to the team. Her experience and skill at managing fine food and beverage service from chef's kitchen to guest's table is like poetry in motion. In her spare time she loves to cook, travel and spend time with family and friends.

Tom is a graduate of Davenport University with degrees in Business Management, Sales & Marketing, and Physical Distribution. Prior to joining Martha's Catering, Tom spent 25 years in corporate sales and five years as a planner for local government. Tom is responsible for Martha's staff of servers and bartenders. His easy professionalism is contagious to all who work with him, and clients immediately recognize it. You will find Tom planning event logistics and mingling with clients during their events. In his spare time, Tom and his wife Kay enjoy being with family and friends, along with visiting locally owned eating establishments.

Ondrea (or Ondi) joined Martha’s Catering in 2024. She has 18 years of experience in the food and beverage industry working at and managing restaurants throughout West Michigan. Over the past four years she has happily utilized her management and customer service skills to plan and execute weddings, corporate, and private events at 50+ venues in Michigan. She has a knack and a passion for seeing that events are executed perfectly from start to finish and she thoroughly enjoys working with clients to make their dream day or special event come true. She’s a bit of a workaholic, but outside of work she enjoys visiting with family and friends, gardening, cooking, camping, and spoiling her fur baby, Huck.

Is there any obstacle that Brandon can't overcome? Clients up and down the west side of Michigan know Brandon for his many years as the backbone of delivery logistics for both Martha's Catering and Martha's Vineyard Beverage Services. All who know him – work associates and clients alike –  are amazed at how much he accomplishes in a day. Brandon manages the warehouse, the fleet of delivery vehicles, deliveries for the store, and has solved more last-minute logistical | delivery problems than we can collectively remember. If a delivery problem can be solved, Brandon will find a way.