Rome’s Joy Catering, Inc.

Rome’s Joy Catering is a full service catering company providing memorable dining experiences to a discerning clientele.  Rome’s Joy is presently the exclusive caterer at The Historic Parkway Ballroom (4455 S. King Drive Chicago, Illinois).   Rome’s Joy is contributing culinary art and singularly sensational event planning to the redevelopment of Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. 

All services available through Rome's Joy Catering are customized to fit your needs!

• Catering (serving both corporate and private events) 
• Event Planning & Management
• Staffing (professional and uniformed)
• Cooking Classes
• Private Dining

Through its off-site catering, Rome’s Joy serves such clients as The University of Chicago, N’Digo Magazine, The Richmond Group and other professional institutions and corporations.  Clients working with Rome’s Joy experience unparalleled customer service and one of a kind good food.

OWNERSHIP

Chef Clifford Rome, President of Rome’s Joy, brings over 15 years of experience to the field of food service.   Chef Rome began his career as an operations manager for food at Midway Concessionaries and mastered the art of event planning through his experience with the Marriot Corporation. 

For three years, Chef Rome took a turn at fine dining with Wolfgang Puck and Francois Dongo of “Spago”, as a line chef and a member of their catering team—creating meals for photo shoots and Oscar parties.  While working at Spago, he studied in Paris and worked with other chefs who trained under Puck.  In 1999 Chef Rome became co-owner of “Dejoie’s Bistro” located in the Randolph Street Market corridor.   In 2002, with the closing of Dejoie’s, Chef Rome was free to pursue the development of Rome’s Joy.

Chef Rome has received recognition as a talented Chef by local, national and international media.   From 1998 through 2003, Chef Rome was one of five chefs working at the Cannes International Film Festival’s American Pavilion—alongside master chefs Roger Verge, Bobby Flay, Mario Batali and Todd English.   Chef Rome has also made frequent appearances on Chicago morning news programs.