About Us
Marna’s Catering is a company with a great vision for improvement, great service, and fresh flavorful quality food. Our vision is to ensure that each guest receives prompt, professional, courteous service, to ensure that all guests are treated with the respect and dignity they deserve and that every customer is completely satisfied by the conclusion of each event. We consistently maintain clean and comfortable premises for our guests and staff. We only serve nutritional, well-prepared meals- using only high-quality ingredients. We earn the pleasure of being able to have the opportunity to serve our clients and their guests. Our team is professional and very passionate about making sure every event is top-notch, we strive for perfection at every event we cater. Marna’s Catering has very competitive prices for all events, we work with our clients' budgets. We always provide high-quality food and service no matter how small or big the event is.
Meet the Marna’s Team
Rolando Diaz, Chef and Owner
Chef Diaz was born in New York City but grew up in the Central American paradise of Costa Rica. It was in his family’s restaurant in Costa Rica that Chef Diaz learned the native dishes and his signature skills with ingredients and flavor combinations. Diaz’s creative menu reflects his heritage, training and experience and combines it with great American fare. Published in the Maple Grove Magazine 2012, 2013 and Featured Front Cover June 2014. “I love to customize different items for events, and I am always looking for new ingredients to create different menu items. Married and father of two beautiful boys, I understand very well how important time and organization puts an event together. As an Owner I strive for perfection every single time no exceptions how small or big the event is”.
Nicole Diaz, Director of Operations and Owner
Nicole has been in the customer service for over 10 years, she loves pleasing clients, its more of passion than anything else. With a degree in Business, Nicole will always make sure that each client receives a response within 24 hours.
“I understand how important the process of organizing an event and receiving a quote in a timely fashion. From rentals to planning a perfect menu, I make sure my clients are pleased and stress free during all of our events. I am mother of two boys and in my free time I love to lay in the sun, put some miles on my bike, and hanging out with my dogs Lisy and Tica.”
Angelo Pennacchio, Executive Catering Chef
Angelo has happily spent the second half of his life working in bars and restaurants in Minneapolis. He loves basketball, his girlfriend and his pets, and in his spare time he works on his house, makes art and builds furniture. He and his friends recently started the Community Food Project, a non profit that uses his skills as a chef to give back to the community, raising money for local charities and small owned businesses.
Madison Theis, Event Captain and Social Media Manager
Maddie has been with Marna’s since 2018. She started as one of our Front of House staff at our former Marna’s Cafe, now known as Marna’s Eatery and Lounge. From there, Madison started assisting the catering team as an Event Server and later on as an Event Captain. Maddie has proved to be a team player and continues to amaze us with her management and organizational skills. Maddie is also the person behind all of our Social Media content.
Outside of work, Madison is pursing a degree in Education and enjoys spending time with her mom, her sister, and their dog.
