Mark McDaniel has been in the restaurant and food industry over half his life. As someone always passionate about people, Mark consistently found himself around an environment in helping others. While a server for many top end restaurants in Dallas, Mark perfected his service skills while learning from many great talents.  Some of the culinary elbows he rubbed include: Kent Rathbun of Abacus, Richard Chamberlain of Chamberlain’s Chop House, Mark Morrow of Mi Piaci and My House Catering and Tim Penn also of Mi Piaci.

He is the owner and executive chef of ReMARKable Affairs Catering and Café.  ReMARKable Affairs offers personal chef services as well as events catering in Dallas. For the last 15 years, Mark has focused on what has brought him this far: service, attention to detail and commitment- some attributes that are not easily found in the catering industry. His clients most appreciate that Mark and his company is willing to and often does exceed their expectations. His client list includes:

• President Bush, Barbara Bush and Vice President Chaney at the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games
• International Olympic Athletes at the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games (500 guests)
• DART Rail Grand Opening White Rock Lake (300 guests)
• Southwest Airlines (350 guests)
• Jay Leno of The Tonight Show
• Garth Brooks
• Gardere Law Firm
• BELO Corporation and related divisions
• Pepsi-Cola Bottling & Pepsi-Cola Company, including The 2007 Masters’ Golf Tournament
• Don Herring Mitsubishi
• Dr. Pepper/7-Up
• Behringer Harvard
• Kimberly-Clark Corporation
• Crescent Realty
• Maxx Datacom
• IBM
• Winner of the 2008 Suburban Iron Chef

And here’s what his clients say:

“I value the relationship that we’ve established since starting our first catering project. Thank you so much for working with me on various menus and budgets. I especially am pleased with the extra personal, customized service that you provide with each event. We’ve never run low on food, that’s for sure.”
Lucy Dettl, Recruiting and Training Coordinator, BELO Corporation

“I wanted to thank you and tell you what an exquisite job you did on our party. The variety of food was well received. Eddie and Robel were so friendly yet professional! We’ll call you again and again!”
Penny Kuhnmuench, EDS