aVenue- Event Space by Rococo Catering

aVenue Event Space by Rococo Catering is a caterer in Oklahoma City, OK, that provides catering for parties, events, and gatherings, either at their own event space or at one of their preferred venues. Their work covers wine, local beers, and cocktails alongside custom menus built around the style and needs of each event. The catering operation is rooted in a team that has grown around the Rococo family, with a general manager and catering director who joined in 2011 and took over the department in 2016, an executive chef who started at the original location in 2014 and became Executive Chef of Catering in 2020, and a catering manager who also coordinates the aVenue event space. It holds a rating of 4.3 from the customers who have reviewed it.

The team is built around people with formal culinary training and long careers in Oklahoma City kitchens. The catering director grew up in Duncan, Oklahoma, moved to Edmond in 2006 to attend the University of Central Oklahoma, and later studied the culinary arts at Metro Tech in Oklahoma City in 2008, working in the city at spots including Museum Cafe and Deep Fork before settling in at Rococo, where her focus is themed events with coordinated menus and buffet decor. The executive chef was born in Long Beach, California, moved to Oklahoma at age two, began his culinary career at Gaillardia Country Club, and now lives in OKC. He explores new recipes and cuisines to incorporate into catering menus.

The business sits on North Pennsylvania Avenue, less than a tenth of a mile from Oklahoma City Housing Authority and Oklahoma City University, with Northwest 23rd Street about a third of a mile south, Pavilion Park Area roughly four-tenths of a mile away, and Shepherd Mall about four-tenths of a mile from the address.