Meet Our Team
Chef Mike can get pretty busy in Sarasota and the surrounding areas.
He has a trained team of fantastic private chefs and catering specialists!
Team members are chosen based on culinary and restaurant experience, shared values and standards, and passion for service.
Each of our team members have special skills and can offer a unique style of cooking in your home.
The Team: BEfore Season 2024
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Mike Donnerstag: CEO of Pink Cloud Catering
As a Premier Private Chef in the beautiful Sarasota Bay Area, Chef Mike Donnerstag has been the go-to for high end custom catering and events.Chef Mike is known for his culinary expertise, experience with many types of events, and strong community relationships. Chef Mike and his team have many services to offer including personal chef dinners, catering and events, prepared meal deliveries and in-home meal prep. All of the team members have been specially trained by Chef Mike's high standards to work privately in your home.
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JoAnn Powell: Catering Director
JoAnn Comes to us with tons of great experience. She has run Catering operations her entire career. We are lucky to have someone who has had as much experience with large banquets, cost control, management techniques and much more. JoAnn helps with the creative menu writing process and interfacing with all our clients. She is truly a gift to the organization.
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Ali Harsey: Social Media Marketing Director
Ali comes to us from old school Sarasota Circus. Her many industry contacts and being a in Sarasota for such a long time makes her the perfect person for our marketing. Her passion for social media and making events really special is a wonderful addition for our team.
Dianne Jackson: Catering Coordinator & Wedding Planning
Dianne is passionate about being organized and being creative. Its what makes her the perfect person to keep this place organized and to plan weddings. Dianne comes from great experience in fine dining and has a great eye for the little things (that are so important.) Dianne is a real asset to our team, the glue that keeps things together!
Kristin Williams : Lead Project Manager & Chef
Kristin brings to the table over 20 years of professional culinary and hospitality experience. She has the smiles, dedication and skills to get the job done. Kristin is passionate, knowledgeable and interested in all things culinary. Her take is that the kitchen is a classroom for giving and receiving.
Jessica Parker: Kitchen Manager, bartender extraordinaire, lead server
We can't say enough about Jessica. Big personality and even bigger culinary talent. Jess keeps the heartbeat of the operation beating. Having very little culinary training but huge talent, she started her cooking career right here with Chef Mike. Her food is top notch and her passion shows thru her work.
Nestor Escamilla: Support Staff
Nestor comes to us from Monterrey Mexico. His deep rooted fascination with food, service and life is something that keeps our team vibrant. His out of the box thinking and willingness to do whatever needs to be done is indispensable.
Marian Saramiento: Kitchen Assistant
Marian is from Canary Islands, Spain. She holds everything together. She supports our whole staff in all directions. Prepping for jets, loading the food truck, cleaning up after Chef Mike (a big job) and much more. Her daughter helps from time to time. Her practical knowledge is very important to the organization.
The Crew: Our Servers and Chefs
It takes alot to run a catering operation. I dont like using temp agency's. You never know what you are going to get. We have hand picked staff based on many qualifications including non smoking requirement, experience in catering and restaurants and background checks. We want to give our clients the best possible experience that we can, i believe it starts with the workers