Louisville, Kentucky / Catering, festivals, pop-ups
Italian, barbecue and Southern soul food, cooked from scratch and carried to your table anywhere around Louisville.
Who we are
The Saucy Heart started the way most good food does. A family recipe, a hot pan, and people who would not leave the kitchen. Today we cook three things seriously well: slow smoked barbecue, homemade Italian, and Southern soul food.
We cook for festivals, pop-ups, weddings, offices, church halls and backyards across the Louisville area. Everything is made fresh, made local and made to order, and it goes out the door the same way it would go to our own table.
Signature plates
Slow smoked. Heavy sauced. Served with attitude.
Every pork shoulder gets its hours in the smoke. Every pot of sauce gets stirred by hand. That is the whole trick, and it is why the plates come back clean.
The Saucy Heart · Louisville, Kentucky
How we serve
We show up early, set up clean and keep the line moving. Pick the format that fits your event and we handle the rest.
Full service or drop off, for twenty guests or two hundred. Build a menu from any of the three kitchens.
Catering details
Festival ready menu, our own equipment and a crew that can feed a long line without slowing down.
Where to find us
Weekly meal prep built around the same recipes we serve at events. Tell us how many meals and we will price it.
Ask about meal prepService area
We are based in Louisville and we travel for the right event. Downtown offices, Highlands backyards, church halls, farm venues and festival lots all get the same setup and the same standards.
Not sure if your venue is in range? Send it over. If we can get a smoker and a crew there, we will quote it.
Louisville, KY
From the line
Questions
If your question is not here, call or text 502 207 3173 and you will get a real answer from a real person.
Three styles from one kitchen. Slow smoked barbecue like pulled pork and smash burgers, homemade Italian such as spaghetti, chicken alfredo and lasagna, and Southern soul food including fresh cut fries, sweet tea and banana pudding. You can build a menu from one style or mix all three.
Yes. We cater weddings, rehearsal dinners, corporate lunches, graduations, church events, birthdays and backyard parties throughout the Louisville area. Tell us your guest count, date and venue and we will send a written quote.
Send your date as early as you can. Weekends in spring and fall fill fastest. If your event is soon, call 502 207 3173 and we will tell you straight away whether we can cover it.
We serve at festivals, markets and pop-ups around Louisville. Our current schedule is posted on the Festivals and Events page and on Instagram at @thesaucyheart.
Yes. Signature Smash Burger Sauce, Fire and Honey Sauce and Pepper Honey Smash Sauce are made in small batches and sold in 15 oz bottles at every event we work. An online store is on the way. Ask us to hold bottles for you through the sauce request form.
Yes. When we are serving, you can order through DoorDash and Uber Eats. Catering orders are delivered and set up by our own crew.
Tell us what you need
Request a quote
Send the date, the headcount and roughly what you are picturing. You will get a written quote back, not a form letter.
