Art of Eating 74 Montauk Highway Amagansett, NY (631) 267-2411 www.hamptonsartofeating.com

Experts in the art of the party, Hamptons premier catering and event planning team - Art of Eating Catering and partner company Hampton Event Management International - have unique insight into the glittering benefits, intimate dinner parties and extravagant weddings that make up the backbone of the Hamptons social scene.

The husband and wife team, John Kowalenko and Cheryl Stair, have finely tuned their partnership to rise to any challenge. Since 1986, they have handled parties for Billy Joel, Aretha Franklin, Katie Couric, Steven Spielberg, Tommy Hilfiger and Martha Stewart. They have also managed corporate events for Manhattan Mortgage, Polo Ralph Lauren, Hamptons International Film Festival and Stony Brook University.

Stair is the culinary talent having been a chef at some of the East End’s finest restaurants. She has a penchant for using local and organic bounty whenever possible. Kowalenko focuses on the endless logistics – permits, tenting, entertainment. He is the connection for destination management on the East End. As a duo, they deliver the quality elite partygoers demand. The Food Network called them "a world-class catering company that buys the best to serve the best." New York magazine has rated them "one of New York’s best caterers."