About Jònz
Jonz Catering has been serving the Tacoma & surrounding areas for almost 20 years. We are a locally owned and operated catering company that invites you to share in our passion for great food and service.
We have great taste!
Jonz Catering was born out of a need for great food accompanied by great service. We have a fresh, skilled approach to making unique, memorable, events. We take into account current trends in fine dining and event planning to reflect the demands of an increasingly knowledgeable general public.
Meet The Team
David Dagley
David was raised in East Tennessee and spent countless days learning classic French techniques as well as Southern comfort food at the side of his grandfather who lived farm to table cooking long before it was a marketing slogan. David’s first paid food service job was as a 15 year old dishwasher in a high volume dinner house where he soon moved into food prep and cooking positions. After high school, David made a 4000 mile move west to attend the University of Hawai’i. Continuing to work his way through school, he was introduced to exciting new food cultures ranging from Korean to Japanese to Thai while also absorbing the unique flavors of Polynesia. In his decades as a chef, David has worked in kitchen types too numerous to list, but includes: small bistros, high end corporate dining, on board ships & hotel resorts. David has cooked for dozens of “A” listers, including: John Travolta, Phillip Glass, Vice President Joe Biden, former Boeing & Ford CEO Alan Mulally and The Monkees. In 2009, the Puget Sound Business Journal named David one of Seattle’s 40 under 40. David is a member of the American Culinary Federation, Washington State Chef’s Association, International Association of Culinary Professionals & the National Association of Catering Executives. David lives in Old Town Tacoma with his wife and business partner Linda and a revolving cast of canines.
Linda Dagley
Linda has worked since she was 15 years old as a server, bartender, general manager and food service director in restaurants, hotels, resorts and catering companies all over the Seattle and Tacoma areas as well as in California, Montana and Wyoming. She has experience with all kinds of cuisine and clientele. For 3 years, Linda was the GM of the Boeing account at Longacres, where she planned menus and events for Alan Mulally, the President of the Commercial Airline Group, who hosted many foreign dignitaries who were onsite to discuss airplane purchases. She has served many celebrities throughout her career including: Tom Selleck, Eddie Van Halen, Valerie Bertinelli, Yvonne DeCarlo, John Grisham, Johnny & June Cash & Charles Kuralt.
Catering has always been her passion; she has a background in design and marketing and loves the creative aspect of coordinating events from start to finish. She prides herself on bringing her guests excellent food and professional service to make each event something you will never forget.
Linda loves boating, scuba diving and traveling. In her younger years, she was quite the adventurer and has been diving with sharks in Mexico and Thailand, been skydiving in Washington and California, hiked glaciers in New Zealand and climbed ancient ruins in the Yucatan. She adores animals and spent almost 10 years as a foster mom for small rescue dogs. She has lived in Tacoma with her furry 4-legged critters and her husband & business partner David for the last 10 years.
Kelly Jardine
Kelly has grown up in the food business, as early as 5 years old walking from school to her great grandparent’s restaurant. Her first jobs were always in food service. After high school, she worked both FOH & BOH in her uncle’s charming restaurant along Highway 1 on the California Coast. She had tried to break out of the business, going to college and studying other subjects, but her love of cooking, food, events and working with clients has always brought her back.
Kelly is thrilled to be a part of the Jonz family and be a part of a business that has the passion she holds near and dear.
Shannan Lunde
Shannan was raised within the food/catering industry and felt it was a natural fit once she was ready to make a career for herself.
Pre-Pandemic Shannan was in the office at Jònz full-time. But in October 2020, her and her husband sold their home, bought an RV and started traveling full time with their kids. So far they have been to 22 states, multiple National Parks and have crossed many things off their bucket list! She is now working fully remote while continuing to travel and explore. She’s so grateful to be with a company that understands the importance of work/life balance and career flexibility.
Benny
Started his career in the restaurant industry in 2008 with Jonz catering, learning how to bartend and lead banquets. Taking the experience he gained at Jonz, Benny went on to serve and bartend in the best restaurants and bars in Tacoma. His mentor Jamie Jones who owned Marrow, Top of Tacoma and 3uilt, helped cultivate his eye for detail. The passion for food presentation, flavor and execution is what drives him to lead teams in each event to exceed the standards and make the experience memorable.
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