Carolina Party Partners

•Ratings include Zola and Google reviews

About Carolina Party Partners

Kenny Thornewell

Caterers

At Carolina Party Partners we firmly believe that you should enjoy your event just as much as your guests. Our goal is to deliver a stress-free day to our clients. We believe the best way to achieve this is through the combination of thorough training and extensive experience. Our Event Managers have years of experience in the hospitality and/or food service industries allowing them to identify and eliminate problems before they develop, and remain flexible to changing conditions.

We require all of our staff to be fully trained in their relative roles through state and nationally recognized training programs such as responsible alcohol serving, safe food handling, crowd management, and COVID-19 preparedness. It is this combination of experience and training that allows us to perfectly deliver your event!


Services

Services

  • Bartenders
  • Cleanup and breakdown
  • Delivery and setup
  • Serving staff

Meal types

  • Buffet
  • Dessert service
  • Food stations
  • Stationary appetizers
  • Wedding cake service

Beverage services

  • Bartending
  • Beverage servingware rentals
  • Mixers/non-alcoholic options

Drink types

  • Beer
  • Coffee service
  • Liquor
  • Mobile bar
  • Non-alcoholic
  • Signature cocktails
  • Wine

Extra costs

  • Bartender services
  • Extra hour of service
  • Rentals - beverage ware
  • Rentals - dining ware

Reviews

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Rating: 5.0

5.0 out of 5

14 reviews

  • AM

    Amanda Mount

    Rating: 5
    •Google
    •Oct 16, 2026

    Had the privilege of working with Carolina Party Partners and Shana. She was organized, on time, and very flexible with the timeline. Her and her work partner worked so hard all night. During dinner everything at the buffet and bar stayed stocked at all times, busing tables happened quickly. And at the end they cleaned up all trash, chairs, and packed up extra food in to go containers for the couple. I would recommend them to any bride!

  • ZS

    Zac Smith

    Rating: 5
    •Google
    •Oct 12, 2026

    We had Carolina Party Partners bartend our wedding, and they did a wonderful job! The service was great, and they added some thoughtful extra touches that made our day feel even more special. Kenny in particular was fantastic to work with. He was incredibly responsive, hardworking, and consistently went above and beyond to make sure everything was taken care of. We really appreciated the effort and care they put into our wedding and would highly recommend Carolina Party Partners to anyone looking for bartending services!

  • KK

    Kelly Kennedy

    Rating: 5
    •Google
    •Jun 5, 2026

    Hiring Carolina Party Planners was one of the best decisions we made when planning our wedding! They helped us with setup and cleanup, bartending, and catering service, and they went above and beyond to make sure that our day was stress-free. Their patience with us leading up to the wedding was unmatched. They hopped on multiple group calls to answer all of our questions and remind us of any planning details we may have missed. Since they often work at our venue, they had tons of tips that helped us to make the best use of the space. They also helped us to plan our entire drink menu and suggested purchase quantities based on years of experience. On the day of, they were absolutely fabulous. They moved chairs across the property for us, cleaned all of the tables promptly without rushing anyone, and kept the drinks flowing. They even set up a second bar so that the guests wouldn’t have to walk too far for drinks, and the bartenders checked on the sweetheart table routinely so that my husband and I never had to go to the bar. Teardown was efficient, and they coordinated with our caterers to make sure that all of the food and alcohol was boxed up for my family to take home. They were honestly the best—I don’t know how we would have had the wedding without them, and we fully recommend hiring them!

  • RG

    Rachel Gewurz

    Rating: 5
    •Google
    •Jun 2, 2026

    I had a great experience with Carolina Party Partners! Used them as wait staff for my backyard wedding, and they were the true MVPs of the day! From setting up cocktail hour platters, to helping flip the ceremony space to the reception, monitoring the buffet dinner, and managing the trash, Kenny and team were incredibly helpful. There were extremely attentive with bussing the space and we never saw any trash laying around. Cleaned up the entire event as well when it ended. 10/10 recommend!

  • LZ

    Lauren Cole Zelin

    Rating: 5
    •Google
    •May 27, 2026

    I was visiting Raleigh from out of state and needed to quickly find someone to staff a funeral reception. Carolina Party Partners came through over a holiday weekend and I can't tell you how grateful we are. Shana was kind, comforting and incredibly helpful all night. We will definitely work with them again and recommend to friends.


We are a full-service event staffing company that specializes in providing the help people need when planning a wedding, birthday party, anniversary, rehearsal dinner, or any other type of social event.
Carolina Party Partners was launched in 2020 by our founder, Kenny Thornewell, after working as the operations manager of a local wedding planning company for five years. Prior to that, Kenny had worked in the hospitality & tourism industry for several years serving as a food and beverage operations manager.
It really depends on the type of event. For events where we are fulfilling a server, bartender, or food-handling role, our staff will wear black shoes, black pants, and a black polo with a Carolina Party Partners logo.
Last call for alcoholic beverages will be made approximately 45 minutes prior to the scheduled end time of the event, and the last alcoholic beverage will be served no later than 30 minutes prior to the scheduled end time of the event. Only one alcoholic beverage will be served per guest after the last call is made. Due to our liquor liability insurance regulations, we are unable to serve alcoholic beverages after 11:55 PM under any circumstance.
Carolina Party Partners is proud to provide certified and insured bartenders and event staff throughout eastern and central North Carolina. Triangle Area: Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary, Morrisville, Apex, Holly Springs, Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Clayton, Sanford, Smithfield, Bensen. Triad Area: Greensboro, High Point, Winston-Salem, Roxboro, Reidsville, Mebane, Burlington. Eastern NC: Wilmington, Jacksonville, Morehead City, New Bern, Rocky Mount, Henderson. Near Fort Bragg: Fayetteville, Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Southern Pines.