SELECT by EMC

the profile

SELECT by EMC is listed here as a caterer, so let me be precise before you build a menu around them: they do not run their own kitchen. The business is a Marrakech luxury concierge and event agency, an intermediary that arranges the pieces of an event rather than cooking the food itself. On the concierge side they handle accommodation, dining reservations, transport, wellness, and VIP experiences; on the event side they organise venue rental, catering, decoration, entertainment, and photography. On catering specifically, their own site is clear that they collaborate with Marrakech's caterers rather than employing chefs, offering wedding catering, corporate buffets, cocktail receptions, gala dinners, private-chef service, at-home catering, and custom menus from classic to gastronomic Moroccan feasts. Understanding that model is the whole point of this profile, because it tells you what you are actually buying. You are hiring a coordinator and a local fixer, not a kitchen with a signature style. Used well, that has real value: a good agency knows which caterers are reliable, can pull together catering, decor, and entertainment under one point of contact, speaks the local language, and handles Moroccan logistics. Think airport transfers, a block of guest rooms, a caterer, a florist, and a photographer all lined up by one person who is in Marrakech while you are not. For a destination couple planning from abroad who does not want to assemble ten vendors alone, a single local coordinator can genuinely reduce the stress of the whole thing. Used carelessly, though, the same model can cost you. An intermediary sits between you and the people actually cooking your dinner, which adds a margin and can blur accountability if something goes wrong on the day. So the practical advice writes itself: ask exactly which caterer will be preparing your food, ask to deal with and taste from that kitchen directly, and get the real caterer named in your contract rather than a vague promise of quality. You reach SELECT by EMC on +212 660 291 584 or at contact@selectbyemc.com, and they are on Instagram as byemcagency. In our directory the catering range shows 35 to 110 per guest, which is the spread of the caterers they would book on your behalf. Now the honest caveats, and here they are unavoidable. When I looked, the catering page read as generic marketing copy: no named chefs, no specific dishes, no photographed real weddings, and no client testimonials, just a list of services and a request to ask for a quote. That does not make them a bad agency, but it does mean there is very little independent proof of their catering track record to point you to, so you should ask for it directly. The 7.3 rating in our directory is modest and, in my view, honest for what this is: a competent coordinator rather than a standout kitchen. So treat them as what they are and the relationship can work well. Ask for references from real Marrakech weddings they have coordinated, and ideally speak to one of those couples. Insist on knowing and tasting from the actual caterer before you commit, and confirm in writing who is responsible on the day if the food or the service falls short, because that accountability is exactly what gets lost through a middleman. Clarify their fee structure too, so you understand what you pay the agency versus what goes to the caterer and the other vendors, and ask whether they also take a commission from those vendors on top, because that shapes whose interest they are really serving. Handle those questions, keep your contract tied to the real kitchen, and SELECT by EMC can be a useful single point of contact for pulling a Marrakech wedding together, as long as you never mistake the coordinator for the cook.