Private Events

For all of life's milestones and celebrations such as birthdays, anniversaries, baby showers, backyard BBQ's or elegant cocktail parties we can provide you with beautiful, bountiful food for your gathering. We offer drop-off platters ready to go, or full service catering with onsite chefs and serving staff to set up, serve and clean up so you can relax and enjoy time with your guests.

Sample Menus

SUMMER PICNIC MENU
Organic summer catering with lentils and roasted golden beets

French lentil salad with roasted golden beets, mint, scallions, and chèvre

Chicken salad with radishes, fennel, dill, crème fraîche, and rye toasts

Penne pasta with olives, red onion, capers, artichoke hearts, and pine nuts

Fingerling potato salad with bacon, eggs, pickled celery, and chives

Little gem chopped salad with carrots, cucumbers, and Parmesan dressing

Meyer lemon cake with yogurt, fresh berries, and mint

 
DINNER PARTY
Sustainable sourced catering salmon meal with meyer lemon relish

Appetizer Buffet
Local artisan cheese platters with accoutrements
Seasonal vegetable crudités, fruits, breads, and olives

Mains
Toasted spice-encrusted wild king salmon with Meyer lemon relish
Tri-tip with chimichurri and grilled Cipollini onions

Sides
Fingerling potatoes with green beans, mustard dressing, basil, and scallions
Asparagus with blood oranges and shaved Parmesan
Butterhead lettuce, stone fruit, raspberries, walnuts, white balsamic dressing

At the bar
Housemade strawberry mint lemonade

FAMILY CELEBRATION
Santa Cruz organic catering and homemade jam

Shake & bake chicken with Parmesan, herbes de Provence, & smoked paprika

Grilled swordfish with pepper, olive, and caper relish

Lemony roasted potatoes

Green beans, cherry tomatoes, pickled onion, and basil

Napa cabbage salad with buttermilk dressing

Summer fruit galette and linzer cookies with housemade green gage plum jam

 
VEGAN + GF SUMMER FEAST
Organic vegan catering for private events in Santa Cruz

Strawberries stuffed with Kite Hill cream cheese, honey, and mint

Endives with figs and raspberries

Tofu skewers with summer vegetables, and romanesco

Saffron rice pilaf with dill, pinenuts and barberries

Pita bread with housemade hummus, pickled carrots, cucumbers, and olives

Roasted cauliflower with red onion, olives, and parsley

Strawberry rhubarb crisp

TACO NIGHT

Chicken rubbed with cumin and chili

Poblanos, onions, and crushed potato filling

Housemade salsa and guacamole

Cabbage cilantro lime slaw

Sour cream, tortillas

Black beans

Mexican rice

Little gem salad with chopped carrots, radishes, and Parmesan dressing

House-made churros & Mexican hot chocolate

 
COCKTAIL PARTY

Local artisan cheese plates with Plumline condiments and accoutrements

Caramelized onion dip with sweet potato chips, crudités, and pita chips

Ahi tuna poke with cucumber, avocado, chili, ginger, and seaweed crisps

Grilled tri-tip crostini with arugula, guacamole, and chipotle aioli

Endive with beet yogurt dip and pickled vegetables

Wild local salmon, Belgian endive, avocado mousse, Meyer lemon

Mini cookie platters
Ginger snaps, cocoa nib shortbreads, and lavender butter cookies

GOOD MORNING BRUNCH

Frittata with cheddar, summer squash, and herbs

Local breakfast sausages

Bagels, smoked salmon, cream cheese, pickled onions, and dill

Chicory salad with lemon and olive oil

French toast baked with pecans and maple syrup

Seasonal fruit platters with mint

Fresh squeezed orange juice

FAQs

  • We offer full service, drop off or pick up catering.

  • Yes! We are happy to place a rental order for you with one of our local companies to provide any items you may need for your event. Once your event is booked, we can do a site visit to help you determine rental needs and layout.

  • Yes! Our bartenders can serve your beer and wine and can provide ice to chill your drinks. If you would like to serve cocktails or NA drinks, we can provide custom mixers and garnishes for an additional charge. We are happy to consult on alcohol purchasing quantities for your event as well.

  • Definitely! We can easily offer Vegetarian, Vegan, Dairy-Free, and Gluten-Free options on almost every menu. Please let us know if any guest has a severe allergy.

  • Yes! We can provide compostable plates, utensils, cups and napkins for your event for $2-$5 per person, depending on the menu. We always keep the environment in mind when making our choices in an effort to minimize the impact on the environment and landfill.

  • Definitely! We have lovely platters and serving utensils for buffet and family style service. For pick-up and drop-off events we charge a 7-10% service fee for use of the platters and ask that they be returned clean to us within 2 business days after your event.

    If disposable is more appropriate for your event, for a 3% fee we will provide recyclable, and /or compostable platters and utensils.

  • Yes! We can provide beautiful, local, organic floral bouquets and mason jar vases for $25-$55 per bouquet.

  • Yes! We are happy to customize a menu for you. Please allow up to a week for a customized menu proposal with possible additional days if there are a number of redos of the proposal.

  • Your deposit is non-refundable. If an event is cancelled less than 30 days before, payment in full is expected. In the event of an unforeseen last minute cancellation, we will gladly donate the meal to a local charity.

  • In the event of impromptu ingredient changes due to seasonality or production from our local farmers, quality substitute ingredients will be chosen with care.

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PHOTO CREDIT
The Curated Feast: photos 1, 2, 3, 4