Corporate & Wedding Catering in the Bay Area

Our executive chef, Maria Rita Gun, has over 20 years in professional catering, and every menu is developed in house. Around 80% of what we serve is made from scratch in that kitchen, including sauces, desserts and legumes cooked from dried. Read more about the team in our story.

Choosing a caterer in San Jose usually comes down to proof. Caterman holds 4.4/5 on Google from 34 reviews, more than 200 reviews on Yelp and 4.8/5 on WeddingWire, and our clients include Apple, Netflix, Stanford, Tesla, Sutter Health, Amazon, Yelp, Quinn Emanuel and the US Army. You can read what they say on our customer reviews page.

Offices book us for daily lunches, meetings, executive dinners and conferences. Meals come individually packaged or as a full buffet, sized to your headcount, then delivered, set up and ready to serve at the time your meeting needs them.

For recurring daily or weekly programs we run a rotating menu, so the team eats well without the same tray twice in a week. Plated executive dinners and client entertaining get a served dinner with staff on site. Conferences can take breakfast, breaks, lunch, afternoon breaks and an evening reception as separate service windows, over one day or several, each costed separately.

A few business days' notice is usually enough for a standard office lunch. Larger executive dinners and multi-day conferences need two to three weeks. See how our corporate catering in San Jose works for tech companies, production teams, corporate offices and government entities that want one Bay Area catering company for every office.

Every Caterman wedding starts with a tasting with the chef. From there you choose how dinner is served: plated, buffet, family-style or stations, with dessert tables to finish. On the day, our team runs the food timeline so you and your planner can stay with your guests.

We cut, plate and serve the cake from your own baker; we do not bake cakes. We also provide bartenders and a full bar setup, with drinks supplied by you, as Caterman does not sell alcohol. Backyard and at-home weddings are covered as well as venues.

Peak-season dates go early, so book nine to twelve months ahead. Our wedding catering page covers the tasting, service styles and timeline in more detail. As a Bay Area caterer with 4.8/5 on WeddingWire, we plan each wedding around the couple, from the tasting onward.

Hosts book us for birthdays and milestone birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, dinner parties at home, family gatherings, engagement and retirement parties, baby showers, bar and bat mitzvahs, and celebrations of life. We cater intimate gatherings through to larger parties.

There is no standard package. Each event is planned individually around your guests, your space and your menu. Our team handles prep, service and cleanup, and leaves your kitchen as we found it.

Find out more about private party catering, from a dinner for eight to a family celebration in the garden.

The menu runs from the breakfast table to late-night snacks. Mornings start with a Farm Egg Frittata, Breakfast Burritos, California Avocado Toast or a Seasonal Fruit and Berry Table. Receptions open with canapés such as the Burrata and Heirloom Tomato Skewer, Mini Crab Cakes with Dungeness crab, Chicken Satay Skewers and Falafel Bites.

Mains include Roast Lamb Shoulder with salsa verde, Herb-Roasted Free-Range Chicken, Braised Short Rib on soft polenta, Carne Asada with chimichurri, Miso-Glazed Cod, Chana Masala and a Build-Your-Own Taco Bar. Salads like the California Chopped and Kale Caesar, grazing boards such as the Mediterranean Mezze, and desserts from Tres Leches Cups to Flourless Chocolate Torte fill out the table.

What you see is our featured favorites, not the limit. If you have a family recipe or cuisine in mind, tell us and we will build it into your menu. Browse the full catering menu, tap the dishes you like, and we will shape a proposal around them.

Our kitchen is halal-capable and every dish can be prepared halal. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options run through every section of the menu, prepared to the same scratch standard as everything else.

Each dish on the menu carries a "Contains:" line listing its allergens, so you can see at a glance what suits your guests. Share any dietary restrictions and allergies before you order, and we plan the menu around them.

Planning around headcount and appetite also keeps food waste down. When surplus food is safe to donate, it is handled responsibly rather than discarded. Read how we cook and source on our sustainability page.

Send us your date, headcount, location and type of event through the catering quote form. Our chef proposes a menu, you adjust it, and we confirm a tailored proposal.

On the day, the same team that planned your event delivers, sets up, serves and clears. That continuity is what our San Jose catering services are built on: the people who took your brief are the people running your event catering on site.

Our full-service catering covers the menu, the planning and the service, with staff, bar setup and equipment available as your event needs them. You can also call the kitchen on (408) 441 8719.

Our kitchen is in San Jose, and we cater across San Francisco, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Oakland and the wider Bay Area. If your address is outside these areas, request a quote and we will confirm coverage.

San Francisco gets the same service as San Jose: the same menu, the same team and the same scratch cooking. See our catering in San Francisco page for events in the city.

When you compare catering companies in the Bay Area, ask who will be on site. At Caterman it is the team that cooked your food, and that is why offices, couples and families come back to us as their Bay Area catering company.

The plates, glassware, cutlery, chafing dishes, cast iron and decor we use on our own events are available to rent. You can add them to your catering or rent event equipment on its own.

The range covers white dinner plates and bowls, wine glasses and champagne flutes, water-bath and electric chafing dishes, coffee urns and drinks dispensers, banquet tables and event chairs, plus lanterns, crates and a wooden garden cart for dressing a room. Tell us your date and what you are planning, and we will confirm what we can hold for you.