Scratch-cooked catering built for Napa and the valley.
Napa Catering Company exists because wine country hosts are used to food that means something — and catering too often falls short of that bar. We cook from raw ingredients, deliver on the clock, staff the room, and clean the space back down, whether the event is a tasting-room lunch on First Street, a harvest-crew dinner in Oakville, or a 200-guest reception on an estate lawn above Rutherford.
A local Napa team with a big kitchen behind it
Napa Catering Company operates under Fresh Pulp Holdings LLC, a Bay Area catering group running several regional brands. Across those brands the group caters well over a thousand events a year and has served more than a million guests.
What that buys you is specific: your event is planned by a coordinator who knows valley venue rules, harvest-season traffic on Highway 29 and which properties need a load-in permit — while the cooking happens in a production kitchen with the capacity and purchasing power of a far larger operation. A ten-person tasting-room lunch on Tuesday and a 250-guest wedding in St. Helena on Saturday get the same level of attention.
Appetizer Station
Staffed Lunch ServiceThe kitchen behind the menu
Jason has spent a decade writing and rewriting this menu in the field, at live events, which is the only place a catering dish is honestly judged. A recipe earns its spot only if it still tastes right forty minutes into service, survives the drive, and gets people back in line for a second plate.
That filter produced a deliberately broad menu: Italian, Mexican, barbecue, Mediterranean and California-classic, with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free dishes written as real plates rather than substitutions. Proteins and produce are butchered and prepped in house, sauces and dressings are made from scratch, and the seasonal sections shift with what valley growers are actually cutting.
Valley TablescapeWhat we cater in Napa
Our work runs the full range of valley events, from a standing Thursday office lunch to a black-tie estate reception. The formats we handle most:
- • Wedding catering — plated, buffet or family-style, with bar service, florals and rentals under one contract
- • Full-service events — winery dinners, galas, fundraisers, holiday parties and conferences with uniformed staff
- • Drop-off catering for Napa offices, tasting rooms, meetings and community gatherings
- • Individually boxed meals for trainings, harvest crews and large-group logistics
- • Holiday catering — Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter and December workplace parties
- • Event florals and rentals as add-ons or standalone services
Butler-Passed Appetizers
Attended Buffet Service
Dessert DisplayWhere we deliver
Napa is home base, and we cater up and down the valley and out across the bay: Napa, Yountville, Oakville, Rutherford, St. Helena, Calistoga, Angwin, American Canyon, Vallejo, Benicia, Fairfield, Suisun City and Sonoma — plus the wider Bay Area for larger full-service events. One flat delivery rate covers our core Napa service area, so a downtown office pays the same as an up-valley estate.
Courtyard Reception Setup
Ceremony Floral ArchLet's plan your Napa event
Send your date, guest count and venue and we'll come back the same business day with a fully itemized proposal — menu, staffing, rentals and delivery, nothing left to guess at.