Private Events and Catering

between San Francisco and Monterey

1. SERVED BRUNCH AND DINNER

2. PERSONALIZED COOKING CLASSES

3. PRIVATE CHEF SERVICES

4. HAND PASSED HORS D'OEVRES AND BUFFETS

Capitola Garden Feast LLC brings a world of creativity, best artisanal ingredients, flexibility and good manners in business, along with the expertise in composing and executing private events for 8 to 400 guests.

Ask about the hands-on cooking classes at your residence for 8 to 25 guests with food you cooked.

Each participant is provided a chef hat and an apron.

Fine artisanal menu components such as freshly made or aged European style cheeses, home-smoked charcuterie, home-baked goods, garden-fresh produce and sustainable seafood products. The meats come from small local and organic farms. Depending on seasonal influences, we forage food products and create our own oils, vinegars, kombuchas, and many other delicious plays of flavor. Try our carbonated soft drinks made with organic fruit.

We service the SF Bay Area, Santa Cruz County, and Monterey County.

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PRIVATE CHEF SERVICES

($150/hr)

Enjoy one on one customizable and personalized cooking workshops and private culinary lessons, or hire Chef Martin for any other related service.

3 HOUR COOKING CLASS AT HOME

The San Franciscan

($109)

Freshly shucked oysters and other seafood with sauces and home-baked

crunchy goodies

Steamed mussels and clams

with Watsonville garlic with Socca chips

Steamed pork buns

with freshly made Hoisin sauce

Beef tenderloin and artichokes

in a golden crisp sourdough jacket

Garlic Duchess potatoes and

Cabernet Sauvignon sauce

Red velvet cake chocolate truffles

served with red hearts delight

2 HOUR COOKING CLASS AT HOME

Little Italian Garden

($79)

Ultra-classic Pizza Napolitana

with fresh Roma tomatoes and basil

Butter lettuce salad with garlic croutons and the world of dressings

Fresh hand-made Fettuccine pasta

Primavera (colorful veggies) sauce

Alfredo (Parmesan-cream) sauce

Chocolate lava cake

with whipped cream and a berry portrait

CAPITOLA GARDEN FEAST MINIS

Catered canapes for 10 guests

($250)

To impress guests with trendsetter miniature food art. Perfect for business mixers, art exhibitions, product presentations, and other hip occasions because no cutlery is needed.

Home-cured salmon, home-smoked charcuterie, home-made cheeses, home-grown vegetables, home-baked breads, home-made spreads, wow presentation.

BRUNCH BUFFET AT HOME

Capitola Garden Seafood Brunch

and home-crafted Sommelier beverages

($120)

"Brasserie Parisienne"

Abundance platter of rare wild-caught seafood with sauces and wild seaweeds

Grilled organic peaches (fruit is season) with home-cured bacon wrapped pork medallions

Egg wishing well, poached, fried, omelet, boiled, braised, with caviar, truffles, dozen condiments

Capitola Garden Quiche with fresh onions, leeks, and home-cured Prosciutto

Garden salad with tomatoes, cucumbers, various lettuces, onions, and what we find in the garden

Home-baked breads and bakeries with homemade dairy, such as cheeses, butter, spreads

Freshly made crepes with custom condiments such as wild orange compote, homemade Nutella, and blackberry chutney

3 HOUR SERVED DINNER AT HOME

Vegan & Gluten-free Birthday Party

($89)

Capitola Garden Minestrone soup

with a drama of vegetables,

Heirloom beans, and essential herbs

Babaganough Arabic Mezzah

with wild rosemary and crunchy Socca chips and Champagne vinegar

Flowers and strawberry fields forever,

Hippie risotto with glazed garden strawberries, violets, roses, and saffron

Asparagus mousse with watermelon dressing and a virgin cocktail of fennel, pear and root celery

Mama's red renaissance cabbage

with fire-roasted chestnuts and a colorful citrus confit

The seven different wonders of the world.

Seven different vegetables cooked seven different ways with seven different sauces

Japanese tempura inspired cassava fruits with a ginger and prune dip for dessert