Our catering services are distinguished and defined by our commitment to artisan cuisine, customized event planning and impeccable service.
Each menu is custom designed to suit the unique needs of each client. These are just a few examples and we look forward to designing a menu to reflect your taste and style.
Following is a list of some of our favorite culinary partners, with observations by Chef Jeff Olsson.
Foods in Season
www.foodsinseason.com
Foods In Season is a family company, founded in 1984 by John Anderson and his wife Wanda. While working at the local plywood mill in the early 80’s, John began picking morels after work and selling them to a few restaurants. He soon discovered that his back yard (the Pacific Northwest) was full of wild, natural foods.
The morel mushroom started it all, and over the years Foods In Season has developed an extensive product line to include the best wild foods the Northwest has to offer. Nearly 25 years after he started his journey, John is still actively managing his company, and those young kids John took on countless trips into the forest in search of wild mushrooms are now working hard to continue his commitment to delivering the highest quality wild foods in America.
They offer certified sustainable seafood such as the halibut caught here. Check out www.seafoodwatch.org
Nojoqui Farms – Santa Ynez Valley, California
www.nojoquifarms.org
“Nojoqui Farm is an organic produce brokerage located just up the road from New West Catering. They distribute produce to their five affiliated New Frontiers markets as well as to several local restaurants. It’s great to have such a fine selection of organic produce at our fingertips.”
Rinconada Dairy – Santa Margarita, California
“Christine Maguire is a wonderful boutique cheesemaker located just north of the Cuesta Grade in San Luis Obispo County. Her Pozo Tome cheese is widely renowned. We get our sheep’s milk cheeses from her.”
Tutti Frutti Farms – Santa Ynez Valley, California
www.tuttifruttifarms.com
They’re a family business located in Central California. Owner Chris Cadwell is a fifth generation farmer, and they started farming on fourteen acres of hillside property in Carpinteria, planting a variety of fruit trees. They named the farm “Tutti Frutti” (Italian for “All Fruits”), and soon branched out into growing produce for the coastal communities of Southern California. From the start they believed in organic growing practices and have always followed those guidelines. In 1990, they moved family and farm to Santa Rosa Road, a more remote piece of land between Buellton and Lompoc. Over the years, their farming operation has grown to about 300 acres. Tutti Frutti Farms grows a variety of organic vegetables, from heirloom tomatoes and peppers to cool weather crops, like artichokes, peas and greens.
Finley Farms – Santa Ynez Valley, California
“Chris and Johanna Brown, owners of Finley Farms, are a young, enthusiastic couple growing gorgeous produce on their small farm in Los Olivos. We love their heirloom tomatoes, heirloom cucumbers and fresh flowers.”
Roots Organic Farm – Santa Ynez Valley, California
Jacob Grant, a 41-year-old California native, started Roots in 2002, and it’s small even for a small farm, with only 10-15 acres planted at one time. In a very short time, Roots gained favor for its sweet carrots, tomatoes, lettuce, and melons. On a bicycle tour across the U.S., Grant fully realized his passion for farming. While cycling through hundreds of miles of corn and soybean crops in the Midwest, he came upon a farmer, also on a bicycle, and they struck up a conversation. Right after he finished that bike trip is when he got back into hands-on farming. It was late 2002 when he rented a five-acre parcel and Los Olivos Organic Roots was born. By putting in 10-hour days, six days a week, with part-time help during the summer, he was able to make enough to support himself the first year. Each year he added another acre until he was leasing a 15-acre plot with a barn.
Winfield Farms – Santa Ynez Valley
“Winfield Farms is owned by Bruce Steele, who has a great philosophy on sensible and sustainable farming. He supplies us with heirloom tomatoes, melons, sweet onions and squash.”
Windrose Farm – Paso Robles, California
www.windrosefarm.org
“Bill and Barbara Spencer, owners of Windrose Farm, provide tomato growers and nurseries with heirloom seeds and starts. The Spencers grow dozens of tomato varieties on their organically farmed land, as well as onions, garlic, squash, melons and greens.”
Broken Arrow Ranch – Ingram, Texas
www.brokenarrowranch.com
“Broken Arrow Ranch is a sustainable operation spanning 150 ranches. Here, wild animals roam on undisturbed land. The resulting free-range game is pure and natural, and handled with minimal processing. We get antelope, boar and venison from them.”
Niman Ranch – Marin County, California
www.nimanranch.com
“Bill Niman is a pioneer in sustainable ranching and ethical animal husbandry. We get pork bellies from Niman Ranch, with which we make our delicious New West bacon.”
