Culinary Excellence - Oakland, Ca - Catering & Event Production - Serving the Greater Bay Area

"My now husband and I had such a great experience working with Samantha and Jody at Culinary Excellence! We utilized CE’s catering, coordination, and floral services for our wedding last week at the Brazilian Room, and everything turned out better than we could have imagined. They helped our vision come to life, and provided their expertise along the way. The food was absolutely delicious - all of our guests couldn’t stop raving about it. I was obsessed with my florals and all of the table arrangements! The staff were all professional, friendly, and experienced the day of the event. We highly recommend Culinary Excellence and would choose them again in a heartbeat!"

"We are so happy that we worked with Culinary Excellence for the catering and floral arrangements for our wedding at the Brazil Room. They took the suggestions we gave them at our initial meeting and made them even better. On the day of our wedding we were able to relax and know that we were in good hands. The staff were friendly and easy to work with (especially Sierra) and made sure that we had everything we needed for our wedding to go off without a hitch. The day of, the food was delicious, the dinner and venue staging was beautiful, and the floral arrangements were gorgeous. Everyone was very impressed by the service, and so were we. Our dinner was a buffet, but they served the two of us at our table and one of the staff members even found us after we came back from photos and made sure we got a tray of the appetizers."

"Culinary Excellence was the absolute best choice in terms of caterers for our wedding. Every single staff member was professional and respectful. The servers and the bartender were phenomenal and absolutely a delight. A HUGE thank you to all the staff members again (especially Samantha. She's the best.) Sam took the time to get to know me and my husband. She listened to our concerns and responded so quickly to all my emails. She and Peter were incredibly flexible with our needs the day of our wedding as well as the days leading up to our wedding. The food was so good that the trays were depleted almost as soon as they were set out. We also had their cookies and hot chocolate! The only reason my husband and I had any dessert was because Sam set aside a generous portion for us. Our guests ate everything. It was a sight to behold."

"Culinary Excellence is amaaaaaaaazing! Their food is on point, their service is super responsive, and their prices are really reasonable for what they offer! I've used them a few times to send catering gifts to friends in need (recovering from surgery, etc.), but we also got to enjoy their food directly over Thanksgiving. Culinary Excellence set up a Thanksgiving-for-2 meal so that we wouldn't cook and waste an entire ten-pound turkey. The turkey meal came with a ton of side dishes, easy instructions to heat, and they even customized around my gluten sensitivity! We loved the meal AND had tons of leftovers even though we brought our huge appetites to Thanksgiving dinner. If you're looking for a really positive catering experience, look no further -- Culinary Excellence is the real deal!"

"I’m not sure if I have left a review yet or not. So I will leave a possible second one. Jessica and her staff were amazing. I really enjoyed working with her every step of the way. She was on top of things, she communicated very well, and worked with our budget. She even came to set up my wedding on an injured leg less than a week from her own wedding. Congrats Jessica and thank you for everything to help my day run smoothly."