Corporate Catering

San Jose corporate catering from our own kitchen

San Jose corporate catering is where we started, and our kitchen on Reynolds Circle means San Jose offices are the ones we reach fastest. We cater office lunches, board meetings, sales meetings and company events for teams from a single meeting room up to a full all-hands.

Caterman has served the Bay Area for over 20 years. Our executive chef, Maria Rita Gun, has over 20 years in professional catering, and every menu is developed in house. The corporate catering San Jose teams order from us is cooked by the same kitchen and the same people each time, so the standard holds from one order to the next.

Companies named on our site include Apple, Netflix, Stanford, Tesla, Sutter Health, Amazon, Yelp, Quinn Emanuel and the US Army. We cook for corporate offices, tech companies, production teams and government entities. For more background, read our articles on catering for large companies in San Jose.

What a corporate caterer handles on the day

A corporate caterer should take the food off your list completely. We deliver, set up and leave everything ready to serve before your meeting breaks, and for staffed events the same team that planned the order runs it on site.

Every order is timed to your agenda. Tell us when the room breaks, where the food should go and how many people are eating, and we plan the drop-off around it. For larger events we also clear the service once the room empties.

You deal with one point of contact from the first quote to the day itself. Changes to headcount, timing or dietary needs go to the people who are cooking your food, so nothing gets lost between a sales desk and a kitchen.

Office lunch catering in San Jose

Office lunch catering is the order we deliver most. You choose individually packaged meals or a full buffet, sized to your headcount, and we deliver, set up and leave the spread ready before your team breaks.

A typical buffet might pair Herb-Roasted Free-Range Chicken or Carne Asada with a California Chopped salad, a Heirloom Grain Bowl, Roasted Seasonal Vegetables and Wild & Brown Rice Pilaf, finished with an Assorted Cookie & Brownie Platter. Individually packaged meals suit teams that eat at their desks or on staggered breaks.

For office catering San Jose teams order at short notice, a few business days is usually enough. Browse the full catering menu to see the mains, salads, sides and desserts we cook.

Menus for San Jose corporate catering

Menus for San Jose corporate catering are developed in house by our executive chef and built from the same sections as our full menu: Breakfast & Morning Table, Salads & Garden, Mains, Sides, Desserts & Sweets, Tea & Coffee Service and Cold & Soft Beverages.

A working lunch might run Sesame Soba, Latin Garden Salad, Eggplant Parmesan and Street Corn Esquites, with Tres Leches Cups to finish. A lighter day could be Watermelon & Feta, Pan-Seared Salmon and Charred Broccolini, with Infused Water Stations and Iced Tea & Lemonade on the side.

The listed dishes are a starting point. If your team has a dish or a cuisine in mind that is not on the menu, tell us and our kitchen will build it into the rotation. That flexibility matters most in the corporate catering Bay Area offices run as recurring programs, where the same team eats from our kitchen every week.

Recurring office lunch programs

A recurring program puts lunch on a daily or weekly schedule with a rotating menu. The food changes from week to week, and nobody in the office has to plan it.

Set the cadence and the headcount once. We plan the rotation, flag dishes that suit your team's dietary needs, and deliver on the same schedule every week. When your headcount changes, tell us and we adjust the order.

This is office catering San Jose companies use to replace a patchwork of takeout orders. Our guide to running a recurring office lunch program explains how it works week to week.

Office breakfast catering and corporate breakfast catering

Office breakfast catering comes from our Breakfast & Morning Table: a Seasonal Fruit & Berry Table, Greek Yogurt & House Granola Bar, Farm Egg Frittata, Smoked Salmon Platter, Breakfast Burritos, California Avocado Toast and a Steel-Cut Oatmeal Bar. Assorted Morning Pastries and Chia & Overnight Oats Cups round it out.

Corporate breakfast catering usually runs alongside Filter Coffee Service, Assorted Hot Tea Service and a Fresh Juice Bar. For larger mornings we can add an Espresso / Barista Cart, with staffing quoted separately.

Breakfast works as a one-off for an early meeting or as a standing order. Read more about office breakfast catering in the Bay Area.

Board meeting catering and executive lunches

Board meeting catering is set up before anyone sits down and cleared once the room empties, so the agenda runs on time. Most boards take a plated or boxed executive lunch, served quietly around the discussion.

Pan-Seared Salmon, Miso-Glazed Cod or Braised Short Rib work well for a plated lunch, with a Kale Caesar or Beet & Citrus salad and a Mini Dessert Trio. Tell us the start time and when the break falls, and we time the service to it.

Our guide to executive lunch and board meeting catering covers the options in more detail.

Sales meeting catering and training days

Sales meeting catering often means more than one meal. Kickoffs and training days usually need breakfast, lunch and an afternoon break in a single booking, each timed to the agenda.

Send us the start time, the break times and the headcount. We set up each service before the room breaks and clear it afterwards, so the session keeps moving.

Afternoon breaks can draw on the Late Night & Snacks section, such as a Slider Trio or Gourmet Popcorn Bar, or on Iced Coffee & Cold Brew and Iced Tea & Lemonade to carry the room through the last session.

Conference catering across one day or several

Conference catering is planned as separate service windows: breakfast, morning breaks, lunch, afternoon breaks and an evening reception. We cover a single day or several, and cost each window separately so you pay only for what you book.

The evening reception can move to Canapés & Hors d'Oeuvres, such as Burrata & Heirloom Tomato Skewers, Mini Crab Cakes, Chicken Satay Skewers and Falafel Bites, alongside a Mediterranean Mezze or Artisan Cheese Board.

Larger executive dinners and multi-day conferences should be booked two to three weeks ahead, so we can plan menus and staffing. Our quote form lets you add each day and each service window when you request a conference catering quote.

Corporate event catering and client entertaining

Corporate event catering covers client appreciation evenings, holiday parties, team celebrations and watch parties. We cook canapés, grazing boards, plated dinners or stations, and our team runs the service on the night.

For client entertaining we run plated executive dinners, from a Roast Lamb Shoulder to Coastal Heritage Cioppino. See our notes on client appreciation event catering for planning ideas.

Holiday season books early. Our company holiday party booking timeline sets out when to lock in a date, and we have written about catering for corporate watch parties too. If the venue needs tables, linens or serving equipment, we offer equipment and decor rental alongside the food.

Service styles for catering for corporate events

Catering for corporate events comes in the style that suits the room. We offer individually packaged meals, full buffets, plated service, family-style, stations and drop-off, and we recommend the one that fits your space, timeline and headcount.

Individually packaged meals suit desk lunches, staggered breaks and hybrid days where numbers move. Buffets suit all-hands lunches and training days. Plated service suits board lunches and executive dinners, and stations suit receptions where people move around the room.

Grazing boards work across most formats. A Charcuterie Board, Crudité & Dips or Grilled Vegetable Antipasto can anchor a reception or sit beside a working lunch, and a Build-Your-Own Taco Bar gives a large team plenty of choice from one station.

Healthy office catering and dietary needs

Healthy office catering starts with cooking from scratch. Because we make around 80% of what we serve in our own kitchen, we control what goes into each dish instead of working around a supplier's ingredient list.

Our kitchen is halal-capable, and every dish can be prepared halal. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options run through the menu, from the Heirloom Grain Bowl and Sesame Soba to Chana Masala, Cauliflower Steak and Vegan Coconut Rice Pudding. Menu dishes carry allergen lines, so your team can see what each one contains.

Share dietary restrictions and allergies before you order and we build one menu that feeds the whole room. Read more about dietary-friendly event catering.

Bay Area corporate catering, from Palo Alto to Oakland

Bay Area corporate catering reaches San Jose, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Oakland and the wider Bay Area. Every order arrives set up and ready to serve, timed around your meeting.

The corporate catering Bay Area tech campuses order from us runs from daily lunch programs to conference days and evening receptions. Distance does not change the service: the same team plans the order and delivers it. We have written about catering for technology companies in Palo Alto.

If your office sits outside these cities, request a quote anyway. Tell us the address and the service window and we will confirm whether we can cover it.

Corporate catering San Francisco offices can book

Corporate catering San Francisco teams book with us gets the same menus, the same set-up and the same team as our San Jose clients. Share the address, the floor and the delivery window in your enquiry and we plan the drop-off around your building.

Breakfast meetings, office lunches, conferences and company events in the city are all covered. See our page on catering in San Francisco for more.

How to book San Jose business catering

San Jose business catering starts with a short form. Send your date, headcount, location and event type, and choose a single event, one date with several service windows, or a multi-day event.

We come back with a tailored proposal built around your menu and service windows. For standard office lunches a few business days is usually enough; for larger executive dinners and multi-day conferences, allow two to three weeks.

Other clients have written about working with us. We hold 4.4/5 on Google from 34 reviews and over 200 reviews on Yelp. Read client reviews of our corporate catering, or call (408) 441 8719.