About Us

Mission Statement

 

At Affordable Catering, our mission is to create unforgettable events by exceeding your expectations with innovative cuisine, exceptional service and creative presentation. We will accomplish this successfully by consistently:

• Emphasizing quality above convenience in our service and food preparation.

• Generating positive energy and respect with our clients and employees.

• Exhibiting an enthusiasm to customize our services to our clients’ needs.

• Increasing our efforts to be community-minded and environmentally aware.

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About Us

We’re a small catering and baking company based out of the East Bay Area serving the Bay Area and Northern California region and the Los Angeles and Southern California region. We were established in 2009 and led by our CEO/ Founder/ Operator/ Head Chef Duane Smith. Chef Duane Smith went to school for culinary arts in San Francisco and then began his career as a chef in the Bay Area food scene.

 

    He began working at the award-winning Jun Noon’s restaurant based in Palo Alto, California where he and his team were featured in Esquire magazine, the local paper, and several California region news publications’. He and that team won the 2006 Best New Restaurant, he then worked his way to sous chef at the prestigious Luna Lounge based in San Francisco. He worked as a chef at various tech companies throughout the Bay Area such as Facebook, Google, apple, etc.

 

    We source locally, support local businesses, we are a practitioner of organic ingredients/foods, and we are an equal opportunity employer.

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We’re a Catering/Baking/event rental-based company out of the East Bay Area serving the greater Bay Area and Northern California region.  Our focus is on those clients who seek great catering and other services for sensible prices (Hence our name).  We are a full-service catering company and have every service you need to make your event a successful one.  We have options from corporate packages, wedding buffets, traditional buffets, plated meals, personal chef service, birthday parties, and much more. We have gluten-free/GMO-free/ vegetarian/vegan buffets and options available as well.

 

In our journey thus far we have already served tech firms in Silicon Valley such as ; Norton Anti virus, Zensar, Apple. On the government side; Mayor's office Hayward, Mayors office Fremont, Mayors office San Francisco,  HWD Fire department, AC transit, Bay area rapid transit, Department of housing. They are many, many more clients to this point this is to show we can accommodate any event type or size.