About Us

OUR COMMITMENT

We understand that gathering friends, family, and co-workers together is all about “the experience” and it’s our goal to make the journey of event planning seamless. With attention to detail in decor, custom menu design, and flawless execution, we confidently produce events that go beyond expectation.

Taste sources only the freshest and highest quality ingredients. We actively support local growers with sustainable agricultural practices.

We are committed to an elevated level of service. Our staffing department is actively training and maintaining a respectful work environment, encouraging engagement, community and loyalty in our employees.

Taste supports the San Francisco Bay Area community in a variety of philanthropic causes including Meals on Wheels of San Francisco and the San Francisco AIDS foundation. Our owners, MeMe Pederson and Janet Griggs, have served on the Boards of Meals on Wheels, CUESA, S.F. Travel and Academy of Friends.

SOME OF OUR CLIENTS

Driven by the passion to create unique and memorable experiences, Taste is a full service, luxury catering company that specializes in a custom-crafted, hands on approach to every detail. We provide unparalleled catering and event planning service for private, corporate, and wedding clients in the San Francisco Bay Area. Taste is committed to excellence in food, event design, and service. We will make your next event simply the best and leave your guests talking about it, long after.

Established in 1978, Taste is a nationally certified women-owned business. Taste is a preferred caterer for all premier San Francisco venues. Our newly built 18,000 square foot commissary kitchen in Burlingame ensures that we can produce multiple large-scale events, daily.

Taste was the first major caterer in the San Francisco Bay Area to become green certified by the San Francisco Department of the Environment.

Our Staff

Taste is comprised of an energetic team of seasoned professionals, fondly known as Tastebuds. From our founders, MeMe Pederson and Janet Griggs, to our President Margaret Teskey, our dedication runs deep from account executives to event designers, chefs to kitchen staff, service management to servers. We strive to be “simply the best.”

Kate Webber Photography
Drew Altizer Photography
Tara Arrowood Photography
Aaron Delesie Photography
Silvy Gil Photography
Sabine Scherer Photography

Olivia Marshall Photography
Onyx and Ash Photography
The Poffs Photography
Kate Anfinson Photography
Amanda Crean Photography

“Thank you to everyone who helped make our YC Startup School Afterparty an incredible success! Thanks to your hard work, seamless setup, and execution, the event was a massive hit. Here is a quick snapshot of what we accomplished together:

• 1,223 YC SUS attendees welcomed through the doors

• 52 custom walk-out song vinyl records cut live on-site

• Hundreds of AI trading cards created, sliders served, and interactive stations run smoothly throughout the night!

Our guests had an unforgettable experience, and we could not have pulled off an event of this scale without your dedication, flexibility, and expertise (including your superpower moves navigating around the SF Marathon!). Thank you for being such fantastic partners. I truly look forward to working with you all on the next one!”

— Kyleigh Dowling, Events Manager

“Thank you for everything! You and your team truly went above and beyond this weekend! I am truly grateful for all of your help and attention to the little details. Taste exceeded the Columbus family’s expectations in every way. We look forward to more events with Taste!”

“Please pass on my heartfelt gratitude to all the managers. They were rockstars who stayed until the very end to ensure that everything was put back in its rightful place. It was such a gift to the housekeepers and I to have their help Thank you for treating their home with such respect and care!”

“Thank you to you and the entire Taste staff for putting on such an amazing event!  You all absolutely nailed it with all the food and drinks - from cocktail hour all through dessert! Our friends and family have been gushing about the quality of the food as well as the professionalism of the staff. Most of them just outright say, "best food I've had at a wedding ever!" Even Sneha's mom, who is quite hard to please, couldn't stop talking about the food!

More specifically: We're glad the kitchen staff got our note that the stone fruit salad "needs more burrata" - the salad in particular was a hit, haha! Sneha's hangover also wanted to let you know the Porn Star martinis were spot on! Special thanks for the ice cream sandwiches - Sneha and Nick would double-fist them every time a tray came by! We were blown away by the menu you were able to create just by hearing a spattering of our favorite restaurants. The creativity that this must've taken needs to be commended!

— Sneha and Nick