L.A. Roots Catering Co.

L.A. Roots Catering is a full-service catering company for events big & small. Whether you’re having an intimate dinner with a few friends, a high-end Tapas party, a plated event for hundreds with impeccable service, or anything in between… L.A. Roots has you covered! We cover all Southern California & beyond! Feel free to check the reviews below and on any other site you can find. We take immense pride in going above and beyond for our clients from the initial inquiry to the final sweep of the night. We love that our clients often comment that when we’re signed on for their event, the question is not, “are they going to do a good job,” but rather, “by how much will they exceed our expectations?” Even our many repeat clients! L.A. Roots has taken hold as one of the most sought-after caterers in L.A. Created by Owner & Chef Isaiah Seay 10 years ago, our high-end, low-maintenance fare is as rustic as the California coast. Our expansive menu is heavily embedded with Latin, Asian, Italian, Polynesian & American flavors to create our signature Rustic California Fusion cuisine. We believe in simple ingredients, sustainably & locally sourced and organic wherever possible. Our menu is intricately crafted to provide insanely delicious options for everyone. We’re constantly innovating to strike the perfect 3-dimensional balance of stunning food, spectacular depth of flavor and meticulous attention to detail from both the Kitchen & Service teams. We are extremely proud of our menu and also welcome the opportunity to create custom items specifically for your event. Whether it’s a holiday roast that reminds you of home or Grandma’s Famous Sunday Gravy, our team of culinary wizards are up to the challenge! Side Note: One of the year’s highlights was that Grandma came back to the catering tent to give us all a HUGE hug : ) Our Service: Many caterers outsource their service team. At L.A. Roots, ALL our service captains are in-house. This not only leads to incredibly efficient coordination and teamwork with our kitchen team, but also solidifies our standards of service excellence. All our service captains have worked their way up within the company and thus have an intimate knowledge of our high expectations. When using our service team, we can ALWAYS add more staff to elevate the level of service but rest assured, you can expect that we only bring on the staff that we need to fulfill your vision. The Culture: For us, it starts with the people. It’s the people who transform the ingredients with love & technique to produce our delicious food. It’s the people who go above and beyond to ensure your event exceeds expectations. Our success is built around the truly wonderful people we work with. A dirty secret in the catering community is the hardest thing is maintaining staff, which often leads to other companies hiring strangers to cook food for your event. Not at L.A. Roots…We’ve worked extremely hard to create an environment that attracts talented, hard-working & fun-loving people, most of whom have worked with us for years! We call it, “The L.A. Roots Difference.” For over 10 years, we’ve relied exclusively on word of mouth and referrals from other venues & vendors. We are extremely grateful to be featured on so many preferred vendor lists by both venues & coordinators and are constantly being added to more. While serving the client is the absolute top priority, we also place great importance on relationships with other vendors. Often, especially at large events, vendors are required to work as a team, even though they’ve never interacted before. We love being great teammates because that ultimately that ensures we’ve succeed in satisfying our top priority, you! Our services include: Catering for weddings, corporate parties, production shoots, intimate in-home events, wine paring dinners, large productions like fundraiser galas & award shows and much much more! We are incredibly experienced in all service types (buffet, plated, live stations, tapas, drop-offs, grab n go, etc.), our specialty is Family Style. This is our favorite, largely because if we were the client, that’s what we would want! It guarantees everyone gets to try everything. We use all our own family style gear, most of the wood elements we’ve made ourselves. Check out our photos on this page, on Instagram or our website to get a sense of our aesthetic. Black Lab by L.A. Roots: Our sister company! Anything bar related, Black Lab by L.A. Roots has you covered. Built on handcrafted and fresh pressed cocktails, the menu is packed with seasonal specialties & year-round classics. Because we work so closely, we can pair cocktails to your menu or vice versa! Your vision matched with our care & experience sets the tone for an unforgettable event! Check out Black Lab’s menu @ www.blacklab-ventures.com. Rentals: With tons of companies to choose from and seemingly endless product catalogs, squaring away rentals for an event can be a daunting task. At L.A. Roots, we want to help you and/or your coordinator check off as many boxes as we can. So, while we aren’t a rental company, we’ve been working hand in hand with them for over a decade. If your event requires rentals, in either front or back of house, we will only ever ask for rental equipment that we absolutely need to get the job done perfectly. Nothing more, nothing less. Beyond what we need (if anything), we also offer a concierge service to help you navigate the tricky rental landscape. We will assist you in finding the right rental company for your event & budget, while also helping you select the exact products you need, down to the size, shape & color of the teaspoons for coffee service. Going above and beyond comes standard with L.A. Roots Catering! Email, inquire via our website or call us today! We can’t wait to show you the L.A. Roots difference!!