There’s a good reason why Culinary Concepts Catering has built a 30-year legacy of producing amazing events. It’s more than the mark of culinary excellence and exceptional customer service.
Of course, that’s true, but at Culinary Concepts we believe the values we extol – living with purpose and giving of our talents and treasures – is simply an extension of good business.
As we celebrate every occasion to serve you, we also believe in a commitment to do even more through our Living and Giving. It’s just who we are and what we do to make a positive impact on people’s lives.
Learn more about us and if you think what we do aligns with your values, please call us for your next event, join the Culinary To Globe community or come work with us!
Our catering equipment is not solar powered but our offices and kitchen are powered entirely by the San Diego sunshine. Culinary Concepts’ use of clean solar energy is a reflection of our continued commitment to reducing our carbon footprint. Like our customers, Culinary Concepts makes intentional choices that help us leave the places we love better than we found them.
We partner with local family-owned farms and the most sustainable proprietors of quality seafood and ethically raised meat products. Culinary Concepts uses ingredients that are in season so that we can provide our customers with the freshest menus that taste as good as they look.
Along with our solar efforts, we clean all of our equipment with eco-friendly products that you can trust to keep your food clean. Sustainable catering or zero waste catering is the way we honor Chef Donald’s slow food mission. This means Culinary Concepts produces custom menus that are good for our customers, good for those who farm the ingredients and good for the environment. The essential components to zero waste catering includes:
Food
Locally Grown
Organic
Fresh & Seasonal
Sustainable & Ethically Raised
Presentation
Reusable
Compostable
Recyclable Dinnerware
Kitchen
Recycle
No Packaged Products Used
Donate Kitchen Oil to Convert into Biodiesel Fuel
We’re always hiring for event-specific and on-call hospitality support. But if you feel you can add value to our sales, operations and kitchen staff, we’d love to learn more about you.
Please complete the pre-employment form to start the process.
Culinary Concepts Catering champions several non-profits that help the most vulnerable segments of society. Where we make our biggest impact is helping non-profits maximize ticket sales and fundraising by offering gift certificates for private hosted catering as a VIP auction prize. Our efforts help make these events more profitable. Those funds are directed back into the community which has an economic multiplier effect.
Here are some of the Non-profits we currently support
For non-profits that want to learn more about our Living and Giving initiative, email Melissa to schedule a complimentary consultation. We’re here to help you sharpen the budget and provide guidance to help you make the best decisions for your organization.
While our community grapples with the rising numbers of homeless population, we’re able to offer nutritious foods to various charities that are stanch advocates for homeless and underserved.
In appreciation for our front-line responders to the COVID 19 crisis, Culinary Concepts , Sensational Treats and One San Diego are working together to support our First Responders through one of the most universal ways of saying thank you…a great meal and a sensational treat! Please take a moment to check out our Go Fund Me […]
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