About Winslow's Catering Redwood City

Catering for Redwood City and the Peninsula — cooked to order, served at your venue.

Winslow's Catering Redwood City cooks for the way the mid-Peninsula actually eats. A Tuesday engineering lunch off Seaport Boulevard. A rehearsal dinner two blocks from Courthouse Square. A December party for a team that outgrew its breakroom years ago. A 250-guest reception on a lawn in Menlo Park where the caterer has to be invisible and the food has to be the thing people talk about on Monday. Every order is cooked to order the morning of your event, driven to your venue, and finished on site — whether we hand over hot pans at the door or run a five-hour plated dinner with a full uniformed team.

12+ yrs
Catering Bay Area events
1M+
Guests served across our group
1,000+
Events catered each year
Same day
Typical proposal turnaround

A full-scale catering operation with Redwood City on speed dial

Winslow's Catering Redwood City operates under Fresh Pulp Holdings LLC, a Bay Area catering group with several regional brands. That structure is why a San Carlos board lunch gets the same attention as a Woodside estate wedding: licensed, health-inspected production capacity, a trained event staff roster we draw from across the Peninsula, and our own inventory of chafers, china, linens, glassware and bars instead of a scramble of last-minute subrentals.

What stays local is everything you actually deal with. One coordinator owns your event from the first email through final load-out, quotes are itemized line by line before you sign anything, and the person answering questions in week one is the person answering them the morning of. Ask for full-service catering, drop-off, florals or rentals and it all lands on a single proposal.

Abundant grazing table of cheeses, cured meats, crostini and fresh fruit set for a Redwood City cocktail hour by Winslow's Catering Redwood CityGrazing Table
Staffed full-service dinner line with hot entrees and seasonal sides at a Peninsula evening event by Winslow's Catering Redwood CityFull-Service Dinner Line

The kitchen behind the menu

Executive Chef
Jason Wilder

Jason has spent more than a decade writing this menu in the only place a catering dish is honestly tested: live service, ninety minutes in, with a line of hungry guests in front of it. If a dish loses its texture on a chafer, can't survive a drive down 101 at 4 p.m., or doesn't earn a second plate, it doesn't stay on the menu.

That standard produced a deliberately wide menu — Italian, Mexican, barbecue, Mediterranean and California classics — with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free dishes written as real plates rather than afterthoughts. Proteins are cut in house, sauces and dressings are made from scratch, and the seasonal sections move with what coastal and valley growers are actually harvesting.

Mediterranean spread of grilled skewers, couscous salad, hummus and warm flatbread laid out for a Redwood City reception by Winslow's Catering Redwood CityMediterranean Spread

What we cater around Redwood City

Our Peninsula work ranges from a standing weekly office lunch to a formal evening reception. The formats we handle most:

Guests toasting with champagne during cocktail hour at a Peninsula wedding catered by Winslow's Catering Redwood CityCocktail Hour Service
Outdoor buffet with salads, seasonal vegetables and carved entrees at a San Mateo County event by Winslow's Catering Redwood CityOutdoor Buffet
Wedding dessert display with tiered cake, mini pastries and chocolate-dipped strawberries at a Redwood City reception by Winslow's Catering Redwood CityWedding Dessert Display

Where we cater

We cater throughout Redwood City and the surrounding mid-Peninsula: downtown Redwood City and the Broadway corridor, Redwood Shores and the campuses off Seaport Boulevard, San Carlos, Belmont, Menlo Park, Atherton, Woodside, Portola Valley, Foster City, San Mateo, Palo Alto and Stanford. Deliveries run daily across the Peninsula and out to Los Altos Hills, Half Moon Bay, Pacifica and the coast, plus the wider Bay Area for larger full-service events. One flat delivery rate covers our core Redwood City service area, so a downtown office pays the same as a hillside estate. Send your venue with your date and we'll confirm delivery timing and staffing in the quote.

Themed evening event setup with lantern lighting, low seating and styled tables at a Peninsula venue by Winslow's Catering Redwood CityStyled Event Setup
In-house floral centerpieces of garden roses and greenery running down a long dinner table at a Redwood City event by Winslow's Catering Redwood CityIn-House Floral Centerpieces

Let's plan your Redwood City event

Send your date, guest count and venue and we'll come back the same business day with a fully itemized proposal — menu, staffing, rentals and delivery, with nothing left to guess at.