Tri-Valley catering that shows up early and cooks like it matters.
Gimanelli's Catering runs out of a commercial kitchen in Pleasanton, and almost everything we do is within a short drive of it — a 30-person conference room lunch off Hopyard Road, a retirement party in Dublin, a 250-guest reception at a Livermore winery. Food gets cooked the morning of, packed hot or cold on purpose, and delivered by people who already know where the loading door is.
A local Pleasanton team with a full commissary behind it
Gimanelli's Catering operates under Fresh Pulp Holdings LLC, a group of Bay Area catering brands that together book well past a thousand events a year and have served more than a million guests.
Day to day, that means you deal with one coordinator who answers the phone and knows your event by name. Behind that coordinator sits shared kitchen capacity, purchasing power, and an equipment inventory a boutique caterer simply cannot carry. A Wednesday board lunch in Pleasanton and a Saturday wedding in Livermore wine country are both a normal week here — not a stretch.
Grazing Table
Staffed Dinner ServiceThe chef behind the menu
Jason has spent a decade building this menu at real events rather than in a test kitchen. A recipe only earns a permanent spot after it has held up through a program running forty minutes behind, a buffet line two hundred deep, and guests coming back for seconds.
That is why the range reads deep instead of padded — Italian, Mexican, barbecue, Mediterranean, and American comfort food, with vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free versions developed alongside the originals and labeled right at the tray. In the Tri-Valley almost every headcount includes a few, and nobody should have to ask a server what is in the pan.
Outdoor Buffet SetupWhat we cater around the Tri-Valley
Anything from a tray dropped at a front desk to a fully staffed reception, at one flat delivery rate across our service area:
- • Weddings — plated, buffet, or family-style with bar service, florals, and rentals run by one team
- • Staffed corporate events — all-hands meetings, offsites, award dinners, and holiday parties with servers and full breakdown
- • Drop-off trays for Pleasanton and Dublin offices, clinics, schools, and job sites
- • Individually boxed meals for trainings, crews, and shift work, labeled for dietary needs
- • Seasonal and holiday menus — Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, and company parties
- • Standalone florals and event rentals when the food is already handled
Themed Appetizer Display
Hot Lunch Buffet
Dessert StationWhere we deliver
We cater throughout the Tri-Valley — Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore, San Ramon, Danville, Alamo, Sunol, and Castro Valley — and out to Fremont, Union City, Hayward, Walnut Creek, Blackhawk, Brentwood, and Gimanelli within a 40-mile radius of our Pleasanton kitchen. Every address inside that radius pays the same flat delivery rate, and our drivers plan for badge-in lobbies, dock hours, and winery load-in windows before they leave.
Wedding Reception Toast
Floral CenterpiecesTell us about your event
Send the date, guest count, and address. We come back with a real menu and an itemized total — usually the same business day, with no deposit required to see pricing.