Catering
Plated, family-style, or buffet — designed around you and your guests.
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Los Olivos · Santa Ynez Valley
Catering at Rancho Carmina
A private ranch and vineyard event property along Zaca Station Road in Los Olivos — open, rustic, and made for a wine-country celebration.
Rated 5.0 on WeddingWire · loved on Google & The Knot
See your itemized estimate in about two minutes — menu, staff & bar priced for your guest count at Rancho Carmina. No waiting for a callback.
Weddings here typically run $140–$195 per guest — food, staff, bar service, tax & fees. What’s included ↓
A Venue We Know
Fine catering, made for Rancho Carmina
Open — Rancho Carmina is a bring-your-own-caterer ranch, so we bring our full team, kitchen, and licensed bar.
- A private ranch and vineyard property in the Los Olivos hills — a true blank-canvas estate.
- Bring-your-own-vendor, so the whole experience — menu, service, bar — is ours to craft.
- We bring everything a remote ranch setting needs for full-service dining and bar.
Our Work Here
Rancho Carmina, by us
From Our Own Records
A real wedding here
170 guests, family style, late summer 2025 — the menu we built, the service plan behind it, and what Rancho Carmina actually asks of a caterer.
They brought our vision to life so beautifully, with thoughtful ties to what is in season, sustainable and farm to table. Our guests said this was the best food they’ve ever had at a wedding!— Ysabel
Craft Bar
Floral signature cocktails and full licensed bar service.
Bar service →Coordination
A fully managed event from load-in to breakdown.
Our services →Pricing
What catering at Rancho Carmina costs
$140–$195 PER GUEST
That covers food, staff, bar service, tax & fees for a 100-guest wedding at Rancho Carmina — buffet with beer & wine at the low end, plated with a full bar at the high end. A real range, not a teaser rate: yours moves with your service style, your bar package and your guest count, and rentals are priced separately, below.
Rentals, quoted separately
Tables, linens, plates and glassware come from a rental house, so they sit outside the figures above. Per guest, typical from our 2024–2026 orders:
- $9–$14Plates, flatware and glassware
- $20–$25The tabletop, plus a bar
- $45–$60A full-service build
Rancho Carmina takes a complete field kitchen, and that equipment is rented too — ovens, a range, racks and pans on top of the tabletop order. Once bar service and linens are in, plan on the full-service end.
We’re glad to coordinate rentals for you, or you or your planner can — either way we start with a preliminary rental pull, so you’re budgeting the whole event and not just the catering.
What wedding catering costs — the full itemized breakdown →
Price your Rancho Carmina wedding →Good to Know
Catering at Rancho Carmina — your questions
Can All Purpose Flower cater a wedding at Rancho Carmina?
Yes. Open — Rancho Carmina is a bring-your-own-caterer ranch, so we bring our full team, kitchen, and licensed bar. We bring seasonal California menus, a floral craft-cocktail bar, and full coordination.
Is there a kitchen at Rancho Carmina?
We bring a complete field kitchen and prepare everything on site. That means nothing depends on the venue’s facilities — we arrive with everything to prepare and plate a full fine-dining experience on site.
How much does wedding catering at Rancho Carmina cost?
Weddings at Rancho Carmina typically run $140–$195 per guest for food, staff, bar service, tax & fees (based on a 100-guest wedding; rentals are quoted separately). Every Rancho Carmina event is custom. Your total depends on guest count, menu style, and bar service — and Saturday events carry a $5,000 minimum. You can get an instant estimate in about two minutes.
Do you handle rentals, bar, and staffing at Rancho Carmina?
Yes — we manage the full event: menu, rentals, a licensed floral craft-cocktail bar, staffing, and a day-of captain, so Rancho Carmina runs effortlessly.
Planning a celebration at Rancho Carmina?
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