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Santa Ynez · Santa Ynez Valley
Catering at Santa Ynez Ranch
A sprawling private ranch estate in the Santa Ynez Valley — room to gather, celebrate, and take in the wine-country hills.
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See your itemized estimate in about two minutes — menu, staff & bar priced for your guest count at Santa Ynez Ranch. 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 Santa Ynez Ranch
Open catering — Santa Ynez Ranch welcomes third-party caterers, so we bring our full team at no venue surcharge.
A preferred vendor at Santa Ynez Ranch — a private organic-vineyard ranch estate we know well.
- A 100-plus-acre organic-vineyard ranch estate — space for a large, relaxed celebration.
- Open catering means a straightforward setup with our own full team.
- We bring everything a remote estate needs for full-service dining and bar.
Our Work Here
Santa Ynez Ranch, by us
From Our Own Records
A real wedding here
195 at the wedding, 60 the night before guests, family style, plus a wood-fired rehearsal dinner, summer 2025 — the menu we built, the service plan behind it, and what Santa Ynez Ranch actually asks of a caterer.
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 Santa Ynez Ranch costs
$140–$195 PER GUEST
That covers food, staff, bar service, tax & fees for a 100-guest wedding at Santa Ynez Ranch — 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.
We've catered 4 events at Santa Ynez Ranch for 25 to 90 guests, in buffet and family-style service.
A real Santa Ynez Ranch event
We catered a buffet dinner for 25 guests here. At that size and style, food, staffing, service and tax come to about $4,365 — roughly $175 per guest, before bar service.
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
Santa Ynez Ranch 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 Santa Ynez Ranch wedding →Good to Know
Catering at Santa Ynez Ranch — your questions
Can All Purpose Flower cater a wedding at Santa Ynez Ranch?
Yes. Open catering — Santa Ynez Ranch welcomes third-party caterers, so we bring our full team at no venue surcharge. We bring seasonal California menus, a floral craft-cocktail bar, and full coordination.
Is there a kitchen at Santa Ynez Ranch?
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 Santa Ynez Ranch cost?
Weddings at Santa Ynez Ranch typically run $140–$195 per guest for food, staff, bar service, tax & fees (based on a 100-guest wedding; rentals are quoted separately). Every Santa Ynez Ranch event is custom. Your total depends on guest count, menu style, and bar service. As a real reference, we catered a buffet dinner for 25 guests here — 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 Santa Ynez Ranch?
Yes — we manage the full event: menu, rentals, a licensed floral craft-cocktail bar, staffing, and a day-of captain, so Santa Ynez Ranch runs effortlessly.
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