Catering
Plated, family-style, or buffet — designed around you and your guests.
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Los Olivos · Santa Ynez Valley
Catering at Zaca Lake
A private spring-fed lake and retreat tucked in the hills above Los Olivos — one of the most magical wedding settings in the valley.
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 Zaca Lake. 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 Zaca Lake
Open and collaborative — Zaca Lake welcomes brought-in catering crews, and we work its full-buyout retreat setting all season.
Zaca Lake is our most-catered venue — we know its access, kitchen setup, and rhythm intimately.
- A 320-acre full-buyout retreat — the whole property is yours for the celebration.
- We know the winding access road and stage our load-in and timing around it.
- A full kitchen build-out every time — the property’s kitchen sits too far from the reception spaces to serve from.
Our Work Here
Zaca Lake, by us
From Our Own Records
A real wedding here
106 guests, family style, fall 2025 — the menu we built, the service plan behind it, and what Zaca Lake actually asks of a caterer.
Everyone raved about the food — I’m still dreaming of the shoyu short ribs. Multiple people said it was the best wedding food they’ve ever had, and our coordinator Monique knocked it out of the park.— Rob & Katherine
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 Zaca Lake costs
$140–$195 PER GUEST
That covers food, staff, bar service, tax & fees for a 100-guest wedding at Zaca Lake — 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 2 events at Zaca Lake for 50 to 160 guests, in buffet and family-style service.
A real Zaca Lake event
We catered a family style dinner for 160 guests here. At that size and style, food, staffing, service and tax come to about $20,782 — roughly $130 per guest, before bar service.
It sits below that range because the two measure different things: the range is a 100-guest wedding with bar service, and this one was 160 guests, before bar.
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
Zaca Lake 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 Zaca Lake wedding →Good to Know
Catering at Zaca Lake — your questions
Can All Purpose Flower cater a wedding at Zaca Lake?
Yes. Open and collaborative — Zaca Lake welcomes brought-in catering crews, and we work its full-buyout retreat setting all season. We bring seasonal California menus, a floral craft-cocktail bar, and full coordination.
Is there a kitchen at Zaca Lake?
There is a kitchen on the property, but it sits too far from the reception spaces to serve a wedding from, so we build out a complete field kitchen right where your celebration happens. 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 Zaca Lake cost?
Weddings at Zaca Lake typically run $140–$195 per guest for food, staff, bar service, tax & fees (based on a 100-guest wedding; rentals are quoted separately). Every Zaca Lake event is custom. Your total depends on guest count, menu style, and bar service. As a real reference, we catered a family style dinner for 160 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 Zaca Lake?
Yes — we manage the full event: menu, rentals, a licensed floral craft-cocktail bar, staffing, and a day-of captain, so Zaca Lake runs effortlessly.
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