Patagonia On Fire, llc
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Planning an event can be complicated, but when you secure private event catering, you can check off one item on your to-do list and ensure that it will be done well. Private catering ensures that every of the food for your event is taken care of, from the preparation to the cooking, serving, planning, and even the clean up.

The Flexibility of Using a Private Event Catering Service for Your Next Event

One of the easiest ways to ensure a successful event is to hand over the food planning and preparation to a private chef who specializes in event catering. To begin the process, you’ll work closely with the chef to choose or customize the menu of your choice and communicate any necessary changes or accommodations for guests with dietary restrictions.
Then, your private chef will take care of the rest so that you can focus on planning the other aspects of your event, knowing that the food will be handled with skill and precision.

Private Catering More: Than Just Food

When you choose Patagonia on Fire to cater your next private event, you won’t just be checking a box by making sure that there’s food at your event. Instead, you’ll be investing in a culinary experience and know that when it comes to your event’s menu, not only will it be done, but it will be done right. Patagonia on Fire provides more than just private event catering; we provide a culinary and culture-rich dining experience.
Our star Chef Mati Lopez has over ten years of experience and specializes in open-fire cooking that highlights Argentinian and Patagonian ingredients, dishes, and flavors.

A Culinary Experience You Can Customize

At Patagonia on Fire, we offer several different set menu options as well as the option to customize based on your event’s theme, your guests’ dietary restrictions, and your preferences. In planning your event, we will review our sample menus with you and make any accommodations as necessary.
If you choose to customize your menu, we will help with the planning process so that the food served at your event doesn’t just satisfy your hunger but exceeds your expectations. While Chef Mati Lopez does specialize in Argentinian and Patagonian cuisine, he can accommodate different themes and create different menus based on a wide range of international cuisines.

Menus With Unique Foods

Our private catering menu options range from finger foods to buffets and everything in between. Our finger food menu is often paired with wine or can be served as a standalone option. Typical menus include a combination of meats with flavorful sauces as well as vegetables and desserts.
We also offer the Parrillada Menu that focuses on Argentinian barbecue, our chef’s specialty, which includes a first and main course, seasoned salsas, sides, and a dessert. Our buffet menu includes five courses of unique and flavorful meats, seafood, vegetables, appetizers, and dessert. We also offer different customized menus, all of which include an appetizer, a main dish, and a dessert.

Authentic Meats, Seafood, and Flavors

If you choose one of our menus featuring signature Patagonian cuisine, you and your guests will enjoy the luxury of experiencing the most popular trademark dishes in the region. Our meats include chicken, chorizo, sausage, lamb, and beef, all cooked according to the traditional Argentine barbecue style. We serve our meats alongside chimichurri sauce.
We also prepare meats over open flames with a special grill that the chef will bring to your event location and install so that your guests can experience the cooking process firsthand. Other meat options include roasted lamb and seasoned meats that exhibit regional flavors. Some of our most popular seafood items include king crab, black hake, and scallops.

Customized Desserts and Wine Pairings

We also create customized desserts unique to the region that emphasize the fresh and rustic nature of the area. These often include fruits, caramelized milk, and fresh, unique options. We can also provide wines grown from the Patagonia region, including Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pino Noir, and more.

Food Sourced From the Finest Ingredients

When you hire a private chef to handle your private event, you won’t have to worry about the quality of the ingredients or wonder where they came from. Chef Mati Lopez sources the finest, freshest, and highest-quality ingredients to create dishes for your event. There are no cutting corners, but instead, the focus is on crafting menu items with seasonal ingredients, fresh, unique, and rich in flavor.

A Culture-Rich Experience

When you choose Patagonia on Fire to cater your private event, not only will you receive excellent food service, but you’ll also be investing in a cultural experience. Your guests will be able to watch Chef Mati Lopez prepare their meals using a unique open-fire cooking style. They will get to breathe in the aroma of the smoky wood, see the colors of the flames used to cook their foods, and hear the sound of the wood burning beneath that open fire.

Then, they can taste the quality and flavorful food prepared by the chef. Not only is this a culture-rich experience, but it’s also an extrasensory experience that allows your guest to experience Argentinean and Patagonian cuisine at its finest.

Event Catering for a Variety of Private Events

Patagonia on Fire provides private event catering for the most common private events, including christenings, anniversary celebrations, wedding receptions, bridal showers, baby showers, birthday parties, funeral teas, wakes, memorials, and general private events. We can accommodate private events with both a smaller and larger guest list.

Versatile Service

While we primarily serve the San Francisco Bay area, we can provide private chef service and catering in California to the surrounding US states and even accept requests from all across the country.

A Full-Service Experience

Once you trust Patagonia on Fire to handle the food aspect of your private event, you can trust that it will be done well and get a full-service experience. We will handle every aspect of the catering process. After we work with you to choose the event menu, we will take care of the rest.

We select and prepare the ingredients, cook the food on our specialty cookware, and serve them to your guests while engaging with them in conversation to enhance the experience. Plus, when the event is over, we will take care of the cleanup and leave the event location spotless.

More Than Just Catering

At Patagonia on Fire, catering is more than just serving food. We aim to create an experience and do so by providing new dishes that all of your guests will enjoy, created from select authentic recipes.

Regardless of the size of your group, we will create a customized dining experience that portrays the Argentinian open-fire cooking method and allows your guests to enjoy every aspect of the meal while something new about this culture. We can serve private events with well over 100 guests while maintaining a unique and intimate dining experience.

Don’t let the catering aspect of your next event cause any stress. We can help make your event one to remember with private catering and a unique dining experience that will forever be imprinted in the memories of your guests. Contact us today at Patagonia on Fire to learn more about our different services, explore our menus, and request a quote.