Love Catering

What Love Catering does

Love Catering, Inc. is a privately held, founder-owned food catering company headquartered at 736 South Glenwood Place, Burbank, California, serving the Greater Los Angeles market. Founded in 2007 by Jonathan Darr, Jimmy Smith, and the late Hermes Clausz, the company provides professional catering services across four event categories: production (film and television), corporate, experiential and custom, and social. It has a 51-100 employee headcount and continues to operate as an independent regional business without external investment.

The company offers a three-tier service portfolio designed to address varying event complexity and budget: Drop-Off Service (in-house fleet delivery and setup of ready-to-eat hot food), Hybrid Service (drop-off augmented by professional servers), and Full Service (complete on-site kitchen setup with cooking and full event staffing). Revenue is generated on a per-event basis through custom quotes rather than published pricing, and customers are acquired primarily through the company website inquiry form and direct outreach. Differentiators cited include on-site cooking capabilities, an in-house delivery fleet, and custom menu design using seasonal ingredients.

Customer acquisition is concentrated in the Greater Los Angeles region with no evidence of multi-state or international operations. The company reports having donated over 240,000 meals to community partners including the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, and lists additional community partners such as Home Again LA, Cedars Sinai, and Hope in a Suitcase. There are no disclosed funding rounds, M&A activity, technology platforms, or AI/ML capabilities in the source data.

Name

Love Catering

Legal name

Love Catering

Website

https://lovecateringinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Love Catering is a privately held, founder-owned catering company based in Burbank, California, serving the Greater Los Angeles market with drop-off, hybrid, and full-service catering for corporate, social, production, and experiential events since 2007.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Catering Services

NAICS

Caterers (722320), Food Service Contractors (722310), Special Food Services (7223)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate & Business Event Catering (THAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wedding & Social Event Catering (THAHAKAE), Full-Service Catering (Off-Premise) (HSACAGAA), Event Catering (Weddings, Social, Private Parties) (THAFAIAB)

Keywords

• Event catering services
• Corporate catering
• Wedding catering
• Production meal catering
• Drop-off food delivery

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Catering Services: Love Catering generates revenue through providing catering services for events. They offer three service levels: drop-off service (delivery and setup of ready-to-eat food), hybrid service (drop-off with servers), and full service (on-site kitchen setup with full staff coverage). Revenue is generated on a per-event basis through custom catering arrangements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Love Catering is an event catering company based in Burbank, California that delivers food and service for corporate, social, production, and experiential events across Greater Los Angeles. It sells three tiers of catering — Drop-Off Service (delivery and setup of hot ready-to-eat food), Hybrid Service (drop-off plus servers to set up, serve, and clean up), and Full Service (on-site kitchen where food is cooked on location with full event staffing). Each engagement is a custom, quote-based catering arrangement priced per event.

Product overview

Love Catering offers a unified catering service portfolio consisting of three service tiers: Drop-Off Service (in-house fleet delivery and setup of hot ready-to-eat food), Hybrid Service (drop-off with professional servers), and Full Service (complete on-site kitchen setup with cooking and full event staffing). The company serves production, corporate, experiential/custom, and social events across Burbank and Greater Los Angeles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Drop-Off Service In-house fleet delivery and setup of hot ready-to-eat food for office events, meetings, social gatherings, and other functions throughout the Greater Los Angeles area.
• Hybrid Service Extension of the Drop-Off Service that adds professional servers to set up the food, serve guests, and keep the event tidy during and after the gathering.
• Full Service The complete Love Catering experience: an on-site kitchen is set up at the venue where food is cooked on location, with staff handling every detail for an exceptional event.

Quantifiable outcome

• 240,000+ meals donated to community

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Los Angeles Regional Food BankcoreOthersLove Catering has partnered with the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank as a community partner. The company has donated over 240,000 meals to support families struggling with food insecurity in the Los Angeles area. Team members participate in volunteer events including gleaning, packing, and sorting food products for distribution to those in need.
• Home Again LAminorOthersCommunity partner organization supporting Love Catering's community outreach initiatives.
• Cedars SinaiminorOthersCommunity partner organization supporting Love Catering's community outreach initiatives.
• Hope in a SuitcaseminorOthersCommunity partner organization supporting Love Catering's community outreach initiatives.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Patina Catering: LA-based upscale event caterer serving corporate, social, and large-scale gala clients; directly comparable in service mix (corporate + social + production-adjacent), pricing tier, and Greater LA service area.
• 24 Carrots Catering: Full-service event caterer in the LA/Orange County area focused on weddings, corporate events, and private parties; comparable as a multi-tier (drop-off through full-service) regional caterer with similar custom-menu positioning.
• Truly Events: LA-based full-service event production and catering company serving corporate, wedding, and brand-activation clients; overlapping customer base and similar full-service, design-forward positioning.
• Heirloom LA: LA-based bespoke caterer emphasizing seasonal ingredients, custom menus, and intimate-to-mid-size events; comparable geographic focus and ingredient-forward value proposition.

Broad incumbents

• Aramark: Global food services and facility-management company providing corporate, sports, and event catering at scale; overlaps with Love Catering on the corporate and large-event catering categories but operates across a much broader portfolio.
• Sodexo: Global food services and facilities management provider with significant corporate and event catering operations; relevant as a broad incumbent competing for the same enterprise catering RFPs in LA.
• Compass Group (Restaurant Associates): Global food services group whose Restaurant Associates division serves premium corporate, cultural, and event catering—overlap on the corporate event segment and on production-style high-volume feeding.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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