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Top 25 Specialty food catering companies based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 3,987 specialty food catering companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 40,331 professional contacts across them, including 6,498 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers specialty food catering companies headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest specialty food catering companies based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,347 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Chefs' Warehouse, North America's top specialty food distributor since 1985, offers over premium products to elite restaurants, hotels, and gourmet shops.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,091 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 1990, SAGE Dining Services® is the nation's leading provider of campus dining and upscale catering services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 922 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Parkhurst Dining is a food service company dedicated to creating personal relationships and authentic culinary experiences for corporations and private higher education…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 771 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Swiss Chalet Fine Foods has provided food service professionals with unique, premium quality products from Europe and abroad.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 691 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Wolfgang Puck Catering, we are dedicated to sharing our passion for culinary innovation, uncompromising quality and genuine hospitality with our clients and guests.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 394 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Great Performances, NYC’s premier catering and events company, is a dynamic and influential leader in the food and events industry, known for its dedication to social…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 360 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Fatz Southern Kitchen is the catering division of Fatz Cafe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 332 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Specializing in sensational culinary creations in off premise catering, food service management and unique specialty brand concepts, Proof of the Pudding is an innovative, upscale…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 295 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Café Services, bringing business diners creative, satisfying meals and distinctive service is more than just a mission.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 281 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our creative.fresh.delicious menus and event designs are customized just for you.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 265 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Constellations are made of connections.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 241 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Royal Catering, our job is to make your job easier while elevating the office catering experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 211 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Blue Plate was founded in 1983 by Jim Horan, a social worker who spent his weekends cooking for friends’ parties - driven by a passion for bringing people together through food.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 201 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Greek House Chefs is the industry leader in custom food service for Fraternities and Sororities across the country.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 198 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 1987, Windows Catering has been the premier partner for elevated dining and flawless event experiences in the Washington D.C.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 193 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “For 75 years, The RK Group represents a history of hospitality and catering excellence whose interests and passions remain focused on customer service and outstanding events.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 190 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1939, Di Bruno Bros.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 178 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2005 as Hudson Yards Catering, Union Square Events is a culinary and operations leader in the hospitality industry, partnering with a diverse portfolio of best-in-class…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 178 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Puff ’n Stuff Catering has been Orlando’s premier catering and full-service event planning company for almost 30 years, and is now the largest of its kind in Central Florida and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 171 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Best Impressions Caterers is a Charlotte, NC catering firm founded in 1989.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 168 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Epicurean Group: Refreshingly Simple Epicurean Group is proudly an independent, boutique culinary company with our foundations of great food, great people, and great service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 166 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “OCCASIONS CATERERS Luxury Catering Firm | DC - MD - VA | est.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 157 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CxRA, Catering by Restaurant Associates, is where tradition meets innovation and every detail is designed to delight.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 149 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Global Gourmet Catering delivers seamless, high-quality events where food and beverage take center stage.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 149 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Savory is a full-service, boutique hospitality firm based in the heart of New York City, one block south of Bryant Park.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: specialty food catering companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names specialty food catering companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of specialty food catering companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name specialty food catering companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Specialty food catering companies based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 22, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 3,987 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among specialty food catering companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “specialty food catering companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names specialty food catering companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among specialty food catering companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 6,498 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Specialty food catering companies by metro
- Specialty food catering companies in New York158
- Specialty food catering companies in Los Angeles76
- Specialty food catering companies in Chicago65
- Specialty food catering companies in San Francisco62
- Specialty food catering companies in Houston61
- Specialty food catering companies in Atlanta56
- Specialty food catering companies in Miami49
- Specialty food catering companies in San Diego48
- Specialty food catering companies in Dallas42
- Specialty food catering companies in Austin38
- Specialty food catering companies in Philadelphia36
- Specialty food catering companies in Orlando31
- Specialty food catering companies in Phoenix31
- Specialty food catering companies in Minneapolis29
- Specialty food catering companies in Seattle29
- Specialty food catering companies in Washington28
- Specialty food catering companies in Charlotte27
- Specialty food catering companies in Oakland26
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names specialty food catering companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many specialty food catering companies are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 3,987 specialty food catering companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
The Chefs' Warehouse, headquartered in Ridgefield, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most specialty food catering companies?
New York leads with 158 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (76) and Chicago (65).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 6,498 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 3,987 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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