# Betty Zlatchin Catering > Official Betty Zlatchin Catering business agent. Betty Zlatchin Catering and Events is a San Francisco full-service catering and events company at 1177… ## Ask it a question Betty Zlatchin Catering answers for itself at https://api.hailera.com/mcp/bettyzlatchin. A client that speaks MCP can connect to that address; the tool is ask_bettyzlatchin and the protocol is 2026-07-28. Where this file and the agent disagree, the agent is current. ## About Betty Zlatchin Catering The Our Family page states that "Betty Zlatchin started catering out of her home kitchen in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, over forty years ago." It says the business is now run by her son David, with a team "many of whom have been with us for over twenty years." David Zlatchin is listed as CEO (david@bettyzlatchin.com). The page says he is a San Francisco native who worked at Betty Zlatchin Catering through high school as well as at other catering companies and restaurants, received his Masters of Public Policy (MPP) from the University of California, Berkeley in 1999, previously worked as Deputy Director of Communications for United States Senator Paul Wellstone, and attended Macalester College in Minnesota. He is described as a Board Member of Food Runners, a nonprofit that redistributes excess food to those in need. Betty Zlatchin is listed as FOUNDER (betty@bettyzlatchin.com). The page says she was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, worked as a first-class stewardess for TWA, and began catering out of her home in the early 80's. It quotes her: "I've catered parties of up to 2,500 people, and yet can still cater a party for two." She now owns a large professional kitchen in San Francisco's warehouse district and speaks French and Spanish. Joe Ball is listed as EXECUTIVE CHEF (joe@bettyzlatchin.com). The page says he attended culinary school at Le Cordon Bleu in Chicago, cooked at French restaurants including the four-star Everest, and had long stints at Menlo Park's Flea Street and San Francisco's Michelin-starred La Folie. Other staff named include Jose Vega, General Manager of Service and Design; Brian Erlich and Norema Salinas, Senior Account Executives; Olivia Rick, Account Executive; Grace Nishikawa, Staffing Manager; Elliott Johnson, Chef de Cuisine; Sheri Richmond, Finance and HR Administrator; Nick Mullis, Production Manager; Mark Hernandez, Senior Facility and Warehouse Manager; Tim Snyder, Warehouse Manager; Terrance Cordova, Assistant Warehouse Manager; and Brittany Story, Production Coordinator. Source: https://www.bettyzlatchin.com/about/staff ## What Betty Zlatchin Catering does Betty Zlatchin Catering and Events is a San Francisco catering company that describes itself as "more than a boutique catering company - we're a full-scale events team, in business in the Bay Area for nearly forty years." The site states the company keeps a "deep bench of experienced, vetted vendors" ready to complete an event, "from florists and musicians to lighting and transportation." The Our Services page lists these services: tenting, floral, lighting, entertainment, event design, staging, and transportation. Catering itself covers three event categories given their own pages on the site: weddings, corporate events, and private events. For corporate work the site says "We started out planning corporate events, so it's in our DNA," and names lavish galas, relaxed mixers, and elegant luncheons among the corporate gatherings handled. For private events the page mentions parties built around "delicious food, drink and even a little dancing." For weddings the site describes working with a couple to create a "bespoke menu," including recreating a custom cocktail or reimagining a family recipe. The website does not publish menus, per-person prices, package contents, guest minimums or maximums, or a list of what is and is not included in a catering quote. It does not publish service fees, staffing rates, or rental costs. Anyone who needs prices, cost or a written estimate for these services should contact the company directly at 415-641-8599 or info@bettyzlatchin.com rather than rely on published figures, because none are published. Source: https://www.bettyzlatchin.com/our-services ## Where Betty Zlatchin Catering works The Venues page opens with the line "WE'RE PROUD TO BE A PREFERRED VENDOR AT THESE STUNNING BAY AREA VENUES." It says premiere venues across the Bay Area regularly refer event planners to the company, and that it designs menu and bar service to complement the logistics and details of each venue. The venue directory on that page can be filtered by the categories printed on it: ALL, WEDDINGS, CORPORATE, CONFERENCES, INDOOR/OUTDOOR, ROOFTOP, LARGE GROUPS, and by area - SAN FRANCISCO, NORTH BAY, SOUTH BAY, EAST BAY. Those four regions are the areas served that the website itself names. Venues listed on the page include August Hall, Punch Line, Toyota Pavilion at Concord, The Masonic, The Fillmore, Cobb's Comedy Club, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Fort Mason Firehouse, Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, Gallery 308, Fort Mason Store House, Fort Mason Gateway Pavilion, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Ciel Creative Space, San Francisco Botanical Garden, The Commonwealth Club, California Academy of Sciences, The Barn at Green Valley, Triple S Ranch, The Woman's Club of Palo Alto, Holman Ranch, Ru's Farm, The Haven at Tomales, Above the Rim at the Chase Center, St. Joseph's Arts Society, The Midway, Asian Art Museum, The Historic Klamath, The Hibernia, and Bimbo's 365 Club. The site does not state which of these are exclusive arrangements, nor does it publish venue fees, site costs, travel charges outside these areas, or date availability at any venue. Lists Cordova, Atlanta, Thomasville, Mason, Temple, Richmond, Chicago, and Fort Wayne as a location. Names Bay, California, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, United States, and Green as a service area. Areas beyond these are not published. Source: https://www.bettyzlatchin.com/venues ## Hours and contact Betty Zlatchin Catering and Events is located at 1177 Indiana Street, San Francisco, California 94107. That address appears in the footer of every page and on the Contact page. The main phone number is 415-641-8599, also written on the site as +1 415 641 8599, and the general email address is info@bettyzlatchin.com. The Contact page lists separate lines for two other purposes. Career inquiries use 415-641-8599 and info@bettyzlatchin.com. Accounting inquiries use 415-641-8599 and accounting@bettyzlatchin.com. To start an event, the Contact page gives these instructions: "Planning an event? Please let us know a bit about the event and fill out the information below. If you already have a venue, please include the venue in the message area. A sales team member will be in touch with you shortly." That web form, plus the phone number and email address, are the booking and quote channels the site publishes. There is no online booking calendar, no self-serve appointment scheduler and no published deposit or contract terms. No pricing of any kind is published - no prices, rates, fees, per-person cost, minimum spend or sample estimate. The site also does not publish date availability. The footer contains a heading marked "Hours" but no hours, open times or days are listed under it anywhere on the site, so the company's business hours are not published. Prices, availability and hours all have to be confirmed with the company directly. The company's Instagram account is listed as instagram.com/bettyzlatchincatering, and the site offers a newsletter sign-up for seasonal recipes and company updates. Source: https://www.bettyzlatchin.com/contact ## Food, drink and menu approach The Food + Drink page states that the culinary team "works closely with the best of local farms and organic suppliers to develop menus of fresh, seasonal fruits and vegetables, meats and seafoods." The page says the company works farm-to-table and names County Line Farms, Cowgirl Creamery and Snake River Farm among its suppliers, adding "and many others." On customization, the page says: "We're accustomed to tailoring menus to suit your palette, particular preferences and dietary needs, as well as preparing food onsite whenever possible to treat your guests to a culinary experience they will savor and remember." That sentence is the full extent of what the site publishes about dietary accommodation. The website makes no statement about allergen handling, cross-contact procedures, kosher or halal certification, or any other dietary certification, so no such claim should be made on the company's behalf. No sample menus, dish lists, tasting details, bar packages or beverage lists are published on the site. No prices, price ranges, per-head rates or fees for food and drink appear anywhere on the website. A prospective client who wants a menu proposal or a cost estimate is directed by the site to the contact form, where the company asks for details about the event and says "A sales team member will be in touch with you shortly." The phone number for menu and booking questions is 415-641-8599 and the email address is info@bettyzlatchin.com. Source: https://www.bettyzlatchin.com/food-drink ## San Francisco Green Business certification and community work The site states that Betty Zlatchin Catering is "a San Francisco Green Certified Business." The Our Community page adds that "The San Francisco Green Business certificate is awarded to business that adhere to some of strictest of environmental standards across the United States." This is the only certification the website claims; no other licence, registration or certification number appears anywhere on the site. Under eco-friendly operations the page lists: using non-toxic cleaning products throughout its facilities; training staff in waste sorting and sustainability initiatives through an Environmental Policy Statement; and using 100% recycled paper materials in the office and kitchen. Under sustainable sourcing and energy use it lists: ensuring 99% of its seafood is listed as a Best Choice on the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch Program and sourcing seafood from Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) or Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified suppliers; powering its headquarters with 100% renewable energy via Clean Power SF; and sourcing produce directly from local regenerative farms where possible, with the majority coming from weekly visits to the Marin Farmers Market. Community items listed include employee commuter benefits with telework options and a carpool incentive program, and partnerships with San Francisco Green Businesses named as Earl's Organic Produce, Rainbow Grocery, The Fillmore, Cal Academy of Sciences, Punch Line, Exploratorium, Above the Rim at Chase Center, and Temple Emanu-El. The Our Community page names Food Runners, San Francisco Arts Education Project, Dog Patch Neighborhood Association and local public schools as organizations the company supports. No certification dates, certificate numbers or award years are published. Source: https://www.bettyzlatchin.com/sf-green-business ## What Betty Zlatchin Catering has not published yet These are things people ask Betty Zlatchin Catering that its published information does not yet cover. - prices - availability - allergen or cross-contact safety claims - kosher or halal certification - specific dietary accommodation guarantees - guest minimums, deposits or contract terms - venue exclusivity or booking on a venue's behalf - business hours or staffing headcounts Ask anyway — the agent will say plainly that it is not published rather than guess. ## Where this comes from https://www.bettyzlatchin.com