Gold Standard Catering

What a great and festive catering job Rich from Gold Standard Catering did for me. I had a pirate themed dinner for 100 and Rich came up with a themed menu with pirate names. We had appetizers & hearty dinner with shrimp to turkey legs and plenty of salads. Everything was delicious! Would highly recommend using this caterer. Every creative and the food was warm and tender and we never ran out.

I recently asked Rich and Tamara to cater a Celebration of Life party for my mother. From the first phone call, their excellent and kind customer service was outstanding. They were prompt and the food was ready for our guests as promised. The food presentation was wonderful and everyone complimented them on the quality of the food. The desserts were a huge hit!
I would highly recommend Gold Standard Catering for any function. Thank you for taking the worry out of pulling together this party.

Gold Standard Catering often caters our Upland Chamber of Commerce breakfasts, dinners and lunches. Every time I think I will be served standard food, Rich and his team go over and above to bring our tastebuds extremely flavorful food. Their food is really fresh and always has nice balance of proteins, bread (carbs), vegetables and fruit and oh are their desserts ever yummy! Thank you Rich and Tamara for taking catering to the next level!

Rich caters my Thursday morning breakfast meetings and I always look forward to it! He is creative and always makes things taste delicious. The food is always fresh and the bacon is always on point! Thanks Rich!

Rich did an amazing job with our wedding last weekend. I hired him 7 months before based on Unilocal reviews and couldn’t be happier! Everything was beautiful, plentiful, and delicious! Any changes I asked for he did. I also rented all tables, chairs, and dance floor from Rich! Amazing job.

Went to a memorial service today that Gold Standard Catering catered. Was very impressed with the beautiful presentation of food! Speaking of which was absolutely delicious! I would recommend Gold Standard for any event that you want professional service and outstanding food!

I’ve used Gold Standard Catering a few times. Rich is my go to caterer for most of our corporate events. He is always professional, on-​time, courteous and very accommodating. We had an event come up last minute, I had to order fruit and veggie trays and he was here at 7:00AM. He is awesome and his presentation is IMPECCABLE! I can’t say enough about how great he is and the food is DELICIOUS! I over-​order and we never have any leftovers! Seriously! Thanks Rich and crew!

We used Gold Standard Catering for our 125 person wedding and I can not say enough about how wonderful our experience was! Rich was amazing to work with and his food was amazing! My guests keep telling me how great our food was!
He also did appetizers for our engagement party and they were fabulous!
I would highly recommend Gold Standard Catering!

Finally getting time to do a review. We worked with Rich at Gold Standard for a graduation party. We went with the tri tip and sides. The food was fresh and delicious and grilled on site. The staff was professional and efficient. Everything went like clockwork.

We just finished a large breakfast meeting catered again by Gold Standard. The food was delicious and creative, a great meal with A++ cooking. They bring the traditional with extra flavor. And the servers! They have the friendliest, most fun people that anyone would be pleased to have in front of your guests. I’ve eaten from Gold Standard more times than I remember and every time is better than before. I’d give them my highest recommendation.

Upland Chamber what a great way to start the morning! Great food and great folks :) If you are looking for a caterer you won’t go wrong having them host your next event.

Being a caterer myself Rick and his team had their hands full. I knew exactly what I wanted. This was for my mother’s celebration of life. We had no idea how many people would come. We settled on 75 then 125 people showed up. Rick did his best to stretch the food and his service. They did a great job. I believe everyone was able to eat and drink something before they headed on their way. I would definitely use them again when I am in the area.

Shouldn’t even be one star as my wife had hired him through a friends recommendation for just a party of 10 but he never showed up or even called. We called him and he claimed he called us on both our home phone and cell phone and said we didn’t answer. I’m sorry but in this day and age there is a thing called caller ID that would prove that and we had no missed calls from him. So we had 12 people over and no food. Luckily, we called Brio Tuscan Grille in Rancho Cucamonga and they were able to take care of us within 30 min. I’m sure a party of 10 was not a big deal for Rich and I suppose he could have misdialed both our home and cell number but I doubt it.

Rich and his team at Gold Standard catered our wedding in Upland in October and it was exceptional in every possible way! I am a Catering Sales and Event planner in San Francisco, so I am not easily impressed.
Our wedding was a small affair. 75 people at an historic home. We were going for a casual and rustic vibe so when we heard that Rich was a BBQ master we knew we had hit the jackpot.
He came to the house some months before and brought us a variety of items for a tasting. Very accommodating and willing to work within our budget and schedule. As I was planning and coordinating the event myself, it was awesome that he made his staff available to me to move chairs, set tables etc between the ceremony and reception. He put me in contact directly with a rental company to handle tables chairs and linens as well… didn’t even try to take a markup on it!
Being of the age that most of my friends and getting hitched and settling down, I have been to loads of weddings over the last couple years. We and our guests agreed that this was the best food I have had at a wedding, including a number of affairs that likely cost nearly six-​figures.
Granted, we were not in the market for a three-​course seated dinner-​though I’m sure Rich could do that too– but for our vibe this was better than we could have hoped for!
Some highlights– Pulled Pork, Loaded Mashed Potatos, Grilled Tri-​tip, the service (servers jumped in and helped pour champagne, take trash etc.) the passed Apps-​especially the Ceviche Shooter.
TL;DR: All-​in, if you are looking for good, honest, high quality food and service without the pretense or the price of traditional wedding caterers I can NOT recommend Rich and Gold Standard more highly. And get the pork. Just do it.

We hired Gold Standard Catering for an event in August. The food was excellent and everything was a big hit. We would hire them again.
Thanks Again !
John & Yvette

Rich served up a great meal for a class reunion/​birthday party at my house! We had the BBQ pulled chicken and burgers with fruit and gormet salad! It looked great, and tasted even better! They arrived on time, provided all the ammenities, and cooked onsite. So, the whole neighborhood was drooling. All the guests were thoroughly satisfied.
I recommend his services and will use him again. Thanks, Rich!

Great service and great food! Working with Rich was awesome and made my life easier

Rich is awesome! We met him for the first time at Dale Bros Brewery serving his famous Hillbilly Tacos (which was amazing!)
He had some flyers on his table with information on his catering menu, which was great marketing because we were looking for a catering company for our wedding of (120+ guests). We decided to try his Tri-​tip, garlic mashed potatoes, and salad. He was so kind to drive to my mother in law’s house to drop off a small tray of his tri-​tip to sample. The tri-​tip had amazing flavor and it melted into your mouth. We finished the whole thing in one sitting lol. In addition to his tri-​tip, his garlic mashed potatoes really hit the spot after a long day of getting ready for the wedding!
He also took the time to see our venue (the backyard) and see how he would set up, and how the food would be served. He had great ideas, and with the experience in his business he covered every detail from how long it would take to serve an x amount of guests, to how much space and servers are needed.
As for pricing, my mother in law did look around and asked for quotes, and Gold Standard Catering was the most reasonable. In addition to the great price, the presentation and customer service was priceless. I would recommend him to friends and family and hire him again in a heartbeat!!!
Thank you Rich and staff, everyone at the wedding, especially us, loved the food!

So there was a fundraiser on Thursday July 11^th, and Rich from Gold Standard catered the event. I will tell you that he blew the doors of the place… His love for cooking really shows with all he does, if you are ever need someone to cater your event he is your guy… Thanks Big RIch…

Rich great job, catering at our Installation Event, good food, great taste, nice presentation and great price. For sure I’ll use you again!