CHOSEN BY LEADING COMPANIES, INSTITUTIONS
AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING
MOAD · Black Girls Code · City of San Francisco · Google · Salesforce · Uber · Airbnb · Nordstrom · Golden State Warriors · USC · BioMarin · Genentech · City of Oakland
CHEF RENE JOHNSON • BAY AREA & BEYOND
Catering with
warmth, polish & care
Corporate & Executive
Team gatherings, conferences, client receptions,
and company celebrations
Galas & Fundraisers
Occasions where timing, presentation,
and trust carry weight
Private Celebrations & Milestones
Milestones held with beauty, flavor, and care
Tell us the experience you want your guests to have, and we shape the menu, service, and flow around it
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Events We’re Made For
We cater corporate events, executive dinners, galas, fundraisers, product launches, company milestones, conferences, client receptions, and private celebrations.
From intimate executive dinners to large-scale events of up to 2,500 guests, Blackberry Soul Fine Catering brings custom menus, polished service, thoughtful presentation, and soulful hospitality to events across the San Francisco Bay Area, with select travel for the right event.
Organizations including Google, Salesforce, Uber, and the City of San Francisco have trusted us with moments that carry weight.
Planning an event with high expectations? Tell us what you’re hosting, and we’ll help shape the menu, service style, and experience around it.
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OUR FOOD PHILOSOPHY
Blackberry Soul is more than a catering company;
it's a vibrant food experience curated by a chef team that cares about the experience of everyone at our table.
Serving the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond
Meet Chef Rene &
BLACKBERRY SOUL FINE CATERING
Blackberry Soul started in a garden. Chef Rene’s grandmother cooked everything fresh, from peaches off the tree to blackberries the grandkids picked by hand. That care is where the food and the name both come from. She left a career in finance to cook full time and built Blackberry Soul around her Soul Fusion style: the soul of traditional Southern food, lightened with fresh, seasonal California ingredients.
Her work has reached corporate events, civic gatherings, cultural celebrations, and major Bay Area institutions.
She has been featured by Forbes, Business Insider, EBONY, KTLA, KRON 4, TasteTV, NBC Bay Area, and CBS Bay Area. She was named 2025 Powerful Women of the Bay Entrepreneur of the Year and is the author of the celebrated cookbook From My Heart to Your Table.
Chef Rene’s Blackberry Soul team delivers a stylish, soulful culinary experience tailored to each event, with menus, presentation, and service style shaped around the occasion.
Chef Rene believes the true magic happens when people come together around food. Whether Blackberry Soul is preparing a meal for 50 or 1,000, the team’s passion lies in creating experiences where food becomes the centerpiece of connection and joy.
A little bit of love in every bite.
As Seen In
Forbes · Business Insider · EBONY · Huffington Post · NBC Bay Area · CBS Bay Area · KRON 4 · KTLA · TasteTV
Also Featured By
N’Digo · Well+Good · VegWorld · iHeartRadio’s Fork Report · WREG · CNBNews · Lee Bailey’s EURweb