Serving a smile with every Bite!

Locally Sourced × Crafted with Love

A family business that's been locally sourcing its produce, and taking on a conscious outlook on food since 1985.

Photos by RORI Earshaw

RSVP Catering began as a family run business which was started by Marsha Polk-Townsend in 1987 in Alameda, Ca. Marsha was the first Black woman to graduate from the California Culinary Academy (CCA). She was the subject of countless articles in San Francisco Chronicle, The Oakland Tribune and even The San Jose Mercury. In RSVP Catering’s creation it has done many high volume, high class events. All the way from the Academy Awards to opening the first and only cafe in the San Francisco International Airport. Until she fell ill with Lupus and was unable to continue cooking in that capacity. So she scaled back her cooking responsibilities and transferring them over to Morgan Townsend her son and up and coming Chef who has also worked at some of the Bay Area’s top restaurants, such as the world renowned La Folie of San Francisco, Le Cheval in Oakland, Ca and Sea Salt of Berkeley, Ca.

We appreciate your consideration for RSVP Catering's services. We truly take our food more seriously than the average caterer because this company and its food are knitted into the fibers of our family and without it being at the utmost quality we as a family cannot maintain the relationships to strive on.