About Us
Heirloom Catering is a Denver-based catering company focused on blending community and food to create a one-of-a-kind food and beverage experience for your next event.
Heirloom Catering Colorado offers catering services throughout the Denver metro area. We are dedicated to the slow food movement, which strives to preserve local and traditional cuisine while encouraging humane farming and ranching practices reflective of the regional environment.
You can easily customize your menu and service thanks in part to our long-standing relationships we have with local farmers, ranchers, and artisan food makers; which enables us to source local goods and fresh produce. Although we are a vegetable-forward company, we still love our bacon lovers and will satisfy these clients with our local, pasture-raised animal protein products.
Your event deserves a stellar food and beverage service. We look forward to creating the perfect event for you and your guests.
Our Food Philosophy
Meet Michelle Garcia, Owner
The saying, “Colorado Proud” rings true with Heirloom Catering Founder and CEO Michelle Garcia. As a Denver native, she grew up on an urban farm and those childhood years framed her philosophy regarding food sourcing and supporting local food purveyors.
Growing up the oldest of five, Michelle had a lot of responsibilities and started cooking with her mother and grandmother when in the second grade. She was her mother’s prep chef – peeling potatoes, chopping onions, mincing garlic, learning how to read recipes, scaling and basic baking skills. Michelle’s grandmother, Lala, was from Mora, New Mexico and taught her to make scratch-made tortillas, chillies, homemade pinto beans, Spanish rice, all the while Lala would sing in Spanish and they would dance their way across the kitchen. Lala was a singer at El Chapultepec, also lovingly known as “The Pec,” one of the oldest jazz bars in the country. Music, arts and food were the cornerstones of Michelle’s family culture.
Michelle began her career in greenhouses and managing crops on farms. It was here that Michelle learned about Heirloom plants, companion planting, and how seeds are passed down from generation to generation. Understanding the greater value of pollinators, Heirloom seeds are open-pollinators, meaning they rely on natural pollination from insects or wind. She fell in love with the beautiful vibrant colors, the racing strips and gorgeous blooms. This education grew her first passion for the culinary arts. After growing tomatoes and understanding the undeniable comparison to conventional grown tomatoes, there was no turning back! The obvious transition would be the culinary arts and where the company name came from.
