JAN GOLDBERG
Founder, Jan Goldberg, had dreams of becoming a teacher. While looking into teaching programs, she got married and started a family. Putting her teaching career on hold until her family was more independent, Jan became involved with the PTA and other volunteer groups. At one point, she donated her cooking skills for a fundraiser event. Jan’s services were so well received, she was called back to cater another fundraiser, with financial compensation. Another organization heard the wonderful reviews and they called upon her talents… And the rest is history!
“It just took off from there”, she says. Thirty-five years later, Jan never dreamed that doing what she loved would yield such successful results. Delectable and innovative foods and being a part of our client’s events from beginning to end is her passion. “When I meet with a client, my goal is to understand their vision for their event. I want them to know every aspect will be personally attended to in detail and handled with the utmost care.”
“We have carefully handpicked our employees for their professionalism, excellent customer service skills and vast knowledge of culinary arts. Several of them have been with us for more than 20 years, and some for over a decade. Now they have become my working family.”
In addition to her devotion to Delicious! Inc., she is currently on the board of American Bach Soloists, and is a member and past president of BEAM (Business Executives Association of Marin).
In December of 2003, General Manager Teresa Hammond joined Jan as a shareholder in the company. Together they create an unbeatable team that oversees every aspect of each event and the company as a whole.
TERESA (T’sa) HAMMOND
Teresa (T’sa) Hammond, grew up in Marin County. Her love of food and desire to work with people is what brought her to pursue a degree in the Hotel and Restaurant Program at San Francisco City College. In 1983, she began working at Delicious Catering. To further her education, she spent the summer of 1984, studying with Ann Willen at LaVarenne Cooking School in Paris.
In 1985, she assumed the role of kitchen manager and was very involved in helping to make Delicious one of the best catering companies in Marin. “To be a part of a company that has grown from working out of a school kitchen to one that has been successful for over 35 years, is an honor.”
Teresa became the General Manager in 2001. In addition to event planning, she focuses on fostering teamwork among the office, kitchen, and event staff. With veteran employees of up to 25 years, it is obvious that Teresa makes working at Delicious a very special experience. “We strive to maintain the highest quality of food and service for all of our events. We have assembled an amazing team of professionals that contribute to all aspects of this ever changing and growing business.”
In December of 2003, Teresa became a shareholder of the company. Teresa continues to be a proud part of the team as Delicious grows and prospers.
LARA GREMMELS
Lara Gremmels, was born and raised in Marin County. As the daughter of the Founder, Jan Goldberg, she grew up surrounded by the world of catering and event planning. Since she was nine years old, Lara watched her mother build a successful business in Delicious, Inc. She observed the creative and detailed planning of all of the special events.
When Lara moved back to the Bay Area in December of 1999, she joined her mother at Delicious as an event planner. Lara enjoys organizing all of the intricate details of special events, large and small. She has a love for décor and putting the pieces of “the puzzle” together to create the vision her clients bring to her. She is proud to share the passion of event planner with her mother and to make our client’s dreams come true.
“While growing up, I have seen this company grow and change. I am very proud to be part of the Delicious! Team and I look forward to being a part of the future of the company.”
DAN ALLIS
Dan Allis was born in Oakland, and grew up in Mill Valley. He received a degree in Liberal Arts from Pomona College in southern CA, and then returned to Marin. Not knowing his life path, he took a job in the kitchen of the recently opened Lark Creek Inn in Larkspur. Other odd jobs followed, and in 1976 he decided to really focus on making a career of cooking. 464 Magnolia (known for its “cutting edge” California cuisine), The Seasons (Marin’s first high end organic natural foods restaurant), the Sleeping Lady Cafe (Van Morrison’s local hangout), Island Cafe and Bubba’s Diner (with Steve Simmons) are all places where Dan honed his culinary skills.
During these years, he married and had two daughters. One, a dancer, is currently in college in San Diego. The other, is an environmental educator living in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, which is where his wife was born and raised.
After 25 years of restaurant work, he was in need of a change. He became the first bread baker for The Good Earth Natural Food Store’s newly installeld a wood fired brick oven. During this time, the catering bug bit. A friend reccommended he check out Delicious, Inc., a place where she got her start in the catering world.
In 2003, Dan joined that staff of Delicious, Inc. He was the sous-chef in the kitchen and in charge of food production at our events.
In September, 2010, he moved into the position of Executive Chef for the company and has embraced his new role.
