Executive Corporate
Polished food formats for leadership rooms, office lunches, client meetings, and working sessions where timing matters.
Bay Area Corporate • Private Events
Human care. AI power. Premium hospitality at a different level.
High Touch brings together beauty, speed, and precision in a way traditional catering teams simply can’t.
500+Events Executed
Corporate + PrivateBay Area Service
Fast ResponseProposal Review Starts Same Day
Past experience includes
Gensler
Stanford University
GIC
Ireland
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“We chose to work with Lena on one of our most important events because of the confidence, care, and attentiveness she carried since the moment we met her. Our guests kept saying how much fun and kind Lena was. She is truly a joy to be around.”
Lili — Google Review
02 / Why Us
Why Clients Choose High Touch
Fast, Human Proposal Turnaround
Share the basics and we start shaping options the same day. You get a tailored proposal, then a real person helps refine it.
Restaurant-Level Food
Every dish crafted with the precision of fine dining. Seasonal ingredients from Bay Area farms, plated with editorial attention to beauty.
Calm Bay Area Logistics
From loading docks and freight elevators to tight production windows, we manage the operational details that make ambitious events feel easy.
Dietary Precision at Scale
Vegan, kosher, gluten-free, allergen-safe — we track every restriction per guest and execute with zero-error protocols.
Polished, Warm Service
Professional staff trained in hospitality, not just food delivery. Every interaction feels personal, attentive, and genuinely caring.
Scalable — 12 to 1,200 Guests
From an intimate board dinner to a full-scale product launch. Same quality, same precision, regardless of size.
Philosophy
human•kind
"In a city built on algorithms, I built a company on empathy. We use AI to master the logistics, but we use our hearts to master the hospitality."
01 / Founder
Beyond Catering.
Precision Architected.
Most caterers focus on the kitchen; we master the chaos. Tactical timing and operational intelligence are as vital as the menu.
Radically Human
AI ensures surgical efficiency, but the soul of hospitality is care. Every guest is a person, not a data point.
The Luxury of Time
Freedom is the ultimate luxury. With Lena's personal oversight, every operational layer is covered before you ask.
The Elevation Club
Joining High Touch means entering a circle of kindness and indescribable hospitality. By investing with us, you move beyond "catering" to a world of perfect precision and a completely different level of event excellence.
03 / Menu & Services
From executive lunches and launch receptions to private dinners and high-guest-count celebrations, we tailor format, menu, staffing, and flow to the event in front of you.
Networking Fuel
Reception-ready service designed to keep guests moving, talking, and feeling taken care of without friction.
Private Experiences
Chef-led, detail-sensitive dining for intimate gatherings that should feel personal, elevated, and fully hosted.
High-Scale Events
Large-format catering engineered for volume, staffing flow, and consistent guest experience across complex productions.
04 / Team
The People Behind Every Flawless Event
Founder & Heart of High Touch
Lena Zakharova
The energy, power, and unlimited care behind the brand. In Russia, Lena was a high-performance coach and motivational speaker—skills she now uses to architect flawless events. Her passion for hospitality has always been evident in the Michelin-level dinners she creates for those she loves. Moving to SF 3 years ago, she rose from server to Senior Manager in record time, and now leads her own mission. Her fearlessness and obsession with quality are what make this company unique.
Head Chef & Co-Founder
Elena Fedchenko
Motivation, strength, and energy define Elena. Beyond her culinary mastery, she lost 87kg in 8 months out of radical self-love. She believes beauty belongs in everything, from a Balenciaga bag to a perfectly plated dish. Her priority is human connection—personally preparing lunches for servers to ensure the team feels cared for. That is the High Touch philosophy.
CTO
Artemii Novoselov, PhD
The architect behind our technological edge. With a PhD in AI and experience building ML systems at Stripe and Stanford, Artemii brings Silicon Valley engineering to hospitality. He designed our proprietary Event DNA protocol, our AI operations assistant Sage, and the real-time analytics that let us predict and prevent problems before they happen. His philosophy: technology should be invisible to the client but indispensable to the operation.
Proposal Intake
Get your proposal started.
Tell us a few essentials and we’ll shape the right catering plan for your event.