Meet Olivina: Redefining Upscale Catering in Seattle
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Gourmondo introduces Olivina, its new upscale catering brand for Seattle weddings, galas, and milestone events. Discover the story behind it.
Every great meal starts somewhere small. Ours started in 1996, in the back of Pike Place Market.
Thirty years later, that humble beginning has grown into a team of award-winning chefs and hospitality professionals built on decades of experience. But the belief underneath it all hasn't changed: food, done right, is one of the truest forms of connection.
Now, as Gourmondo celebrates 30 years, that belief is taking a new shape.
Meet Olivina: our new upscale catering brand created for weddings, galas, milestone celebrations, and the gatherings people spend months imagining and years remembering. 
Thirty Years in the Making
Olivina grew from thirty years of Gourmondo tables.
Long before there was a name for it, there was a feeling our founder and CEO, Alissa Leinonen, kept chasing: the particular warmth of being hosted well. A table set with intention. A menu that feels personal to the people gathered around it. Details considered not simply because they look beautiful, but because they make an experience feel effortless.
That perspective comes from decades of serving Seattle—learning the region's ingredients season by season, building lasting relationships with local partners and purveyors, and creating a culinary team capable of bringing ambitious events to life.
Olivina is where that experience meets a more bespoke approach to hospitality.
A More Personal Approach to Upscale Catering
Olivina is Gourmondo's home for upscale catering in Seattle, bringing together chef-driven menus, thoughtful event design, and highly personalized service.
Each gathering is approached as its own experience, whether it's an intimate dinner for twelve or a gala for four hundred.
A wedding menu might be inspired by two families' histories rather than a predetermined package. A corporate gala can feel like an evening guests genuinely want to attend—not simply a meeting with better plates. At a fundraising dinner, the menu, presentation, and service can become part of the story guests remember about the cause.
This is hospitality treated as an art form: seasonal, textural, intentional, and occasionally theatrical when the moment calls for it—but never louder than the people it's serving.
Rooted in Seattle
Olivina draws inspiration from Pacific Northwest ingredients and the relationships Gourmondo has built throughout three decades in Seattle.
That history gives us something that can't be created overnight: a deep understanding of our region, our culinary community, and what it takes to execute memorable events with confidence and care.
Launching Olivina as Gourmondo celebrates its 30th anniversary felt like a fitting way to mark the milestone—not simply by looking back at where we've been, but by creating something that represents where we're going next.
Meet Olivina and discover what upscale catering can look like when it's built on thirty years of experience, creativity, and care.
