Catering - Personal Chef
Los Angeles | Manhattan Beach

The Ripe Choice: The right choice for custom catering for all occasions 

The Ripe Choice is an exclusive, full service catering company owned by Tammy Lipps, professionally trained Chef with a decade of experience and a lifetime of passion for creatively enhancing the experience of food.

After graduating from the New School of Cooking, in Los Angeles, CA, Tammy has leveraged her culinary skills to chart daily menu planning for celebrity clients, preparing romantic anniversary dinners for two, to gallery openings for 1,500 persons.  She and staff of The Ripe Choice have staged high-impact events for the entertainment industry, built from the ground up, to catered affairs for weddings set among the hills of Malibu to delivering homemade meals for families in unique circumstances.

The key-differentiating factor that makes The Ripe Choice the right choice is the 1:1 attention Tammy and her staff invokes to customize the translation of your event vision to a memorable occasion. Even if you don't know exactly what you want, trust Tammy and her team to make it happen.

Tammy's mantra: We guarantee a menu that is flavorful, festive and fulfilling to your guests.

Personal Touch - Always Delicious

"I love working with food. It comes from somewhere in my soul. As a child I enjoyed working in the kitchen along side of my mother. It was a therapeutic, creative, peaceful place to play and experiment with food. 

I treat each event as if it was my own party in my own home... it matters that much to me. Whether it is fancy and complicated or not, it all has to be good."

Chef Tammy Lipps

Make your next event special, contact Tammy now and see how she can help. 

The Ripe Choice Catering

Tammy Lipps Chef/Owner

(310) 962-4597

Fax (310) 939-0094

Manhattan Beach, CA 90266