A production schedule doesn’t wait for a slow lunch line. Crew meals have to land inside the meal-break window, craft services has to stay stocked between setups, and a delayed food truck can push a whole day’s shooting schedule.
Personal Touch Dining has catered film, TV, and commercial productions across San Diego County since 1988: craft services tables that run continuously through a 12-hour day, full crew meals timed to the call sheet, and trailer-side catering for talent. We build the service around your production’s clock, not the other way around.
A shoot day only works if the catering runs as tight as the rest of the crew. Here’s what we bring to every San Diego production.
Production catering doesn't run on a fixed lunch hour. It runs on whatever the call sheet says. We work off your shooting schedule directly: crew meals timed to the meal break, craft services restocked during setups and scene changes, and a wrap meal ready when you need it.
A craft services table has one job: keep the crew fed and caffeinated between meals without anyone leaving set. We stock a continuous spread, such as coffee, snacks, fruit, grab-and-go options, and keep it refreshed through a long shoot day so the table never runs empty during a critical scene.
Crews watch the clock on meal breaks for a reason. We deliver crew meals inside the standard six-hour window productions build their schedules around, so a slow catering setup never becomes the reason a shoot day runs into penalty territory.
Personal Touch Dining has catered film and television productions across San Diego County since 1988. We know the county's shooting locations: waterfront lots, downtown streets, coastal bluffs, backlot-style estates, and how to set up craft services and crew catering without disrupting a location shoot.
The four service options that cover most San Diego film and production catering bookings.
A continuously stocked table for grazing between meals: coffee and espresso service, fresh fruit, granola bars, chips, trail mix, and grab-and-go sandwiches or wraps. Built to run unattended through a long shoot day and restocked on a schedule that matches your setup pace.
100% wheat-free and gluten-conscious dining designed without sacrificing texture or elegance. From customized starch alternatives to carefully audited sauces, your guests can enjoy an extensive buffet line, elegant family-style feast, or plated dinner with complete peace of mind.
Trailer-side plated meals and a dedicated menu for talent, directors, and key crew, kept separate from the general crew meal line, with the same food quality and faster, quieter service near the trailers.
Once the last shot wraps, we shift into celebration mode: buffet or station-style catering, bar service, and a menu built for a crew that’s ready to unwind. Booked as a standalone event or bundled with the shoot-day catering.
Craft services is the continuously stocked snack and coffee table crews graze from between setups. Crew meal catering is the full breakfast, lunch, or dinner service timed to the scheduled meal break. Most productions book both: craft services to keep energy up through the day, and crew meals to hit the required break window.
Yes. We build crew meal timing around the meal-break window productions schedule against, so catering isn’t the reason a shoot day runs into penalty time. Send your call sheet or estimated schedule and we’ll plan service timing around it.
Yes, we offer multi-day and ongoing production catering in the San Diego area. This may involve recurring craft services and crew meals across a shoot schedule, with the menu rotated so a crew eating with us for weeks doesn’t get the same buffet every day.
A production fee typically covers the added logistics of catering an active film or TV set: location load-in, generator or power coordination, and staffing that works around takes and setups rather than a fixed venue timeline. We fold this into a single quote based on your location and schedule rather than itemizing it separately.
Yes, we have a whole host of specialty diet catering. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, and specific allergy needs are standard on production catering bookings. Craft services and crew meal lines are labeled so crew members can identify what works for them without asking.
Yes. Food truck service works well for productions with limited space for a full catering setup or crews spread across a location. We can run food truck service alongside a craft services table depending on your location and crew size.
We cater productions at waterfront locations, downtown San Diego streets, coastal bluffs, private estates, and studio-style backlots throughout San Diego County. We coordinate setup around location permits and load-in restrictions so catering doesn’t interfere with the shoot.
For a single shoot day, 1 to 2 weeks’ notice is usually workable. Multi-day or ongoing productions benefit from more lead time so we can plan menu rotation and staffing across the full schedule. Short-notice bookings are still worth a call; we’ll check availability.
Yes. We cater everything from a 10-person commercial shoot to a full television or film crew of 100 or more. Craft services and crew meal formats both scale with headcount, and staffing is set to match crew size.
Send the basics: your shoot dates, estimated crew size, location, and call sheet or schedule if you have one. We’ll respond with a service plan built around craft services, crew meals, or both.
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