Who we are...

Dana Carnazzo, came from a background of food and travel to found Grapes of Wrath, California Style Catering. She cooked on yachts in the Caribbean and South Pacific, upscale fishing lodges in remote Alaska and ships from Mexico to Southern Alaska. She returned to Monterey where she worked as catering manager for a prominent local company for five years before founding Grapes of Wrath in 1992. Her love of good food and service has allowed Grapes of Wrath to grow and prosper for 15 years. Her special area of expertise within the company is logistics. She can visualize your event from beginning to end with full understanding of the rentals and staffing necessary to produce a great event.

 Justin Keisling has worked with Grapes of Wrath for 5 years and quickly became part of our management team because of his amazing leadership ability. He is a trained firefighter, coaches high school football, just completed the first phase of his paramedic training and was voted People’s Choice Employee of the Year by his Grapes of Wrath peers for the past 3 years.

Justin leads all types of different parties from The Moto GP at Laguna Seca, to Holly Farm and La Mirada with his home base being Memory Garden where he is the resident expert at making sure everything goes smooth for our clients at the historic garden. Justin also supervises the weekend wrap up and our vehicle fleet and is our all around go to guy when we need to make something happen.

In his off time (rare as it is) Justin loves to ride horses, take his dog for walks on the beach and ride his Honda CBR600rr motorcycle.

Sue Atencio is part of our event sales and management team. . .we call her our Little Hummingbird because she is so high energy and always flitting about. This is her first season with Grapes of Wrath. We worked with her for several years in her capacity as events assistant at a local prominent museum and were thrilled when she became available for hire. The former PTA president and trade show organizer immediately fit right in! She hears what our clients say and leads her crew to make sure it all happens smoothly.

Sue loves her pug Boris, who is often the subject of Photoshop masterpieces almost as much as her new grandbaby Ella.

All full time staff has been working with Dana for 6 - 15 years. They understand our style of service and work as a team. They are all insured employees.

For more information contact:
Grapes of Wrath California Style Catering, Inc.
Owner: Dana Carnazzo
General Manager: Tamie Aceves
529 Central Ave. Pacific Grove, California 93950
Phone (831) 649-3445 FAX (831) 649-0446
grapes@grapesofwrath.com