Preferred Sonoma Caterers was founded by Chef Amber Balshaw to provide innovative catering services to Sonoma County. Rather than providing clients with static menus, Amber prefers that each event have its own menu written specially for each client; as each event is different so should be its menu. Menus are drawn from Ambers varied experiences in the United States and Europe, and from her considerable imagination. Amber began her career in the culinary arts in Sonoma County as an assistant pastry chef, where she quickly became known in the trade. Shortly thereafter she became apprenticed to Culinary Olympian Chef Josef Immler in Innsbruck, Austria, where she lived and trained for some time, adding Austrias well known and admired pastry techniques to her own.