Event Planning

St. John offers the perfect backdrop for your corporate event, family reunion, or wedding! You have chosen to visit the smallest of the U.S. Virgin Islands and home to one of the World's Most Beautiful Beaches! With several white sand beaches, unique beachfront or mountaintop restaurants, and over 400 extraordinary private rental villas, St. John USVI offers extensive options to make your event one to remember for years to come.

Planning your event in a remote location may prove difficult and offer more headaches than answers when planning by yourself. Put over twenty years of combine experience on St. John's hospitality industry to work for you! Allow Weddings by KatiLady to take the burden of long distance planning off your shoulders. Shouldn't you be able to relax and enjoy your event as well?

The information you will need to begin planning is at the tip of your fingers from out website and our Event Coordinators. Simply visit our Estimates Page for details and rates.

Kati Steinborn
Kati is the owner and Pastry Chef and has been in business for over 15 years and is recognized in the industry for reliability and quality. She began her career in Michigan at General Motors and then later resided in Milwaukee as a Regional Sales Director for Manpower Inc. Kati earned her B.S. in Social Work and later a Masters, her love for catering AND sunshine was never far from her mind. It only took one trip to the USVI to know that this was the place to make it all happen. Upon moving to St. John, Kati began working as a Charter Boat Chef out of St. Thomas. Having survived Hurricane Marilyn she moved to St. John and began serving our visitors by baking muffins out of her 12 x 12 efficiency apartment. Not long after her baking blossomed into provisioning for villa rentals, followed by catered InVilla dinners and eventually event planning. Kati has dedicated herself to continually providing Positively Outrageous Service for all of her guests, raising the bar in hospitality on the island of St. John. Kati specializes in Artistic Wedding Cakes and continues to enhance her skills through course work at the Institute of Culinary Education, in NYC. There she works side by side with renowned book author and Master Cake Designer, Toba Garret. It was not long ago, however, that she wore both the Pastry & Executive Chef Hats, delighting celebrity guests like Carol King, Joan Rivers and Tony Danza. Kati keeps her finger on the pulse of the company by overseeing all operations within. She is committed to making your vacation more than memorable, sending you home aching to return to Paradise for not just the scenery but the unbeatable customized meals and service it provides.

Victoria Roda
Victoria Roda, called Vicki by her clients and co-workers, hails from New Bedford Massachusetts just outside of Cape Cod where those in the know make frequent associations between that small peninsula and our island paradise of St. John. Since her career began, she has been primed for working in a place where relationships rule and knowledge of local nuisances dictates success. This makes her the perfect candidate for coordinating and planning events on island.

Vicki’s passion for people led her into the hospitality world several years ago as she began working at the famous “burger in paradise” hot spot, Skinny Legs. No doubt that stint on island fueled her enthusiasm for the locals and encouraged her talents at serving clients whom boast many needs. Returning to the states she gathered impressive skills at a boutique Boston architectural firm where she was praised for her pace setting standards in efficiency and accuracy. Thereafter, Vicki moved to the service saturated city of Seattle, where her hospitality resume grew thick with experience. Vicki couldn’t help but feel the call of St. John again and we are all grateful she came home.

As a self described “straight shooter,” Vicki adds candor and commitment to the KatiLady team. She believes in surrounding herself with real people who can encourage creativity and build on one and other’s dreams. Vicki helps her clients focus their wedding dreams into island realities. Her in-depth knowledge of regional customs and relationships with vendors provides direct access to the best St. John can offer. Clients benefit from her forward thinking and trouble shooting. With a career in event planning she has found a bright future on an island that keeps calling her name.