HauteFetes Fine Weddings & Events

HauteFetes Fine Weddings & Events is a Rancho Santa Fe-based full-service wedding planning and event design studio founded by Dani Blasena, offering bespoke planning for luxury weddings and multi-day celebrations. HauteFetes is known for destination weddings, multi-day event weekends, and a signature European sensibility that draws on clean California styling, textured linens, subtle color palettes, and curated vendor teams including photographers, florists, and chefs. Founded by Dani Blasena, who holds a Bachelor's Degree in Languages and a Master's Degree in Public Relations and brings over 20 years of event-planning experience, including a background in Fortune 500 technology marketing and communications; the studio has been named a Top Planner on Over the Moon's The List and One to Watch on The Knot. Based in Rancho Santa Fe in north San Diego, HauteFetes works across California and takes on destination weddings from the Hamptons to Italy and beyond, including venues in Tuscany, Napa, Mexico, and Wyoming. Reviewers highlight Dani's attention to detail, ability to translate client ideas into a coherent visual direction, responsiveness, vendor connections, and her handling of complex multi-day and multi-cultural weddings, including navigating the challenges of planning during 2020 and 2021.