The Italian Sandwich Range is Here, just in time for EOFY.
We have been serving sandwiches in the Sydney CBD since we opened. Sourdough, gourmet fillings, individually wrapped, freshly made every morning. People order them constantly. They reorder them. The feedback is good.
But there was something missing. Something we kept noticing every time we looked at our own menu and then thought about the way sandwiches actually work in Italy. In Italy, a sandwich is not just a bread choice. It is a bread identity. You order a tramezzino because you want a tramezzino. You eat a rosetta because a rosetta has a character that no other roll has. The bread is half the dish.
So we went back to that. Four Italian bread traditions, each one with its own history, its own texture, and its own reason to exist. All new. All available now for office catering across Sydney CBD.
This is not a rebrand. It is just us being honest about where the food comes from.
The new Italian platter range
Each of the four new platters is built around a specific Italian bread tradition. All come with a generous mix of savoury fillings. None of the new platter formats currently offer a gluten-free option — if you need GF, our existing sourdough sandwich platter handles that beautifully (more on that below).
Italian Mixed Focaccia Sandwich Platter
Italian Mixed Focaccia Sandwich Platter - from $100. Soft, airy focaccia cut into generous portions and layered with Italian-inspired fillings: cured meats, roasted vegetables, cheese, fresh greens, pesto, tomato and creamy spreads. Regular serves 6-8 (12 pieces). Large serves 8-14 (20 pieces).
Focaccia is from Liguria. It is older than most countries. In Genova, people eat it at 7am dunked into a cappuccino like it is the most natural thing in the world. It is a bread with substance - thick enough to hold proper fillings, flavourful enough to make the whole thing feel Italian before you have even opened the box. This is the platter for a working lunch that does not feel like a working lunch.
Italian Rosetta Roll Sandwich Platter
Italian Rosetta Roll Sandwich Platter - from $90. Soft, golden rosetta rolls filled with prosciutto cotto, salami, mortadella, roasted vegetables, mozzarella, tomato, pesto and fresh greens. Available whole or cut in half. Regular serves 4-6 (6 pieces). Large serves 6-8 (8 pieces).
The rosetta (sometimes called a michetta in the north) is the flower-shaped roll that defines the bread basket in Rome and across Northern Italy. Crisp on the outside, almost hollow in the middle, with just enough structure to hold a generous filling without collapsing. These are the rolls Italians grew up eating. We stuff them properly and they arrive looking like they belong on a counter in Trastevere.
Italian Tramezzini - Finger Sandwich Platter
Italian Tramezzini - Finger Sandwich Platter - $80. Soft white bread, crusts off, triangle-cut, layered with a rotating mix of ham, salami, egg, cheese, roasted vegetables, pesto and creamy Italian-inspired sauces. Serves 4-5 people.
If you have been to Venice, you have had a tramezzino. Piled high at every bar along the canal, they look delicate and are surprisingly filling. The secret is the layering - proper fillings, properly distributed, nothing sparse. This is the platter for a morning tea, a boardroom lunch, or any occasion where you want something that looks polished and eats even better than it looks.
Italian Gourmet Baguette Sandwich Platter
Italian Gourmet Baguette Sandwich Platter - $125. Freshly prepared baguette and Italian-style bread rolls, filled with a generous mix of cured meats, quality cheeses, fresh vegetables and classic deli favourites. Serves 6-10 people.
A longer format, a bolder bite, and the right call for a bigger team or a table where people are genuinely hungry. Italian bar culture has always had room for the baguette alongside its own native breads. Sliced and stacked with mixed fillings, this is the platter for groups that want variety and volume in the same box. No pretension - just good bread, good stuff inside.
The brioche buns: still one of our best sellers
While we are talking about the sandwich range, this one deserves a mention. The Soft Brioche Bun Platter - $120 (16 pieces, serves 8) is one of our most consistently reordered items. Soft, fluffy potato brioche buns filled with a variety of savoury options. 25% vegetarian. Nuts-free. Every one individually wrapped. Light enough to serve alongside a pasta tray, satisfying enough to carry a team lunch on their own.
Two buns per person, 16 pieces in the box. Practical, crowd-friendly, and very easy to eat standing up if your EOFY event is the cocktail-style kind.
If you need gluten-free
The four new Italian platters above do not currently have a gluten-free option. If you have team members who need GF, our Mix Sandwiches Platter - from $96 has you covered. Made with 48-hour fermented sourdough, individually wrapped and labelled, with gluten-free bread available when ordered individually packed.
The easiest approach for mixed dietary groups: order one of the new Italian platters for the table, and add a separate GF pack for whoever needs it. Everyone gets something made properly, no one gets the sad afterthought option.
EOFY is five weeks away
End of financial year falls on June 30. If you are planning a team lunch, a wrap-up celebration, or simply a way to mark the close of a very long year with your colleagues - this range is ready.
The new Italian platters work well on their own for a straightforward office lunch. They also layer well with the rest of the EATALO menu: add a lasagna tray for something warm, add a panna cotta for something sweet, and you have a proper EOFY spread rather than a catered event that looks like it was assembled in twenty minutes.
Buon fine anno finanziario.
A good end to the financial year. You have earned it.
Order the new Italian platters
All four new platters are available now through the EATALO catering menu. Order by 2:30pm for next-day delivery. For same-day and last-minute orders, call us on 02 9241 2127.
- Italian Mixed Focaccia Sandwich Platter - from $100
- Italian Rosetta Roll Sandwich Platter - from $90
- Italian Tramezzini Finger Sandwich Platter - $80
- Italian Gourmet Baguette Sandwich Platter - $125
- Soft Brioche Bun Platter - $120 (16 pieces)
→ Browse the full sandwich platter range
→ Request a custom EOFY quote
→ Call us on 02 9241 2127 or come say hello at Shop 2, 8-18 Bent Street, Sydney CBD
EATALO: fresh Italian catering for Sydney CBD offices. Italian sandwich platters, pasta trays, finger food and corporate events - delivered from our Bent Street kitchen to your door.