Office Christmas Party Catering Sydney

Office Christmas party catering is the food for the one event of the year when the whole company eats together. In Sydney it happens in summer, on a weekday, and usually in the office itself: a long lunch in the boardroom, drinks on the floor from 4pm, or both on the same afternoon. So the food has to hold up in the heat, survive the lift and be easy to eat with a glass in the other hand.

Our Christmas menu borrows from two traditions. The Australian one wants cold prawns and oysters on the table. The Italian one starts Christmas lunch with filled pasta: tortellini in Bologna, cappelletti in Umbria, where our head chef John grew up. That is why tortellini trays lead the hot food on this page.

For a sit-down lunch, start with the hot trays. A tortellini or lasagne tray arrives hot, and a classic beef lasagne feeds 6 to 8. Add the Sliced Roast Turkey Platter or a Roast Chicken Thigh platter, two side trays (6 to 8 people each) and a salad, then a Tiramisù Tray, which serves up to 12.

Christmas drinks are a standing order, usually from 4pm. An Italian Deli Grazing Board does the heavy lifting (the large one feeds 8 to 10), with the Cocktail Prawn Platter or a dozen Sydney Rock Oysters next to it and hot bites from our canapes and finger food range: arancini, skewers, croquettes, mini polpette. Keep dessert to one bite, which for us means cannoli and tartlets. If lunch rolls into drinks, order both and tell us the timing.

All the food on this page is cooked in our own kitchen on Bent Street, by the chefs who run the cafe every morning. Nothing is bought in or reheated from a central kitchen. The tortellini are filled with prosciutto, mortadella and mascarpone, the lasagne is layered with beef ragù and buffalo mozzarella, and the king prawns come with our Bloody Mary sauce.

We deliver it ourselves, in our own van, up to your floor. In December a lot of CBD offices want food on the same few afternoons, and our driver already knows the loading docks at Aurora Place, Quay Quarter, International Towers, 1 Bligh Street and Governor Macquarie Tower. Want a chef and waiters at the party itself? Look at Hire a Chef: we cook on site and serve plated or shared.

Every platter in this collection is labelled, and there are vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free and halal options right across it. A few easy wins for a mixed table: the Cocktail Prawn Platter is gluten-free and dairy-free, the Dried Fruit & Nut Grazing Platter is vegan (it does contain nuts), and the Vegetarian Lasagna Tray looks after the vegetarians at a sit-down lunch.

Tell us about allergies when you order and we check every item before it leaves the kitchen: peanuts, tree nuts, sesame, shellfish, eggs, gluten and dairy. Our kitchen is not a fully allergen-free environment, so for several allergies, religious dietary laws or clinical diets, call us on 02 9241 2127 instead of ordering online.

From the corner of Phillip and Bent Streets we deliver across Martin Place, Barangaroo, Wynyard, Circular Quay, the financial district, Pyrmont, Ultimo, Surry Hills, Darlinghurst, Potts Point, Woolloomooloo, North Sydney, Crows Nest, Chatswood, Macquarie Park and the inner eastern suburbs. Somewhere else? Contact us and we will tell you if we can get there.

We deliver Monday to Friday. Order by 2:30pm for next-day delivery, allow 48 hours for large or custom orders and 3 to 5 days for a party of 200 or more. For December, book as soon as the date is set rather than the week before. Same-day is a phone call before 9am. Ask us about the last delivery day before the Christmas break when you book.

Add to cart from the collection above, or contact us and we will build a menu around your headcount and budget. The minimum for delivery is $100, pick-up from the cafe has no minimum, and there is no maximum: we have catered events of 350.

Offices with a standing account get the Christmas order on their usual invoice, due within 7 business days, with delivery time and dietary needs already on file. Ordering for a client party? Tell us, and we will portion and pack everything so it goes straight onto the boardroom table.